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The Inner Shrine

Bros. New York aud London. Price $50.
time, unfortunately. George discovers
that they have been living tremendous
~ beyond their means and he tries
every method known to him to receup.
Every speculation he goes into fails,
and at this crisis he hears the gossip.
According TO the code of their little
world he instantly challenges Bien-
willie. and duel Is arranged. Instead,
however. of shooting his adversary he
puts a bullet in his own brain This
knowledge is somehow kept from the
wife and mother. but Diane. none the
less, realizes that her extravaganza
and her fifrtations have caused the
double catastrophe OF the loss of for
tune and husba nd in a blow. Diane
then secretly makes over her own in
ffnitesifnal dot TO her mother in law.
for she is young and can work. One
of the best scenes In the book is her
meeting with the old banker. an ~Ameri-
can. 10 whom she goes TO lave the
business part of il arranged. One feels
the tenseness of the situation behind
the ordinary words. with no hint OF
meIodramatic explanation.
When this business is accomplished.
Diane and her mother In law sail for
America and after a short time Diane
secures a position as chaperon to the
daughter of Derek Pruyn, a distant
relative OF her husban nd Y ears before
Derek had met Diane. and the remark
able change in her life impresses him
10 the point of pity, which. of course.
soon changes to love. Diane Is remark
ably successful in managing the will
full daughter, and Derek is very appre-
ciative When the time comes for him
To propose he manages 1t very badly,
and succeeds in convincing Diane that
gratitude and not love is prompting 9
III
he is called away on business trip
does she give him half hope that she
may change her mind.
Coming home from this trip Derek
falls In on the steamer with the mar
auis de Bienville. who, in the fashion
OF the French dandy, brags OF MS
couquests and tefes the story of Diane,
as he had told it in Paris. In addition
to telling the same lie which had
caused George Eveieth to challenge
him. he told also the tale OF his sui
eide instead of being killed in the
ducl This is a very black situation
and Derek cables to Paris TO find the
truth of the suicide story. and 1t is
verified He can not possibly think
otherwise than that Diane is guilty,
and when he tells her his story she
leaves his house before he can ask
her to.
when shortly after this Diane is
able To do Derek tremendous service
the solution of her difficulties begins
II is most ingenieusly handled and
thoroughly satisfactory TO the novel
reader.
The most difficult character in the
book TO understand is the miserable
De RienvilIe. He Is thoroughly French,
but one does not like TO think
tvpfcally so. His extraordinary notions
of what his honor means are quite
incomprehensible to the Anglo Saxon
mind and the clever study which the
author makes of him convfnces the
reader that she f?) has lived among
these people long time. The novel
is the best which has appeared this
wear. which is high praise in this year
OF good things.
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none OF ii. They backed and iibbed
and got as cross az possible, and he was
obliged to continue along the slope.
explaining to Us thatgthere was another
turning farther on which they might
be persuaded TO face. But IT was no
-nse. and finally Elizabeth and Octavia
were asked 10 get down and walk. for
the hotel was only 500 yards away.
They started to walk. and then the
senator and CASTOR tore down the hill
I'm a motor because they were worried.
Every well regulated hotel should see
to IL that authors who have designs
upon us are treated with greater care.
II the series Of Tnisfortunes and dis
comforts described really happened to
Mrs GIyn, il is unfortunate. and one
wishes she might have stayed long
enough to forget them; for Elizabeth
has foolish. inconseauentiaI way OF
making statements about the expert
ences of her trip in such a way that
people who did not know might think
The unusual occurrences were everyday
affairs.
The last few letters In the book are
about the mining camps presumably
Goldfield. Rawhide. and other new
camps-and readers who have visited
them will see she has made the most
of every possible story told her Mrs.
GIyn was taken through the towns
when she was here and the interviews
at the time said she was very much
pleased. She says so. too. in these let
ters. but one resents little her en-
phasis of the primitiveness Of the peo-
pie. as well as the places. Elizabeth
is a vain and empty headed little ass.
far too good for. the splendid Cali
fornia miner who fell in love before
he knew she was married. She is quite
depressed when he retires from the
field, for she wants to have a hirta-
tion with him. She is g depraved little
person, but loves her husband and
wants to punish him for the quarrel
by flirting with some one else. T1fe
book would not receive much of a no.
tice if its author had not herself court
ed notoriety by her impossible book of
two seasons past. Another pot boiler
of this kind and even the authors
questionable vogue Will disappear.
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comes across the name Scrope Denton.
The old story comes back to him and
he decides TO go there and see il he
can unravel the threads. The night
OF the discussion Hummerstone had
spoken Of the boy which led LowoOd
to believe the experiment had already
been made when the talk took place.
This and the fact that the lady in
the case was mentioned as being OF
the best people OF the place were the
only clews which LOwOod had TO work
upon. so he takes a house in ScrOpe-
Denton. There are two old maid sis
ters, who own the house DR.. LOwOOd
rents, who are so unusual that they
must have been drawn from Hfe- They
furnish the one CLEAN OF humOr In this
depressing book. They are too extraor-
binary to be the creation Of any au-
thor's imagination.
II the reader pays strict attention he
will find the criminal when he Is about
half through the book. but the author
does not tell until nearly the end. While
there is no fine writing. the story man
ages to hold the interest. for the author
has treated her subject very humanly
and has handled her plot with great
deal OF ingenuity. One knows almost
from the first that all HOmmerstOne' $
theories are TO be Knocked quite Hat,
and he has been 40 c0ldly scientific IN
the opening discussion that one doesn'
care. but he has a great deal OF SYM
patbv at the last. when he Is so dread
fully and Justly punished for his wicked
experiment.
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ELUSIVE Isabel"

