The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17

fashionable young woman, some one
| may ask? oh. she had large and
| brilliant wedding after while. and de-
Eveloped into a splendid and naughty
duchess. who left her silly past be-
hind her.
"Passers By"
BY Anthony Partridge. Little, Brown
and Co., of Boston. 81 so.
Since the appearance OF 1.-THE Dis
tributors," Mr.. Partridgc's first book.
he has been recognized as possessing
a clever individuality in the literary
/ line that he has marked out as peculi-
arly his own.
/. While "Passers BY Is not up to
the standard attained by tho author
In his first book and his second, THE
Kingdom of Earth" 1t is interesting
and full of variety and imagination.
1 The mystery with which the diff
| ferent scenes is linked. hanks back
to period antedatins the opening
chapters of "Passers Hy,'' time when
a band of thieves and gamblers known
as the Black Foxes. consorted together
at a building of the Place Noire, in
Paris. Their leader at that time in
series of daring escapades was an
English gentleman who. having been
refused the hand of the woman he
loved. was ready for any adventure by
which he might fling his scorn and de-
fiance in the face of world. which In
his opinion. had flouted him.
A police raid on the gambling house
of the Place NoIre aroused him to
sense of the danger of his position and
Imminent disgrace to his family. He
1 escaped arrest in a workman's blouse.
\ whaling a street riano for buucb-
back with monkey. and accompanied
by girl who was street singer
Less lucky than he. members OF the
/ Black Fox organization was captured.
The vicomte de Neuilly. under an as
4 sumed name of Marcel. vainly protested
that he was not the leader of the gang
He was imprisoned. while the English
man returned o his country and. by I'M
expected good fortune. has succeeded
to the title and estates of the Marquis
of Effingham at the time he appears
4 in "Passers By"
Here the hunchback and his piano,
the girl. the monkey and an American,
named Gilbert Hannaway, who was in
I Paris at the time of the raid on the
\ Place Noirf and has scleverly connect
ed the unknown leader of the Black
Foxes. who ran away, with the Mar
quis of dillingham;. begin the action
of the novel. Events Follow with
lightning-like rapidity. After while
Marcel Marcel makes his escape from
imprisonment and comes to London,
where the background of thesnovel is
laid. Than the Paris chief of police
4 Loubet. follows and several members
OF the Black Fox gang gather around
4 Marcel. their object being revenge on
the Marquis of Effingham and the re-
covery OF large amount of money
stolen by them at the time when the
gang operated in Paris. and lost at the
time of the raid
The working out of the different
threads of interest and the unrayeline.
of mysteries connected with the Paris
and London adventures keeps the read :
er on the qui vive until the final word
Is written, apd the climax reached in
so doing. Tffsre is Just enough of a
) love story In the book to bind 1t to-
} gether and give 1t piquant flavor Of
sentiment.
"The Up-Gradc."
: BY Wilder Goodwin Little. Brown
& Co. OF Boston. $3.50.
story of life in Southwest and
$ Arizona mining camps, full of the
many national types that gather
around such centres of work. toward
} which human derelicts naturally drift
| e.
$ the hero of the novel. He is an Anne
rican, showing clearly against back
ground OF Russians, Japanese, Chinese
Swedes and MeXicans, with whom he
! is associated In work, but from whom
: he is so clearly differentiated b,
previous advantages of education and
a upbringing. Talented as he is, he is
represented as having thrown away
G chance after chance and start after
4 start in life. Friends and relatives
a who stood staunchly by him. have fin
q ally lost faitllin his future. Disowned
{ and cast off finds himself on a Phoe-
: nix sidewalk. reduced to the necessity
Of seeking employment, with the man
+ ager of the San Quentin Mining Com
n pany.
$ shortly after beginning work at this
d eron daughter Of the owner OF the
mine. and Is rewarded by being APP
: pointed to run the hosting engine.
I He keeps straight for time and
: wins friendship from Jean. and golden
= opinions from the manager of the San
a Quentin company and even from Mr..
!. Cameron, who disltkes him because
), he thinks Jean is inclined to favor a
y derelict over-much, and Jean has the
y Cameron obstinacy. But Loring is
!, weak. Temptation assails him and he
falls so utterly that the lives of two
4 fellow-miners are lost through his
9 fault. and he is once more dismissed
9 and disgraced.
But he has learned lesson which
has hitherto been untaught. At the
u lowest ebb. the tide turns. A friend
Il comes to his rescue and slowly and
Il painfully he begins afresh the work
Il of regeneration within himself, with
his love for Jean Cameron as a strong
l compelling motive to help him. In the
a l.end he WINS out and Is rewarded with