Year: 1875

suit win woonen underciothes ryou sec he didn't
mention any undergarments in the first description,
boots which came above the knee fur gloves and hat
and heavy flannel lined black Around his
neck was bright colored Roman scarf fastened with
largo solitaire diamond pin.


Here the Doctor interrupted by chorus OF
laughter from the club


THE name Of this paragon Of beauty and taste was
James Albert Anderson and his wards name Ella
They have room in a tower whore they spend their
tme-he writing and she sitting on his knee (hcr age
hitcenl Their meals sent up by adumb waiter, and
they happy They have their portraits painted and
this Is the description There is handsome man of
twcnty-four and lovely woman Of sixteen both ol a
clear blonde complexion; both with bright sken hair
Her eyes are OF the buest blue his are hazel gray
He sits in large chair upright smiling happy seem
ING almost tosay, Look ~ my treasure she, looking
ike treasure, indeed sits on ms knee WIZ. one % ~,
cncirclng his neck and her head showerng us goiu
his own. Her beautiful dress sweeps over his
feet, and ono OF his arms clasps her waist 1e"uls ,
shine forth from her fingers bracelets OF hne goiu are
upon her arms, beaten chain Is around her neck anu
hiding in her BOSOM his broad collar s covered oy lhe
long hair that twnes around his shoulders, sweeping
back from his high intellectual forehead she looks a
little shy, and much pretter for IT, but very happy


The LAwYER-My dear Doctor, this story certainty is
The pocroR-Indeed il is not The author is thor
oughy The girl realizing her position begs
him make her legally his, 10 which he repies:-"My
darling, could never love you more than do now were
you my wc hundred times There Is not
husband In the world who 20 bound up IN his BRIDE as
am In you. our life has been pleasant dream,
Ella be careful you do not hasten its end II
you loved as do you would not entertain such
thoughts In seeking tor greater let us see we DO not
lose what have. " About this time dark gcnuc-
man. appears upon the scene accompanied by llaicsed
type, staring capitals and exclamation points. HIS
wife gets the uppcrhand OF Ella and persuades hr 10
leave James Albert. She flies. J. A. IS dlsconsollea
His old hOusckeeper appears and, although she has
discovered that the ruined Ella is her daughter, she
forgves Albert and they sob in each others arms BY
the way, should have said that every time the home
Albert mentioned il called Pearl street ia "
In the ureantime Elias child Is born, and she is n
wanderer the iace OF the EARTH Albert is accused
Of murder and sentenced 10 be hanged He falls III in
prison. and young lady, stranger TO him. loves HIM
and nurses him back 10 life and the gaows But no is
rcpreved after the is placed about his neck. He
lives To marry Ella which proves that the author does
not altogether recommend tree love to young writer's
He admres his hero for sticking long by his theories
and also for giving them up at last Altogether re-
markAblc book


The LAwYER-Let us hope that Mr.. Linn Boyd Porter
is a very young man.


Aucrsrus CHARLKs-Rather let us hope that his first
literary effort will be his last.


CHoRUs-So say all OF MS.


''wrrHIS AN ACE"


Miss GusHrSGroS TO Augustus Charles(-What do you
think Of within an Ace, by Mrs JcnkinS Henry
AUGUSTUS CnARLEs-Not as much before
finished IT, thought at first that Catherine Leighton
going TO be a strong character but she weakened
unpardOnably as the story grew.


Miss GusnINGroN-I am very much of your opinion;
still she is the best in the book. They all pretty
insipid Her conduct after she became Nine de
Jencay was altogether unnatural
don't how the Count could put up with IT, If she
had been my wife | would not have dealt so gently
with her He was young rich, handsome, kind and





treat her husband like dog because she thinks that
at one time before their marriage he loved some one
else.


Miss GuSuxGros-You must remember that she
thought he married her because he had overheard
some one say that she was in love with hm.


AUGUSTUS CHARLEs-Well suppose he had He
loved her when he proposed and doubly after mar
riage What more could she ask in reason


Miss GusHlsGToS-But then, you know, she was not
supposed to be reasonable.


