Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-11

things that go on in the shadows be-
yond the white lights of New York In
the main. it is the story of Alice Linn
who has been driven to paths of de-
spair and who, under her new name
of Viola Swan. is redeemed by the hon
est love of Rufus Underwood. a boy
straight from country fields. In mel
odramatic chapters Mr.. Sheehan fol-,
love- the methods of those who are the
pr&urers Of evil in the great city.
Behind the pen name Myles Mure-
dach on the title page of the novel
''Charred Wood is the identity .of
Mgr Francis Clement Kelley head of
the Catholic Church Extension society.
The book tells the story of an Ameri-
can girl whose miraculous likeness to
a runaway duchess causes a great
mix-up of diplomats. detectives and
grave men of the church. The scene
of action is in New England. The
duchess has run away on account of an
Italian lover and her American double
finds an Irish one.
Frances r. Sterrett. who wrote
Mary Rose of Mifflin," gives US an
other touch of .Mifflin jim her new book
called William and Williamina."
Chiefly, however, interest and action
center in this story about the pine tree
region. to which William Kerwin has
retreated and where he has made him
self a semi-recluse since his rejection
on account of his lungs by the army
authorities. William adopts and gives
name to Williamina, whom he finds. a
mite Of girl, in a drifting rowboat.
The little founding puts much bright
ness into Mrs. Sterrett's pages. On
the side is much promising in mar
riage--of Helen to the doctor, of Mar
iett3 to Bobby. of Mrs. Mccartney to
gray haired Mr.. Olney. And finally
odd BIZ is won back to the society
of his fellows.
Douglas Sladen's Grace Lorraine"
is listed as "a romance of an American
millionaire" IT would more complete
ly answer to that description If Mr..
Sladen knew little more about the
way an American millionaire does not
talk. AS 1t is, the book offers quite
O readable story of the England of war
times, with Zeppelin raid and the de-
lection of German spy among its in
cidents. Grace Lorraines English
father has turned an old monastery
into a retreat for authors artists and
musicians. Then he has lost his
money. The rich American takes not
only Lorraine's property but also his
daughter off his hands. AS to whether
Grace is the right heroine to receive
Mr.. Sladen's titular tribute there may
be dispute. The book presents Hestia,
a splendid Englishwoman, who dares
to be a mother for England when a
form of marriage is for the moment
impossible.
1.-THE SIN THAT WAS HIS"
Frank L. Packard's latest hero has
three names. Under the first one he
blackens a page in the record of a
fine old family of French Canada:
under the second he is a keen and
dangerous gambler in Yukon camp;
under the third, when he has been
warned out of the north. he falls
into a series of adventures that. in
the telling of them. make THE Sin
That Was His" q book Of dazzling in
terest and daring unlikelihood.
As Raymond Chapelle, Mr.. Pack
ards hero has been intended for the
church. As the fugitive Henri Men
tone. he makes sacrilegious use of what
ne knows of the priestly office and
wears the soutane as n cloak. But be-
cause great good comes of his evil q
bishop forgives--and a girl loves.
Mr.. Packard makes Raymond Cha
pelle almost as fascinating a figure
of fiction as Jimmy Dale.