E case of susan etc. Published by Bobbs-
she is on the little Washington stage.
She is spy for the italian govern
ment and has been given a very inn
portant matter 10 manipulate.
While this is happening our own
government is busy with troubles of It's
own. These are handled by the secret
service agents. We are shown the pri-
vate Office OF the head of the depart
ment. Chief CanssbelI. where he and his
assistant. Mr. Grimes, are deciphering
and tTanslating a message sent them
in eipner from an agent somewhere in
Europe:
Secret offensive and defensive al
lance OF the Latin against the Eng
lish speaking nations OF the world is
planned. Italy. France. spain and two
South American republics will soon
sign compact in Washington. PROPOSE
ton just made to Portugal and may be
accepted. Special envoys now working
I'm Mexico and Central and South Amer
iea- Germany invited TO join, but re-
fuses as yet, giving. however. tacit
support: attitude of Russia and Japan
unkDowH to me. Prince Benedetto
d'AbFnzzi believed TO be in Washington
At present has absolute power to sign
for Italy, France and Spain. Profound
learned OF it by underground. Shall I
inform our minister? Cable instruc-
tions-'
There are the two great plots. What
has Isabel 10 do with St? 1t comes out
pretty soon that the Latin alliance has
its protection over a man who Is work
Ing on a dreadful explosive. a sort of
bomb which can only be exploded by
wireless waves They can plant these
bombs or mines all over the world and
explode them by wireless and thus con
troll the situation.
One can not wait to finish this book
TO see just how the dark schemes are
frustrated and how IL is that Mr.
Grimes and Elusive Isabel both win.
for they do. and in an eminently con
vincing and satisfactory manner. The
book goes 10 the seaside in your trunk
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Published anonymously by Harper
The Inner Shrine" has occasioned a
great deal of talk during its anony
nous serial run in Harper's magazine,
and its readers hoped the mystery
would be cleared on its publication in
book form, but il is out, and no hint
is given II is curious 10 read the
list of authors which the publishers
have sent out; names which have been
sent IN TO them as guesses as TO the
books authorship. Among them we
read Gertrude Atherton, Edith Wi1ar
ton. Gilbert Parker. Mrs. Humphry
Ward. Booth Harrington. Richard
Harding Davis. Margaret Deland Kate
Douglas wiggin, owen wister. Anthony
Hope. Josephine Daskam Bacon. MT
Howells. May Sinclair. Alice Brown and
DR.. Van Dyke. The latest to be named
are W. j. Locke and J. G. Snaith. One
naturally wonders how a single novei
especially one that maintains con-
sistent style throughout, could con-
tain so many different traits of style.
Or does the solution lie in the readers
own mind. which registers a certain
impression on reading a novel. and on
receiving the same impression Tashly
concludes that it comes from the same
source?
few disgruntIed critics have re-
marked that IL was a clever advertis-
ing scheme of the publishers to push
a new writer, but that tlIe work was a
new persons work: one to be sure who
has done short story work. but who
makes blunders in long novel. IT has
even been called a novel which gives
promise for It's author, which is the
hardest blow yet. The book is a won
derful study of the. French and the
American temperament and every line
IN 1t shows the hand of skilled writer
The story Is of love the inner Shrine
being the long guarded and jealousy
concealed depths OF a strong mans 5
heart. In the reviewers opinion the
strongest thing which can be said of
the book Is that there is not one word
too much in IL. There is little descrip-
tfon of people or places. but what little
there Is, IS of the first, Importance to
the stort. The characters need no more
introduction than those on the stage
in fact the book is made for the stage
and plays itself. The dialogue is as
witty and clever as anything in
Anthony Hope. but is not of the
evanescent quality of Hope.
Diane de la Ferronafs is A beautiful
young girl of French and Irish parent
age. Her family is impoverished and
she narTies a young Amer rican. George
Eveieth. of large wealth. He lives with
Ills 01Otlcl III IaElS- dHQ Is Ieaiiya more
French than American, having been
brought up and educated there. and his
marriage gives him and his mother the
entree TO the most exclusive circles in
society. Diane is devoted to George,
but she loves TO have a train of adj
mirers. and her success naturally
makes other women hate her. None
of the men succeeds In gaining an init
macy with her. and she has up to now
aIrars mana qed 10 laugh her way ont
Of difficult situations. The marquis de
Bienvf1le,. however. will not stand this
treatment He, too. has been very sue
cessful in ali OF his affairs, and when
she dismisses him with a laugh he re-
solves 20 "get even This he does by
boasting everywhere Of his conquest
of the invincible one At this same
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.sThe Seven Who Were Hanged.

