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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-12-26
NOTICE
To stockholders Of the Bal
of Donaldsonyille.

- Donaldsonyille, Ia. Der. = i
N Office is hereby given to fhe sf1cieIS NJ !
~ the Bank Of DonaldsonviHe That the y
election OF a board of directors. conno5
eleven members to serve for the ene,,jg,e
win be held at the bank OF
TUESDAY. JAN. 10. 1909.
at II O'Clock a. n1.s in accordance with
as.oI efe chafter. w. d. PATs
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-12-26

Something you will remember.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-12-26
QUARTERLY REPORT
--OF THE
BANK OF ASCENSION
of DonaIdsonviIIe, La.
RESOURCES

Report furnished to the state examiner of state
banks at the close of business
on Dec. %, 1908.
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For Rent.

will tell you about it in few days.
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PURSUANT to the constitution and laws of
Il this state and the authority vested in me by
the same, it is hereby ordered that continuous
sessions of the Twenty-seventh Judicial District
Court, for the state of Louisiana, shall be held
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
LOST AND FOUND.
DAILY SHORT STORY.
CONTINUED from Page Four.)

BerSl In it-no-certainly not. I'll
just so to-to-I am perfectly salts
fed as / am. But I'll take look
around to-to-well. to pass the time
away"
The stores were ablaZe with light
and the windows twinkle with tinsel
and toys, and the tired shopgirls
were behind their counters until 10
O'clock at night. John had spent a
pocketful of dimes. and there was but
one left-that is, but one dime left of
the ten dollar bill that he broke when
he stood treat to Christmas toys for
the first ragamuffin he met as he
started out to do the Santa Claus act
on small personal SCALE
AS he turned to take the car he
stumbled over a ragged little mite,
who was pressing a bit of blue face
against the plate glass of big WIN
dow and cooling in broken English to
sprawling yellow Teddy bear In the
| toy window.
want a Teddy bearT" he asked.
And the child grinned hungrily.
"Well, come on in, then. I'll get you
one"
| The bear bore the price tag, "Seven-
ty-five cents" John must go in to
change bill. Crowds were thinning
In the store. and he dragged the rag
ged mite after him through the long
aisles, up the elevator and down
among the rows Of toys.
"Toy animals? Oh, yes. Down that
aisle at post TO-" SO the fioorwalker
said, and John led the child hastily
along.
Have you toy he began. The
clerk was putting box on the shelf.
She turned a weary white face to at
tend to her late customer.
"Beryl!'
The cry rang across an ocean Of
cotton cats and paper elephants heap
ed on dozen counters. A little rat
Ting crash followed, and then the
voice of clerk crying, "Oh, Mr..
Headman, Miss Bayswinter has faint.
ed again.
u The manager hurried up. Miss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

Bayswinter lay very white and limp
across the arms of the tall customer.
No one noticed the little German
waif scudding away with two white
cotton cats and Teddy bear in her
pinafore.
''Send for the ambulance, some of
you! Miss Bayswinter will get her
discharge in the morning. This faint
ing is getting altogether too fire.
Quent," the manager said sharply.
Where does this lady live?" John
LOTUS asked. 81 will take her home
in carriage
ooh, rooms somewhere. Well send
her to the hospital. Don't trouble
yourself"
The marriage occurred on Christ
mas day, and now the fellows are all
| wondering who the mischief Miss
Bayswinter was, whether she was
some English girl or simply an Amer
lean heiress.
All the news ell the time-Tne Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
Masters Sale.


State Of Illinois, Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss:
In the Circuit Court In Chancery.
George Wagner, complainant, VS.. Rob-
ert a. Wagner, Ernst Wagner, Bernard
ID. Connolly, Leo Wagner, Leonora
Wagner, Amelia Stenger lnee Amelia
Mattes), and Robert A. Wagner and
Bernard d. Connolly executors of the
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of a decree of said court entered in
the above entitled cause on the goth
day of November, A. ID. 1908, shall,
on Saturday, the 2nd day of January,
A. u. 1909, at the hour of 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, at the east door of the
court house in the city Rock Island,
in said county of Rock Island, to salts
fy said decree, sell at public auction to
the highest and best bidder, for cash
in hand within five days from the date
of sale, the certain parcel of land situ-
ate in the county of Rock Island and
, state of Illinois, known and described
as follows to-wit:
Out lots numbered thirty-three $3.50
and thirty-foU. (3il, in section number
ed eighteen GS). north range two Cd.
west of the fourth principal meridian.
situated in the city of Rock Island
Provided, the bids upon each piece
or parcel shall be equal to at least two
| thirds of the valuation put upon the
commissioners heretofore appointed by
the court to make partition thereof.
| Dated a Rock Island this LIST day of
December, A. d. 1908.
| JOSEPH L. HAAS.
Master in Chancery, Rock Island Coun-
! j. T. & S. R. Kenworthy, complain
IantS solicitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
Executors Notice.

