Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

Sourl that has been practically un-
broken until today 1t brought him
into active connection with some or
the stirring scenes of the Civil war.
the Montana gold rushes. the advance
OF Sully against the Sioux Indians In
1864, and the Little Big Horn cam
paign, In which Captain Marsh, on
the Far West" brought the first news
of Clusters determination to the out
side world. Mr.. Hanson tells his story
primarily as the life of Captain
Marsh, but has supplemented his liv-
ing heros experiences by copious re-
ference to the historical archives of
Montana, the files of contemporary
military and general newspapers. the
government surveys. and the personal
recollections Of those soldiers engag-
ed in the various scenes of the Con-
quest of the Missouri.
The Diamond Master by Jacques
Futrelle, author of Elusive Isabel. With
frontispiece by Herman Pfeifer. The
Bobbs- Merrill company, Indianapolis.
Fancy yourself some fine morning
discovering. on opening your mail. in
a box quite unmarked. a splendid
diamond Myriad colors play In its
blue-white depths. sparkling, flashing,
dazzling. Naturally. you are astonish-
ed. II four of your friends should,
ldtcT III INC utE, COnIlue To you Indl
they had each received. in the same
way, stone similarly splendid,
sparkling dazzling. you would be still
more astonlshed. You would feel, so
to speak, that something was up"
In Mr.. Futrelles newest story. the
Diamond Master this Is precisely
what happens to Henry Latham and
four other jewel merchants of New
York. and something is up. dccideld-
ly. to-wit: an absorbing romance.
picture puzzle Is not more enthralling
than this story. and the fascination of
both arises largely from the samc
fact, that. short of the end. there Is
no good place at which to stop. AL
ways, until it Is quite completed.
there is another space in the picture
that one would like to fill; always in
tho story there Is one moro mystery
one would like to solve: so one oges
on breathless till the last word Is
placed. You must go on reading to find
out how 1t is possible for a young.
diamond market; who killed old Mr.
Kellner. what CZenki had to do with
It, and last. though not least, II
Doris and Gene make up.
OF your heroine you can not COM
plain since, even in the eyes of the
cabby who drives here on her mysteri-
Gus trip up Fifth avenue, she Is "a
pippin, a peacheriono, beauty
bright" But the unique feature of tho
plot Is the astounding number OF
diamonds-each one moro perfect than
the Koh-i-noor-which E. Van Cort-
landt Wynne produces. and the pres
sing question is. where does he get
them?
with a dash of love. a dash of hu-
NOR far moro than a dash OF mystery
and danger, with little pathos. and
considerable commercial shrewdness.
IL would seem that the story has been
compounded after n recipe insuring
success. You arc certain to laugh at
the detectives. to like Doris. to ad-
mirc Wynne's GOODNESS. ingenuity and
daring, and to thrill at the strange
secret at the bottom of 1t all. And
1t Is all done SO boldly. simply. and
in so matter-of-fact way, that.
namclcss as the state OF affairs is, 1t
seems for the time quito credible.
This is. indeed. sort OF twentieth
century Arabian Nights talo in which
are all the color any mystery OF tho
orient. together with tho dash and
enterprise of modern business. What
moro do you want2
Margaret Sanesters we'll deserved
popularity evidently continues when a
second largo edition " already required