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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
THE WISDOM or FATHER BRoyy

THE WISDOM Or FATHER BROWN p, O.
Der. X. Clesfsr'on. l-no. W. -. Joha ~. 4,
Mr.. Chesterton's priest-deteetiy. Ia,
remained as ingenious. as unvorldly |,
his daily walk Of life as he wa, /,
"The Innocence Of Father Brown, b.
he has "speciaIized' 20 such a dsg,.
that, in the world Of crime, he has b..
come Incrrant. A. the same time oss
cannot IA 20 observe that he has con,
10 RELY upon Mr. CnestertOn 70 z a,
greater degree than heretofore; TIA,
indeed, without his authors guidane.
many crimes in this volume would 70.
main unsolyed 20 the end Of tin.
However, Father Brown Is the NOS,
original, and, in his mild way, Ia. NOS.
eccentric, Of al the amateur detective
Of current fiction an smisbe nr
with a hobby, which "a the solution d,
problems. He has ceased 70 psroS,
Sherlock Holmes in his authors nant
which vas not the least Of the Il,
lights OF his earlier exploits. thoug.
In the first Of the twelve stories in tsh
second volume there is an echo o. t.ii
pleasant psstime OF Mr.. Ches,er;on's
As for the good fathers method, t.r,
is a fair sample OF 10: That's 10
cigar ash" be said rather YEARLY
That's from the fire, but you Gor',
think go because you're all smoking
cigars. You thought that was char
of Pacific islands. Put feather E,i
Continued on Page H., column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
OF CURRENT FICTION
lanes |. Fords Satirical Story of New York Newsra,.
Iife-W. l.. George Arrives with The Second Bloom
inp"-Mr. Chesterton and Father Brown

suggested with telling prospects. p
fourth man is no less ably pos;,. =
the prominent place that is his IN !
the story Of the second bloomis.' J,
Grace Kinnersley is the triumph - !,
book. glowingly written, dari1elv" -. ~
ing with the falling Of the peal, ~. ~
dying Of the ember5 to cold sst., 49,, ~
her sisters have discovered her biS ~
happiness, and robbed her secrs, ~ \.
value.
An amazingly able piece OF vcrs ~.
increasingly and increasingly 49,.
osting 20 the end. Mr. George i :.
longer a possibility among the vo,..
novelists Of England. This book nl,r.,
him, for the moment At least, at th,i,
head.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
Treitschke Again.

1.-THE Political Thought Of Heinrich
Won Treitschke," imported by Charles
Scribner's Sons, contains. in addition
to an account of the historians early
life and his relations with Bismarck,
an exposition Of the political philos-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23

book. Il Is not the wonder Of science
which he unfolds before our eyes, but
the wonder Of Nature 10 which science
has found the key. The book Is sd-
mirably illustrated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
CURRENT TALK ABOUT
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Writers of the Day"-An Artists who's Who =
Treitschke Again-Irvn Cobbs War Book-Allce
Browns and Beulah Dix S Plays in Booktorm.

ophy now in vogue in Germany, SHOW
ing how Treitschke's thought was IN
fuenced b. the events of his own life
time and how his famous lectures OF
"Politik" grew out Of polemical essays
which he wrote on current questions OF
German politics. From the Messrs
Putnam we arc 10 have "The Confes-
sions Of Frederick the Great and
Treitschke's Life OF Frederick edited
by Douglas Sladen, and with fore
word by George Haven Putnam.
Irwin Cobb's War Book.
It is welcome news that Irwin Cobb
war correspondence is TO be published
this spring in book form by the George
H. Doran Company. under the title OF
Paths Of Glory" It will contain both
Mr.. Cobb's English and German OK
periences.
Lombard Street and the War.
T.. p. Dutton & Co. publish this week
THE War and Lombard Street by
Hartley Nithers. the well-known Eng
lish writer on financial and economic
questions. The book gives an account
or all that happened in the financial
district Of London during July and
August OF last year. The story is
given in outline, because the author
believes that il is we'll TO make the
meaning Of these events clear at once
the strength, namely, of England's
monetary power.
New English Fiction.
From the Doran Company We arc to
have before the end OF the month
James" BY ". Dane Bank novel by
a new suthor who was attracting gen
eral attention in England when the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
The Mcnamara Library.

