The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-27
A VIGOROUS TALE WITH
AN INTRUSIVE BUGBEAR
Ethel NJ. Dells Story Of The Bars of Iron"-John
Hays One Novel in a New Edition.
Books in Praise Of Maine. the White Mountains and
the Yellowstone-Other Subjects.
We have a hero Of high temper and

We have a hero Of high temper and
GOOD athletic abilities in Ethel NJ
peli's story Of THE Bars of Iron CO.
p. Putnam's Sons). Piers Evesham
grandson Of Sir Beverley Evesham OF
Rodding Abbey, was travelling in
Australia. Fight? I'll fight you with
pleasure, but I shall probably kill you
II do. Do you want to he killed.
Piers asked this question contemptu-
ously. lie was very young, a mere
lad. The scene vas an Australian bar
room. The other person stood like
an angry bull. with s%laring. bloodshot
cycs.' lie vas large and massive. "He
swore a terrific oath" He said: I'll
break every bone in your body. You
little snecring bantam, I'll smash your
face in" lie was a oully. Che provo
cation had come from him. The two
wen, out to the back yard and fought.
The reader who demands detail will
have no fault To find. samson at
tackled with fury. The agile English
hoy avoided his blows. The English
boy landed" once or twice, hut his
Bows were not SCATTERING; he waited
10 close IN. lis face wac set and white
as a marble mask. only his eyes were
alive and on fire. His moment came.
lie ~grapp,ei. They tug, they strain.
down. down they go"-which is an OBJ
,crvaflon ny Water Scott describing
what happened in the case of FftZ-
James ana Eodorick Dhu. Here. n In
the earlier ease, was skill AGAINST sheer
bower silently. with heaNinG. con
Nulsive movements. the two struggling
'rurcs SWaycd t. and fro. one of
samson arms was Imprisoned In tina
urvield.ng clutch. The other rained
blows upon his adversary's head and
shoulders that produced no further ef-
Zee. than Il they had been bestowed
u3on cast iron" We recall that fierce
Roderlok hal felt the fatal drain OF
Ftz-James's sword before he closed
with that lighter hut more sk!,ful hero.
The hoyish Piers was different from
F~itz-James. His desire was to get 10
the vrestle. When his clutch had been
firmly established he heaved samson
over his shoulder. The bully fell or
Lis head and his neck was broken.
Il is curious that the young mar
should have been pursued both by the
demon of rcmorse and by the q of
lie Jaw in this case. He had slain a
bully in fair fight ana IN seif-defence,
also accidentally II Is no matter. The
usual novel reader j. slow to reject
an issue raised with the purpose TO be
interesting. In the second chapter we
have the determined Piers intent upon
stopping a dog fight. This was al
home in England. Mike. the Irish ter
rier. in s;ed upon making away with
Ca'Ir. the well meaning Dalmatian
Nike belonged 10 the v!carage. Piers
lgshed the dogs nercely. I'm kill the
hrutes'" he declared. Indeed you
won't said the attractive lady who
had issued from the vicarage with a
Jug of cold water. She flung the water
upon the dogs. "Damnation." said
PIERS. Grab your dog" said the
lady. I'll catch Mike" She was the
widow Of the bully killed by Piers in
Australia. She rebuked Piers. whose
temper made him really as bad as the
dogs. He softcned. He yielded his
whip 10 the lady. Are you going &c
give me a tasto?" he inquired. She
uttered "A queer '.ttle gasping laugh
and told him il was horrible to see a
man lose control Of himself and thrash