The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-01

,hos 'nieuerates. Colfa1 was amo.
o snose taken, but refused a par ans nd
escaped to the Southern e-mv w. u
v ,rn;r, events brczsht Brice and
" "slhla together again. He souos,,
V W aenoer the Carvels service whicn
"s.hia resented. Mrs. Rrico onn
virginia, however, soon became ,n tu,'
d d;o IN the nursing of wounded so,
e e ana OF Judge Whipple, whom
'a' lines had overtaken. Rric.
as lieutenant was in the battle ahou'
,chsDurg and found Collar hadIs
wounded In the captured CITY H.
sent MN North to st. Louis, where bs
was nursed by Virginia. Co)far had
distinguished himself by daredevil, ox
plots Of great usefulness tn b;s oousa
virginia was enthused by his patrlo,,c
uevotlon to the cause she loved and
,nelr engagement was the result
hrice was wounded in tho csmnaIons
atter Vicksburg and also returned 70
st. Louis. eu u
Inc climax Of the story comes n
the deathbed Of Judge Whtpple Col.
onel Carvel. though in the rebel army
returns to see his daughter Herring
OF "hipple's illness, he visits Win.
PIES office, where he finds Virginia
ana Colfax. In the latter's hurried
withdrawal to chase a spy who proves
10 De Eliphalet Hopper, Virginia and
brice' unexpectedly to each, are
thrown together. she is surprised into
a betrayal and fill realization Of her
interest in him. Hopper eludes CoIfax
and creeps into Whipple's outer Of
nee. BY corrupt transactions with
Federal quarterrn,sters he has ecome
a rich man and tle real owner of the
Carvel business. He finds Virginia
alone and threat ans, unless she mar.
RES him, to betr4y her father to the
Union authorities as spy. Brice ap-
pears, strikes Topper down, defies
nm with a count er.threat of prosecu-
ton for corruption. This rids the
sSory of Hopper.
Colfax goes South after Virginia
has broken their engagement. He is
subsequently captured as spy. Brice
Identifies him and then interyenes
with Sherman to save his life. Mean.
time, Brice is sen. by Sherman to City
Point with dispatches. There he
meets Lincoln again. Lincoln remem-
bars him and invites him to become
his aid.
The story closes with the visit of
Virginia to Lin,oln at the White
House, for the pardon of Colfax. Lin
coin had heard Of the circumstances,
sees Virginia and brings in Brice
After a conversation in which there
is revealed to Virginia the constant
sorrow of LincolL's soul and his deer
sympathy for the Southern people, he
pArdons Colfax and leaves Brice and
Virginia to that mutual confession OF
love of which each had long been con
scious. They were married at once
but their honeymoon was darkened
with the sudden taking off Of the great
American.
The story is we'll told. The plot is
not forced and maintains ones inter
est to the end. Stephen Brice is al
most too perfect. The author speaks
feelingly of the anxiety of novelists
to avoid this danger Virginia's char
acter is perhaps better done, because
OFT nfi fO
ings. Judge Whipple and Colone
Carvel are admirably drawn.
The story weaves in an accurate
and valuable description of the cause!
of the war and of the kind of people
that fought the war. st. Louis, the
confluence of the two streams Of
Western immigration from the MOI II
and the South, was the place to stun!
the mixing but conflicting elements OF
our people before the Civil war. II
was the authors home. He reveals
their faults and their virtues with i'm
partial pen. He maintains the JUS
balance. He avowedly and really take:
tbe Lincoln view Of the contest
which as he truly says, has now be
come the American view both Nortl
| and South.
The picture of Lincoln Is inspiring
Tho rlimpses of Sherman. Grant ant
LYON are vivid and true to life.
; The book is written in a most enter
tanning style. 1t is charming ana sus
tanned in its interest as love story
# Is a great historical novel.
Condensed from 1.-THE Crisis" by Wins
ton Churchill. copyright, 1901. by I'm
,an Company. Used by permits
sion of author and publisher:
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