The library of the late Judge job
w. Mcnamara, OF Albany, has becon
the property Of the New York Sta
College for Teachers. under the will (
his widow. Judge Mcnamara was 4
alumnus Of the State Normal Scho
as il was then called, class of '5s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
An Abridged Dictionary

The Funk & Wsgnslls Company has
Just issued Desk Standard Diction.
ary" abridged from the recent new
edition Of the Standard. It contains
$4,000 words, and is brought down TO
date to include the names connected
with the early days OF the world war
There are 1900 illustrations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
Housekeeping Up-to-Date.

Under this Title the Macmillan Com-
pany has issued an annotated csts-
logue Of it's books on domestic science
in all its branches, from the decora-
ton OF the home to the chemistry OF
food, from the care Of the baby TO its
games and pastimes, from making
both ends meet" 20 what is the same
thing in other words home efficiency
The list begins with department OF
books for school and college courses
and ends in the suburbs with clean
milk and poultry keeping for profit
The pamphlet Is an index 10 a very
practical and highly important library
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
4 Dante Anniversary.
"Who's Who" in Art.

An international Artists Who
Who" edited by Leonard Stowoll, is an
nounced by the Messrs. Pitman, o
London. It will give the main facts j
the careers of artists of distinction j
all parts OF the world, with additions
matter relating TO the arts in genera
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23

Under the general title o. Writers
of the Day" the Messrs. Holt will pub
lish 4 series Of brief. comprehensive
estimates Of famous living authors
written by their fellow craftsmen OF a
younger generation. Zach monograph
will be about 10000 words IN length.
The volumes already announced are:
al G. Wells" by J. ID. Beresford; 10
seph Conrad" BY Hugh Malpole; An
atole France" BY W. J.. George; Will
lam De Morgan" by Mrs. Surge Gret-
ton; "John Galsworthy," by Sheils
Kaye-Smith. and Mrs. Humphry
Ward by Stephen Gpynn.
An English Prize Novel.
The London Daily Express has
been conducting q novel competition
for a prize Of $500. The winning story
"Three Gentlemen from New Calcdo-
MIA" bv r. D. Hemingway and Henry dc
Halsaile. is. as the title somewhat indi-
Gates. a tale of three criminals, who
escape from the French penal colony IN
Caledonia and start on new career o.
lawbreaking and revenge upon society
4 Dant, Anniversary.
The 650th anniversary OF the birth OF
Dante will occur next April. II offers
a good opportunity for the compilation
and publication Of a Dante bibliog-
raphy that brings the record Of biog-
raphies. translations ana commentaries
really down to date. One OF the --latest
contributions 70 Dante study is the
Right Rev William Boyd Carpenter
1.-THE Spiritual Message OF Dante" his
William Beden Noble lectures at Har'
ward, published last spring by the Har-
ward University Press. This interpre'
tation Of "Thc Divine Comedy" as the
drama Of the soul depicted from within
is not only scrupulously exact scholar
ship, il is a glowing tribute to Tho
poets genius.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23

Continued on Page II. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
CURRENT CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
An Unconventional View of Europe-Sir James
NJ. Barrie's War Playlet -Prof. Thorn
sons New Book of Nature Study,

was bonn n Chicago, but that has
nothing 30 do with The matter. VT
street. however, repeats ~ prose the
refrain OF some verses of Frank IN
r. Adams another Chlcaeoan hu'
somehow thew never so back:
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-16
NO PAROLE RULELIFTED

On the ground that labor condi-
lions in Chicago and Cook county are
better, and that chances for employ
ment are becoming better all the
time, the state pardon board today
rescinded its order of last November
prohibiting parole to Cook county
convicts. The order was made last
fall because of complaints that
paroled men were unable to find work
and added to the crime in Chicago.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-16
BITS OF NEWS

