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reasoned that this was a ruse intended
to weaken the pursuit. A posse of police
secured the country. T.ley traced the
bandit gang to Kovel, across the Russian
frontier and made for Kovel. There in
a pine forest at midnight they found the
bandits camp a battle began. Three
bandits were shot. the rest fed. In a
tent, tethered to the ground, dressed in
nightdress, a bearskin, and a mans
high boots was Miss Caterina. outfa-
geousy hungry, but otherwise well.
Miss Tserbzitski's adventures as told to
Procuror Rykatchoff, show that the BAN
dit Kluistieff In his way is by no means
a bad sort: and she added ironically,
"that explains his friendly relations with
the government of st. Petersburg" She
said that the bandits numbered sometimes
80. but that they spit up into ,twos and
units and reunited only at night when
a forest camp was chosen. They had not
i'll treated her seriously; but once when
drunk Klulstieff had ordered her to kiss
10 bandits, and fearing worse she had con-
sented. She says that Kluistieff is high
ly intelligent man who spends generously
all the money he robs. that he Is given
TO drink and boastine anu has an eXag-
geratedly high opinion of his vocal pow
ers. The only time she ever saw him an
cry was when one of his followers sneered
about the way he sang.
For three weeks Caterina implored
Khluistieff to release her. to explain his
Intentions. and to find out what had hap-
pened to her wounded father Kluistieff
POLITELY explained that he wanted to pun
ish her father for getting up the petition
to the governor general. He also de-
clared that her father was rot wounded
AT all-Which was a lie. He talked Rus
sian to his followers and, thinking that
she understood ii badly, he talked freely.
From this she gathered that a high po-
lice officer was in the bandits pay She
also learned that Kluistieff takes himself
seriously as a politician and Russian pa
triot The "Okrana,'' that Is, the political
nolice. makes use of him, and St Peters,
burg once paid him $50 for smuggling into
the library of Count Zamoiski certain
forged documents which were to incrimi-
nate the count as a conspirator against
Russian rule. Iiluistieff did his work
honestly, but apparently the count found
and destroyed the papers before the po-
lice searchers came, because nothing was
found.
Miss Tserbitski heard Kluistieff boa ST.
ing that it did not matter much whether
he was captured or NOT, as whenever he
is captured he gets an easy release The
local police who set out to catch him are
overrled by his police ally, M. volosin
and by the "Okrana." The "Okrana"
twice telegraphed from st. PETERSBURG
ordering his liberation. "And the day
after" said cynical Kluistieff ~ robbed
the Monopolka q. G. vodka monopoly Of
fce) at Crubeschow.'' Naturally such rev.
elations-not the frst--that the govern
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The secret of the girls parentage fur
nishes an element of sustained interest
and speculation. The youthful court
ship; a thwarted elopment: Richards s
dearture for America with John Smith
ana his men. his discovery of Mary
noble birth and her connection with the
royal Scottish house of Stuarts; her
coming to America and her marriage
500 TO make this tale of intense inter-
est and historical value.
John O. jamestown is marked by no
striking sources of tragedy The story
goes on evenly and happily. Ii is one o.
those broadly planned, leisurely books
in which the author traces the history
of more than one generation and enters
Into the feelings and events i'm the life
of each character introduced. with full
hess and detail With the same remark
able power C Imagination that created
Poy Yancy in The Prodigal Judge" :"
Shrmpin in The Just and the Unjust, "
and Virginia in The Fortunes of the
Landrays,' the characters of this story
are made to live again.
In the reading OF such a novel the
reader has a sense of intimacy with its
PEOPLE and a sense of repose wholly for
eign to the rapid fire style of much
current fiction. lie finds his own hor-
i2on broadened and he experiences Il
sense OF rest and relief from the hurly.
burly of the contemporary tale of mys-
terry and love-at sfirst-sight.
POOR DEAR MARGARET KIRBY,
AND OTHER STORIES"
BY kathleen Norris With Frontspiece.
The Macmillan Co, New York
Kathleen Norris has written nothing
more charming or more readable than
her latest book, Poor Dear Margaret
Kirby. and Other Stories
Cheerful, optimistic. pervaded by a
spirit of good cheer. fun of life. with
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ST. Petersburg. May 9.-(Special.)-
Probably no country except Russian Po-
land could produce such drama as that
being enacted by the bandits of Liublin.
Liublin is Polish province of which
part is being taken away from Poland
and tackled on to the new Russian gov
ernment of Cholm; and it is noted for the
high boots worn by the peasants, for illi
cit drinking, and for pretty girls. So pret
ty are the girls that a Russian proverb
says, 'Liubov V I.iublinye' which means
Love in Liubin."
