The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19

William! Accept him. Christi. 34
Robert: Then let's 'av s,,n,mat "a
eat. an get along. There's nuthln,1
more to say n I'd
Mary: Eyes there Is"
Robert: What do you mean. M!sssp
Mary: II mean that + understand
5Whosyou are. that You are my athrrs,
Robert: Owl the 5everfasttti' did yn,,
know that. 81
Mary: Because sou are my Wish
come true; because you are brave. be-.
4 cause You are very beautiful, Because
you arc good!,, q
These two--fatIier and child-c,r,.
brace. and Just then Manson. ",the SER
ynnt In the House. comes In ana says
to the vicar:
oh. beg pardon. sir. perhaps you'd
like to know--tlle Bishop OF Eenarea
Is here
Tho Vicar: what, already. Let's
have him In at once
Manson: "He Ia here,
& Is he?" ~
Manson: Here
Vicar: In Gods name who are.
Manson: -1ns Gods nameyour
brother, a4. 81 5sis IA "a he 9 "a
CAPTAIN LOVE. BY Theodore RON
erts. From the l.. G.. Page Com
pany, OF Boston, through the Bell
Book and Stationery Company, OF
Richmond. $1.50.
gay story of adventure on the
fobber-infested road to London and III
the centres OF fashionable life With
which the metropolis abounds.
Young Lord Vernon. the hero of the
story. on his way to London Is at
tackled by higlwaymen. His servants
and friend travelling with him are
killed. his horses are stolen. and even
the crests on the panels of the coach
doors are taken away to prevent dir
icovery and the consequent tracking
Of the men committing the crime.
HALFWAY HOUSE, By Maurice Hew-
lett. From Scribnera & Sons. of
New York, through the Bell Book
and Stationery Company, OF Rich-
mond. $3.50.
Mr. Hewlett lis SO welt and favorably
known as writer of early English
stories or OF stories OF forest life in
foreign lands that II seems hardly
credible for him to reveal himself.
through the medium OF modern Eng
.lisll novel
Yet that Is precisely what he has
done. bringing to his task all OF the
Skill In character shading and all the
sviriltty OF style and expression that
have always SO pre-eminently distin-
guished his work
His present book deals with the de-
velopment through the experiences of
life. OF q young English girl. reared
In a rural community a member OF a
commonplace family yet no t commons
o1 o.
Mr.. Hewlett says: g94.
Nothing more feminine than she had
ever. been taken from the side OF
man. or been moro strongly inclined to-
go back again
She was married to n man much
older than herself, but he counted for
little as q. factor In her education. She
was influenced mainly by two men,
who appealed to her In entirely diff
ferent ways. Of the one man 1t wa
said that he never allowed her to
forget that she was his Inferior. Every
look no gave her was In It's way an
insult. implying you arc mine. my dear,
for the picking D.. She knew that
she ought to be offende led hut she was
not offended. She knew that such q
homage as his was not flattering-ands
yet 81 e}was flat tier ed by 49, - s.'
OF the other man she came to8realize
that he gave her an interest In life
and work itself. She respected him as
much as she, loved him, and when. af-
ter her husbands death she was free.
she did not fail In her second choice.
She put her hand In that OF the other
man. md was glad to be tax en- to y his
henrt. g
The title of the hook Is taken from
the vi lnlstc name given by the suc-
cessfulz lover and real hero of the book
to his wagon. in which he travelled
from one point OF England to another