'Barbarism" was the term used by
Mrs. c. w. McCulolch in describing
EXPIRES. Roosevelt's reply to Mrs.
George Rublee on peace"
Sidney Miller, atty, 339 Clinton aV.,
Oak Park, told police of attempt on
life my means of timber placed so as
to fall when door was opened.
Federal warrants out for many
Illinois farmers accused of breaking
foot and mouth disease quarantine,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-09-17

naked-bounded upon the veranda.
For the love of Cod he said, In
broken French, flee for your lives
Peiee has broken loose"
llington, with the oilskin packet
still in hand, sprang to the edge OF
the veranda and from there into the
street. He gave one look and then
fell back.
by George, he's right" he shouted
"Look-look."
Anxiously he turned his gaze down
the hill. Then with bound he was
off, In three minutes he was back
clutching his little daughter, Annette,
to1is breast and dragging the frenzied
Manuella after him.
Shreks from a thousand threats
rent the air without. llington glanced
into the street. His face went white.
Ashes, red-hot pieces of molten lava
were dropping in shower
llington, who had been holding
Annette, surrendered her in an instant
to Manuella. He darted into an inner
room and opened the safe From this
safe he took canvas bag that jinged
with the gold pieces 1t contained. He
thrust this bag into one hip pocket of
his trousers, having already secreted
the oilskin packet in the other.
Come on" he shouted to the group
behind him. IT'S death TO stay here.
Come on down the hill"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-09-17
CHAPTER W.
After a Night of Fear.

The three Ellington and his
two companions-sa detected in their
badly leaking boat and watched Cap
tain Hardin's vessel fade away into
the distance. Hernandez watched her
keenly as she disappeared Into the
innermost recesses of his mind he
| tucked away the fact that she was the
steamer Princess of New York Some
day that knowledge would be of use
to him. Hot ashes brushed against
llington's cheek; some rested on his
shoulders. He shook himself like some
huge mastlff He seized the oars.
Come" he said, we've got to get
out of this-and right away This
boat is filling fast"
Go to it, senor," said Hernandez.
Row"
1t was not request; 1t was com
,nand 1t was strange thing that as
iong as Ilington had borne the child in
his arms, Ilington had been" the lead
er of the three Now his independence
seemed TO leave him.
For h5urs he rowed-he forgot he
was human being His oars rose and
fell with the regularity of machine
like movement Suddenly Hernandez
spoke.
Careful, senor," he commanded.
Behold the surf
He was quite right They were
crossing some bar well off the shore
Before they knew it they were in the
midst Of tumult of wind-driven angry
waves Ponto shrieked, A wave tow
cred high above them and fell with
thunderous thud upon the bottom OF
their boat. She went under.
Come on, cried Ilington: "a hand
ON each of my shoulders-I'll take you
safe ashore"
Half an hour later the three men
staggered out OF the battered surf and
sank down exhausted upon strip of
beach
Dawn broke with Ilington still sleep
ing heavily. Ponto was the first to
wake He shook Hernandez, placing
his finger on his lips. Hernandez
sprang up with the agility Of pan
Their He collected his faculties in an
instant He placed his hand upon the
shoulder of the sleeping man and
ahcok him, -
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-09-17
FIRST lNS1ALLMENT
PR0L0GUE-THE SURVIVORS
CHAPTER |.
The Red Death.


Capt. John Hardin of the Princess
regarded the fastreceding coast lin,
with unusual alarm He shouted t,
his mate.
"Welcher," he cried, pointing aft
look at that I've never seen cid Pc
Ice act that way before"
Welcher, the mate, a surly, salow
faced, ill-condtioned fellow in un
kempt uniform, followed with his eyes
the captains glance.
Gee whiz,' he said, me neither"
Ben" exclaimed the captain, shes
splitting fire. BY Godfrey, that means
death-death, ! tell you, death
This was back in 1902 The Prin
cess, Captain Hardins boat, was s
tramp steamer bound to New York
from the city of St. Pierre, in the
Island of Martinique, with a cargo OF
cocoa, coffee, sugar cane and cotton
and had been under way probably an
hour.
You're right, captain" he returned
"Pelee means business this trip
Death Is right"
A feminine figure emerged from the
shadow of the afterhouse and rushed
forward toward the bridge, Behind
her, following in her wake, raced two
sturdy youngsters One of these
youngsters darted past her, swarmed
upon the bridge and confronted the
captain and his mate.
He was Captain Hardins boy, Neal
the only child
The other boy was the mates son
young Joey Welcher, sallow-faced and
disagreeable like his father.
With the roar of thousand thun.
ders Pelee beloved forth
What are we going to do. Jack?"
cried the captains young wife; what
are we going to do?"
Dor returned the mate, before the
captain could reply Put on more
steam, that's what we'll do. We're
we'll out of that hell-hole yonder. An
hour and we'd have been in the thick
OF 1t. We're well out of 1t, tell you
Captain Hardin applied his eye to
his telescope once more. The boy
upon his shoulder followed suit.
"Welcher," said the captain bravely,
we've got to 60 back
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-09-17
CHAPTER III.
Terror.Driven.