By Leonid Audreyev. Translated from the
Russian By Herman Bernstein. Published
By J. S OgilTie publishing eompsHy. New
York Price 81.
This, the first Of the authors work of
any length TO be translated into Eng
lish. is grewsome enough 10 suit the
taste OF the most hungry after sensa-
tions. The story Is that OF the crimes
and punishments OF seven persons OF
various degrees ana kinds OF mental
equipment. from the brutal and semi
idiotic murderer Janson TO Werner. the
cold and intellectual political offender.
and from Musla, the IS year old girl.
revolutionary fanatic. who awaits her
death eagerly. fearful only lest she has
not really deserved this reward OF mar
tyrdom. to Vastya Kashirin, her fell
low conspirstor. whose great moral
courage is not quite able 10 overcome
the physical weakness Of his nervous
system. and succeeds but barely in
holding him TO his determination to
walk 10 the scsnoid unaided
The mental histories or the seven
during the weeks that they are await
ing execution are drawn with great
skin and power, and the contrasts be-
tween them are vividIy brought out.
The strong minded Werner plays an
imaginary game OF chess and keeps up
his morning physical culture exercises
even TO the day OF his execution. while
Isiganol1. the professional highway rob-
Der. amuses himself by taunting his
guards and dehling his cell to annoy
the warden, though he comes near to
breaking down at the last moment. the
brutal and semi-imbecile. Janson. al
ternately sleeps. and tells his guards
fervently that he refuses TO be hanged.
and Vasllva Kashirin fights constantly
against the fear which drives him into
half insane condition before the end.
The author has been called the Rus
sian Poe" In this story there is abso-
lutely nothing to. recall Poe. uuless It
be the mere fact that the subject mat
ter is death under terrible circum-
stances-one which was a favorite with
the American poet. The book much
more naturally calls to mind The Last
DAYS Of a Condemned Man" OF Victor
Hugo. which IL resembles not only in
subject, but in the fact that ii IS writ
ten with the idea OF showing 10 the
reader the wickedness and brutality OF
capital punishment
While judging from the translation
OF this one work. Audreyev can not be
classed among. the greatest Of the Rus
sian authors. he is undoubtedly one Of
\ more than average ability and powers.
ana translate ons of other Of his books
viii be awaf ted with interest
IT is announced from London that
Rudyard Kfpling has written more
stories in the vein OF his Puck OF
Pook's H1f. series and that they viii
be published serialIy on both sides
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is the only authentic account ever pub
Iished Royal was an active partici-
pant in all OF the public movements
that eliminated in the formation of the
readjuster party. and he has given
graphic account OF the rise. career and
extinction Of that party. price $3.50
eaohi foc postage.1
Esperanto for the English By A..
Franks. is a complete manual for the
study Of the new language. The au-
thor Of this work has quite succeeded
in including in the volume all that he
promised. The vocabulary of 2.50O
words, very carefully compiled. is not
the usual skeleton provided with gram
mars. but Is rich in variety OF
phrases. The little book contains be-
sides exercises. correspondence and
practice conversation. very helpful for
the beginner and serious student
David Mckay, Philadelphia so eents-)
A valuable little book entitled Rail-
way Mail Service. by Clark Z. Carr. -
Just issued by A. G. McCIurg & Co. OF
Chicago. Its author entered the
postal service of the United States in
April. 1851. and remained in that ca
pacity for nearly 25 years. His httls
book explains in detail the workings OF
the service, and not only VIII interest
the general public but the special class
from whom its text is taken The little
book is illustrated with portraits Of
men important in the service and other
pictures of interest.
Charles Scribner:s sons has I'm
ported the fifteenth revised edition OF
Baedeker's Central Italy and Rome. ("
a guide book much In demand at this
time. II has 10 maps. 55 plans and
views, with the arms OF the popes
since 1417. This firm has also import
ed the fourth revised edition of Baed-
eker's United States" with excursions
to Mexico. Cuba. Porto Rico and
Alaska. 1t contains s3 maps and 4S
plans. The price of Rome and Italy
is $2.z5. and of the United States
$3.50.
Reading Made Easy for Foreigners
is the title Of three readers By John
l. Hulshof. teacher of modern Ian
guages in the public schools Of New
York city. The Rational Method has
long proved its efficiency and 10 now
the only method recognized for teach
Ing modern languages. This method s.
applied here. but the adthor says II
can not take the place OF live
teacher. who must use IL as his aid IN
bringing interest and vitality to the
lesson So simply is the system ex-
planned that the books will be OF great
value to teachers and students alike.
tnInds. Noble & Eldredge, New York }
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Gossip of Books and Writers

