The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-06

perhaps---and you would have eloped
with one OF them. And yet. to begin
with. you were one of the chosen
young men You could have lived to
!, the end of your days among the elect
II you had shown yourself worthy"
a sane moral In such book and
one well worthy of attention.
"MndemoiselIe Celeste,
| BY Adele Ferguson Knight George
w. Jacobs & Co. of Philadelphia. $3.50.
The tragic background of the French
standing stark like red armed
divinity against the sky, makes grim
setting for an adventurous romance
| wherein love and friendship are at
| odds and love wins out
Mademoisel1e Celeste, otherwise the
Countess de Lasaralle. French aris-
tocrat of the most prejudiced and in
tense class. is at the last moment res
cued from shameful execution by the
effort Of former lover, Franz de Beau
Guard, who has incurred Mademoi
selle's scorn and rejection on account
of his republican principles.
Remaining constant even though
T, separated, from the woman he loves,
| Beaurepeau. through the help Of his
friend. Victor, Duke Du Marsillac,
snatches her from death at the very
| foot of the guillotipe, and is desperate
| , ~ WOunueU IN driving DdCk the moo,
which surged forward in wild fury at
the escape of a victim and the balk-
ing of thirst for vengeance on hated
aristo.
Du Marsillac exercises all the re-
sourceful ingenuity of which he is
master In getting past the barriers and
outside OF Paris, and then in eluding
hot pursuit across France to the Cha
teau Du Marsillac. where comparative
safety was temporarily attained. To
sha nt1ay yoa
pale and weak from his wounds. but as
much in love with Mademoiselle as
ever. Alas for his hopes and his con
stancy! He found that Victor and not
himself was the object of his lady,s
love. Being manly fellow he sub
mi.ted with what grace he could mus
ter to the inevitable. saying to Made
moiselle as he babe her adieu: II can
serve France and am going to her,
hoping that she will receive again
son who. in service for her. will also
find way to serve you"
Mademoselles courage matched his
own, for when she might have gone to
certain security in England she took
Marsillac. reminding MIN that: You
are not afraid to trust your life to your
people: will they be less loyal to the
wife their lord loves?"
"The Sheriff of Dyke Hole.'
BY Ridgwell Cullum. George W.
Jacobs &; Co.. OF Philadelphia. $3.50.
The sending of a young Englishman.
Dick Roydon, 10 locate silver mine
belonging to his late foster-father.
George Raymon. and the turning of
that mine over to a wife from whom
George Raymon had long been sepa-
rated, and daughter whom he had not
seen for years, lay the foundation for
tana mining camp. which is told in
"Tha Sheriff of DYKE Hole.
That these adventures have to do
with the carrying out of the trust i'm
posed upon Dick Roydon by George
Raymon is indicated at the beginning
of the story. The fulilment of his
mission brings him in contact with the
sheriff OF the mining camp which Dick
makes his headquarters. The sheriff
is the principal character, his shrewd
ing him type of mis- class in the West.
4 double love story runs through the
book and ends in the prospect OF
double marriage. that of Roydon and
of their choice. The sheriffs methods
in courtship are as unique as those
which mark him out for a successful
individuality in his official career. A
number of scenes In. the book are
worked up with much skill, and are
presented in manner calculated to
afford the reader clear conception of
the untamed forces to be reckoned
with in border civilization and the
amount of GOODNESS and self-restraint
required in a man that acquires con-
troll over such forces and retains it.
.'Mal1ing Good"
BY r. II. spearman. van Tassel SUIT
phen. Poultney Bigelow. and others.
Harper & Brothers. of New York soc.
Stories to thrill and satisfy boys
and most girls as we'll They carry the
lusty atmosphere of out-of-doors and
the wholesome excitement that comes
from contest. The book is true com.
panion to its predecessors in the series
Some of the stories are: How
'Scotchie' Made Good-the Story Of the
Littlest Caddie"; "Runner-up '9S and
the Amateur Championships; THE Cad
dies, Tournament--A Bold Strike for
Victory: "A Young Aeronaut--How
Boy Went Ballooning": THE Battle of
Easter Monday-Bicycle Scouts in the
War Came; "At the Turn of the Tide
The Adventures Of the Jolly Sand
boy" ~; "At the Blue Hole-The Quest
of the Big Bass; "Try--Again Tres
colts Wager-A Fourth of July Adven-
ture";; How Tom Rodman Joined the
German Army-Winning the Iron
Cross: .How Tom, Rodman Got TO
West Point" and Some Results OF
Wild Bear Hunt.