The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10

STANDS Tor oil that Is unlOycly and tin-
savory In appearance and disposition.
Tie woman, on tho contrary, complex
IN character and unfortunate In en-
vlroninent though sho may be, cxcrts
Il powerful Influence over Dominic, anu
appeals to his best and highest nature.
Ho Is chilled and thrown back upon
himself, however. through tho force
OF adverse circumstances. and comes
after u while to learn LIES bcst and
highest lesson. In realizing that real
happiness lies within ones self. and
1 ~ dependent upon nothing or no ono
outside.
And when this lesson has been fully
done Dominic looks past '"rhc Far 1io-
rizon'' into tho light Of eternal day
beyond. And tho woman that he has
recalled to her better self, comes to
kncel beside his bier anu shed a tear
because he has been taken out OF the
world. And In her repentant, sincere
tears, his epltaph Is written.
A simple story, one may say, and
one caslly told. Yet n tory made re-
nlarkabc BY tho genius OF the author,
lightencd with flashes OF humor. Won
derful in characterization, and In flne
expression and thought.
TRUTHFUL JANE. BY Florence Morse
Kingsley. y. Appleton & Co., of
Now York. PIP. 800, $1.50.
Truthful Jane" the heroine OF this
book, is properly and more dignlnedly
entitled Jane Evelyn Aubrey Blythe.
She is by nativity an English girl,
er orphan since her infancy, having
been brought by sufferance In the Lon-
don home Of her uncle, Mr.. Robert Au-
hrey- Blythe. where she Is q much put
upon nursery governess when the story
opens.
Jane IS beautiful girl, possessed
or attractions calculated to render her
cmincntly desirable In the eyes OF the
masculine sex. Her cousin Gwen
dolyn Is, on the contrary. very plain
and extremely Jealous of Jane.
Because James aunt Agatha Aubrey
Blythe is afraid that Gwendolyn's
chances will be interfered with by
James beauty and grace. she keeps
Jane entirely in the background and
gives her almost mental work to do,
nor only compensation being the cast
off clothing for which Gwendolyn has
no further use.
Naturally enough, Jane resents her
dependence and helplesaness. and de-
sres to escape from her most trying
position. so. when the Hon. Wipplin-
ger-Towle tall, thin. and forty. with
bald head, but with heart In the
right place, proposes to Mr.. Robert Au-
4 brey- Blythe for her hand IN marriage,
I and truthful Jane" refuses him on the
/ ground that she doesn't love him, and
I feels that he Is old enough for
1 grandfather. matters are strained TO
1 breaking point. and Jane. being bad
Z sered beyond endurance. answers an
Z advertisement and sails for America
/! with a woman. who has engaged her
!, FOR companion. The woman turns
1 out TO be q noted smuggler, only de-
! string to use Jane as a pawn IN her
1 game Before landing. she pins fiat
( package inside Of the girl 3 blouse and
I hands over to her a cloth Jacket which
/ she has taken charge OF during the
/ voyage. When the customhouse Off
I cial questions Jane. she. following gu.
| her usual straightforward policy. tells
4 him about the package and who gave
4 Il to her. Needless to say. the package
/ when opened. contains the most valu-
able lace. and the smusgler. repudi-
1 ating the idea OF an acquaintance with
] Jane, escapes the clutches Of the law.
/ Her victim, being left friendless and
! alone in q strange country, Is re-
1 duced to the necessity OF taking SER
| vice with a family on Manhattan Is
land. y
/, Her incorporating idea Of truth
1 fulness continues to get her Into
! scrapes, but q young American gem
i tIeman falls In love with her, finds out
| the truth about her. narries her. and
| takes her back to London. that she
| may be reconciled to her family and
| restored to her proper position. The
book is written in sprightly style. with
| nc lack OF incident and imagination.
and is very entertaining.
a DAUGHTER OF THE coNFEDER-
ACY. BY Phoebe Hamilton Sea-
brook The Neale Co., OF New York,
| PIP. 200, s15o.
i The authoross Of this book is a
| South Carolinian, and tho principal
characters in the book arc either
South Carolinians or Virglnians.
The story opens just before the out
break OF the war between the States,
/ continues during the war period and
closes during the reconstruction days
| that follow.
Many Of the earlier incidents are In
terwoven with the family and homo
| life OF Colonel Marmion. his wife and
children. on a typical South Carolina
| plantation. Later. the trials, sufferinEs
! and experiences common to Southern
I, crs during the years between 1861 and
1865 are described. Their exile from
/ home and their return to It under
/ changed conditions Is followed by the
4 departure of the especial book heroine
| Dinah Marmion, to q school In Vir-
! ginia. near Alexandria. Several years
spent here and at the home Of a school
friend lead to DIS becoming inter-