The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-10
RUNNING WATER. BY A. r. w. Me-
son. The Century Company, of New
York, through the Bell Book and Sta

~ RUNNING WATER. BY A. u. w. Me-
son, The Century Company, of New
York through the Bell Book and Sta
iionery Company, of Richmond.
The scenes of this book are laid IL
ChamouniX. Switzerland in London ard
In rural England. The scene opens IN
The sleeping compartment, OF a railway
train between Trouville and Chanornix.
4 tnether and a daughter occupy this
accomplishment and before the journey to
ChamouniN is ended one has gotten a
very clear iden of the character Of tie
B oiaet woman, her vanites aud weaknesses,
ana the reserve in which the girl has
inircnched herself as behind a wall OF
defense,
on the way TO Chamounix man crosses
the girls limo of vision. This man is
Hilary Chayne an Englishman, devoted
10 mountain climbing, and on his way to
enjoy n vacation with his friend, John
l.attery, whom he is 10 meet at Challeu-
nix
In the buffet at Annemasse, Chayne be-
q comes conscious of the presence of two
women. but pays no attention to them
until his eyes fall upon a book in which
the young girl is engrossed. Her refined
prettiness interests him. and her book,
which is an old copy of the Alpine Jour
nal
When the arrival at CliamounX takes
place, Chayne finds that an accident has
hefallen his friend, John Lattery. He
organizes IA rescue party, and fluids the
body Of his friend. who has been hurled
into u crevasse by an avalanche and
Killed
Greatly shocked Chayne makes ready
to leave Chamounix as soon as the last
services are rendered to his friend.
Before he goes, however. he has had
time to note the lack of oongeniality
between the mother and daughter, his
recent fellow travellers, and to feel 4
sympathy for the girl over her unconr
genial surroundings and associates.
AS it is when he finally leaves.
b going on foot over the mountains. the
two find themselves fellow travellers,
3 for the girl is going TO climb her first
mountain, and is spending the night
at tho same chalet as Chayne.
The two talk more freely than they
i have hitherto done and the man, i'm
pressed by the girls enthusiasm at
what she is about to undertake, de-
lays his journey to accompany her on
the climb She makes the ascent with
wonderful confidence, and wins the adj
n miration of both her guide and Chayne
g the former telling her that she carries
herself with the ease and assurance
\, Of 1, practiced climber, and that she
reminds him of an Englishman he had
known many years before--Gilbert
Strood.
The girl and Chayne form more thar
Is casual acquaintance during the noun
tain climb. They bid each other good
& by the next day, but not before the
girl has explained that she is going tc
"a leave her uncongenial life with he,
q mother and go to make her home witt
her father in England. Also she prom
y Uses to write to Chayne and tell hin
~ about her new home.
Then comes the parting between thu
mother and daughter and the return
or the latter to London to a father o
whom she has only the vaguest recol
lections, and of whose manner OF III
she knows next to nothing. She find
nlm in Hobart Place, London, know
to- his acquaintance as Garrett Skin
* ner, man of good education an
8 agreeable manners, but one whom sl
n quickly learns to distrust even Will
she cares for him far more than sh
s ever has for her mother.
gs Fer choice of residence under he
AL fathers roof involves her in all sor,
81 of plots and complications. In tn
end she marries Chayne, and the tw
~ together are strong enough to say
s Garrett Skinner-or Gilbert Strood,
give him his correct name--from II
Z consequences of his worst tendencies.
There are any number OF dramat
situations. and the book absorbs Il
All reader to a remarkable degree G
lt peeiaHy at the last, the closing cha
" tiers. like those i'll beginning, beiI
8 laid at ChamounlX
SAMPSON ROCK OF WALL STREE
BY Edwin Lefevre, Harper
Brothers, of New York throul
l#5 Bell Book and Stationery Coz
S5 pany Of Richmond. PIP. 1914 ST.
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