Arizona republican., 1921-09-18
4THE MASTER OF MAN"
"The woman who sinned!"

"The who sinnedi"
 How often. since the beginning of recorded time, her story been told: how often has it supplied theme for the poet and subject for the morazer; how often it shocked the world into reazation> that the apples of Hesperides may, after al be only Dead Sea fruiti The consequences of her fall have been barred by thousand writers, and the sordd shame of the worlds hypocritical hatred of her has brought out. in every tongue, fulminations just hypocritcal perhaps for convention and morality play their part always in the heart of him who pre- tends to scoff at them.
 But the who sinned-that Is different story. The world has said that he sinned deeply that his companionship with the woman has burdened her with all the shame and all the guilt and all the consequences Gaily in rhyme and story he has gone his way, mindful of the sorrow he has left behind him only in little measure with the blue sky still to welcome him, and birds sing for him. and the green lawns of pleasure still to entice him to joys and to new victims. conscience has died with regard to his peccadlo. If to believe the teller of tales and the stain his soul has brought no other punishment than fieeting and insincere regret
 So has judged the world-and as 1t has always done 1t has judged falsely Sin has brought its pen atty to the 1t has to the woman. else the bright world would be a sorry place indeed If the has sinned. so has the man; if has plumbed the depths of suffering. has the other if she has risen so has the possibility come to him..
 The mans story-as interesting. human, as broad in its appeal the story of the woman has been written by Sir Hall Caine in "The Master of Man." unquestionabys of the most powerful of his novels Begun seven it interrupted by the the brilliant author resuming his task on the day which the armistice signed. It is story of the sin. of the reckoning and of the conse- quence; of the retribution the reparation the re- demption and the resurrection.
 In Victor StoweI, Deemster of the Isle of Man and sinner, Caine has drawn compelling portrait to which all else has been subordinated. even to Fenela Stanley, his sweetheart. In almost as bold coors the hero of the book for heroes always sinners under their skins, the author has painted Bessie Coister the farm girl who has been StowelPs partner in a single moment of evil and around whom to clash the souls not only of her lover of night and his hearts desire, but of an entire community. brought to the verge Of conflict by one mans
 How stowell fought the bitter fight and won pure womans affection and trust, reached the heights through sacrifice and struggle and how Besse-the Bessie who sinned-found in Sto- wells racked heart better friend than she had ever known in his kisses makes story that, after all, is the story of all of us, long the world will last there will be In sin the consequences of sin.
 The tale sweeps along like drama The unfold ment of character to strike the reader in the face, and there those among who shall say Tt is I the souls of the book develop before us. The book is strong meat, but than this, it Is stirring well told-a story that is not ended until the last has been turned story that will live in the heart long after the book has been laid aside; story of the thing that is old and women and yet will be at the Judgment Day The Sin.