The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25

ter their marriage. to be his wife In
this alone is the story incomplete;
the woman, her feelings, her ambition
even. and the submissive attitude or
her mastery husband-who, in passing.
barely escapes. if he does escape, being
prls-these are too vaguely por-
trayed, too much taken for granted. to
be convincing.
Still. the condition itself is care
1uiiy indicated occasionally. indeed,
with somewhat daring detail. and in
'he END, Scorrter, who had held himself
proudly aloof. seeks in a little cottage
In south KensinEton the happiness
mat is denied him in Berkeley Square.
For some years. the triangle sounds.
and when death robs Scorrier of the
little live thing in his secret orchard.
IL Is too late for the bitter repentance
OF his wife to avail her or him. and
the 'aie ends sorrowfully with a TRACE
oy of blasted hopes and unfulfllIed
1ongings
Except for the vagueness of Ger
tain portion indicated above. The Door
That Has No Key" is very much alive.
and aside from the main theme there
are several side issues of compellinp
interest The loyal friendship of the
Two men, unbroken even by the con
fession of the friend of his love for
seorriers Wife, is in particular we'll
outlined while the devotion OF "thc
iittle live thing" Is warm with life.
"a Peoples Man.,
BY L. Phillips Oppenheim Little.
Brown & Company. s13O net
Having ventured. in The Double
Life OF Mr.. Alfred Burton" into a by-
path of fiction. Mr.. Oppenhcim returns
In "A Peoples Man." TO the broad high
way or his accustomed cndea vor-that
OF love and intrigue. with n dash of
international complication.
Narration has come. Narration, Mar,
ton is here.
Across Soho. threading his wav
with devilish ingenuity through mazes
OF narrow streets. scattering with his
hooter little groups OF gibbcrine,
swarthy foreigners. Aaron Thurnbrein.
peht double over his ancient bicycle,
speo on ms way towards the Com
mercial Road and eastwards. With
narrow cheeks smeared with dust. vel
low teeth showing behind his parted
lips through which the muttered word,
c.iHle with uneven Vehcmence racped
comes, greasy cap upon his head
,n,S messenger, charged with great
'idings' proclaimed himself by his
visible existence, one of the submerged
cnnRins TO his last spar, fighting still
carrying the undaunted light OF hattie
III ms blazing eyes. deep-sunken. al
most caVernous, the last refuge nor
mans OF that ebbing life"
nus NJ the very beginning is intro
ouced the thought. at least, of the Peo-
pres Man who is the hero of Mr.. OBJ
pe'.helIn story. and a typical follower
OF mat prophet and liberator.
For Narration is great Socialist o,.
tor, a leader of men, an orrani1or of
mighty strikes. one of the down
trodden's innumerable homes. and :,
man reared by capital and government
m ,,ii' JUST returned from America
""cro ne had taken prominent part
In n bloody strike, he enters porlio
inent and endeavors to bring ohnn,
state or general idleness on the mart of
workers throughout the Kingdom in
oruer 10 establish some sort OF n 60.
ciaiist state Labor leaders in ~.
Iouse look askance at him, but. stand
ing almost alone, he purs,ies his nnii
cies. ms Poii-
He is invited by the Prime M;nistor
10 ms house. and is urged not to brino
ABOUT national strike. whici,Ssuo,,iS,
mean the plunging OF the country intn
civii war and the laying of the kingdom
open 10 foreign invasion He also
, n. ana iaiis In love with the Prime
minister's niece, tho Lady Elizabeth
winch amoroua inclination deeply dis,
appoints his secretary. Julia Twenheim.
VINO cherishes something moro than ,
Inaidens fancy for the orator.
But Narration insists. and all England
becomes Idle. Not a train moves: no
coal is mined. and tho Channel fleet is
unable to put to sea because OF lacl, nS
fuel. while the warships OF foreipn
powers patrol the Channel with omi-
nous purpose.
Suddenly he discovers that one Max.