Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-05

pose to give his account to his paper
by chivalric motive. Long afterward.
his chivalry well rewarded. he confronts
the man whom he suspects with has ev,-
dence finding ii TO tally extraordinarily
save for the single fact that IL was not
the secretary who fired the shot Mr.
Bentley has told a tale OF crime and its
unravelment with remarkable skill. and
presents some diverting characters whom
| II will be a pleasure TO meet In SUD-
sequent volumes.
THE QUARRY. BY John A. Moroso.
With illustrations by Thomas Foo
garty. Boston: Little, Brown & Co
A night Waterman is killed by'a gang
| of burglars In the city Of New York and
a young man just from the country is
| caught running from the scene with kit
of bloody tools I'm his hand He is con-
victed and sent to Sing Sing for life, de-
spite his denials of guilt and the appeals
of his aged mother At Sing Sing he
| finds true friend in his cell mate.
veteran crook with long record of Inn
prisOnments. and through his aid he
makes his escape and ultimately finds his
way into the south. where he gains en-
ployment at his trade machinist and
| ultimately. through inventions. wins a
fortune and bride. This Is a story OF
| the pursuit OF the escaped convict. the re-
bring him back to serve the remainder OF
his term In prison. Mr.. Moroso. who has
written numerous short stories dealing
with police methods and the prison sys-
tenn, has In this first novel given vivid
account of the unfairness OF the system
of handling prisoners accused OF crime.
especially in the first stages. He does not
indict the prison methods. but, on the
| contrary, shows them in a rather favor
able contrast with those of the police.
| THE FFOLLIOTS OF REDMARLEY.
BY l.. Allen Harker author of mr..
Mycherly's Wards" etc. New York:
Charles Scribners Sons. Washing
\ ton: Brentano's.
| Mr. Harker cannot write Of children
save in a manner to make them attractive
and appealing. He presents here an In
teresting contrast between youth born
| Of plebeian parents and reared by his we'll
TODD tradesman father in a rigid though
not unloving manner and the children OF
a family of gentry. the Ffolliots Of Bed
marley The Ffolliots present a wide
range of character. To those who have
read previous stories from this source il
is needless to suggest further than tina
these are true Harkerian creations. Th'
young plebeian. grown into manhood, as
pires to and gains seat In parliamen
and then seeks the hand Of one Of thu
young Ffolliots. But this is not SO mucl
a romance as it is a presentation of {
wholesome, jolly, admirable family o
young English folk, with their Lowell,
mother and their cranky. difficult father
1t is a book to be warmly welcomed.
MYLES CALTHORPE, 1. ID. b. BY F. E
Mills Young New York: John Ian.
4 Company.
The Il D. B. printed by the author a
the end of the name Of his hero of thi.
story is not the abbreviation of title Of
honor On the contrary it Is the symbo
of a bit of criminal enterprise which 4:
decidedly under the ban in South Africa
1t m cans illicit diamond buyer" YOUNG
Calthorpe is unjustly accused OF thi:
crime and Is sent to prison for it, HI
conceals the name of the guilty person fol
the sake of the woman he loves. 4
long time afterward he energies from thu
cloud thus thrown about him and finds
his reward. This is q stirring tale of lif'
in South Africa, with illustrations of thu
business interests and the social activi
ties.