Estate of Margaretta Rohwedder, de-
|ceased.
The undersigned having been ap-
pointed executor of the last VIII anc
late of the county of Rock Island, state
of Illinois, deceased, hereby. gives no
tice that he will appear before the
lcounty court of Rock Island county at
the county court room, in the city of
Rock Island, at the January term, on
the first Monday in January next. at
which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and re-
quested to attend. for the purpose OF
having the same adjusted. All per-
sons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to
the undersigned.
Dated this 23rd day of November, A.
d. 1908
GEORGE JURGEN ROHwEDDER.
Executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
LEGAL
Notice of Final Settlement.

Estate of Anna Marta Thiele. de.
ceased.
Public notice is hereby given that
the undersigned, Oswald Thiele, admin
Thiele, deceased, has this day filed his
final report and settlement as such in
the county court of Rock Island coun-
set for December / 8, 1908, at o'clock
a. m, at which time persons interest
ed may appear and make objections
thereto, and if no objections are filed.
said report will be approved at that
time, and the undersigned will ask for
an order of distribution, and will also
ask to be discharged.
Rock Island, Ill, Nov. 49, 1908.
OSWALD THIELE, Administrator.
Marion E. Sweeney, attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
Executors Notice,

Estate of William Myers, deceased.
The undersigned having been ap-
pointed eXecutriX of the last will and
testament of William Myers, late of the
county of Rock Island, state of Illinois.
deceased hereby gives notice that she
will appear before the county court of
Rock Island county, at the county court
room in the city of Rock Island. at the
February term, on the first Monday in
February next, at which time all per-
sons having claims against said estate
are notified and requested to attend,
for the purpose of having the same adj
Justed. All persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
Dated this 18th day of December, A,
d. 1908. FREDERICKA MYERS,
Executrix.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

Publication Notice.


State of Illinois, Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss:
In the Circuit Court of Rock Island
County, Illinois. January Term, 1909
In Attachment. Demand, 500.
William L. ASter VS.. Herman Manchion
Notice is hereby given to you, the
said Herman Manchion, that a writ OF
attachment has been sued out of the
office of the clerk of the circuit court
of said county of Rock Island, at the suit Of
William l.. Aster. and against the es-
tate of you, the said Herman Manchion
for one hundred dollars, besides inter
est directed to the sheriff of said coun-
ty to execute.
Now, unless you, the said Herman
Manchion, shall personally be and ap
pear before the circuit court of sait
county. on the first day of the mex
term thereof to be holden at Rock Is
land, in said county, on the first Mon
day in the month of January next, giv'
special bail and plead to said action
judgment will be entered against yol
in favor of said plaintiff, and the prop
erty attached sold to satisfy the same
with costs.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Rock Island, Ill, Dec. u. 1908.
Fl. A. Weld, plaintiffs. attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.

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of Title prepared or con-
tinued to date covering any real eS-
tate in the county. Prompt and ac-
curate service at reasonable rates.
Rock Island Title & Abstract COM
pany; ]. j. Ingram, president; w. j.
Sweeney, secretary; 200-203, second
floor, Peoples National Bank build
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

IF YOU WANT to buy, sell, trade or
rent anything, engage help or secure
a situation, the Mail and Journal is
the one paper in Moline that can do
1t for you. Mail and Journal wants
are popular. and Mail and Journal
wants bring results. One-half cent
per word is the price to all alike.
cash in advance; two-cent stamps will
do. Evening and Saturday Mail and
Journal. Moline. ILL.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

MRS E. w. MILLER, Masseuse. 1906
Fifth avenue; electric vibrator and
vapor baths, body and facial massage,
hair and scalp treatment, shampooing
and manicuring; body massage spe-
cialty. New phone $3.50. Hours, 10
a. m. to 10 p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
LODGE DIRECTORY.
Masonic.


