The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-03

during these years since you sent mo
away by cmbroiderlng suspenders,
rake the money. pay your debts, and
be happy"
And John generously accepted what
tho tall. thin, gray-haired woman
whom he had once called wife brought,
and said to her by way of acknowl-
edsment: II want to thank you--it's
clever of you, l must say It ism.
every woman who'd nave done what
you have done, I'm sure"
Tho book is crude enough piece OF
literary work. But 1t has put In n
strong light the immense egotism of
certain type of American manhood,
type without recognition OF thc
rights of others. without rcaliza-
tioh or anything except a ruthless de-
termination to hew way to success
regardless of what Is hacked out Of
the way before success is reached. Il
also shows tho weakness and selfish.
ness Of the class OF women who by
their submission and seif-effac cement.
help to feed the colossal vanity Of
such type.
Just what noted American multi.
miiiionalre is portrayed under tho
gulse of John Rawn remains for the
public to lind out and gloat over.
There is throughout the whole of Mr.
ltough's book curious apathy Of
Keeling an utter lack Of anything like
natural, sincere. hearty relationship
and affection. The cords OF assocIa-
ton are strained and tense and do not
vibrate naturally and harmoniously.
In It's ending. the rcvuisIon from
dreadful! tragedy TO common place
pathos. appears grotcsque In the eX-
IRENE. So the book is faulty. But IT
is Individual And 1t tells many truths
about American social and business
conditions and people. Therefore, II
VIII be read.
"Grcfriurs Hobby"
By Eleanor Atkinson. Harper &
Bros OF New York and London 1920
net.
10, since Bob. Son OF Battle" set
hearts athrob the world over, has so
genuine and tender tribute been paid
to the bravery. devotion and faithful
ness of dog, as In "Groyfriars Bobby"
Bobby was very small and shaggy
Skye terrier. who madc his advent into
life in 1858, when Queen Victoria was n
happy wife and mother, with her BARNS
about her knees In Windsor or Bal
moral" "Greyfrlars" was the inclusive
Title for Grcyfriars KIRK. and kry-
yard. fronting on q market and lying
III slope and across hilltop. Be
hind AMI above the kirkyard lay the
crumblins grandeur OF once noble
mansions reduced TO grImy Stun tene-
bents in Edinburgh cnv.i ons.
Bobby in reality belonged TO a IT.
the lassie on Capldbrae Farm. near
Edinburgh. But being no lady's lap
dog, he fled from the arms OF his lit
tie mistress to the sheepfold and TO
AUD Jock" the shepherd with his
great coat or holden gray and his plaid,
In the pocket OF which the little dog
lay hidden securely, wnen this master
wished TO take him past prylng and UNI
friendly eyes.
AUD Jock" was "a r:ifeless. cotless,
harmless man" He had slept, since
carly boyhood. under strange roofs.
eaten the bread OF the hireling and sat
dumb az other mems hrcsides. In youth
he was Jock" In age. "Auld Jock
Then, out OF come miraculous caprice,
Bobby lavished on him a r!otous affec-
tioil. Up out OF the mans subconscious
memory came words learned from the
lips OF a longforgottcn mother. They
were words not meant for little dogs
az all. but for sweetheart. wife and
BARN. Aud Jock nsed them when
Bobby followed him a. the pillow tail
OF scUmpcrcd over the heather with
him behind tho docks.
Al the beginning OF the book The
reader Is Informed that AUD Jock"
had been paid what was due him and
dismissed from the farm for the season
20 find work in Edinburgh. The far
mer started hsck 10 Cauldorac. but the
little terrier sprang out OF the wagon
and acuddcd around TO the market
place when Ec found AUD Jock was
not homeward bound. The small dog
succeeded in his search for the shep-
herd. But cold and exposure had
brought on pneumonia for him. and
IN, fr,x 4. .,t'I al, ~ .J
ing really broken-hearted little dog
behind him.
The book. which takes up Bobby's
subsequent history. tells how during
all his remaining years he slept AT
night upon his masters grave, and
how he never ceased to mourn for
AUD jock" Not that Bobby did not
get any JOY out of living. Not that
he did not fulfil his duties and obliga-
tons In life. Not that he wasn't SO
brave and cheerful and industrious as
TO set an example TO the tenement
children around the kirkyard. and
win their unchansing love.
SO well was his history known that
the Lord Provost Of Edinburgh gave
him collar and the privilege OF the
kirkrard, where dogs were not al
lowed. SO moved were human hearts
by the constancy of this little four
footed Highlander to tho master whom
he had lost that Lady RuTdett-Coutts
had fountain, with {. statue of Bobby
surmountnS Ii, erected near the gate
of the kIrkynrd. with which his Menu
org was associated. And the children
swho lived around the kirkyard the
tenement children, knew that Bobby
was still there on the fountain when
his body was part of the soil his
memory part of all that was held
dear and impcrishable in that old
garden of souls. They could go Up to
the lodge and look a his famous col
lar. and some inc. when the mysterious
door opened for them. they might see
Bobby again. Il sonsie doSgie running
on the green pastures and beside the
SUI waters at ths heels OF his shep-
herd master
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