The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-22
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- good book is the precious
life-blood of a master spirit, en-
balmed and treasured up on pur-
pose to a life beyond life" Milton.
The Master of Man"
The Master of Man" Uippin-
ccttl is Hall Gaines latest ,contri-
button to an eager, admiring pub
lie. and is, perhaps, one of the
greatest novels by one of Britain S
greatest novelists of the day. Mr..
Game has chosen for his subject
matter. a theme which has inspired
some of the greatest works in every
land, during the ages, the Biblical
warning, BE sure your sin will
find you out" The scene of the
story-~is laid in the Isle of Man,
where some of Hall Gaines most
popular stories have taken place,
The, story is concerned with Vic
tor StoWell, Only and adored son
of Deemster Stowell, judge of the
Isle of Man, and the only surviv-
ing member OF an old Manx fam
lily, Ballamoar Victor's boyhoOd
is often a source of great grief to
the old Deemster but the Balla-
moar will win out" proved true in
ViCtor'S case as in the case of his
ancestors, and the Deemster lives
to see his son beloved and es-
teamed. and one of the most prom
Using, although young lawyers in
the island. before his death. A sin,
however, committed before the old
DeemSter's death, Internationally,
and under great temptation. comes
back when Victor had considered
the slate clean and everything for
| gotten, and in agony, and with a
bitter sense of his own unworthi-
! ness, Victor, now the new Deemster,
| finds himself called upon to judge
the victim of his sin.
The Black Cat is back again. that
popular little magazine which has
perhaps printed the earlier stories
! of more now famous authors than
! any magazine in existence, among
| these, Jack London, o. Henry, Rup-
| ert Hughes, Juliet Wilbur Thomp-
] kins, Ida NJ. Evans, OCtavus Roy
| Cohen, etc. For several months
| the magazine was obliged TO cease
! publication because of high print
| ing and paper costs, but the first
/ issue of its temperance, with Will
/ liam r. Kane as the new editor
| promises that the new magazine
| will be as popular and as satisfac-
torily reliable as the old. "A 1.-THE
! to the Lord" by Demaree c. Best
and Grant H. Codes thrilling, one
act play. THE Roast" are unusually
| good. both from the standpoint OF
uniqueness of subject matter and
| of strength of development.
Married
Marjorie Benton Cookies last
| book. Married" doubleday, Page
/ and Company is sparkling tale
| of a telephone conversation. When
/ Marcia Livingston, heir to the LiV-
| ingston millions, married Dennis
| Shawn, manager of the Padras
ranch. over the long distance wire
from New York to California she
never expected to see the man. The
marriage was necessary, but tenn
pora1 arrangement to give him the
legal power to save the ranch from
| the clutches of the great western
! railroad. But the railroad was q
Tesonrceful fighter and questioned
the legality of the marriage. Dennis
| came to New York and ATTENDED
several of Marcia's weekend par
| ties to give an appearance OF verify
to the marriage 1t was an ,irri-
q
ally the marriage by telephone
turned into the "thou-and-I-a
Ithe-world-well-lost-variety."