Mark Twain follows the example OF
Thomas Carlyle in that he goes riding
every day. He was 73 last November,
but each winter morning has seen him
riding among the beautiful scenery at
Redding. Conn.,, where he now lives.
He finds the home which he built there
SO comfortable that New York IS now
likely TO see him only on rare occa-
sions.
Harold MacGrath has sailed again for
Italy. He expects to spend some time
in the Villa SerbeIloni. at BeIlagio
on Lake Como, which he thinks the
most beautiful spot in all the world
and where. it will be recalled. he laid
the eliminating love scenes of The
Lure of the Mask" Mr. MacGrath is
supposed to be at work on a new novel.
and the supposition is natural con-
sidering the regularity OF his output
and its uniform success.
Herbert Quick has become one Of
the editors of La Follette's Weekly,
the radical senator's periodical, pub
lished at Madison. Wis. A new serial
story by Mr.. Quick has just begun In
the Cosmopolitan IL makes use OF
the airship and the aeroplane for pur-
poses of romance 1t shows the author
in very different mood from either
tie ctCcHtiiC COlllcuy OF O0uDtc 1EOu-
BILE" or the humanitarian earnestness
of The Broken Lance"
Henry c. Shelly. the late literary
editor Of the Boston Herald. and the
author of several attractive books. has
just returned 10 London. where he
plans to devote himself entirely to in
dependent literary work. His pub
fishers have just arranged for an
English edition OF his recent book.
''Untrodden English Ways, which
would Indicate that Engiishmen are
open to information regarding the
beauties of their own country The
fact that Mr.. Shelly is himself an
Englishman enables him 10 get his
countrymen's point of view, Mr..
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he Whips of Time"

BY Arabefla kenealy- Published By
-Frem time immemorial stories of
changelings have been popular with all
readers. This is no fairy story. how
ever. and while not grewsome tale.
there is much OF the grim and sinister
about it. In prologue we meet two
young physicians who are having
discussion on heredity and environ
ment. DR.. Lowood is a psychologist.
and his companion, DR.. Hummerstone,
is a Psychologist. pure materialist
who firmly believes that environment
has everything to do with molding
character. and heredity nothing. DIT.
Hummerstone confldes to his friend
that he is about TO make very inter
esting experiment. He has a private
hospital near by. and he proposes TO
exchange two infants which he expects
TO be born at about the same time.
One is the child OF a woman Of wealth.
refinement and social position whose
home is at Scrope Denton. The other
is the child OF a condemned muPderess
who can not be hanged. under the Eng
Iish law, because of her condition
This woman had been a trained nurse
who had in sheer bloodthirstineSs poi
soned 20 persons. The young doctors
argued at length. but HummeTstOne
could not be made to see what crime
he was committing. After IS years
the story proper opens.
DR. Lowood has accumulated enough
money to retire upon. and in looking
over some real estate advertisements he
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BOOKS REVIEWED