!
All down that long steep hill-thal
swarming street filled with its rushing
frantic mob-llington fought his way
with his back and brawny shoulders
Once, twice, he felt stealthy hand
at his alp pockets. Each time he
turned swiftly to find Ponto and Her
nandez close al his heels Without
warning he slipped aside into a blind
alley, and let the crowd slide By like
a huge many colored avalanche. When
he joined the crowd again, Hernandez
and his Aztec ally were ahead of him
and not behind.
TO the sea-to the seattle voice
OF the multitude raised itself in agony
There was but one cry--"to the sea-
let me past-make room for me--to
the sea--to the sea.
AT a crazy little wharf Ilington
twitched himself and Manuella and the
child deity to one side and let the
crowd plunge on,
He scanned the surface of the bay,
the fringe of shore The bay was dot
ted with small boats, laden to the gun
wales. The water was alive with
swimmers.
Ilington turned suddenly-at his
side stood Hernandez llington shook
his head
There's not a chance" he said
Senior Ilington, said Hernandez,
you are indeed fortunate to nave ued
yourself to me. Always have some
thing up my sleeve He jerked his
head Follow me- he added
Ilington, wondering. followed, drag
ging Manuella with him.
Swiftly the group moved along the
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-09-17


Tall oi the Princess, safely aboard. Ii,
AVIS about to pass the child to her. but
young Neal Hardin was holding Out
his arms.
I'm good CATCH" said young Neal;
put it there
llington glanced for one instant into
the frank face of Neal Hardin and the
captain of the ship He drew a sigh OF
relief, He nodded swiftly.
Whatever happens, thank God she
is in good hands, he said
Captain Hardin put his lips to his
megaphone
Put her about there" he shouted
out; full steam ahead"
Even as he said it there was fresh
shower of huge red cinders, some ash
some in molten state. There was an
added cry of agony from shore and
sea. Even the refugees aboard the
ship covered under the hail of fire in
terror Suddenly at the captains side
Manuella, the native woman, uttered
a gasp, A red-hot cinder of unusual
size had smitten her upon the temple
as she crouched low over little Annette
iiington. Clutching the captain by
the arm she fell prone upon the deck
Young Neal Hardin sprang forward
and caught the child before she fell.
Manuella's breath came fast-the
thinnest portion OF her skull had been
pierced by the jagged edges of the
cinder. Wild-eyed and frantic, but
well realizing that she was upon the
point of death, she caught young Neal
by the blouse
Il die-you take baby-some day
papa come-very-rich-"
She said no more, The captain bent
over her, rose and glanced at WEIGH
er significantly. Then he turned to
his young son Neal
Take the little girl into our cabin,
Neal" he said Give her to your
mother"
Neal clutched the warm bundle in
his arms and staggered with it aft
AS Mrs. Hardin unwound the shawl
something dropped clinking to the
cabin floor. Neal seized it and handed
1t to his mother
cts a bag of gold" he said.
No sooner had he said it than an
other object fluttered to the floor
an oilsilk packet sealed with sealing
wax Mrs. Hardin placed the two upon
a small stand set into the side wall Of
the cabin. She continued to unwind
the shawl Again they started Pinned
to the child's dress was a crumpled
piece Of paper, and upon the piece of
paper was hastily penciled scrawl
Mrs. Hardin read it. This is what it
said:
/ am Annette Ilngton, heiress of
the lost isle Of Cinnabar. will be very
rich some day Save my clothes and
the oilskin packet until my father
comes for me or until | am eighteen.
must look out for a man with saber
cut upon his face. For Gods sake
keep me safe
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-09-17
CHAPTER v.
a Night WITH Flame.