Masonic.
TRIO LODGE, NO. 81, A. F. & A. M
Meets in stated communication
Wy on the first Thursday of each
~ month. Master Masons cordi'
ally welcome. ]. w. Houder, w. NJ.
William B. Petit, secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COUNCIL, NO. 20, r. &
8. M.-Meets in stated communication
on the third Wednesday Of each
month. M. NJ. Briggs. T. ]. NJ; L. c.
Daugherty, secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COMMANDERY NO. IS
K. T.-Meets in stated conclave or
the second Monday of each month
II. A. J. Mcdonald. e. c.; r. c. VII.
lerton, recorder.
MASONIC BOARD OF CONTROL-H
D. Mack, president; F. T. Myers. Sec
rotary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
PATENTS.

PATENT AND TRADE MARK.-Odace,
room IA, Mitchell & Lynde building,
Rock Island. James F. Murphy. as
sociate, branch of Moore & Co, pat
emit attorneys. Washington. d. c.. and
Chicago, Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
GEAND ELECTRoLYsIs.

given at the homes. Super
fiuous hairs permanently removed
with electric needle. Treatment CIV
en- at homes unless otherwise desired.
Address Miss A. M. Kittridge, 1913
Perry street, Davenport, Iowa. Old
phone 1886.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
LAUNDRIEs.

HOME LAUNDRY - Family washings
only; work called for and delivered.
Miss A. Couch, prop. 1919 Twelfth
street: old phone west 652-L-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
EXPRESS, STORAGE, BUS AND CAB

ROBES EXPRESS CONGRATULATED
ture moved, packed and stored. Bus,
baggage and cab service day or night.
Main Office, 24l0 Third avenue. Old
phone 537 and 900. New phone 515S.
RELIABLE STORAGE-On first floor;
also manufacturer of awnings, tents,
wagon covers, etc. Tents for rent. B.
Roessler & Co., 209 Fifteenth street,
opposite the court house, Rock Island.
EWERT & RICHTER - Express and
Storage company, having uneQualed
facilities for moving, storing, packing
and shipping household goods, and
can quote reduced freight rates to
Pacific coast and other points. Write
or call. Office and warehouse, 1922
1926 East Fourth street, Davenport,
Iowa Telephone sos.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

REIDY BROS. have $4,000. to loan on
farm property. Room 4, State Bank
building
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Il. j. TOHER & CO.-Brokers, Daven-
port. Stocks, grains, provisions. cot
ton. Private wire to New York and
Chicago. Offices. 10s Main street. Tel
sphone Lo7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
OSTEOPATHY.

E. L. DENNISTON, D. O.-Graduate of
the American School of Osteopathy,
Kirksville, Mo. Office hours, to II
a. m. and l to and to s p. m. Of
fee in Safety building, rooms 20S and
2O9. Consultation and examination
free. Office phones, new 1858, old 997.
Residence phone 728-Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

WE WILL BOND YOU-Executors' adj
illustrators, guardians, trustees or
any kind of judicial bonds; lodges and
society officers; city state or U. s.
government officials; contractors. po-
sitions of trust lin fact, any kind of
bond you want Except bail bonds).
Terms reasonable. Hayes & Cleave-
land, resident managers Fidelity &
Deposit Company of Maryland. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

FOR SALE-Household goods; cheap, il
taken at once; at 1923 Tenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
EDUCATIONAL.

VILLA DE CHANTAL-A home school
conducted for girls by the Sisters of
the Visitation. Rudimentary and high
err branches and all polite accomplish
ments taught. Twentieth street and
Fifteenth avenue. Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

FOR SALE-Cheap, nice level lots, Ask
125, corner Twenty-seventh street and
Eighteenth avenue, facing Long View
street car track. Also for sale or
trade, one acre lot. with new seven
room house. Terms to please pur-
chaser Inquire of E. Thonn, 610
Twenty-eighth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

FOR SALE - Two small Iowa farms,
well improved, and on each a good set
of buildings, IS and 80 acres in each.
Inquire 905 East Sixteenth street,
Davenport, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

