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law and in the game OF hearts Is with
the Mr., Ferguson AN event, not a
process as II IL with tanner souls
Matthews soul was burning ice. II
was also u battlefield where cynicism
and sincerity struggled for mastery.
Married to the young widow Of his
hearts desire after saving her and her
fat fortune from the Vaccinations OF
suavc pirate of an uncle. he let's a silly
suspicion OF his wife's ddeiity come
within an acc of d stroyiug their hap
pincss. a nice old doctor who has been
studying Andalusiun fowl, which can
not be made To "brced true" explains
satisfactorily the unhappy resemblance
Of the baby 10 the dark European gem
;leman who incurs Matthews hostility
Why will people In stories persist in
deliberate blindness to the simple solu-
tons OF their problems that shrek for
recognition, and why must authors
slaughter the innocents? The story
shows some wicked trust magnates at
their unholy work. and ends with
Matthews declaration Of independence.
The account Of his professional success
is Ingenious, vergng frequently on the
melodramatic and sometimes crossing
the line.
There is more telling than tale In
Stanley Washburn's Two in the VIII
derness' LippincotD Two women
travelling in the British COLUMBIAN for
est are left helpless by the drowning
Of their guides. An opportunity APP
pearinG woodsmun takes their fortunes
In hand against the decidedly dis
courteous objections of the girl The
her There is nasty stuff about flies
The man and the girl ride together
back to civilization. The shrew Is
tanned. and the inevitable happens. 1t
may have been necessary to drown the
guides to start the story. but a less
saddening disposition might have been
made of tn, $500 one of them had in his
belt
The moving picture style Of compo-
sition is used with comic effect in mo
10 Washington Square" by Leroy Scott
,Houghton MifhnD. Tho society leader
who pretends a trip to Europe when
her finances forbid and tries to live
unnoticed in her closed up town house
has some most humiliating experiences
that open her eyes to the truth about
herself and her surroundings A clever
young rdscdl engineers me fortunes OF
n rldiculous,y assorted set of people,
and after many complications the pat
tern OF their lives Is Strengthened out
again. An amusing farce. with the
mechanics neatly covered up.
The sudden. unexpected acquisition Of
wealth with conformation Of new socia!
circumstances is AN old standby OF the
story tellcrs, and Is used amusingly by
j. Il. Buckrose In Gay Morning"
Doran). The English egg dealers fam
lily had funny time of 1t when they
broke into" society, or rather were
pushed into 1t. Emma Basset Is "A natu-
raj, sensible girl, whose head did not
get turned by good fortune, and with
out tragedy she has a teIlable heart
history"
"Cuddy Yarborough's Daughter"
whose love story IL related by Una L..
Sllberrad Doran), was her fathers
chum. and when he died she married his
friend Sam Bailey. Despite the dis
parity in their ages. Sam and vi got
along as nicely AS plain, decent folks
should and provided material for a
romantic record without horrors.