The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10

''The Silver Horde" by Rex Beach. OHar-
 per & Bros)
 Boyd Emerson, a struggling young civil engineer. graduate of some great football team, living in Chicago, loved beautiful girl worth millions of dollars. The girl loved him, too, and while Wayne Way land. her father. the richest man in the middle west, had no serious objections to Emerson. he felt that the young man should prove to himself and the girl, as well as the world, his capabilities. Show that he could properly support In the strata of life to which Mildred Wayland had ever been accustomed the desired wife There were no opportunities. Emer- son thought for a quick killing in Chi cago: so securing Mdreds promise to wait three years for him. off he hikes to the Klondike. Up in Alaska Emerson met defeat everywhere, and was on his way home to admit his failure to his fancee and her father. after three years of awful struggles; after three years in which time after time success seemed imminent, and along would come old bad luck to gently but surely slap him on the wrist. He was going back to Chicago when about to starve. almost frozen. his dog team worn out. he meets, at the opening of the book, "The Silver IIorde,' Cherry Malotte, the Cherry of "The Spoilers one of MT. Beach's earlier books. Cherry Malotte, all fire, grit and tenderness, who buoys up Emerson once more, interests him in life again, and those two join forces
 Cherry Malotte, if you recall her in HThe Spoilers" was ever on-that-spot; she couldn't be lost. misplaced or any thing. She was very womanly, unfor- tunately she may have had "a past which is not made clear in "The Silver Horde, but all fin all Cherry was all right more than that! Cherry was inter- ested in prospecting, but near her cabin on an Alaskan river were great salmon canneries. She owned a site upon which might be built another cannery. George Bait, who had been ruined by Willis Marsh. the Trust comoany's head, had a site for flshtrap If Emerson could raise a couple of hundred thousand dollars among his rich Chicago friends to finance the deal. Cherry, George and Boyd could go in together and make a barrel of money catching and canning the silver horde, which was, of course, the salmon drove which In August came piling into the Alaskan river. Boyd goes to Chicago with George and raises. after much hard work, the necessary capital. He gets Mill dred Wayland to agree to wait on him further. Just between US, Mildred was a pretty icy proposition. She loved Emerson in her way, but her weights were out of order: it struck this reader so.
 Well, it turns out that sooner had Cherry, George and Emerson made all their arrangements than Mildred's father forms a great Pacific coast fishing trust to control the salmon industry with Willis Marsh, who also loves and wishes to marry Mildred, at the trusts head.
 The story deals with the exciting times in Seattle when Marsh attempts to block Emersons business enterprise with inhu- ence on the banks, strikes gotten up, all that sort of things. But In time the three partners do get away and start their fish ing and still exciting things happen. Marsh Is ever on the spot worrying Elmer son, the latter is often about to lose and would have done so and many times given up in despair had not Cherry been there to cheer him up (excuse that, please). Mildred and her father visit the fishing grounds in a yacht More things happen than you can shake stick at. Certainly. more than can be put in review.
 Of course anyone can see that Mildred is not the girl for Emerson. but he does not see 1t, of course. until the brick hits him. Then he doesn't believe it. But in time-time does wonders, you know-Em- erson does wake up and realize now that he has won success; Cherry is the girl