All the news all the time-Tne Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

FOR SALE-Forty lots in our new adj
ditions; 40 sold with IL new houses
erected on same; prices of lots from
$500 to $500; terms, $25 down, with
five years for balance. Old phone
759-K. E. w. Robinson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

FOR SALE-Acre and town lots just
outside of city limits on bluff near
street car line, cheap on monthly pay
ments. Inquire of John T. Campbell,
1929 Seventeenth street. Phone 1922
west.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

FOR SALE-On Fourth avenue, not far
away, a cottage, with lot 53x100; will
sell for $4,000, or will sell frontage
of loo feet, which includes a corner
with car track and paving on two
sides HI. X. Walker, agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

FOR SALE Two very nice large
houses on corner lot 60X176 on Forty
fifth street; good houses and rent
fine. Let me tell you about them.
H. X. Walker, agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
FOR SALE-LANDS,

FOR SALE-A section of land in South
Dakota, at bargain. Apply to Reidy
Bros, room 4, State Bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

FOR SALE-A nice level lot near ball
park; Will build on 1t to suit pur-
chaser. and sell on monthly payments
with little or nothing down. Inquire
of II. X. Walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

JACKSON, HURST & STAFFORD-At-
torneys-at-law. Office in Rock Island
National bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

FOR SALE-Land and timber in Ten
nessee, . Mississippi Arkansas, and
other states. Write for descriptive
list. V. G. Russell, Memphis, Tenn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

MONEY LOANED to salaried people and
Others without security; easy pay
ments; no publicity. Call and get our
terms and method of doing business.
phone north 2411. Victor Finance
company. room &c, McManus build
ing, Second and Main streets, Daven-
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

house on Fifteenth street, quite new
and in good repair; asphalt paving
and all paid; owner has moved to
California and is willing to sell at
$3.50. H. X. Walker, agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
INSURANCE..

PLEASANT F. COX-Real estate and
insurance. Loans speciality. Best
fire companies represented. Your pat
ronage solicited. Phones west %, and
new 5172 Office at court house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

BENEFITS Insurance Agency.-Fire
life, accident, health and plate glass;
real estate and loans; second floor,
Safety building. Office phone west
996. Residence phone 736-K. Open
Wednesday and Saturday nights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

Began the business July 3. 1855. ana
occupies the southeast corner OF Mitch
ell & Lynde building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
FOR sALE-C1TY PROPERTY.

FOR SALE-A fine dwelling, good barn,
large lot; price, $500; a bargain.
Reidy Bros.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16
MONEY TO LOAN.

LOANS ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY
at lowest rates. Ludolph & Reynolds,
lawyers, Buford block, corner Seven
teenth street and Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

FOR SALE-A modern six-room cot
tage; fine dry cellar, paved street;
quick sale. Address "B. 8. j. care
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-16

FOR SALE-A large wool seal cape
and n beaver collarette both as good
as new; also a soft coal heater and
a cook stove. Inquire at 1892 Six
teenth street
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-22
+" f,TwrNrY nINuTRs ATER! SIZE wInsREfE1
Pom Tf1E WIilsRERIN@ Plan
t,u TfEENY KITOHEIL WE6STES

quaintance with the Princess Uzma
The Scarecrow. The Tin Woodman, The
Cowardly Lion and all the old favor
ties. Among the new and delightful
characters are Eureka, Dorothys pink
kitten, and The Nine Tiny Flights.
The stories with a moral nowadays
are so artfully done that the children
of whatever age are interested IN the
story and absorb the moral teaching
quite unconsciously. In The Christ
mas Makers Club" Elsa Danforth and
some of her young friends make
Christmas a very happy and joyous oc-
casion. The story is told so we'll that
1t will make an enduring impression
and no better gift book can be mag
ined than this sweet and wholesome
story. Edith A. Sawyer, whose work
for children Is so well known, Is the
author. a. C. Page & Co., Boston.)
The Truth About Appendicitis and
Blood Poisoning" by c. G. Miller, M. D..
is an explanation In nontechnical
language of appendicitis and kindred
germ infections. 1t is intended to an
swer the question so often asked by
the layman about these important con-
ditions and can be safely recommended
as a textbook for the uninformed,
coax publishing company, Chicago;
So
Little Sam in volendaus" Is a holt
day book Tor children. The rhymes
and pictures are by Estelle NJ. Kerr
and they tell the story Of q little
American boy who took a trip to Hol-
land. The printing and binding are
most artistic and the Illustrations
some In color and some IN black and
white, are excellent (Moffat, Yard &
Co., New York; s1.25)
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-22
che whispering Man ;

