The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-26

honor on her husbands name. al
though the husband himself did not
know 1t.
Her conclusion was swiftly reached.
Since she could no longer control her
actions or prevent sin and shame In
any other way. she would triumph over
EVIL by death. In seeking 1t, She
would end the power OF her enemy.
And So taking the Gordian knot
into her own small hands she banishcd
'"rhc Invader" forever by the cutting
of the knot,
SIR ELYoT or THE WOODS. by
Emma Brooke. Published by Duff
field & Co., of New York. PIP. 435.
$50.
a most attractive novel. with the
scene laid in England, and story
which has a sufficient plot to render
it's construction good and enough ro-
nance to idcalize 1t.
The hero of tho story, Sir Elyot
rnghll, Is young Englishman who
has inherited. along with his estate, Il
big burden of indebtedness contracted
by his father and grandfather. The
problem of being able to satisfy his
creditors OF his honesty in eventually
repaying their claims Is n difficult one
to face. The young man undertakes
IL bravely. The family solicitor. Mr..
Liddon, advises him to cut down his
woods. as timber is valuable, and clear
away part of his indebtedness with
the money thus obtained.
He refuses to do so, holding back so
valuable an asset to meet last cX-
tremity and a dire necessity, and
going valiantly to work to helr him
self first by every other available
effort.
He is partly impelled to this course
by n great love for the woods he owns,
and by great feeling of resentment
against English landowners for per-
hitting their forests to be cut down
Unfortunately. and without regard
to what constitutes the crowning
glories of their estates
Near his own home, !nga1lton Manor,
Is 81 stretch of the finest forest land In
England, known as The Dover
Woods" because it was originally the
dover of an Ingallton Manor bride.
The ambition of Sir Elyots heart is
to pay his debts and then to own The
Dover Woods" every tree of which
he loves and knows. He Is engaged
TO "a pretty girl, to whom he is de-
voted. but who is hard and worldly
to the core, though he doesn't per-
ceivc It, He is sensible enough to
defer his marriage until he is In
better position financially. His lady
Hove is forced to wait unwillingly.
Secretly she, being very material,
! thinks his love for the woods high
| flown nonsense. She would much pre-
fer his selling them and using the
| money to be married on. she being
| very poor and rescnting her position
| But Sir Elyot accepts an offer from
| a friend who edits n high-class Eng
llish magazine to travel on the conti-
tnent for six months, and write series
jof articles on FORESTRY. These prove
aftecWaTu
| Unpublished in book form. Then he goes
TO America and remains away three
years.
White he is away the owner of THE
/ Dover Woods" Colonel Letchmere,
great friend of Sir Elyot's and child
less man, dies suddenly from the Ell
fects OF an accident He lbs made a
Will leaving the woods to Sir Elyot
knowing that such a man would care
/ for them The will is misplaced and
I the woods go instead to Sir Elyot
lady love. But because of the uncer-
tainty about the will, which the law
| ycrs still hope to find, the name OF the
lesatee, instead of being published is
Known only to Mr. Liddon and two or
| three others.
The girl to whom the woods come is
uuite willing to keep the secret of
her ownership. But not sharing her
4 fiance's feelings. she Immediately goes
TO work to cut down the Dover Woods
and use the money for the timber to
buy the beautiful clothes and jewels
she has hitherto longed for in vain
She trusts to the influence of her
beauty to reconcile Sir Elyot to what
she3 has done.
Il But she reckons without her host
II Sir Elyot comes home full of hope for
the future and of love- for the girl he
expects to marry But when he finds
out the truth he cannot forgive her
i Her lack of loyalty to him and her
i a great blow. but 1t opens his eyes
to the fact that there Is no real hope
II for happiness in union with such q
woman.
II Afterward, the better solving of life's
i problem for both is brought about by
time, and to man and woman come
j that measure of happiness and I'M
happiness to which they are entitled
by Justice to receive.
\ JOHN GLYNN. BY Arthur Paterson
. Henry Holt & Co, of New York, pub
/ fishers. PIP. 1885,.
& A story of East End Summing ir
. London, England. and of the efforts OF
a charitable organization called tn,
IS I. c. P,,'' in behalf of one of the
worst of Londons outlying districts
called Relton.
Tho centre of Relton was the Nile,
4 and Percival Nyne was the king OF
the Nile" The book tells how Joh1
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