The San Francisco call., 1910-06-19

There follows vivid and splendid
description of the games at oban and
the social function it has come to be.
The duke Of Dorset decides to go to
the gathering and meet these Amer
lean friends of the marchesa. 1t hap
pens as the marchesa had hoped. He
falls in love with Caroline Childers at
first sight She is a charming girl
and pictured justly. which is too rare
a thing In English novels to pass un-
noticed.
There is an underlying purpose in
this story which is not evident at first
glance but develops in a conversation
between the duke and the millionaire
American. Cyrus Childers. A light is
thrown on the story and it grows
stronger and stronger as the tale pro-
crosses. The yellow peril is the secret
of this tale. and its quiet sincerity does
more 10 impress the reader with the
real peril than any of the jingo ro-
nance with which we have been af-
iicted during the last few years. Such
speeches as the following make an i'm
preston:
Here. for instance, is
new and enlightened nation, arising In
the east. We do not set ourselves to
beat it down and possess its islands.
We welcome it; we open the door to
it And 1t will. enter and pos
sess the house. What the white man is
now doing with his hand open he must
later on undo with his hand closed.
Look already how arrogant this ORR
entail nation has become since she has
got England at her back. 1t was
master play. this alliance. The white
man had all but possessed the world
when this willy oriental slipped in and
divided the two great English speaking
people. He was not misled by any
such sophistries as a brotherhood of
nations. He knew that one or the
other of the two races must dominate,
must exterminate the other. He could
not attack the white mans camp unless
he could first divide it. Now he has
got it divided and he is getting ready
to attack. Can one doubt the menace
TO the United States?"
The scene shifts to the oregon coast
to the great Childers estate. 1t is
beautiful place, reclaimed from the
wilderness. and the author writes an
appreciative description of west coast
scenery. Childers employs an army of
japanese and brags that he has solved
labor trouble by employing only one
race, but that very night occurs the
uprising which has been threatened In
the earlier discussion. The white race
japanese. but not before a graphic and
exciting fight has been made by the
members OF the house party. The dis
trustful feeling engendered by the orr
entails is clearly conveyed and the fatal
istic characteristics of the race are de-
scribed.
The book is filled with quotable pas
sages. One early in the book is worth
The marchesa and Caro-
lire are talking and the older woman,
fearing the girl does not appreciate the
best time of her life, says:
Child beg only for youth in
your prayers. as the apostle would say
it increasingly. II you should be given
a wish by the fairies, or three wishes,
let them all be youth. Women arriving
at middle life adhere to the Christian
religion upon the promise OF d resur-
rection OF the body. Were that promise
wanting we should be to the last one
pagans."
The love story is pretty and convinc-
ing and the characters well drawn and
alive The book is worth a careful
reading and a permanent place in the
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