Elizabeth Visits America by EIinor Glyn
Elusive Isabel" by jacques FutreIle
The Seven Who Were Hanged" by Leonid AM
dreyeV
The Inner Shrine"
The Whips of Time" by ArabeIIa keneaIy
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IT is ANNOUNCED from London that
Rudyard Kipling has written more
stories in the vein OF his Puck OF
Pook's HD1'' series. and that they will
be published serialIy on both sides
- the Atlantic in the autumn
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-05-13

from Governors Islana. The passage
will take from three to four days, ac-
cording to the weather.
Instead of a regular passenger bas-
ket we have planned combination
boat and basket. This will be made of
aluminium and canvas. that IL the
balloon gives out we will have a vessel
to resort to. In the basket will be
water tanks. We will use water as
ballast, and when the water is drawn
Off the tanks will be air tight compart-
ments, enabling our car to float. even
though the seas break over it and I'LL
IL.
1.-THE bag of the balloon will be very
large, with a capacity of about $780,
600 to 100000 cubic feet to carry about
four tons of ballast, besides a large
amount of provisions. am certain
the trip will be made this summer. To
build and start the balloon will cost
about $4,000. The success of the trip
depends mainly upon .-nowledgs Of the
air currents. With it's vast amount
Of hydrogen the balloon will travel
several thousand miles without a new
supply"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-05-13
CUBS HAVE SEVERAL
GAMES SCHEDULED
GAMES EVERY DAY FROM FRIDAY
TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON or
NEXT WEEK-sEvERAL INTER.
EsTINc coNTEsTs-RATEs OF
ADMISSION CHARGED.

A number of games have been
scheduled for the Cubs. Some of
them are in the nature of practice
contests till the candidates for posi-
tions on the team are tried out. The
opening game or the regular season
will probably occur May 30. In the
meantime there will be several bat
ties.
The team goes to Casselton Friday.
Saturday the Grand Forks Picketts
are coming here. The game begins at
3 o'clock In order that the visitors
may return on the evening train.
Hankinson will be here for the Sun
day game and the contest will start
at $3.50.
Monday the Cubs and the A. c. hook
UP at p. m.
Tuesday the first evening game of
the season will be played, the con-
test to start at $3.50. The opponents
Of the Cubs will be the d. B. C. ag-
gregation
Wednesday and Thursday after
Moons the Cubs will play Fargo coll
lege. Hostilities will begin at p. m.
The admission Saturday for the
Picketts and Sunday for Hankinson
will be 25 cents for general admis-
sion and 25 cents to the grand stand
but for the games between the Cubs
and the A. c., the F. C. and the d.
B. c. the admission will be only rs
cents, good for grandstand and every
where. The cheap rates for IT, games
with local colleges is because there is
no expense incurred in getting the
opposing teams here.
The admission for games in which
the Cubs participate will be IS for a
season ticket, 25 cents for general adj
mission, .25 cents for the grandstand,
20 cents for one man in a buggy, two
or more in buggy or auto, so cents.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-05-13
GREAT RESULTS
FROM RHEUMALINE

Who can more truthfully tell about
what a rheumatic preparation viii do
than the one who has tried 1t out?
Then listen to this:
II was confined in bed 30 days
with very severe case of rheumatism
In my back and right limb. / used only
/ ID bottles Rheumaiine and one box
capsules, and thank God for having Sc
cured this wonderful medicine, as II
has entirely cured me- VIM. Fox.
533 N. 9Th st. Lacrosse. Wis.
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sciatica, neuralgia, govt, and kidney.
liver. bladder, stomach and blood
troubles caused by uric acid. Rheu-
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lief of pain, and Rheumaline Tablets
relieve constipation by action with ma
ture.
The Waldorf Pharmacy is the sole
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once. It is a uric acid anti-toxic with
power.