The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-11-05
DEALS WITH EXPERIENCES
OF BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
While MaToOned on Desert
Island With a
Young Man

hdnSdS lily, NOV. - ne Htst
book Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady.
rector Of an Episcopal church here.
has published since he came to Kan
sas City last winter is in readiness
for puDlic approval
TIE novel is rather daring, coming
as Il does from the pen OF n clergy.
man. in that il has to do with the
experiences of a beautiful woman
while marooned on a desert isle with
young man.
II "The Island Of Regeneration, =
DR. Brady's new novel; falls short
Of cincaing the lesson sought TO be
conveyed by the author, Ii Is only
because there is no opportunity 10
provide solitude and reflection for all
the Katherine Brentons in the world.
Two or three years passed on a
rock in the Pacific in the company of
man who is a Hercules in strength
and an Apollo in person bring this
Independent and free thinking young
woman to a change OF heart and a
change of heories-religious and
otherwise
Result Not Surprising.
The result is not surprising. and
the process Is not new. the only
thing that is unusual Is the island.
Given the Hercules.Apollo person and
the right opportunity the regenera-
ton OF Miss Brenton might have taxi
en- place In a boarding house parlor.
A modern young woman, university
bred, culture TO the boots," with a
philosophy which excludes all relig-
/ ion Is cast away on an island not
1 down on any chart. The circum-
stances OF her being cast away pro
vide the key to her character and
the necessity for her regeneration.
She has been cruising about the Pa
cific with a Young millionaire whom
she has converted to her views or
thinks she nas. But Valentine Lang
ford turns out 10 be an unworthy pus
pill He acquired m ore philosophy
than his head could hold and thought
to leaven it with little love.
I In the scene where he diseloses
his real character he behaves in a
I disagreeable mannef Maddened bs
/ her repulses and being somewhat
\ the worse for his dinner-ne tells
her he Is married man. points out
4 their equivocal position before The
world. and conducts himself in an
ungentlemanly manner. The young
woman Is as strong OF arm as of
mind. She deals her backsliding dis
4 ciple blow that leaves him nncon-
I scious on the floor 0f the cabin, and
with little preparation for an extend
4 ed voyage lets herself over the side
OF The yachi into motor boat and
4 escapes
I Finds Strange Man.
The island on which The young
7 woman finally is cast is not wholly
/ uninAabited Years before there had
been a shipwreck there and It's sole
+ survivor Is man. beautiful as the
morning. but savage. lie has new
or seen a human being, SO far as he
can remember. he has lost the p1wef
OF speech and roams over his little
domain, subsisting ON fruit. He finds
the unconscious young woman on the
beach and revives her. and thence
forth she has new pupil. His un-
F
he soon becomes her willing slave
And now begins the work OF re-
4 generation for msa and woman She
comes 10 the island an unbelelvef
Her former experience has not
strengthened her faith in the motives
OF men. YET she is the sole teacher
Of this noble savage, being who
knows nothing Of the world or OF
things higher What shall she teach
him2
The man takes the problem more
or less into his own hands by falling
In love with her. For long time
she combats her own feelings, but
the time comes when she can nc
longer conceal from herself that she
also is in love with him.
It would be taking an unfair ad
vantage OF DR.. Brady to disclose the
outcome.