Evening star., 1926-12-05
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he sure. but a real one, nevertheless.
The surface of the matter projects the
Western countryside. where men and
women meet and marry and have chill
dren and die as they do the world
over One has to get inside the house
to seize the dark heart of the matter,
into the private life of Hattie Murker
and the hoy. Lucien Dorrit. whom
Hattie kidnapped for the husband
that she In the circumstances had to
have II Ia there that one thinks so
often ~ the female spider that. haN-
ing avidly impressed the male to her
uses finally destroys him In fury
that looks exactly like human hatred.
Not a SUNNY story. you must ADMIT.
A workma My one. though. that builds
consistently and plausihly and cumu-
lativelv with materials gathered out
Of the secret passions and desires and
pursuits Of woman seeking her des-
tiny.
. r1IF CHINESE PARROT. BY Earl
Deer Rizsers. author Of seven
Kevs to Raldpate.'' etc. Indian
apolis: The Robbs Merrill Co.
THE writer of adventure Is put 10
/, these DAYS For his most out
ra~eous invention looks like 30 cents
beside anv front-page report OF 'he
daily press To help himsef OUT
in such dilemma. Earl Blggers hfs'
makes use OF 100000 pearl neck
lace since money is lure or gen
eral and undiminshing appeal. iheh
he makes a wide geographic sweep
Honolulu. New York. San Fran
cisco. Hollywood and corner OF the
Arizona desert. The necklace ls' oi
. course. the rare flower toward "hich
from these widely separated quar-
ters group of busy bees nome
straight and sure. thafhe man
trusted Chinese servant and friend.
&c m deliver the pearls to San Fran
cisco from Honolulu. Time was when
. little bird" told us things. Now
the whole air drips with secrets Tor
any ones plucking. So. Chan mao
rot reached San Francisco" before
the news spread everywhere ana
the net for him was set. Scamps
Of half dozen brands. headed ny
master spirit Of rascality, combined
against chan and young Bob Eden.
who are holding the prize. There Is
the foundation OF the matter. Upon
this is built a complex matter IN
vdlving impersonation, murder,
Nbduction. to name the most heinous
Of the crimes projected and COM
mitted Against the excess of vii
lainv evolved by the harmless neck
lace there stand only Chan and Bob
Eden and the Chinese parrot and.
later = real girl. The parrot gives
The first clue. The Girl is the medium
hy way Of which the easement OF
romance creeps in to liethen the too
solid mass Of clear crime. a very
active to-do. you may he sure. where
the real excitement of the man hunt
carries readers along over rough
places and smooth ones in unabated
ardore and interest.
THE AVENGER. BY John Goodwin,
author Of Without Mercy" etc.
New York: G. F. Putnams Sons.
THIS story opens with the sentence
of Robert Masterson to 12 years
of imprisonment for selling Govern
ment secrets to a foreign power. A
high official and an incorruptihle one
WAS Masterson. but the conspiracy
and he was convicted Of the crime.
That is but the beginning In a short
time circumstances brought It out
that he was innocent Then followed
his release The story has to do with
Masterson's pursuit of the FIVE men
who had combined against him. One
Of them had committed the added Of
kenee of marrying the young woman