The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

heroine has been Lady Babbie"
X Of Barrie's Little Minister are
warned against this book. for she
may. be supplanted in their aaections
BY Pam the heroine Of one OF the best
novels OF the year The Post Girl"
by Edward c. Booth. And another
thing, she IS almost a cousin OF Bah
hes. this adorable Pam; one Is re-
MINCED constantly OF Barrie in read
Ing tire book.
There. is something Of a mystery
about Pam. but not too puzzling. and
Il IS simply unraveled al the end. Her
name is Pamela Searle. She is a girl
letter carrier who for carrying the
.ma1l 10 -CliT Wrangham. an Far
y rangharn, an round by Shippus" re
-.ceiTes six shillings week That her
calling has not II any way marred her
charming femininity is proved by the
cescrip psion- OF her.
.Sff the mere sound OF her yoice''-it
4-ad tesu previously described as hav-
llg tle rare mellow sweetness OF
1-DTla pipes about it-"had aroused his
. wonder. the sight OF the girls face
added. .dOubly 10 his surprise A face
as little 70 be looked for in this place
and at this time. and under these con-
diriOns. as 70 make quest for orchids
down some PIT mouth with pick and
uavy lamp He could not maintain the
look long. Tor before satisfying his
own Inquiry he sought 20 establish the
g1rfs confidence. but he noted the
wide, generous forehead. the big con
sumiRS eyes, burning deep in soTrowing
self-reprc4rh and giving him q mo-
ments gaze over the uplifted tumbler;
the dispessionate NARROW nose
Eprinkled about its bridge aAd between
the brows with a pepper caster help
Ing OF frecklec candor; the small lips
parted sEbuissiyelY 20 the glass rim
over TWO slips OF milky teeth; the long.
sleek cheeks; the slender, pear-shaped
ohin; the soft. supple neck OF russet
tan, splfced on 70 e cleaning shaft OF
ivory where II dipped through her dress
collar 70 her bosom; the quick throb-
biug throat and the burning lobes Of
red. ike live cinoers IN her hair"
OF course there Is the" man. though
for q while his name IS legion. Every
man who crosses PANS path falls a
love with her, but the description OF
the only cre is worth quoting IN full
Ee Is the "Spa~er" which, too, needs
Al explanation. The class Of visitor
which IS lacking to UlIhrig Is the
pleasure-Eeeking variety which comes
for & month, is charged unprotestiuR
for lights and fire. never lsnds a hand
g the washing of its own pots and
pays town price for oountry butter.
Our local designation for such guests
when We get them-1s 'spawers'"
As toT the spawsr IN question, bis
name is Maurice EtheIbert Wynne. and
bA, toe, - interesting and human, like
"Es was & tai, 1.-THE hrur. Of voung
manhood n snowy hollands, with the
icle bearing OF one whose activity IS
al n the upper story; eyes brown.
steadf1st and kindly, less for the fac
ulty q seeing things than OF thinking
them; hrovS lying at ease apart, but
with the tiny telitals ooupis GREASE he
tween them for linked tussle-brows
that might hitch on 70 thought with the
tenscity OF e steel hawser; q jaw nne.
1rn and resolute. closing strongly over
determination. though void OF the
vicious set OF obstinacy, with q little
indulgent smiling, V-shaped cleft in
the chin for g mendicant TO take ad-
vantage OF; lips seemingly consecrate
70 the sober things Of life, yet show
ing too. a sunny corner for its rirth
makings and daughters beneath the
slight slant OF mustache-scarcely more
tswny than its owners sun tanned
cheeks where Il touched them"
Two other characters furnish the
most quaint and amusing episodes In
the book. They are Father Mostvn
the Wear Of the parish, q scholarly
mar who affects so much SIMPLICITY
that he seems almost one Of the country
people among Wlom MS lot Is cast. and
his old friend and chum, a canSanler-
Gus old Scotch doctor. Anderson by
name. who disagrees with him on re-
ligiou and most other things barring
eating and drinking. Father Mostyn
IS an admirable character who under
his quantity humorous manner is a man
II bread Christian sympathfes and a
warm and genial nature.
II has been noted OF late that no
longer are the pleasures Of the table
exploited in novels The old masters.
Dickens especially, positively made
ones mouth water with the descrfp-
tious OF dinners. II any there be who
--ould say Il is out OF fashion, let him
read this description OF the first feed"
which Father Mostyn and Pam gave 10
Wynne-
But the crowning glory Of the
place and of all Pans achievements=
Il was the table -Four candles lighted
u and a brass lamp, and they were
every one lighted 70 start with. There
was a chicken pie IN a Mother Hubbard
frill. with its crust as brown as a
hazel nut, and Just nicely large enough
% feed half q dozen, which is a cspf-
tai size for three; and noble sirloin
of beef. fringed with & hoery lock of
horserscish. and arching IL back IN
lonely majesty on an oval arena OF
spode; and there was salad,
heaped high up under the white
and yellow cheQuer OF sliced eggs,
and q rosy tomato comb fn glori-