Young Neal Hardin was proud OF
his father boat, the Princess. He
never ceased admiring her There was
no part OF her he didn't love He was
well assured that she must hold the
same fascination tor other people as
she did for him. He concluded that
little Annette Ilington would fall des.
perately in love with his huge boat
and he escorted that young lady to all
parts of the vessel-in fact, he walked
her little legs off.
They explored the lfeboats, the for
ward quarters of the crew, they Wis
tied the pilot; they climbed the bridge
Finally, they visited the hold. 1t was
we'll they did.
Something had happened had
happened ON the day before while the
Princess lay off Martinique Cinders
had fallen by the hundreds-a condi.
tion of affairs that the captain and his
crew had well prepared for 1t was
impossible to be everywhere al once
and cinder-a live, red messenger OF
death-had taken advantage Of this
condition of affairs, had wcrmed its
way unnoticed into the cotton cargo,
and like red-hot cancer had eaten In.
to II with fame.
With just the slightest trace of ex
element Neal drew the little girl to
the deck and with her at his side
sought and found his father and whis
pered to him.
The captain stiffened as with shock;
lis face turned pale. He held up a
hand and three members of the crew
rushed to him He gave hasty, whis.
pered orders.
In ten minutes the fire hose was laid
out--men were working at the pumps
But in ten minutes something else had
happened-the hold was filled with
smoke. Huge tongues of fame were
leaping heavenward. and in that same
ten minutes panic took command
pandemonium reigned.
Abandon ship" Hardin cried. "All
hands to the boats! Women and chill
dren first
Two days later a boatload of half.
starved refugees parched with thirst,
chilled by the cold night and baked
by the heat of day, were sighted by
cruiser of the navy. Half an hour aft
erwards its exhausted passengers
clambered YEARLY but gratefully up
the cruisers side.
The last of the refugeesto leave the
llfeboat and last of all save the life
boats crew to reach the cruisers deck
was young Neal Hardin. Clutched in
bis arms was the recunlbent sleeping
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-09-17

The important question" went OF
llington, is this. Who is in posses
sion OF the lost isle of CHINA
bar? 1t belongs to me. | have the
paper title-at any rate | can obtain
it, but whom must we eject when we
arrive?"
Leave that to me-" said Herman
dez I'VE shall wipe them off the face
of the earth -"
A screen door swung open and a
native woman gaudily errayed in
green and yellow stripes, her head
bound around with strip of orange.
colored linen, slipped through the door
leading with her tiny girl--a child
three or four years old
The child saw llingtcn and ran
unanimously toward him, clasping his
huge leg with her arms.
My daughter, gentlemen, said H.
ington. She is all have. Her moth
er died when she was born and when
| die she will be the heiress to the
lost isle of neutrality-suspicious. the
princess OF principality, who knows.
Manuella her native nurse, carried
her out into the narrow white and
winding street, and together they half
ran, half toddled down the hill
llington resumed his own chair and
once more exhibited the oilskin pack
ct.
The contents Of this packet-pos-
sibly-will indicate the whereabouts
OF the lost isle of Cinnabar,' he said.
Suppose we take a chance"
Break the SEAL senior" said Her
nandez.
llington started to obey--but some
thing happened.
With the suddenness of jaguar
fleeing from the hunters, a man-half
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-09-17

were swinging hammocks ready for
the night. Mrs Hardin listened She
heard the clear tones OF her young
son Neal She fastened to the group
and caught her offspring by the hand
Nom" he pleaded, don't He
pointed toward hammock high above
his head That's where I'm going to
sleep-just once-tonight."
A seaman touched his cap and
grinned. He's a sailor from the
ground up, ma'am,' he said You
can't make him anything else if you
was to try hundred years"
All through that long night woman
lay, wide-eyed, with dumb agony with
in her heart She didn't know--she
couldn't know-that Capt John Har
din was exploring the depths unknown
with knife sunk between his shoul
der blades by his mate, Welcher But
she knew that she would never lay
eyes upon him more-never feel the
clasp of bis hand, nor his kiss upon
her LIS, hor his strong arms about her
never IN this world again.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-09-17
figure of little Annette Illngton.

Mrs. Hardin was offered the com
mander's cabin. She accepted with
gratitude. She tucked Annette Ilingtou
and Joey Welcher into their berths
but when she came to look for Neal,
her young son, she found him missing.
She searched for him A seaman
touched her on the arm.
You'll find him there, ma am, said
the sailor
He pointed toward group in a cor
ner of the sleeping deck. The creV