The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-10
E. M. RoY1E's NEW STORY.

in this city where he was raised,
whence he went out into the world TO
conouor it. He made his mark first
as a dramatist, and now he is making
it deep and strong as novelist. HIS
dramatic story, "The Squaw Man, -
is we'll known to the public, both IN
published form and through its repre-
sentation on the stage. This mover Is
nut forth as ga Story of the Squaw
Mans Son. and that's what IL is.
Hal Caltborpe, son of the Squaw Man,
who was Earl of Kerhill, an Enghsn
nobleman, is found In the opening OF
this story as the chief of the Indian
police. on reservation. The reserva-
tion is not named. but one finds little
difficulty in Judging that the author
had the Uintah Reservation in mind IN
fixing the location of the story. Tins
.Calthorpe, son of an Indian mother, had
been taken to England by his father,
thoroughly educated, and made an OF
ficer in the British army. He serves
in South Africa and in u critical sltua-
tion disobeys orders, thereby saving
the force under command OF general
who had high prestige and strong so
cial connections, but who had blundered-
Calthorpe's disobedience necessarily re-
iieeted on the orders given by the gen
eral, and Calthorpe had to suffer accord
ingly. 1t would never do to say that
the general was wrong and mere SUB
atern was right.
And so the young man is out under
cloud. He hears the Silent Call, which
is the call of blood and or the wide,
free life of the hills and wales OF his
native region AS chief Of the Indian
police, Calthorpe had their thorough
confidence and support, 10 was also
much to the good with the cowboys and
nl0ftprS
rascals at the agency. The chief OF
these was one David Ladd. Indian
agent. crook and robber of the In
dians. and, at the same time, the paid
agent of the asphalt trust. Tho nction
of the story turns chiefly on the claims
TO the asphalt lands. There is q MIKE
McShay, leader of the souatters. who at
a conference between all the interests
represented, presents claim to the as
phalt lands by deed from the Earl of
Kerhill and by actual location and pos
session AT this conference, however,
Calthorpe asserts himself as the son
and heir of Kerhill and denounces the
deed held by McShay as forgery ana
proves his case. He also denounces
Ladd rs a rascal, to the admiration OF
McShay. The description of that con-
ference is fine piece OF work. The
willingness Of all to have John Nc
Cloud preside and the effectual man
ner in which he did preside. are all
set forth in vivid terms. McCloud as
minister who has come too late to the
western country to secure relief from
his pulmonary complaint, but while he
lives he makes himself a force IN the
locality, always for good. for righteous
ness, and for Justice. On the assertion
of his claims to the lands, Calthorpe
with a trustworthy friend, Big Bill, ="
the foreman of Earl Kerhill while he
was the Squaw Man, make hasty ride
10 the Headquarters Of the ranch and
sake possession. but they are ousted,
The Ladd crowd overpowerlng them.
Calthorpe is lynched as land robber,
and is saved In the last extremity only
by the energetic action Of Wah-na-gi,
an Indian girl who had been sent to
the Government schools in the East and
fairly well educated. On coming back
to her tribe she finds herself entirely
out of sympathy with the old Indian
ways, determines not to "take to tho
blanket,v and becomes teacher in the
Indian school. She is ousted from
there, however, by the prejudice of the
Indian parents who do not want her to
teach their children. There comes OF
the scene an Indian medicine man, Ap'
pah. who is determined to make her
his squaw. She endures almost to the
limit through his seeking, and through
the sneaking and cowardly approaches
Of the Indian Agent, Ladd. She had
followed swiftly from the council, know
ing the danger in which Calthorpe was
and was Just in time to shoot Curley
who had been left to guard Calthorpe a:
ne was strangling to death, and wh'
his suffering The Indian girl quickl,
cut Calthorpe down and after mucl
work, revived him Their relations be
come extremely friendly, Cslthorpe i
madly in love with the girl, but he ha
to confess 10 McCloud that he is maj
ried, his wife being incompatible an,
still in. England, McCloud forces Cal
en- and to right action, and just the
opportunely comes cablegram cailin
CaIthorpe to England on account of th
imminent illness of his father. Fl
goes. finds his wife, and feels all tn
scorn that he has experienced for To
artificial life in which the Eng]is
aristocracy lives. His wife had An ga,
Yesier, heir to the Duke of Uxminste
Calthorpe agrees with Yester that h
wife may get divorce, tnd Yestt
marry her. Then the family physicia
tells him that his wife, Edith, has 8
quired the morphine habit, and her onl
chance for recovery IS to go to. son
such remote place as Calthorpe himse
nerves and grow out of the habit. Ca
thorpe had promised McCloud that
would come back with clean hands az
pure heart, and this promise recurriI
to him, he sees that it is impossible 4
him TO allow Lord Yester. mere bo
TO be imposed upon to the extent
marrying such II depraved woman
Edith. So he takes back his conse
and in stormy scene, Lord Ycster
disillusioncd and retires- A restle
life follows, the couple going to Afric
to India and elsewhere, to effect CD
of the wife. which makes but slow pre-
ress. In the meantime, things are {
ing bad for Calthorpe at home on t
western ranch. Ladd. the rascally
dian Agent. who had been put under
cloud by reason of Calthorpe's charg
goes back in control of the agent
with heavy coat Of whitewash. Ever
thing depends upon Calthorpc to ma
good. His mail has been tampered w
through the connivance Of his wife, a
he is at disadvantage. However,
holy man in India sets him back on I
right course, and his opportune arri,