The Washington herald., 1913-10-19

traordinRry there beforc--or eoms-
where In her nat. q million dollars
worth OF biood-rsd diamonds.
Even this brief outline shows what
an inadequate title the volume has.
Perhaps the beautiful girl. with the
downstairs Con the cover). will inspire
book buyers TO look inside the volume.
II they do they win 70 through Il af
sitting, for few can reserve the de-
sire 20 know where the red-blood dia-
monds came from. where they are GO
ing, and who owns them. The spin
ster. who tells the story, does not own
them; that is clear, although they are
In her possession most OF the time.
Mrs Deisrio. the clairvoyant, does not.
although she has clafrsudient informa-
tion that they were sent 20 her from
Tibet BY some mysterious influenza II.
de Rayenoi says that they are his
but that Is q part Of the mystery.
which is well carried through.
THE AIRsHIP BOYS AS DETECTIVES: By
Harry Lincoln sCIr. chicsso-The Reilly 3
Bntton %.
A gigantic plot for the wholesale Snug
Cling Of Cinnamon into this country,
coupled with the fact that RED Manni-
gan, chief Of the conspirators. IS wanted
by the government. warrants the use Of
the famous "Airship Boys" and their lat
est aeroplane In what proves TO be q
most complicated case. All along the
Western coast, and just above the Unit
ed States lire, the smuggiers bafiie the
government detective and his aids. Ned
Napier, Alan Hope. and Bob Russell. The
airships. a new French machine of high
speed, and q Curtis hydro-aeroplaIie. are
brought into the game and aid In some
sensational Developments. not the least
OF which is the discovery that Mannigan
himself Is using an airship.
The detective meets with treachery
from a trusted aid that almost wrecks
his plans. Then the impetuous Bob. by
his foolhardlEess. gives Mannigan warn
ing and he escapes There Is a country
wide chase, ending in the sandhills Of
Mexico. In a battle OF wits. the two
aeroplanes, the Airship Boys In the Con-
dor. Mannisan in the Curtiss. captured
by him to replace his own machine.
wrecked by the Airship Boys. engage in
an aerial duel that drives Mannigsn on
TO United States soil and into the hands
CT the detective
The story has action all the way, with
"a touch of mystery of high interest The
Airship Boys live up to their reputation
for doing things. and for both getting
into and out Of scrapes.
MERRILIE DAWES BY Frank h. speamAn.
uIustnted1. New York-Charies sribnG's Sons
Merrilie Dawes had been "an estate"
during her minority. one Of the largest
in the country. She took charge Of il
at the moment she became of age. and
proved the truth OF the wish of her
father before his death, that "Merrilie
should have been a man" She fought
Wall Street TO a standstIll over the Great
Southern Steel Company, the property of
the man she loved, but who was engaged
TO another.
It Is one OF the most realistic and ex-
citing fights ever fought in the fiction of
frenzied finance, and the love story
matches It in interest Mr.. Spearman
gives an added touch Of realism to his
story by introducing several recognizable
characters. among them a young man
who inherited a life insurance company;
but why has he chosen to make so much
Of his story such difficult reading? He
introduces all his dramatis personae at
the very beginning in a group that re-
quires careful sorting out on the part of
the reader. and then proceeds to tell his
story almost exclusively in dialogue,
thereby retardins its progress toward the
crisis.
THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OF: BY L. Frank
Baum. Chiaso-rhe Reilly & Brittou %.
''The Patchwork Girl Is probably the
most unique character creation from Mr..
Baum's pen. She represents the Spirit of
this day and age, and is quite the liveli-