0f late into this Eden of boots, drink
and beauty serpent has crept. 1t is the
bandit .Khluistieff. kluistieff is no ordi-
nary bandit, but an ex-veterinary sur
geon, and he has about him 80 other ban
dts organized in small gangs. They raid
country houses, rob the treasurers of
vodka monopoly stores, and shoot at
sight. Eighteen deadly shooting cases
have taken place since autumn, 1912. In
February a posse. of police followed "a
wounded bandit by his blood tran in the
snow and found on hrh papers which in
dicated that Sluistieff has friends and
protectors in official spheres.
The bandits last exploits are the raid
on the Swidnik estate and the capture of
Miss Eserbitski. The Swidnibi estate be-
longs to rich Jan Jenglinski. and it lies
on the frontiers of the Chrubeschow anal
Zamosti administrative districts. Weng-
linski heard that the bandits were COM
ing and he armed ten servants. Klutis-
tien. by ruse, got the defenders to ex
pose themselves and the bandits shot
Wenglinski and four servants dead and
put bullet through 15-year-old Miss
Wenglinski's lungs They then stole
goods and gold estimated at $4,000 and
burnt down the house. They told a cap
tured servant that they did this because
Wenglinski had hurried to the help OF a
lady whorl they had attacked the day be-
fore near his house.
Wenslinski's cousin is Pan Luis Tser-
bitski. He has a pretty daughter named
Caterina and the adventures of this Cater
the local mobiles to send a petition to the
governor general at Warsaw, asking for
protection against the bandits. Kluistieff
resolved to give Tserbitskl q lesson. Win
seven desperadoes he surrounded his
house. broke into il, beat Teerbitski into
insensibiity, and robbed the house. He
next made for the oms.where Caterina
Tserbitski slept. woke her, dressed In a
bearshin rug, slung her across the back
of horse and departed. When Tserbit-
sl<it came to he saddled his horse and
rode after his daughter. The bandits
poured volley into him, and he fell with
three wounds.
Next day the hunt for Miss Tserbitski
was resumed. 1t lasted three weeks. At
the end of this M. Rykatchoff, procurer of
Liublin province, got an anonymous let
ter saying that Miss Tserbtsk had been
shot While trying to escape. The procurof
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ening results of GENERALIZATION, and that
strips the truth bare, destroying all the
false polish and veneer that so pleases
the eyes of the materialst and pleasure
seeker
The narrator of this story meets these
two struggling giants ON arriving in the
city, and renounces his art so that he
can prosper in the money market. Later
lie turns towards truth. and learns the
lesson of life.
In style literary, and broadening In its
Incentives, the work of Mr.. Robbins Is
gaining preferment. "rhe Spirit of the
Town" is a strong novel There is pro-
nounced power in its depletion of social
types and contrasts. The life story of
Edna Courtney is wrought with big
sympathy; and with the same quality the
true characters of the green goods men
are painted at the last deal of the cards,
when their motives are revealed in dra-
matte situation In the dress given il by
it's Implications the spirit the ruling spirit
of the city stands forth in its true out
line.
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Chinese Lopic
tom the washington Star.

Ffom Inc WashingtOn Star.
Another instance OF what seems to us
the topsy-turvy way of doing things in
China is told by Bishop Lewis of Foo
chow.
A gentleman entered a Chinese shop to
purchase tea. tle found, to his amaze
ment that five pounds of certain tea
cost $50, whereas, ten pounds of the
same brand cost $50.
The gentleman protested at these prices.
but the shopkeeper insisted that they
were perfectly logical. AS he put It.
More buy, more rich-more rich. more
can pay
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until four months ago | began giving
..vdia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound trial and now am in good
health. - Mrs. WILLIAM H. GILL, 15
Pleasant Street, Auburn, New York.
"Doctor's Daughter Took lt.'
st. Cloud, MINI. -" was so run down
by overworll and worry that could not
stand it to have my children talk aloud
or walk heavy on the floor. One of my
friends said, TRY Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, for know doc
tors daughter here in town who takes
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81 sent for the Compound at once and
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Avenue, s., st. Cloud, MINI.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
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pness is incomplete because they have
no child. They adopt a boy from peas
ant family, but as the youth grows ID
their joy in him Is largely mingled with
despair, because of the hereditary tenden
cies he displays with which they feel
themselves incompetent to cope. They are
forced to acknowledge that the son Of
their adoption is and always must be the
son of his mother.
The story is not merely interesting. out
has deeper inner significance for the
serious reader.
