The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
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lSLS na0 gwen HlIH IohSh III HAiC OA~ gon forests however, Dan experiences a curious throwback to his famous an- cestor Outside of his bodily weakness he seems almost a reincarnation ae Is woodsman by intuition, dead shot at sight and his Knowledge ot the wild creatures springs up prac1ic- ally full fledged, a strange instinct.
 Then his joy, and love of the life ana also his love for his mountaineer
 hosts daughter, Snowbird, awaken his ! ambition to live. Eventually hs proves himself at all points man, a worthy descendant of old Dan Failing, i the finest frontiersman of his day. There are glowing descriptions of the Oregon woods thrilling recitals of encounters between it's wild deni- zens, an account of mountain lions stalk that makes one personally l thankful at the great beasts death. and remarkable picture of a wolf packs hunt.
 i. Love story, adventure story, nature story-all three qualities combine In 1 "rhe Voice of the Pack a tale O.
 modern man and woman arrayed against the forces of age-old savagery. | "sTORM COUNTRY POLLY"
 By Grace Miller White. Frontispiece by l Frank Penney Johnson. Little, Brown x Co. Publishers, Boston
 | On the shores of Lake Cayuga, few miles outside of Ithaca, was once a
 souatter settlement, "The Silent City,
 an eyesore to Marc Mackenzie, on whose | land 1t was located. Jeremiah Hopkins was the mayor of this colony, and his daughter Polly its-reigning mistress and ! idol. Poly's loving nature, her simple and unfaltering acceptance Of the doc l Urine that love is the strongest factor oi life and can overcome all evil, brought che ger and comfort to the wretched squat
 ters, when "Old Marc began to op press them; for Mackenzie was rich and pc werful and determined to drive the | suuatters from their wretched homes by fair means or foul.
 Polly's faith was sorely tried when hel own father was railroaded to Jail, and I "wee Jerry" the baby brother, torn from
 her, But not until her lover himself turned from Polly because of wicked lies and there was nothing in life left for the girl. did her thoughts of love turn to
 thoughts of hate and vengeance become her one object How Polly worked ou' her vengeance and how the squatters o1 the Silent City fared, form the theme oi
 this dramatic and moving tale
 Polly herself, crude and untaught. but
 beautiful in face and fine in spirit, is ar
 adorable heroine, loyal through thick
 
 anger is aroused by wrong or injustice
 but tenderness itself to all weak anc helpless creatures.
 The situation in Storm Countr, Polly' are tensely emotional skillfully led up to and adroitly handled, and the readers sympathy with Polly and hel
 people never lapses from start to finish "GOLD OUT OF CELEBE'T' | n uJa T.ftt1a Brown X Co.,. Publishers, Boston.
 Jack Berry. a seaman stranded in Ba tavia, and Tom Little, an enthusiastic salesman lusting for adventure, Joii for ces in the employment Of one Cornet jus Houten, the owner of various inter
 ests in the Island of Celebes. Thitne
 the two men journey in boat provided
 by Houten, and commanded by Barry
 to investigate an agent of whose honest. Hcuten has become suspicious. On thei
 arrival the two quickly proceed to con cern themselves with an effort to saw a fair young missionary from the ev' intentions of another agent. Things hap pen swiftly to the two young men, no always pleasantly, and Little's thirst TO action is fully gratified. while the per plexing attitude of the charming mission arv. who apparently does not wish to saved. reduces Barry to desperation Be wilderment succeeds bewilderment l their minds, as they pass from one pu7 zling circumstance to another, but dog gedly they hold to their purpose. NC until the very close of the story do tn incidents link up and the mystery unfol | itself to the two adventurous spirits. | It is a book of thrills and suspens' complicated by a love story which intel feres with purely masculine pursuits.
 love stories invariably do, but lends tn
 element of romance to this tale of at venture.
 l THE MARBECK INN''
 | By Harold Brighouse. Little, Brown | Co.,, publishers, Boston.
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