The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11

babyhood nc finds himself in E,bury
street, London. He is the proud pos.
SCISSOR OF two Erandmothe-s, Granny
oNetcr, at whose home he and his
mother live. and tirandmnma Herrick.
his fathers mother, whom no some
times visits. All the little incidents
II early boyhood, the singing to sleep
n the nursery. the terrors of the night
snd the brightness of waking time The
'ewaFds for good behavior. the walks
tut OF doors, and Trimmer's Come
sionS. Master Christopher"-an these
things, simple as they are, lend color
20 the story about Christopher.
After a while rcvcrses come to
| ''fannie oNetcr; her money being bad
! y invested, Is lost. Then the little
! household. tho boy along with the rest,
'eaNe London and remove 10 new
abode ut Boulosnc, in Franco. Chris
| GOPHER has wonderful experiences
there. He enjoys alike the carnival,
!hc ramparts OF the old town and the
! gathering Of soldiers during the
/ rranco-Pruss!nn War. the drilling. the
| marching. and then the going away;
| the loss to Christopher OF his first hest
friend. Pierre OF Adcville. who is killed
! IN the war. ono sets well into the
merits OF whatsoever happens to Chris
| topher. There is a beautiful lady. who
| seems TO have been Il very badly
! pchared lady indeed, Il Mrs. ST. .Icnl!-
SON. whose doings have put her in
| Grass Ivy herself. or. rather, in q class
With young Englishman who sccms
! 10 !hc much criticized for keeping her
company.
Christopher greatly admires Mrs s..
femison for his part. and when he has
an accident and Is a little hurt iNc
| TACT that she knclt down in the dust
! % wipe his face and that tho young
! GnGlishman. her companion. held him
8 rms rD,l
| sreSsion on the hoy; also the fact that
! Mrs. ST. Jcmison has Il daughter named
| Cora supposed To be away NJ school
The time goes evenly and happily for
! "ard IN Eouiognc until Christopher
| sets TO be twelve years old. Then nc
and his mother pay a visit to Grand
mama Herrick IN London, and Chris
| ;ophcr's mother. Anne Hcrrick, is
taught little from the senior Mrs.
derrick's book OF life. The senior Mrs.
derrick is brave old woman. She
ae'or torEcts the son whose grave is
N India; she grioves less over him
however than over another son who
mas lived only to break her heart but
: shc IS wise old woman In her way,
and she Is quite determined TO mako
! christophcr's future as happy as she
| knows how
So II comes about that John Hem.
ming, repentant over his cscapaGe with
N's' 81 jemiSon in BouloGne. and quite
restored to respectful ility in his Eng
| ASH home, finds out that. after all.
Anne Hcrrick. who had rejected him
years before, Is the only woman he has
ever loved. With Christcphcr's father
| out Of the way he pcrsuades her well
OF his repentance. ana induces her to
take him as stcpfather to Chris
tonher The chapters in which this
little episode is told arc Very charm
~ 50 rl,slyI lie w.,
OF mothers. but the most feminine of
women Consequently her second mar
rage sooner Or later Is an inevitable
thing, and the book makes that very
plain. She makes 10 mistake in her
choice OF john iIemm'ns. 1t bring.
her back from Roulognc and settles
/ her in tho English home Of her hus-
! band. Christopher goes to Oxford Tx.
! other boys of his class, and Gomez
! home TO spend his summers, his SIC
! sive holidays being marked by the
| singing OF tho songs in vogue, "Cham-
| payne Charley and Pretty Polly per.
kins of raddinston Green being
among n S phases. Before his young
| manhood arrives tirannic OXeter dies
| ana tho little Boulogne household is
! flnally broken up The English home,
! however Is very happy. for CHRISTOPHER
| mas in IL slim, graceful, dark haired
! Hemm ms sister named 'Anccbol. After
| while by accident lie meets another
| Strl and loves her. Her name. which
| has fingered in his mind for years IS
' Cora 81. Jcm!son she is slender ana
! lily white, and comes upon his en-
tranced vision at Victoria station, in
London, where he is seeing his mother
! and sister off {" lIcrrickswood for 4
| Visit To his grandmother. Christopher
! is sensible lie realizes that men lnu.
! make profession and gain the right
/ "a l.I,
/ consequently the rest OF the book tells
/ OF his development as a writer, OF his
! rare aud accidental meetings with the
! lady Of his dreams, OF his absolute self.
restraint until he feels that he has the
| flght 10 speak and tel! her OF his love
That is when GrandmaIna Herrick, like
the fine old woman she Is. cends for
! Christopher and says to him that Her.
rickswo"d IS To he his own home. for
, Unnscli and the woman Of his choice
~ TINS time Christopher has puhlish-
cd several looks, and has como TO be
t a wEitcr a'nlcwhut known.
But hi. C0ur5. al true love does NOT
| fhn Sm"oth. Cora ST. Jcmlson Ills
white maid though she ia. Is never
/ tIcl"as the true daughter OF her moth
! or, not the young woman cnshriricd in
| CnriStophcr's ador!ns fancy lie Is tho
son Of soldier, aud when lie finds GU,
/ his mistake he Is VERY ,Iuic, nhou; 4,
IL accepts the Inevitable. However bod
f, that Inevitable may bc. ana guua-c.
his shoulders i'll tho light ~ lfro ana
( the living Of II rs Grnndmanll Iicrrick
4 "Hrcctci MIN t" do SO that he may
enable licr, rs mother, his father and
lis SiSicl 1911 20 fo.l that thcv arr.
ins' -iici in lhcir estimate al him and
"hdt n" j. to make OF himself Thus
ne demonstrates iNat mans ,l.i.
ness Is not dependent upvn ANYTHING
e. or lsss, Ia