The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-04

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was and showed her feet aud ankles,
pair OF old rubber snnuAls that lu,e,l
with thongs across neried nosc itiu
eontrived TO achieve u classic effect.
~ certain di:ncttlty tnGuinbered Nler.
piggin. hardy visible. 50 tilel 1T WIS
witt grapes, the lenuriis ana clusters
faliins partly OUTSIDE till theS toacned
her tnick auburn hair, tOt.vl u, .,rcat
She now steadied this pan With one
upheld hand, the arm bare To tile
elbow, and again abe caught ut the
peach. her fair upturned face siailin3,I
full red lips parted over her perfect
teeth and az she danced size sang
"ob, shell / git my hearts desire,
Kind shepherd. tell Inc true,
That may Quit before ] tire.
My Kate has many come to sue.
"Once you faii--tis talking.
Twice you fail--'tis mockin2.
Thrice you fail-'tis shocking
But fun VIII ever play with fire
out Of such meeting tile mind Is
Of the mountain maid But
the romance fails. because OF unrespon-
siveness on the part Of the hero. Llosa.
on the stage of the little street show
as we'll as iIk the mountain orchard,
and drops OUT Of the book to nurse
lleartache In loneliness. an unexpected
"windfall" having removed LLOYD from
the sphere to which Clotilde Pimnotl
belongs
Lloyd's character Is. vigorously anl
healthy-ninded Young man and be-
longing to an4indepen1ent type. that.
ahould he larger for The good Of so-4
cietr. The incidents OF the book. are
freshly and picturesquelv presented.
and the story is written with delicate
vet virilc touch that marks everything
Miss Murfee does.
A STUMBLING BLOCK. BY Justus
Miles Forman. From Harper and
and Stationery Company, of Rich.
mond. PIP. 800. s1.50.
f This latest book of a young Ameri-
can writer is a novel Of modern life.
and as such, beset with problems and
complexities
the interesting situations of the book
and invest 1t with realism. The other
characters arc Irere lay figures and
do not count.
4 The four wli3 do. are Robert Hem
ley, a somewhat elderly gentleman OF
wealth. and leisu:u, who lives in a N:sw:
England village called Croydon. and
who Is addicted to the habit of getting
drunk every "Wednesday; David Riv-.
ers, Ills ward. a Harvard gree man
with large literary ambitions. Rose
mary Crewe. very beautiful young
girl also living in Croydon. and beloved
by David Rivers. and Violet Winter. a
society woman whom Rivers marries
and who proves "a Stumbling Block"
In the way OF his success.
In the beginning Of tho story David
Rivers has just returned from finish
l. tCr.
Croydon He loves Rosemary Crewe
with all his heart then. but he permits
his ambition and Robert Henley's de-
sire to have him remain free from the
him and his hearts desire. n short.
he sacrifices the woman he loves to
his desire for career and leaves Croy-
don under a promise to Robert Henley
not to return for three years.
AT the end of that time he has come
back from travel in Europe and is sue
cessfully embarked upon literary work
in New York. BY the time lie has fin
ished HIS first book and produced it
he has received the impression. chiefly
through Robert Henley, that Rosemary
is about to be married. or is engaged
to some one in Croydon
With this thought in his mind. he
meets Violst Winter She is intellect
ual. and. in a way handsome, but she
Il is already disi1iusioned and faded. Da-
rid's youth and freshness attract her.
and she fancies that he can be the
medium OF restoring youth and happi-
ness TO her. asa
Too late, both husband and wife find
out their mistake. David falls i'll AMI
loses his ability to work. After travel
ing elsewhere he comes home to Croy-
DON. toward which his heart at last
turns.
There he finds rest. peace and healing
and beautiful Rosemary who has re-
mained faithful to him as the one love
OF herlife, the woman who, wherever
his Grant fancy might stray, in the
end represents sympathy and under
Standing, and all that makes life sweet,
Just as his Wife embodies the influence
that robbing him of strength. enthu-
siasm and ambition. can give him moth
ing in return.
The man that sets ambition before
love deserves to suffer. The book ends
With an intimation that. purified
through the pain Of experience, Da-
love but the way to its attainment lies
through much bitterness and sacrifice.
BACHELOR BETTY By winifred
James: p. p. Button &, Co, OF
New York publishers. B
one OF the brightest and most read
able 81 midsummer publlcati pns, writ
ten with an acumen{ and a power or
discernment, a wholesome, human 4 and
Good-natured sarcasm In character de-
lineation. that render the future of
I tne .au!nor very promising indeed.
Bachelor Betty Is described as a
young Australian who comes from her
home to London to earn her living by
her. pen. Her amusing powers OF de-
scription in SELLING upon the incidents
Of travel and turning them all to the
best, account, render her voyage to
England and sundry stops she makes
or the way extremely entertaining.
| Her visits to relatives after she arrives,
the renting and furnishing OF an apart
ment in London, her experiences In
apartment keeping, the friends SHE
makes, and finally her yielding to the
suit OF the man she learns to love, fill
other chapters that are written in a
distinctly clever and entertaining man.
ner and contain much that Is most
| Original. One says good-by to Bach
| the hours spent In her company have
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