Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-07

\ Boris grew FESTIVE beneath the prcds
OF MS conscience. wayfaring French
officer added to his uneasiness by cum
| ningly discerning in him a renegade
| monk. and Domini. yearning only to
| share the sorrow she felt gnawing at
| her husbands heart, learned his secret.
| In the desert she first loved him, and
in the desert he confessed his sin: a
sin 50 great. in their taith, that the
mere thought of their marriage was
itself blasphemy. Between them, they
| saw but one possible course: he should
return to the monastery. Here the
| action of Mr., Hlchens' novel ends, leav-
| ing Domini In Count Anteoui's garden,
| consoling her lonely hours with the
little boy whose father, ignorant of his
birth, sits again telling beads in the
cloister near Tunis
When The Garden of Allah" was
FIRST published many people differed
with its conclusion. "A woman's love
is always personal" said some. Dom
| mi would never have sacrificed her
hearts desire for the principles of an
exact!ng faith The mans to her
was greater than his duty to his con-
science or to his order" argued others
In view OF the fact that this discus
sion of motives and morals was based
| on the belief that the story itself was
| hction of whole cloth, it is very in
| terestng to learn now what has actual
~ happened In the subsequent life of
the two central characters: zone day."
says our informant. news came to tho
retnstated monk that child had been
| born TO him. Unable TO endure separa-
| ton from his wife and the son he had
never seen, Boris escaped a second time
and fled to them. Later the three went
| to Sicily. and today, In an obscure
| quarter of huge. grimy London, they
are living their life together. The boy
is quite youngster now. And. saddest
| of ALL the life that Boris and Somini
| lead is not happy
| Louis Joseph Vance believes that for
| him there is good luck in the le;inr b.
| Last year he published the very sue
| cessful Brass Bowl. and this year he
| names his new novel The Black Bag.
| Narce says he has gone the spelling
| roftTmers one better In that he spells
| srccess with B. In this conTecuUa |.
| Is reported that an enterprisiag trunk
manufacturer who makes speciality
| OF certain style of black travelling
bag has asked for price On d good
.ouId lot of Vance's Black Tag with
/ the idea OF offering the story as a pre-
| miu'1 to purchasers OF his ~ Mi spec ial-
ty. Yankee shrewdness is evidently not
being iliied by over civiliIlt OH.
According to Sir Henry Drummond
Wolff. whose Rambling Recollections"
have just been published. Mr.. La
bouchere. the famous editor of Truth
| was In his day the wittiest man in the
| house of commons Sis Henry tells a
| number of anecdotes concerning the
| great editor one of the best of which
! dates from the days when Labouchere
was an attache at Frankfort. He was
once playing whist against very high
| German functionary sitting on his
| left. Mr.. Labouchere led small card.
The lead turned out SO we'll that he won
the rest of the tricks The minister
SAID, Well Mr.. Labouchere, you won
The game by leading that card; but
there was 10 earthly reason, accord
ing TO the rules of the game, why you
should have done so. You have, there
fore, won the rubber by accident
MT, Labouchere said, I had a very
good reason for leading that card The
minister asked what II was. We will
nave bet, said Mr. Labouchere, that
my reason was a good one The bet
was therefore made that the lead had
been Justified by the rules OF the game.
Nov, Mr.. Labouchere, what was
your rcason2'
He replied, ! had seen your hand f"
|
An extensive number of Harper new
editions includes three favorites of old
distinction; self Help, by Samuel
smiles Prue and J. by George william
Curtis aud The Gray Man, by s. r..
| Crockett Other names on the list are:
Mark Twain Roughing IL; Richard
liard!ng Davis, The West From n Car
l'~wfndoWT Mary Il. Wilkins Freeman.
Pembroke; Ruth McEnery stuart, The
| Golden Wedding.