The Washington times., 1922-06-25

0e6tgn6 upon CerIaiu INiuos ~ tHS
Point" and found out all about
DR.. Rivers. his son Larry and the
latter's wife, Glare. He found that
Clare was not happy in her mar
riage, and that her husband was
q tool of the scheming Maclin.
So, though he most sought peace
and quiet. he became involved in
the plot. He found that Larry
had been guilty Of forgery, and
used this knowledge to save the
"Point" from Maclin who. won
der Of wonders. turned out to be
an emissary Of the former Kaiser.
RY this time we are tolerably
well acquainted with Hurri.
cane williams. probably the mild
est.mannered gent who has scut-
tied ship or cut q throat since BY
ron's time, inasmuch as the book
bearing. his name is the third by
Gordon Young in which the aveng-
er Of the South Seas has figured.
The preceding books were OF
quite exciting nature. but this one
Ii o chronicle Of battle. MUIR
der, and sudden death. Men
are killed by pistols, knives. axes.
Delaying pins. and cutlasses.
In a period Of calm. one OF
the, characters fights shark,
while such Of the ensemble who are
awaiting their taking off lean over
the rail and cheer the combatants
impartially. which is exceedingly
nice Of them. since our sympathies
were with the shark.
Hurricane himself is but sec
ondary figure. one Mcclure,
beachcomber, having by far the
greater number Of casualties to
his credit.
Briefly, the story tells Of CORY
halsen, q Dane, who picks MCGUIRE
up at Honolulu on the way to the
South Seas in search Of a treasure
which rumor has located in WI
iiams' ship. wrecked on an un-
charted reef. The Dane has with
him his wife. niece, nephew and
an adopted daughter, quite an sg-
gregation to 60 adventuring IN
troubled waters. The niece 10 at
tracted by McGuire's tall yarns Of
adventure. and eventually the
beachcomber falls in love with her.
Comes a day when the crew take
d drink too many. They mutiny.
and kill all the Gorvhalsen family
except the niece. She is put up as
the stake In q dice-throwing, and
MCGUIRE wins her. Then the real
fighting begins, and believe US, II
II some fighting. To the best Of
our recollection. Williams and the
girl are the sole survivors. Of the
knightly passase-at-arms. a.. .
A LII Of the old familiar ingre-
dents Of the usual story Of
the West are contained In Home
D. stead Ranch" by Elizabeth @.
Young tAppleton). Bob and Har-
riet Holiday. brother and sister,
following the advice Of Horace
Greeley, find themselves in q lot
of trouble. To begin. they fence
in the most valuable water rights.
and 90 become involved unpleas-
antly. with q neighboring cattle
man, who has q disposition about
rs pleasant as q ella monster.
This gent goes out of his way to
make the lives Of the tenderfeet
unhappy. The climate also does
its share. There are some other
neighbors, too. who are not Just
what they ought to be. and Bob
and Harriet surely do not suffer
from ennui. OF course. there II
the local diamond. Thorough to
fall in love with Harriet. On this
occasion the role h filled by o for
est ranger.
There are the usual misunder-
standings over the ownership Of
horses, some little fighting, and
the ending Of the sort desired by
the normal reader. An ordinary.
pleasant tale, told with . trace Of
humor, with considerable attention
to local color. and enough plot and
incident to leave the reader salts
fled. :"
KATHLEEN, NORRIS "Lucre-
tia Lombard" Doubleday. Page
q Coz 10 the drama of n man and
two women striving to untangie
wisely and honestly the complica.
lions In which passion has en-
meshed their lives. The story II
set In a little suburban town be.
tween Boston and New York, .
place Of spacious homes and
churches grown mellow with the
passing Of generations.
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