The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-02-16

N BY ALICE LINDSEY WEBB.
3fQuestions gladly answered. Write
~ in care OF the editor.)
Wany a man lives a burden to the
TIA: but good book Is the precious
blood of a master-spirit, embalm-
land treasured up on purpose to
y beyond life.-Milton's Areopogi--
IA George Marsh / think we have
writer worthy to stand with Sir
bert Parker and Stewart Edward
Ute in the chronicling Of the fur
13ders of the Hudson Bay district.
8 same keen perception and re-
rkable descriptive ability as is
wn in Whites silent Places" is in
Irsh's THE Whelps Of the Wolf
bnn. $175) and his young French
tageur, Marcel, is a distinct and
cinating a personality as Parker's
IRE in can Adventurer OF the
~fth" and all that series Of the
tetty Pierre" stories. Marsh tells
~ story Of brave lad and devoted
=. Marcel dares a journey through
at is known as spirit-haunted cOun-
~ wild and trackless, to get dog
~ the foundation for a sled team,
14hout which he could not aspire to
~ appointment as a government mail
I0Rrier, his fathers proud position
lore him. The Esquimaux have
|1ord of the plague which carried Oft
~ settlement dogs. and will not sell
|Aoir strong stock at price he can
~. Discouraged he is about to make
~ long journey back empty-handed,
vnen the leaders oldest son falls into
~ river above the rapids. He saves
~ child and is given the best pup in
~ camp. His Huskie is stolen from
- Mission stockade, and he follows
~ thieves and rescues the dog from
tel abuse. They go off together, be-
inning inseparablely devoted. He
1okes two half breeds into partnership
Tor hunting. and one proves treacher'
oos, stabbing his mate and trying to
f11l Marcel, but is himself killed by
~ dog in the night. Relatives OF the
znlscreant find the bodies and try to
rand Marcel a murderer, but In the
"a get their deserts. There Is sweet
1lttle thread Of love story woven into
~ tale, too. Marcel adores at dist
nace the daughter Of the Mission
1ndre, and after he saves her life b!
bringing a doctor an incredible jour
noy through a blizzard, he wins her
TIE "whelps?" They are Marcel!
aIsdge team, given him by the dog
alter she mates with huge lon
Volf one spring. 1t is they led by tn
leg, who brings the doctor to Mari
fhrough the terrible days and niglt
a. Arctic storm. l sent the book t.
lie boys in a veterans hospital.
"Now It's home again, and HON
o4ain, our hearts are turning west.
OF all the land beneath the SUI
Anerica is the best.
Were going home to our own folk
bQyond the ocean bars.
Where the air is full of sunligh
nd the flag is full Of stars"
THAT is the last verse Of Henry Va
Hyke's poem, >Americas WelcoH
0ome", written at the time OF tn
lrimistice for the two million OF OF
Aoys who were in France tnen. 1t
me OF the 70 fine Poems of America
PATRIOTISM" chosen by Brander Mat
avs and illustrated with more than
1ozen splendid color plates by N.
Wyeth, much like those of Parrish
0eir brilliance and virility. This ne
odition Of book already justly pc
Mar. has been revised and enlarged
Nat II now covers the entire range
hebroc incident from the Boston TIE
J. Yarty to the Argonne and Belli
Wood-and the death of Roosevelt
y 1D19. What boys heart will not le
y pride to read Sidney Lanier's "B;
3e Of Lexington, and the old favor
- Longfellow, Paul Revere's Ride
yhat girl will not thrill to Will Ca
1on's Little Black-eyed Rebel, WI
Nm Collins Molly Mcguire at No
4 .outh", or Whittier's Barbara Fri
Me-? The Rendezvous With Deaf
Alan Seegar is there; and Jan