The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03

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archists plots, the newspaper cooioh
afford 1t, in the first place ana the cor
respondent was more than likely TO ne
killed. as was the newspaper represent
tative, he was being sent TO 81. feterS-
burg to succeed. All well and gooo' Out
WYNN must tell his sweetheart eooo-
hive He sees her at a dinner party
witnesses the exchange of red symooi
betwaen her and Russian and tho
mystery begins and doesn't end un'i'
the close of the novel.
The man to whom Wynn's sweetheart
gave the red symbol was murdered tHe
same night in London at the apartment
house where Wynn lived. The latter
was compelled to attend the inquest
all mystif1ed
But the strange portion of the mover
is yet to come. When Wynn arrives In
Russia, does he heed his chiefs In
structtons? Not at all. Very soon ne is
the hottest red-symboler in Russia,
neslecting his newspaper work aud
playing the real idjit generally. Anc,
this came about from the fact that he
thought he saw and recognized his
sweetheart as the leader of band of
revolutionaries. This supposed sweet
heart had Wynn trailing OF course
along with a Russian high duke VINO
was also a yours for the revolution.
Maurice Wynn has the delight of see
ing, as he thought, his sweetheart muir
dered by Cossacks before his very eyes.
Maurice Wynn gets in jail of course,
that was his intention, doubtless.
But think, just imagine Wynn's de-
light when he returned to London to
discover his sweetheart all we'll and
hearty rs happy as the proverbial sun
flower! The book will tell you how it
was done. No review could; no reviewer
has the time or space.
But 1.-THE Red Symbol Is one OF
those keep-you-o -the-jump stories.
The book is well worth reading by
those who care for excitement in their
mental tidbits.
1.-The Song of the Wolf" by Frank
Mayer. (Moffat, Yard & Coz
This is another western story and it is
pleasure to report that 1t stands out
quite ahead of the average story of the
wild and wolly. OF course in 'The Song
of the Wolf we have offered us cowboys
WHO ldlh all Tie tlillc, pIOliuiSdtc IlSh-
class philosophy and things of that sort,
such as. unfortunately. appear in prac
tically all western stories. The writer of
this review spent some years among the
cowboys in the west and found them the
auietest set imaginable. Cowboys hardly
ever talk unless under great excitement
or influence of 40-yard-rye. Great dis
tances, like high mountains, create
severe economy of speech. Writers of
western stories don't ever seem to bear
that fact in mind. Did you ever see
whom you didn't almost
have to knock in the head to get him
to answer a question? Cowboys are like
that.
But 1.-The Song of the Wolf stands
out, Just the same It's a good story
one sincerely recommended to those who
care for western stories. Ken Douglass,
the hero, never happened in real life, but
what's the difference? Douglass was a
wonderful shot with gun or pistol. He
was able to circumvent all his enemies
and becomes foreman of a large ranch
Just when he thought he had lost out, as
the saying is. But Ken had too much
pride with a capital P to 1t. Chips on
his shoulder all the time with the result,
as is usual always, somebody was ever
ready to knock the ~chips off, keeping
Ken busy, In hot water-a seeming de-
light to him. He leaves, though, this job
because he COUNT get along with his
sweetheart, sister of the owner. Ken then
goes to become foreman of an adjoining
ranch where his lack of loyalty to his
employer permits him to inaugurate an
intrigue with his employers wife. Ken
Douglass was bad boy in some ways.
Where the song of the wolf comes in
you've been wondering. eh?-is where
Ken and the intriguing wife justify their
in the call of the mating
wolves across the plains.
There is plenty of excitement in the
story, gun plays, cattle rustlng, revenge
seeking and taking, and much of other
matters of the racy west.
THE Song of the Wolf will please
lovers of western stories.
"Routledge Rides Alone, by Will Lev
ington Comfort. q. B. Lippincott Coz 4.
This Is an exciting story of the war cor
respondents who get together wherever
and whenever war breaks loose. The hot
test number of them all, the bravest of
the brave, the man not afraid of death,
If news be there to send In to the office,
was Routledge.
The leader and adviser of these young
correspondents was an old Irishman from
London, VINO ndu-can you guess ID loVe-
ly daughter.
The correspondents meet in groups here
and there all over the wide. wide world.
Sometimes there are only two or three
of them gathered together. but Rout-
ledge, the red blooded. alone-riding Amer
lean, was ever on the spot. merrily. The
correspondents meet in London, India, ia
pan and China and take In terms of en-
pires and sovereigns and racial destinies.
They discover the inner meanings Of great
before the home governments
know anything about them. They do
great deeds and things of that sort; moth
ing phased them at all.
Routledge loves dear little Noreen. the
pretty Irish girl and. of course. her
father and herself hate the English.
OF course, while doing great deeds, COW
ering wide spaces. hitting only the high
est spots on EARTH Routledge was COM
PEELED to ride alone. But that dashing
American. Routledge, had his eyes
opened he didn't propose to ride alone al
ways, not tRoutledge, II he could help
it. and pretty Noreen was willing. Pretty
Noreen was.
Routledge ceased to ride alone, and all