The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-18

" captured camp OF ths
so'aeh youth Of st. Louis mobjllz,n,
az Confederates. Cofa1 was s,nn.
'hose taken, but refused mar. .n',
escaped to the Southern s-,oy IT.
disturbing events brr.sht Br,ca .na
virginia together again. He sore,,,
10 render the Carvels service uhio.
virginia resented. Mrs HrIc. a,.
virginia, however. soon became ,n,a,
ested In the nursing OF wonndad w.,
olers and OF Judge whlpple. whom
Iatai Hines had overtaken. Pr,ca
as lieutenant was in the battle abo,,
'lcksburg and found Colfax hsdl'
wounded In the captured civ w.
sent him North to st. Louis WHARF ~
was nursed by Virginia. Collar bad
distinguished himself by daredevil or.
paoits OF great usefulness to his cause
Virginia was enthused by his patriotic
oeVotlon to the cause she loved and
their engagement was the rasr,.
hrice was wounded in the csmpaipn,
aiter 'icksburg and also returned n
st. Louis. -
The climax Of the story comes .,
the deathbed Of Judge Whtpple Co,.
onel Carvel, though in the rebel army
returns to see his daughter. Hearing
OF Whipple's illness. he visits Wbin.
PIES office, where he finds Virginia
ana Colfax. In the latter's hurried
withdrawal to chs &c a spy who proyes
TO be Eliphalet Hopper, Virginia and
brice. unexpectedly to each, are
thrown together. Che is surprised into
a betrayal and fill realization Of her
interest in him. Hopper eludes Colfax
/ and creeps into Whipple's outer of.
nee. By corrup: transactions with
, Federal quarterrn,sters he has ,ecome
! rich man and tae real owner Of the
Carvel business. He finds Virginia
alone and threatens. unless she mar
RES him, to betrsy her father to the
Union authorities as spy. Brice ap-
pears, strikes Hopper down, defes
him with coun, er.threat of prosecu-
ton for corruption. This rds the
Story Of Hopper.
Colfax goes South after Virginia
has broken their engagement. He is
subsequently captured as a spy. Brice
Identifies him AMI then intervenes
with Sherman to save his life. Mean
time, Brice is sen. by Sherman 70 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
Eouse, for the pardon OF Colfax. Lin
coin had heard Of the circumstances,
sees Virginia and brings in Bricc
After conversation in which there
is revealed to Virginia the constant
sorrow of LincolL's soul and his deep
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
easier to endow with attractive fail
ings. Judge Whipple and Colonel
Carvel are admirably drawn.
The story weaves in an accurate
and valuable description OF the causes
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 Noith
and the South, was the place to study
the mixing but conflicting elements o.
our people before the Civil war. II
was the authors home. He reveals
their faults and their virtues with I'M
martial pen. He maintains the just
balance. He avowedly and really taxes
the Lincoln view OF the contest
which as he truly says, has now De
come the American view both NorIi
and South.
The picture Of Lincoln Is inspiring
Tho cIimpses of Sherman. Grant ana
! LYON are vivid and true to lie
The book is written in most enter
tanning style. 1t is charming ana sns'
tanned in Its interest as love s'oF!
It is a great historical novel.
Condensed from The Crisis, by VIM I'M.
rom Churchill. copyright, 1901. by me
Macmillan Company. Used by perm's
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