The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-19

in this little story IS commonly asso-
ciated with Kipling, but In this in
stance the combination is more after
the manner of Sir Gilbert Parker. es-
beclaliy since TIC atmosphere is
Egyptian instead OF Indian And a.
III one OF rarkc-'s Donovan Pasha"
stories. The tragedy. threatened IN
Farkevs story ana fulfilled in this,
turns upon romance between an
tngiishinan and woman OF lordly
Egyptians household.
True, the woman. Haliefa, Is so beau
tiul ana so Wondrous that she dWelIs
alone In tho hareW OF her master
Sahim Pasha, but she is none the-less
woman OF The harcm, so that the
great love sac bears stephen Blair. a
captain o! English horse, must in
eyIiahly result IN tragedy, Tor. even
under Eng fish rule. Egyptian pashas
and middle justice within their own
households.
For time. the Engiishman and tho
slave girl avoid detection. anu his
growing tenderness almost prevents
MN from using her as means or
learning the secrets OF the l5cdouins'
training and-here is an ugly cause
his ambition cause him to compel her
TO disclose all that she knows, and dis
aster swift and irreparable, follows.
Disaster and dcath-for her. Be-
cause, In order to save HIN, she sacri-
n iSes herself, and the au,hor has told
simply and very beautifully.
"The scuttlcrs."
By CLYDE c. Westover Neale Pub
an unusually good sen yarn is THE
Scuttlers," by Clyde c. Westover. with
more MOI. IMAM one element 70 increase its
interest TO the lover OF tales OF ad-
venture.
AS the title indicates. the story cir
cles about the crimes of a SET OF men
ne. Inc ,f IN
III sea In order TO collect the insurance
upon the vessels and their cargo. An
agent OF Lioyds' employs the hero TO
snap before the mast on Il vessel com
manded by master and owned by a
man suspected OF having been impli-
Gated in several similar crimes and
irauds The hero is very courageous
and also needs the money, hence he
IS willing to take the very desperate
thanlces that lie before him or de-
tecting the villainy of the master and
yet coming out Of his adventure with
Il whole skin.
In order. 10 make the presence OF the
Tree OF suspicion, the Lloyds' agent ar
ranges a shanghaiing, and In his de-
scrlptlon OF the life In the dives along
me san Francisco waterfront which
the adventurous amateur detective is
compelled to become a part OF for a
.Ine' the author writes realistically
Ihen on board ship. at the haAas
or thhnEiiling mate. the hero finds a
W'ctcAcu IKE awaiting him. and this is
$3.50 Nividly pictured by the author.
VINO quite evidently knows the life of
which nc writes.
romance comes in the figure of the
captains daughter whose orcsence
iurther comp!icates the plot. Nor does
| the story end with the sinking of the
snip. Tor on deserted volcanic Island,
on which the survivors land, there Is
! iurthcr danger awaiting them.
~ Is all Strengthened out in the end,
no%cVcr' ana the happiness Of the hero
ana his sweetheart rounds out n hiphlv
entertaining story of the sea.
Mnn."
anonymous. d. Appleton & Com
II these love experiences OF n young
and very attractive man" as ..Thc Con-
! lcsslons OF an Inconstant Man is do
ecithcd on IT'S cover. are true they es-
tab!!hh Two facts incontrovertibly: that
the man In the case Is more than n bit
OF bounder. and that the girls and