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

the successful one in a rivalry for the
hand OF the same girl. He finds him
immured in London suburb intent upon
a most beautiful daughter. living IMAGE
of her deceased mother. Hersham falls
promptly in love with the daughter. but
ultimately a younger and better looking
man comes into the field. Mr.. Mccarthy
develops a delightful story. turning
finally upon the efforts Of foreign gov
eminent to obtain the secret OF an ava
ton device which the father OF the
beautiful Gondoline has perfected. This
the usual Mccarthy story. but II mann !.
tests throughout the same quality OF
good tale telling without any deeply
serious intention.
THE WARE CASE. BY George Pley-
dell. New York: George H. Doran
Company.
1.-THE Ware Case" presents an anomaly
Of the law. Under the British judiciary
system a man who is guilty OF murder
but who is acquitted through failure OF
evidence or as a result Of ingenious or
eloquent advocacy. goes forth free until
his death, even though he may later con-
fess his crime In this story young
man is found drowned in lake on a
country estate owned by his brother-in-
law, who is on the eve OF bankruptcy.
His sister. and through her his brother
in-law, profit richly by his death. Sus-
picion Of murder is Immediately aroused
by the reports of physicians. but no steps
are taken for months to apprehend the
guilty person. Then. when apparently
the case has been forgotten. accusation
falls upon the husband OF the dead man
| sister. He is tried and pronounced guilt
less. Returning to his home ne mas ms
wife. from whom he had been alienated
through his own misconduct. ready TO
| forgive him and to bestOw her anection
once more upon him. To her ne con-
| fesses his guilt. Fortunately for the de-
velopment OF a romance In which the
reader has begun to take q keen interest.
the guilty man takes his life by plungine
/ from a window of his home even while q
| crowd gathers below to cheer him on MS
acquittal. A dramatic. moving story OF
innate glimpse Of the British judiciary
processes.
MIXED GRILL. BY w. Petit Ridge
author of "Mord Emily" etc. New
York: George H Doran Company
This is truly mixed grill regula
kidney and bacon and chop collection o
short stories of middle-class English III
not without a quaint humor OF its own
Worth while for lazy afternoon or
rainy nights diversion.
THE WOMAN IN BLACK. BY Edmun
Clerihew Bentley. New York: IN
Century Company.
4 Sigsbee Henderson is an American mil
lionaire, living temporarily in England
Near one Of the outbuildings OF his es
tate his dead body is found one mornin,
with a bullet hole through the head. TIL
body is clothed In a manner to arous
suspicion and the circumstances preclud
the possibility Of suicide. There Is n
evidence whatever OF robbery and SO tn
! case stands as mystery. Londol
newspaper dispatches to the scene mai
who has made q great reputation as I
solver Of such crimes. but whose pro
fession is actually that Of an artist. Hi
Interest Is whetted by the presence OF
the scene Of a representative OF Scotland
Yard, and these two engage in a compe
tition to be first in bringing the murdere
to book The artist-detective gather
clues that lead him to the conclusicl
that the young secretary of the million
aire is guilty. but is turned from his pur