Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09
ny 4. A. I:l'I,,SI<.

Nn beyond nd the psseE;r by Alfred fred.
< York;, is the herald of Il new year.
II Is a most cnticins li;tIc. cook ;hat
carries strong message interviewer
p With a desert tale UNIQUE and me,o-
leader e. escapaa 'f fr ron pr Prison. los, in
Death Valley. That is the oasis"
n the desert about which, Alfred
How James Baxter secs in a mirage
caravan OF CALIFORNIA; Forty
miners. how through them and
through q romance he sees for the
first time his cause IN its true light ::
what happens when he gets back to
civilization.
into which there is crowded all the
beauty of words and c.Uqucncc OF
appeal that the watchful public was
locking for from Alfred Noyes. the
rIt was dark when he awokc from.
tha i deatniike swoon. The stars
liant rs diamonds. and their spears
of light were rs intolerablc to the
wounded nerves OF his eyes as the
rays OF the sun.
q JASPER and agate. broken here and
there. Ike quartz; INTO surfaces that
SHOW al the exquisite, Er2inins of
the original wood translated into lu-
Gent reds and yellows. or clouds Of
moss green. Ike living @aweed
lie wandered there. in the nids; Of
that desert immortality, The creature.
20; day. ba;hcd With the colors OF
The sunset. grop!ug for the lost trai9
10 his own shadowy world. world
thu; seemed amos; as FAR away in
space now rs those old woods in
time. e"
And then in the midst Of the story
there comes the awakening:
You are revolving against Nature
hersS!: If YOU revolt a, every in:
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nlcn 0; ono u .gft or equal strength
The rain Will fali In one place ana
The mountainous iaeqpaiities thai,
sts"a a: fEeIlr 6 5a So ana "a TX y SSG
eyes upon .nym are 50 small IN re.
latioa to tho whole .eld II tho worlu
that. II YOU iev,!cG ;hcu out over
II. YOU wcu!l not ada tho thoUsandth
Is II worth .wAile to halt iha, marct.
o: the Who'll" race and destroy the
State that has already achieved so
{" H,uchi n order that YOU may. light
the indorli;hhlN variety OF Nature
and persuade tho clouds that they
mus, r5irIa equally over every spot
~ There in Death Valley. the appca,
OF tho Pioneers was strangely Tea.
soma hle: there Baxter thirstcd f.,
ne Truth tha; only The mirage OF
II all could qus'Ich Renewed In
spirit. he imbued his narchcd 90.
drsg sled body with ash.-.ouEh; TO
The st5rr began vel. hu, i, now
gets hotter'n better. The courage ~
inc man striving 10 merit worth.
while aspirations takes posse ss!on q.
tho parting cryr,ic mesgac, Of BAN.
ter to Jean !iedd.ng;ou mus; end il,
"Alrs. we'll have come through,
peria. James Ba%;Sr'" . "
,sTARDIsT ANp GARDENS. BY
A!rE.n!a Taylo- Mccormick Tn.
Tllmpton Press Norwooi. Mass
- bis volume O! exquisite verse re-
h"els true poetic genius In the au-
NOR. and versatile originality THAI
Is charming IN conception and dol
lchcF oil expression There are fifty
esFcm po"nS covering wild" range
cl!!@rly appealing In their power ;oI
avs Ken me e"tp'r aud liner emo
TONS "alch s.umber in human
RiGr 1T, R},oYAI;; Ry John Maso-
held gifts Is his sympathy for an
iiqals He knows their minds and
what iheT feel; tie delights with
. them in their strength and endur
Ance and speed. !, was this gift in
hndit'on Ia his conception OF tho
Way JOYOUS group spir, Of hounds
ana horses and all sorts o; mon mat
made MS 'Eeynard tn" Fox The
r srtatest Of hunting: poems: as one
reviewer nut H. he must himself
Now in 'RiEh, ROYAL" No has
written n Comrtnion piece ul,itc a.
: great 1t is the story of that mos,
qamGerous an ,eNyIuuE OF horse
hero,-n horse OF fitness Of body and
breeding en- shirt rartlculnriv
pH,.TTiht,,hH IS s"rinl BACKGROUND to
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