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Delighted to Be Back Home Again-Chats About the
Opera, Symphony Concerts and Musical Atmosphere
of Boston--Interesting Stories About Maria Gay,
Zenatelo, Arthur Foote, DR.. Muck and the Philip
Hales-Inssts Upon an Auditorium for Birmingham
and Opera Here-Some Bouquets
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"BARBARA

BY Alice and Claude Askew. Moffat,
Yard &, Co. New York.
Alice and Claude Askew have written
a most charming story of Ireland in their
latest book, Barbara
Te those who love "Ould Ireland aud
all the beautiful traditions and charming
supersttions associated with this Emerald
Isle, Barbara" will come as a perfect joy
into their lives. for nothing more attrae-
tive could possibly be conceived than the
idea of these two clever writer's In tne
construction of this story
The character of Barbara is drawn with
beautiful skin, her impulsiveness, her
rebellious moods, her womanly beauty
and charm, differentate her from the
ordinary heroine and in Father Matthews
We have the most delightful priest in
modern fiction The setting is Irish and
the book abounds in the pathos and hui
NOR and charm so characteristic of the
beautiful Green Isle.
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characters, not the typical people of fic-
tion. but the everyday people with whom
all of us are constantly coming in con-
tact are these stories by she author of
the vividly remembered Mother" which
made countless friends for Kathleen Nor
rs. Though Mrs. Norris has become
most widely known through her two
novels. it was through the short story
field that She entered the ranks of fic-
tionists. Her success in demonstrating
that the creation of the short story is
an art in itself makes the publication of
this collection of tales from her pen
most interesting. There are many people
in this country who, if asked to name
their favorite magazine writer would
name Mrs Norris Here is gathered to-
gether the best of the work upon which
this reputation rests. Stories of senti-
ment of purpose humorous stories, re-
flecting the more serious phases of life
and stories which were evidently writ
ten just because they afforded their
author pleasure, all find a place in this
versatile volume.
1.-THE SPIRIT OF THE TOWN"
BY Tod Robbins. The J. S. Osivie Pub
fishing Co., 81 Rose Street, New York.
You'd naturally ask the first pop out OF
the box:
''What sort of a story is The Spirit Of
the Town and What's 1t About?"
Tod Robbins, let me say right here, will
tell you pretty quickly if you'll only give
him chance, for he has written a dandy
good book, describing New York life and
the influence of this money-1naking. pleas
ure-seeking age ON the inhabitants of a
great city In every man are embodied
the spirit of town. luXury-loYing, money
grasping, sensual. a-live-in-the- moment
kind of instinct, while in direct opposi-
Ton, l. i ettfp s,F 1at flaa
primitive in us that fights off the weak
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arIIE soN OF MS MoTHER ;,

BY Clara viebig. The John Lane Com
pany. New York.
A question that has come into the life
of more than one ehldIess married couple
is the theme of Clara Niebig's story.
THE Son of His Mother" a powerful
novel. dealing with powerful theme.
devoted couple realize that their hap
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NILE cRYsrAL sroppER. >

BY Maurice Leblanc. Translated by Alex
ander Texiera DeMattos. illustrated by
Dalton Steirus. Doubleday Page x Co.,
New York.
Arsene Lupin as the cunning daring,
audaoious, perpetrator of thefts which set
all Paris by the ears: or as the relentless
bloodhound upon the heels of criminals
solving mysteries and securing justice for
the helpless-this is a figure which is
familiar to thousands OF readers But the
same Lupn, baffled at every turn by
the most inscriptions criminals in Eu-
rope; outwitted time and again and iu-
Volved in a struggle for his very life
that is a startingly different figure which
NJ. Leblanc puts into this new canvas
From the failure of the first robbery in
the villa on the outskirts of Paris to the
moment when Lupin rescues his compan-
ion by shooting the public exeeutoner
from a window overlooking the SCAT
fold, he is beset at every turn by enemies
who tax all his powers. The crystal stop
per. won and lost a dozen times, draws
into its quest many of Lupns old time
enemies and host of new Ones and is
the lure of a thrilling mystifying tale
With all the fascinating charm that
pervades his writings, NJ. Leblanc has in
THE Crystal stopper drawn the most
delightful story from his versatile imagi-
nation, and there is sure to. be a demand
for his latest book,
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There are 50 many literary people, too,
whom musician would be Interested in,
imagine, in Boston" 1 suggested.
upon a musician would be interested in
imagine in Boston" L suggested.
Yes said Mrs. Aldrich "one of the
pleasantest afternoons I spent was at the
home of Mabel W. Daniels. She wrote
An American Girl in Munich you know,
and is, with Mrs. Beach, upholding the
dignity of the American woman composer.