By Henry Kitchen Webster, author OF Roger
Drake" etc. joint author Of Calumet X F"
etc Published BY D. Appleton & Co., New
York Price $1.50.
If The whispering Man" only had
given some other title and were con-
densed to a quarter Of its length. it
would be a great success. The prob
lem is ingenious and carried TO a sue
cessfuI climax, but too much unneces-
sary detail is given and the reader
wearies before he is half way through
the book.
The book opens with the mysterious
and almost uncanny murder of q ia
nous. New York physician, a man who
has devoted himself TO the study Of
mental disease and especially the side
Of If dealing with crime and criminals.
He has a reputation for probity not
equaIed IN the country and is already
one OF the, great. alienists of America
Almost everybody in the book is un-
der suspicion at one time or another.
The assistant of the doctor. busy in
the next room, has a pretty hard time
OF *; his young and pretty wife is
under strong suspicion; the young lady
engaged to his son also is in grave
danger The plot is excellent and its
unraveling Is we'll done, but the title
of the book enables the reader to sus-
pect the murderer long before he would
otherwise.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-22
New Books Briefly Noted

Really Babies" by Elizabeth B.
Brownell, is a new book of charming
rhymes. which will appeal to children
The illustrations show a sympathetic
understanding of child nature and IN
usual skill in photography. The book
Is beautifully printed In two colors
and the pictures are reproduced in
half tone. Grand, McNally & Co. ;
price .$1.25.)
Freddie and Santa Claus in Circus
Land" is the title of a novel holiday
booklet (Laird & Lee) 1t Is full of
mirth exciting colored illustrations, the
creation of Olive Aye, and the verses
accompanying the pictures, written by
Martha Spangler, give, in easy flowing
rhyme. graphic account of little
boys trip to Circus Land, and the sights
he beheld In that wonderful world.
All the Dorothys In the country
wrote TO l. Frank Baum and demanded
more" about Dorothy and the wizard.
SO that he was literally forced to. write
Dorothy and the Wizard in o. which
the Reilly s. Britton company have just
issued for the holidays. In. this book
Dorothy, together with @ little boy
companion, zeb. and Jim. the cab horse,
are swallowed up in an earthquake,
only to reach strange vegetable
land whence, by the aid of the Wizard
of or, whom they meet there, they es-
cape to the land OF Or and renew ac-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-22
"Leng Odds u

By Harold BIndloss author of "A Damaged
Published by Small, Maynard & Co., Boston
Price $3.50.
San Rogue is one of the hottest
places in Africa. . 1t Is scorched
with pitiless sunshine during part of
the year, but 1t is walled in by never
lifting shadow; for all around the dark
forest creeps close up to It,"
That is the stage for Harold Bindloss'
new story, Long Odds" and the very
words seem to warn us that misery and
loneliness are to be the portion of more
than one character in the book.
One Ormsgill is the hero. He is a
young Englishman In some difficulty at
home" so he has left his fancee at
home" and is making his fortune in
Africa. After living wild, unconven-
tional life for some time in a barbaric
country, life does not look the same to
him when he goes to the "Canaries,"
where his sweetheart is spending a sea-
son. He has developed into a fine,
strong, clean man. mentally and NOR
ally and physically, and Alice Radcliffe
the girl-can not understand nor ap-
preciate the change in him. Ormsgill
has promised an old trader to carry out
certain pledges the beastly old trader
has made to a native woman, so after
spending some time in civilization he
decides to undertake the work of the
now dead trader. An old friend, Dick
Desmond, joins him, and their adven-
lures prove exciting enough to interest
any reader. The tale the author has to
tell of the wilderness, the horrors OF
slavery, the brutality of the whole Az
rican background. make the best of the
book The complicated love story is
embarrassing and could almost be left
out There is no warmth in it and il
Us unconvincing, but the author proves
that he knows the life, especially the
moral life, of the tropics, and that part
of his book is valuable and interesting