The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-28
"Thc DEVILS Wind,


"Thc DEVILS Wind"
BY Patricia Wentworth. G. u. Put
nams Sons, of New York and London.
Sl.35.
The name of the author on the tito
page of this book Is sufficient to arouse
interest in 1t and cause the minds of
readers to revert to "a Marriage I'm
der Terror ana several other novels
which have given Patricie Wentworth
an enviablc place in literature.
The Devils Wind" was the wind OF
evil suggestion that blew the thought
of mutiny into the minds of men in
the provinces of India. where the Brit
ish held rule, and prccipitatcd the aw
full experiences of Cawnporc and Delhi
and Lucknow. The tragedies of
months Of suffering ard death were
burned deep into the minds of human
lily. and every now ana again some
phase of what happened lifts the Veil
which has fallen between the pub
lie mind and the Indian mutlny hor-
rors, and points afresh the hcroism and
endurance OF men AMI women VINO
were in the midst of what happened.
and the anguish of others who awaited
in vain for tidinSs which never came.
interviewer with "reminiscences of
Cawnpore is ii story which lends real
ity to every detail of CHASTITY days and
nights, Garrison life in India brings
d
personality and these reveal them
selves through what they say and do
as brave and ready incompetent and
/ hesitating, devoted and constant or
vain ana utterly selfish.
What transpircd in India had it's be-
ginning in England in u home where a
delicate yet worldly mother brought
UP beautiful daughter to be utterly
hcartlcss and unmindfui of others.
! save as they could minister to her
needs and cNactions. rhen She met a
man who aroused her fancy and touch
ell what little heart she had to give.
But the mother decided the man to be
ineligible. and the girl gives him up
TO become the wife Of Richard Nor
ton. officer in the British army. an
honest hearted young fellow who
credited others with the integrity of
mind and heart which characterized
him.
| When the bride OF Richard Morton
went to India with her husband, the
brides cousin. Helen Wilmot. went
too. to join her father, Colonel Will
the opposite to Mrs. Morton. young
woman of splendid qualities and in
= tcllcctuality, without suspicion of
narrowness or primness. Around these
three people the supreme tests and
crises of the novel centre. When the
time comes. Adela. the young wife. in
consequent as thistlcdown moved NTH
er and thither by every within OF fancy
or emotion fails utterly. Helen
energies from trial strengthened by a
consciousness of duty done. rendered
happy by the response OF love TO her
own. which She had given involuntar-
lily and without hope of return
The novel Is written with the pas
/ sion, yet restraint OF force which rcnd
ers what Patricia Wentworth origin
atcs so absolutely distinctive. The
account given OF the raising CT The
Devils Wind" of the wreck and ruin
it left in its path, OF the lessons ii
taught and the happiness it brought
eventually through the very shadow
of death. to hearts almost afraid to
open and receive it, is an account
which commands the highest attention
the reader has TO give.
"Thc Mission of Victoria WIihelminn.'
BY Jeanne Bartholow Magoun. b.
| w Huchsch. Of New York sl.00 net.
In this narrative OF country girls
experience in New York there is told
something more than pathetic ruin
OF virtue and innocence. That story Is
common enough. The extraordinary
feature OF this tale is its revelation
of the power of mother love to purge
a soul of all wrong. IT was the mis-
| sion OF the undcSircd BABY TO elevate
| her mother and to leave her a nobler
woman. richer for the very mistake
! she had made. No one can read this
| diary of Annie Wilson without being
! glad that 1t was written; without Ica-
| lizng that II not only tells al in
! tensely pathetic experience, but that
Z the experiences voices an unmistakable
! warning. 1t ought TO lie placed into
! the hands Of every country gill 'vio
! coutcmplates going to a large Cit. 10
/ earn her living and making her way
/ without the protection of home for it
/ pictures what too often is hidden by
a sensclcss reserve in parents.
J Annie Wilson is fresh. buoyant
eager minded, beautiful. but Ignorant
country girl. vino Is attracted to the
city. The true friends she made mar
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