Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-05
PEER
KILLED IN
FRONTIER
FIGHTING

IN that manner did Mrs. Letham
learn that she had become Lady
Burden. and in this manner did
THE Happy Warrior enlist:
There was thin. new cry went up
in tho room, and that was life newly
come. And there was heavy breath
ing, with dreadful pause at each eX-
piration's end and then the straining
upward climb and that was life nut
terins to be gone. Longer the pauses
grew and harsher the upward breath.
Loud the thin cry struck in and as
though it called that fieeting life, in
the act of springlng away. turned It's
head at the sound, Audrey opened her
eyes.
There seemed to be a question in
them. Miss Oxford bent closely over
her: "A boy. my darling"
She seemed to smile before she died.
The newspaper headline that had
brought tidlngs Of a peerage TO Mrs.
Letham had thrust upon Audrey
news of the death of young Lord
Burden, whom she had married in
secret. After the first shock she had
gone to Burden Manor and had told
Mrs. Lothian of the marriage, but
Mrs. Letham was in no mood to put
aside, ON the word OF the first girl
who came along, the position for which
she had SO yearned. She had de-
manded proof and Audrey had stag
gered away to get it. In her little
furnished apartment she had found
it and she had turned it over to her
sister when the thin, new cry went
up in the room and 1.-THE Happy
Warrior had enlisted.
Mrs. Lothian, secure in her position,
did not dream that one existed whose
heritage was the title that she had let
her husband usurp. In her cold, cal
culating way she had banished Au-
drey from her thoughts, so far as
what little conscience she possessed
permitted her to Danish Audrey from
her thoughts. Only Miss oxford knew,
and Miss Oxford made the fatal error
of deciding to leave Mrs. Lothian
alone in her position until such time
as she thought fitting for '"rhe Hap
by Warrior" to come into his own.
Time passed. The Happy Warrior
and Mrs. Letham's little son, Rollo.
heir-apparent to the Burden estates,
grew up side by side. Rollo, slender,
delicate; Percival, robust, aggressive;
Rollo relying more and more upon
Percival, and Percival more and more
giving Rollo strength in their COM
partnership
And then Dora--PercivaPs Snow
White and Rose-Red," as he called
ner-Dora, who was never meant for
Percival at all, because her mother
had determined that she should
marry position
The years passed. Rollo and Per-
cival grew up, and Dora grew and
came to love Percival. Still Miss
Oxford waited, waited, watching Mrs
Lerham grow more and more into
her position, a widow now, with
Rollo as Lord Burden. Miss Oxford
waiting and watching for her re-
venge. Then Percivafs trip to South
America, and, in his absence, pora's
betrothal TO Rollo, because of her
mothers determination to marry her
into the Burden peerage. And at
last Percivals return and Miss Ok
ford's secret revealed TO him-the
rightful Lord Burden. Then Perci-
vals intercepting one, who had over
StNlclp lilo N0Ss re-
venge in his heart, to tell Rollo that
he was not Lord Burden, and that
all these years he had enjoyed that
which rightfully belonged to Perci-
val. And finally Percival's tragic
death, ''the happy ending as none
could make it," for "hoW had he en-
dured to live and overthrow his
friend? How live in silence and
carry those hot embers in his
breast?''
Yes, death; but victory for The
Happy Warrior
Truly a wonderful book; whole
chapters Of it sheer genius. A book
to buy and weep over and keep
treasured. Strong in its delineation
of character, strong in it's imsgina-
ton, strong in its pathos and it's
humor. A plot splendidly conceived
and splendidly constructed. Truly,
the work of an artist.
Hes is a. S. NJ. Hutchinson, author
OF "Once Aboard the Lugger -
II. A. l..
"The Happy Warrior" By A. S. NJ.
Hutchinson. Little, Brown & Co.. Bos-
ton. S1.35.