The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

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 seizes him by the hand. but the man
 squrms out of his grasp and disappears.
 The next day MT. Weatherley calls his
 young clerk Into his private office, makes
 him his private secretary, and informs
 him that he shall expect him to act as a
 protector in case he is attacked He then
 sends him to a well known restaurant
 with instructions to walt for Rosario and
 tell him not to lunch there. Arnold obeys
 and is joined at table bt Mrs. Weather
 ley. who had come there to lunch with
 the flnancier The latter arrives, but
 before the young man can warn him he
 is struck down in the vestibule by mys-
 terious foe and murdered
 As an insight into the character of
 Count Sabatini, his own words more clear
 ly define him than anything else when he says:
 When I was young was penniless, with no inheritance save grim castle, a barren island and great name. The
 titular head of my family was a Cardinal at Rome. my fathers own brother I went to him and demanded the means of sup port. He gave me sum equivalent to a few hundred pounds and bade me seek my fortune A few hundred pounds were insufficient, and my uncle was a coward. I waited my opportunity and although three times I was denied an au- ulellCe OH lH6 lOQTtn IOunQ nm alOne. I was strong and he was weak. It was as necessary for me to live as for him. So took him by the throat and gave him 30 seconds to reflect. He decided that the life of Cardinal at Rome was far too pleasant to be abandoned precipitately." Many other exciting scenes ensue, during the remaining chapters of "rhe Lighted Way and the denouement of the story will be reached with great feryor and in- terest by the reader who once picking up the book will never be able to put 1t down until the very last chapter has been read, which after all, is the greatest com pliment that can be paid to book. Another clever thing abodt Mir. Oppen- heims story is that he keeps one in deep mystery and doubt concerning the end until the psychological moment. which Is another good point in favor of his story.
 ''The Lighted Way" will probably rank among the "six Best Sellers of the year. | and 1t is justly entitled to such place
 with the reading public.
 "sEEGAR AND cIGAREET." By Jack Hines. With Illustrations by Phillip R. Goodwin. George II. Doran & Company. New York.
 | If you love stories about animals, then | by all means hurry to the first book shor you can get to and purchase a copy of | "Seegar and Cigareet."
 | Jack Hines has told a story that Is
 great and he shows a side of animal na- | ture that is at once loyal in its Import
 and steadfast in its purpose.
 A story of the love and loyalty of two I wolfdogs for one another on the Alaskan l trail is "Seegar and Cigareet." l In the savage elements of pioneer sur roundings the power of self-sacrifice or the part of two dumb animals sets c
 standard of heroism for their driver.
 Jack Hines does in a new way what
 Dr. John Brown has done in "Rab anc His Friends" he reveals the true nobility of the lower creation and makes 1t ar example for compassionate kindness.
 Among the big dog stories of the world
 which are few in number, this of ''Seegai
 and Cigareet" takes rank.
 THE LAST TRY"
 | By John Reed Scott. With illustrations in color by Clarence F. Underwood. J | B. Lippincott & Company, Philadelphia | MT Reed Scott, the clever author oi
 ''The Last Try" has again chosen Mary
 land for the scene of story, which is
 full of romance and beauty, and which could not have been surrounded more ap.
 propriately than by the environments ot
 this grand old state.
 1 With it's traditions and historical eff.
 fects there Is a distinctive field for the
 author, as was proven when MT. r. Hop
 kinson Smith gave the reading public
 such a delightful replica of older Balti
 more in his "Kennedy Square" The Last Try" is practically a con | tinuation of Mir Scott's previous novel I .'The Princess Debra," and while he ha: been known more generally up to the | present time by his earlier stories. "The Colonel of the Red Huzzars" and ''Tn | His Own Right" 1t is safe to say that '@rhe Last Try will make him more famous as an author than any of the others.
 Back in ."rhe Colonel of the Rer Hug
 zars" MT. Scott, like Mr. Anthony Hope in his "Prisoner of Zenda," needed new kin gdom, therefore he invented one. Dalberg who comes again to us in "The Last Try" is the descendant of the Dal- berg, who was an aide of General Wash ington and Colonel of the Horse. during the Revolution.
 After the war he bought an estate fin Maryland and married into one of the best families and settled down to the life
 of simple country gentleman But in the meantime he was making his- l tory for his decendants, and when Ar
 mand Dalberg is mixed up in some sort oi international complication as heir to some
 sort of foreign throne we naturally follow his adventures with keen interest. We find Dalberg retiring to Maryland and looking up certain old records pur- | sued by the enmity of a ducal cousin who reminds one very forcibly of Black Michael in "The Prisoner of Zenda.' | Down to the eastern shore he goes and | to the old estate. "The Hermitage" he
 wends his way and in White Marsh church he begins his search for the coveted rec | ords.
 1 Returning to Baltimore he yerifies oth- CTS at the Maryland Historical Society on Saratoga street, and the story proceeds to its close with delightful charm and fresh, interesting vigor that the reader will appreciate thoroughly.
 MT. Scott writes with unusual clever ness and being a lawyer he has sense of detail and effect that is quite compelling and which makes him an entertaining story teller. one who is sure to have a large following always.
 THE WHITE WATERFALL" By James Francis Dwyer. Doubleday, Page & Company. New York. Abounding in adventure. every line filled with an almost superhuman endurance MT. James Francis Dwyer in The White Waterfall" gives us story long to be re- membered.
 | Thrilling is the narrative from begin ming to end, Mir. Dwyer has certainly woven most entertaining and interesting story out of the material which he has chosen as back ground.
 Verlun, who is the hero of The White Waterfall.' as he lies under tarpauiin | in Feluks, where he hears Maori teach ing Fijiian systerious chant like this: Sixty paces to the leit.
 That's the way to Heaven out