AUGUSTUS CHARLES with a sneer)--I should say not
don't think the game worth the powder. The





of the characters could not have found their way into
tho position they occupied anywhere outside of book


1.-THE WITNESS. y


Edmund Yates Silent Witness " tWilham f. Gill
Co y said Miss Euphema, the belle Of 0urville sis
responsible for having caused me 70 spend wrctched
night In the first place sat up half the night read
ing the book, and in the second place. after got TO
bed could not sleep for the cries Of murder that rang
my ears and bloody daggers that hung before my
eyes The story gallops along at such rate that
cannot lay it down. There is not dull page in the
book"


DIR. LAscEr-It is singular how you delicate ladies
dote horrors. suppose you would have tossed the
book away early in the evening If 1t had not made your
hair stand on endy


Miss EuPnEmIA-That is quite likely A dull book
puts one TO sleep, very naturally And as for enjoying
horrors just confess If you didn't readthe Mysteries
of Paris" more eagerly than you did 1.-The Annals of
Quiet Neighborhood?"


DR.. LAScET-More eagerly perhaps but not with
any keener RELISH don't blame you for devouring
Tho Silent Witness" !" ! read the book with great
deal OF pleasure. though don't think that IL equals Mr.
Yates Black Sheep from literary point OF view Its
greatest attraction the continual excitement it keeps
the reader IN. 1t begins with murder and ends with
suicide, and has sprinklng Of tragedies throughout


Miss EurHENIA-The greatest tragedy was the
heroine's marriage. would not have done she did
TO please the best father in the world let alone the
worst.


Dr. LAycEr-You can't tell what you would do my
dear, until you arc tried. People bear and doing
things every day which if they read OF in novels they
would say utter impossibihes.


''DEAD WORLD"


This Carl Detlet is ordinary writer said Captain
Hardtack laying Dead to the World" on the bench
begd his To hook
like would a farmhouse dinner after week on r
rations ~


II admire the book very much also replied Miss
Gushingion toying with the leaves "At first felt hard
toward the young wife who could answer her husband
with such cool head and sharp tongue But she soon
had all my sympathy Prince Ugarin was brutol
do not know Of more hateful character in hcon--so
polished heightened before the world and narrow
and contemplate in his home life. | do not recon-
mend wives TO run away with men who good and
kind TO them because their husbands are unkind and
cruel; still did not blame the Princess The marriage
forced upon her by the Emperor Of Russia she had
voice in the matter and she looked upon clope
ment with the man she loved from the husband she
hated as perfectly justiiabc."
Captain HARDTAcK-I wonder that the thing is not
even more common in those foreign countries where
royalty and nobility are married for political reasons
aud from no feeling oflove Human nature Is tho
in royal purple or among tho Margery DAVIS and you
will find that people who marry to suit others will love


'sr s1Mox's NIECE"


81 am quite proud to call Mr. Frank Lee Benedict
fellow countrymann said the lawyer in a tone that





must be to Mr. Benedict. A" He has shown great i'm
provement in this novel, St. Simons Niece Harper
a Brothers.
Doctor LAScET-Yes, there is dramatic ability in the
book that had not given him credit for. / should
think that this volume might 60 a great way toward
putting him in the front rank of young noyests. 1t
certainly is more finished a whole than anything
have read Of his. He evidently prefers to lay his
Europe, where he lives believe, and is just
much AZ home there IN America.
Miss GusHINGroS-What is the plot Doctor9
Dr. LAScET-I would rather have you read the book
| "a say fhnt
the plot IL quite intricate, and is very skfully man
aged There is melodrama, and times the
literary symmetry OF the book Is marred for the dramatic
effect Fanny ST. Simon is not an altogether consistent
character, but she is boldly drawn
AUGUSTUS CHARLES have read the book, and must
say that 1t made me mad to girl Of Fanny St.
Smon's spirit waste her affections dcbauchcd puppy
like Talbot Castlemainc. Roland spencer worth
dozen Of him.


Dr. LANCEr-You don't do Talbot justice lie is Just
the sort of for whom women die or live death
With all his imperfections had of affection for
the man. The climax Is worked up admirably. | am
glad that Fanny married that would have spoiled