Her song. The Villa of Dreams won
the Federation OF Musical clubs prize
last year, and she has won so many
prizes for composition that now she is
not allowed to compete. Miss Foote, Ar
thur Foote's daughter, was at the DAN
iels that day, and sang a number of
songs with the composer at the piano
Miss Daniels studio is a beautiful apart
ment filed with mementoes and souvenirs
of famous people. and forms charm
ing background for the personality and
work of the Lady the Villa At the
Chromatic club l heard Arthur Foote
play some of his own compositions and
afterward had little chat with him.
Boston is certainly a city of celebrl-
ties I suggested.
Celebrities do certainly abound there"
replied Mrs. Aldrieh. 'Everywhere one
goes-they seem to be SoWn broadcast
Let one have word with 'personable
stranger at a tea, and become more than
a bit silly oneself and someone is sure
to- come along and say I saw YOU talk
ing to So-and-So. Isn't he clever? He
has Written and then the catalog of
novels and essays is recited
'If one ~goes to Boston for 'atmos-
phere there's no doubt but that it is
present in large quantities..
Birmingham was well represented in
Boston, l may say EN- passant." Mrs.
Aldrich observed, by Mrs Harriet
Wisirell ONeill with whom I had tea
one afternoon Mrs. O'Neill has adopted
the Italian form of her name when
she sang in opera in Italy, and is now
with the Aborn company for a few
weeks singing leading soprano roles
as EnricEetta Oneilli. | heard her as
Marguerite in Faust and was amazed
to see how much she had accomplished
since the days when she sang an aria
from Louise at tile Country club.
Saw Claude Reddish and his sister
Meta, (who made her debut at San
Carlo opera house in Naples two years
ago., this past fall, and they had much
to say of old days in birmingham All
of which brings us back to Birming-
ham, the subject with which we started
and emphasizes the fact that 1t has
been a fertile field for the development
of talent as we'll as business prosperity
Build a new auditorium so that opera
can be given and large assemblaees
accommodated; 1t should be second to
no city in the south in the musical
advantages 1t offers.'
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later in the season, and was most in
terested in all that he had to say about
Chicago, its orchestra, and particularly
its conductor. Frederick Stock. Mr. Chad
wick was unstinted in his admiration and
appreciation of what the west had done
musically, and as this was the reverse
of what one expected to hear in the
east, it had double value I heard, Mr..
Chadwick conduct his symphonic
sketches" in Chicago a year or two ago.
and he and his compositions were SO we'll
received that It's no wonder he liked the
city and its orchestra"
And the opera?" I asked.
THE opera. suppose, comes neSt, after
the symphony concerts replied Mrs. AL
drieh. Il met a number of the artists
through the Philip Hales and was par
ticularly amused by visit Mrs Hale
and | paid to Maria Gay in her dressing
room during a performance of Carmen
The priIna donna had just been driving
Don Jose frantic before the public eye
and expected her to be a creature of
fire and storm the moment afterward-
but not so! Said she to Mrs. Hale,
We have just bought some wonder
full hens for our dear farm
And her husband, zenatello, the tenor,
chimed in with,
'7'Yes, that was a gr-r-eat show at
your Mechanics hall. We have spent all
our money for fowls,
1t seems they are frantic to retire
and raise chickens, but the spectacle of
Carmen discussing hens was distinctly
edifying TO a stranger. Gay and Zena-
tello are great favorites in Boston, They
are mother and SON in The Jewels
Of the Madonna and have very touch
ing. scene together. At the premiere OF
Auberts Blue Forest we were talking
together during an entire act and some
one spoke of the beauty of that scen1
from the Jewel. Said Madame Gay
" Yes, but zenatello, he very bad boy
and tell his mother naughty stories then
to make her laugh.
zenatelo returned: Not so, I on-lee-'
But Madame Gay made haste to m
terrupt him
" There you go again with your on-lee.
on-leel Never trust him when he says
| tbs on-leer
Continuing. Mrs Aidrich said:
made such substantial success, is not only
a delightful person 10 meet. but he is
that rara avis, a singer who tries to help
other singers along the road he has trav-
fersed. He arranged for friend of mine,
a young singer, to have a hearing by
| Henry Russel, manager of the opera, and
he was kindness personified. l suppose
that is one reason why he can give
noble Interpretation of King Mark in
N>ristan.' Mr.. Russell is a brother of Lau-
don Ronald. the we'll known song COM
poser. 1 have only met Mr. Russell a few
times, but l was present at my friend
rendition and was greatly impressed with
the intense concentration of the director
During the time he listened to the singing
he seemed to be paying attention from his
head to isfeet. Every atom of his force
seemed to so into the one matter of lis
tening and judging. No prospective Mel
ba will ever get by him unrecognized
I'd be willing to wager"
There are so many literary people too
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