Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-22

hours and the pressure OF conven-
| ton. Sir Arichbald Bamrord ncavily
| Eng lish, recalling the bad lord II,
| lIalf II Chance: his secretivc half
| Oriental secretary,---we know them a!
as quickly as they are introduced.
! But the Familiarity Is pleasant, nor
does the reader object to the setting
| and accessories OF wealth ana leisure.
! the motorcar and the country house.
amid which he finds himself.
| Adding To the charm and color of the
story are many subtle Oriental
touches arising from the presence OF
| slant-eyed Chinamen and the scent of
! sandalwood Interest in the plot is
successfully suspended over an I'M
| though the web of crcumstantiul
! evidence gradually closes about
| Bruce, the actual denoucment Is
dramatically deferred until Marjorie
| ana Bruce appear together in the
Chinese opera. The Resgnr- Prince
The Bentleman-thief has quite clearly
hot yet played out his par, In our ro-
mantle fiction, ana this engaging
variation from the conventional iypc
Is sure Of hearty ana admiring well
come.
YOUNG WALLINGFoRp.
BY George Randolph Chester author
OF tiet-lticn-Quick wnlhngword. BOP
~ Burnit, etc. illustrated by Il. Il.
Gruger ana Henry Rulclgh The l;obbs-
Merrill company.
The interest OF Mr.. Chcstcr's new
story is undeniable. This time the an
thor OF ',l3ooby Burnt" and ..Thc
Early Bird" has gone back into the
previous lie OF j. Rufus Wallngfurd,
nero OF the famous Get Rich Quick
WallinSford' stories, ana has told bith-
erlo unrelated tNnpyjant.n. IN, H..
That remarkable young fnancicr Each
part oil the novel describes an cnor-
nlously clever business coup which Wal.
linsford, whose name was originally not
Wallinsford at al. plans ana executes.
me character Of these business ideals
IS ol the most widely varying sort, for
Wall!ngtord's desires are ANYTHING but
limited in range ana his NapoleonIc
inind is quite able to cope with their ac-
complishmcnt We have in two cases
bucket shop operations in which vast
fortunes arc developed from nstonsh-
lnsly small Investments, not as Great
oaks from little acorns grow in the
unfolding process of long slow wears.
put IKE Jonalls gourd, In II night An
nlhef adventure concerns the success
iul handling OF land proposition and
sun another, patent medicine graft.
which is so easily imposed on the gull
Die public. that one recalls the old say
ms about Il sucker being born every
lnlnulc. In one thing only do all the
various incidents resemble. and TIM, IL
the fact TINT J. Rufus Walingford
always and invariably comes on, on
top. no matter what happens either 10
his partners or to his opponents The
transactions are inEeniously and pIaus-
IDLY devised. SO that While the reader is
cnjoNng thoir cievcrness he is also ad-
nirins the freshness and fertility of In
Nentlon which they display. In the
creation of the buoyant. au-conounr-
ing Wnl1nsford. Mr.. Chester has sur.
passed himself. Walingford's presence
is Ike a gale the style Is blthc and cx-
trcmclN fetching, the talk as sharp n,
new scissors.
10 tho authors credit and the sal
walton of the readers ethical scr,Ip;cs
no attempt s made at any point 10
whitewash Wallingford On tho con-
trnry we see easily that he is selfish
alternately lazy and energetic ma
steadily self-indulgent, Only his clcv-
erncss and his good humor are hold IN
To admiration. The book does not mn
dertake to point moral, unless IN n
negative fashion. but it is artistically
sincere IN furnishing u humorous por-
trait OF q numerous class OF modern
young business men. ana even IN mo
end there IL no Weakening from this
purpose, genuine love interest de-
Vo'orS MS the story progresses. which
serves to give It q unity and to bind
together the several parts Young Wal
lingford jS decidedly, more clever ma
more substantial than Mr. C,hcster's
preVious work and no reader or tho
later adventures Of Wallingford Will be
disappointed when he learns bow the
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