The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-07-01

tin Seton: published by Doubleday, Page & Co.,, New York; $1.92 postpaid.
 A delightful volume, entertaining | throughout, and not devoid of exciting | situations is this romantic account of Mrs. Seton's trips in the Sierras, in the Rockies, on the Ottawa and in Nor l way and adding to it's interest and att | tractiveness are the elaborate illuStra- tions by Ernest Thompson Seton and Walter King Stone. Mrs Seton proves a formidable competitor to her gifted husband in the wild animal story line of endeavor. The book is a very happy combination of fact and fiction and in 1t the author graphically narrates some of her most interesting experiences and adventures while out hunting with her husband. A cold bath that Mrs Seton took all by herself iii deep black pool in the Sierra Nevadas a. was indeed a chilly experience, for the NMater was like ice, and to add to her troubles she found herself as she rose from her first plunge looking into the beady eyes of big water snake She forsook the bath speedily and rejoiced her camping out party three miles away as rapidly as her horse could take her. But this adventure was tame one compared to her unexpected encounter when alone with a grizzly whom she was afraid to shoot to say nothing of adventures with mountain goats. The story of a canoeing trip on the Ottawa is attractive and briskly told. The con- cluding chapters tell of trip to the mountains of Norway after reindeer. An amusing chapter tells of the arrest of Nimrod for alleged violation of game laws in shooting a blacktail fawn. This was in the California Rockies. Instead of hurrying toward it, Nimrod sat down to rest. He answered Mrs. Nim- rods amazed look by:
 ''That fantail is blacktail fawn. Suspected it last night, but it's track was peculiar and the Cap'n was so sure I could not see it well last night, and It's being alone without the mother was misleading"
 In brief, Mrs. Nimrod had shot one of the lawns that had escaped from the lien!
 Trusting to the wisdom of another, inspired by desire to further science, had tortured and killed that mother less little creature! No wonder the name of fantail disappeared from the camp circle and I never raised gun again that trip or for years and never but once since at living mark
 But the tragedy was to have an un- pleasant sequel. Three days later a couple of men rode into the camp. One of them placing his hand suggestively OF the does skull, which Nimrod at lllat moment was sketching, said very Quietly:
 Are you the fellow who makes pie lures of animals and writes about them! " " oil. oiii c,fr Nimrod, you are my man. You are under arrest! reckon that skull and this fawn skin will do. My name Is Dean" He displayed a game wardens badge with an air of triumph.
 'Tmmeaia ateTy, there was a great hub bub<m camp Nimrod arrested for kill salsig a doe and a fawn, Nimrod who had not fired gun the whole trip!" In vain endeavored to explain that mine the killing, mine the punishment. NiIn- rod would not permit it." He assumed the blame and described to Dean the situation, but 1t did not avail
 II ain't made an arrest this summer. and I'm about due to hold down my job I've got good case, plenty of proof-Mackenzie here will swear to it.. tAnd 1t will do me good, show my boss I am busy"
 The result was that the entire party had to make a forced march in bitter cold weather to Carver 200 miles away, to stand trial and part of the time ii was showing. On the way they secured fos counsel Hiram Barker, hard working farmer who was also a lawyer and he was good one. His eloquence affected the jury vislbly. Pleading with al energy he summed up as follows:
 "Torn from the loving arms of g beautiful wife like a common criminal he was snatched away from honor and love and position and credit and all that he had wrested from the world! grasp. Picture the poor young wife, de- prived of her tender and loving partner alone in the mountains, away from he home and her dear friends, weeping CO., piously, pale and feeble and sick, en- during agonies of dread and fear"
 Eyes unconsciously travelled to where Nimrods wife sat in the full glow O health, looking uncommonly comfort able vainly she tried at such short no tice to become pale, covering, fearfu sick and tormented At last Banks sa down hopping his brow. The jury filet out, and in five minutes filed bacl again with unanimous verdict of No guilty"
 Grace G. Thompson Seton, author Q s.Nimrod's Wife" wears a riding habi on her trips with her artist-husband Ernest Thompson Seton, of her own de sign which is gaining an internationa reputation as the habit for women wh, ride cross saddle. Mrs. Seton is receiv ing letters from all parts of the worlC zse9ngEatulating her upon the graceful ness and practicability of her costume The Duchess of Bedford person al fried of Mrs. Seton's, at once adopted it and, needless to say, other ladies O the English nobility have followed suit Miss Eva Cristy, the well known Eng llsh authority on horseback riding fo women, uses Mrs. Seton's habit exclu sively for her cross saddle work Anon other foreign personages who use are one of the Russian princesses an 6 wife of one of the Maharaja's of In dia
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