Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-09
BY WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE

the first day-a cheap parole, truly.
Where could a man escape to in Brit
ish New Guinea. as II remains even
in the last quarter OF the nineteenth
century-an UNEMPLOYED wilderness of
cannibal sayages. about the last place
on the face of Gods earth"
The facts leading up to Hugh
>Lynch's Imprisonment make up the
better part of the book His crime
was manslaughter. He killed Sander
son, who had carried off his Lynch's)
young wife, Kari. Kari was a 14-year-
old native mission girl that Lynch
had married. How Lynch himself got
her Is told on page Is.
II had forgotten to talk pigeon Eng
fish, but Kari understood. Up went
the necklace into her mouth again.
"'You good along me?' asked the
small brown woman.
Eyes, Kari, ! good along you
"'You nc fool my hair, no giving
stick, making me cIy?'
I'll not fool your hair, nor beat you.
Kari"
You got some other wife belong
you?"
n got. Kari; no want. Kari she
stop all herself"
You like Kari fienty?'
Plenty" | said, and kissed her.
hen I swung around on my heel and
lodged the ebony wood spear that Pona
kari's black lover) threw at my back.
| had seen it In his hand and knew
very well it would come
Kari was unfaithful. The wages of
her sin were death. After that Lynch
met Stephanie, the governors daugh-
ter. They loved each other. Lynch
married her. 1t was on their wedding
journey that the government cutter
ran them down. Lynch was arrested
for Sanderson's murder. S%tephanie, his
bride of a few hours, left him to his
fate-that is, until Father Ferrer. the
confessor at the convent. showed her
how much more she had failed in leav-
ing Lynch than he had in killing San
derson. What ~Stephanie did then IS
for her to tell. and she tells 1t.
The story is one that car only be
told by Miss Grimshaw. British New
Guinea is an open book to her. She
stands at the frail barriers that sep
arate cannibalism from civilization.
Through the entire story fear, terror,
the horror that is called savagery,
hangs over the heads of the white
people like the sword of Damocles. Not
often mentioned, save humorously, by
the author, nevertheless the cannlbal
stalks, scowling skulks stealthily
throughout the book. Miss Grimshaw's
characters are all distinctive. Lynch
and his narrative remind the reader
acutely of Joseph Conrad and his Lord
Jim. when the Red Gods CALI is one
of the best of the seasons books, all
the more so because through all It's
suspense and genuine thrill the real
New Guinea speaks on every page.
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Do You Like Books (continued).
Thousands of people go to a man
knows about books and want to
know what book to buy. Somebody
has made up his mind hat he wants
to give somebody else a novel. or
course. if he knows what he wants he
gets it, but the chances are he doesn't.
has been accustomed to going to
Tiffany's, we will say, for his Jewels;
to Huyler's for his CONNECTIONS; his
floral presents have been orchids-he
always wants to give just the proper
thing. When it comes to a book he
falls down, whereas book buying a la
mode is the simplest thing on earth.
Go into any department store, n
book store or to n newsstand that