The Omaha morning bee., 1922-10-15

reeountlng adventures, The good
fairy with the blue blue eyes and rid
ing the whltc.white horse, takes part
In the doings at different times Dan
has some adventures. too, that are
worth being told. Elephants, mon
keys. camels, tigers, glraffes and AL.
figure a., the tales. only the girhne
does not talk; he writes all he has TO
say.
THE TIMER PIRATE" by. Charles
Christopher Jenkins. deorss w. DorAn
Company, Now York.
1.-THE plot thickens." may In truth
be said ~ this stirring story Of the
Great Northwest, The author skill'
fully builds up the suspense and then
leads the reader through n series of
thrilling events 10 n pleasant con
cluglon. IL iH filled with mystery, ad'
venture and love. Mr.. jenkins. who
In familiar with the country of which
he writes. allocatcs most of the action
10 the Nnnnnbljou Bay country, along
the Wild north shore of Lake Sn'
perlor. The author introduces several
interesting characters. a, &. tAcey)
Smith. superintendent of a pulp camp.
ls obsesscd by the desire for revenge.
lie gains his objective In that dlrec.
tlon, realizes tho price he had TO pay,
comes out n chastened man, and
he wins the girl Of his dreams. Louis
Hammond. 2b. newspaper man. while
on Canadian continental train,
meets Norman T. Gilderslesvc and
accepts n confidential position At the
pulp camp At $1,000 per month. lie
al .t..l ..ls Il l.l m .,h. .A
eyebrows"
ally seized him by the scrun Of the
neck, yanked him out Of common.
place groove In life and tossed him
mystery"
There are some ranatic situations
In the story, and the action moves
swiftly along. It's lively yarn.
CAPTAIN POTTS MINISTER" by
prranei. I. Cooper Lo'hrop L"
This Is a mystery story Of a young.
impetuous, handsome minister OF the
gospel with an inherited past, known
only to the richest man IN town, the
leader and ruler Of the little congre-
CATION which comprises the young
PASTORS flock.
OF course. the divine falls hopeless.
Y IN love with this mans daughter.
who IL torn between fliaI duty and
burning love.
Captain pott grlzzlcd old seadog.
whose love Ia equally divided between
the beautiful young girl. his yacht
and spinster to whom he has pro.
posed annually. IL unwIllinelv forcod
TO take the young minister under his
wing,
The youth wins the respect and
love of this hardy old character and
a village war which threatens to- tear
asundcr the church and parishioncrs
suddenly breaks.
Characterization in the book is
good. The reader allgns himself at
once with the old captain and the
two young lovers. But tho solution
to the deep dank mystery shroud.
ing the origin and ancestry OF the
Young minister IL easily anticipated
There is sufficient action In the book
to hold the readers interest.
Arnold Bellsmlth IS so aristocrntic
and rich that the things OF the world
can hardly thrill him and he is over.
Whelmed with huge Weariness.
Then TIlly Marshall, musical comedy
star, comes into his HE and the huge
wearIness flies away He eventually
becomes the angel Of the show.
which Is great money maker and
Is unloaded on him 4. because he is n
"sucker.V But, as good luck Will have
IL, the inv stment turns out a big
profit to our hero and, TO top II on,
he wins Tily.
All the story IL told In "Mummers
In Mufti." by Philip s. Curtiss, pub.
lished by the Century company Mr..
Curtias has made a name as a writer
OF humorous short stories, but this Is
his first venture into the field OF the
novel.
captain Of Souls" by Edgar Wal
laces Is something ordinarily hard to
achieVe--a distinctly new idea In
mystery story. There IL an interest
ing mystery. but more than that.
there Is the delineatlon Of n most un.
usual character, a study in psychol
ogy which finally enters the realm Of
the psychic by the translation OF one
mans soul into the body OF another
This soul--embodied first In the body
of one man and then in that Of an
other-is the soul OF man twice
murderer and yet a soul which com.
mands the respect and admiration OF
the reader
Published by Small, Maynard &
Co, Boston.
The Gland St,alers," by Bertram
Gayton, Is up.to.date at least II Is
the story Of a grandpa" 95. who
acquires new glands; who persuades
lady Of 70.odd to do likewise and to
become his wife; who then decides to
benefit the human race by trapping
gorillas by the wholesale in Africa
and re-energIze 100 octogenarians.
When the supply Of glands is not suf.
ficient for the chosen 100 and the
transplanted glands fail to function
100 per cent in their new surround
lnes, there are complications Tor
Grandpa" Fundamentally the book
is a hurlesque.
Published by Lippincott.
CENTER SHOTS.
Yes. It's ftting that feminine fash.