Evening star., 1933-08-13

intrigue "Kraal Baby" has all the elements
Of An old-fashioned romance-ezceptdonAll
beautiful heroine, unknown parents. plotting
enemies, handsome hero, true love, charming
vedting In addition there Is . rhapSodic
epithaIamion, sung BY the bride. South Africa
makes different from other old-fsshioned ro-
mances, and the very best part Of the tale is the
safaxi on which Ltnnet accompanies her newly
discovered father, "a rich man whose name
was known all over Africa as big game hunt
er and a bad man." He had been a member
Of the Cape Parliament. but had been forced
out Of pubic life because Of his mistress and
three haH-caste children. The girl Of IS
takes eagerly and easily to the camp life Of
the weld and Dan Leonard Is retieently proud
Of ner. But he has no intention Of allowing
this free life to become more than an interlude
and before the party has the "squint at the
Crystal Mountains and the chance Of okapd"
Dan has mentioned, she Is sent Oh from Tan
gAnyika, which the party has reached, to JOIN
. chaperon 1t DAr-eS-Salaam en- route to
Paris, for the training Of her voice.
The mystery Of Iinnet's life, which almost
wrecks it. Is tied up with the fact that she
has been found - . small child in . Kafir
haal, rolling naked IN the dust IN company
with q number Of naked Kafr children" and
taken home By . kindly neer-do-wen OF
Bergfontein, to the disharmouy Of his own
KafiEs told was that she had been left there
by a white woman when she was three months
Old and that money had been given them for
he1 care. During her years Of voice training
in Paris, her love for the "ore man. and
separation from him, her return to South
Africa to . broken Dan this mystery Of her
birth and the persistent run,or that she has
dark blood in her veins throw a shadow over
her life and would have ennbittered . nature
h~r
course it all comes out right and Linnets
story closes with the beginning of another
safarHa honeymoon safari
THE STOLEN MARCH BY Dornford Yates.
New York: Minton, Balch & Co.
CTCHECHUR1A is a zenda, a Marco Polo
land; in other words it does not exist in
ordinary three -dinsensional space But it might
exist, might be discovered somewhere tomorrow,
though one can hardly think where there is
room for new discovery. Dornford Yates has
created it and placed it somewhere between
France and Spain; yet it is not Andorra for the
Andorrans were in the newspapers only few
days ago and were very much alive and in a
fighting mood, when the young men were try
ing to oust the old ones from the seats Of
power. Etchechuria is q fabled land, to be
found only BY believers. Patricia, wife OF Simon
Besulieu, suggests that they go IN search of it,
because one Of Simon4 lungs touched" and he
must live in the open. So she sells her rings
and they are on. They are joined by the beau
tifuf Eulalie and soon after by . rotund archae-
ologst, Posnfret Tudor, who is unmoved by the
fact that he has been reported in the press
drowned. He even refuses to read the memoir
referred to in the news dispatch as appearing
on page H." pair Of mules completes the
personnel Of the caravan. They ind EtchechMia
and have assorted adventures, pleasing, iYritat-
ing. divinely mad, and diabolically perilous
They finally Obliged to nee from supreme
danger and come, back to the tangible sod Of
France. OF course, Simon recovers; he has no
time to be i'll with all that happens to distract
his mind and demand his best efforts. Back in
reality. they al feel - dazed As did Dr. john
sons Raszelas his return from his Happy
Valley and - sure that happiness is not IN
Mace bit in