The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 28, 1900, Page 9

THE SUNDAY CALL. ?7——_“—5'—_—_—_———_—-_*——-——_——— = &England’s Nobility Charmed by the Doice of a & THE BOOKS OF THE Reviewed by Professor f. B. Lathrop of Stanford Unwersity. | SPD | S F the abundance of incident In strength is marvelous. The hero squeezes parallel as woman to Zbyshko forgotten. combat, less novel in con- Stenklewicz's new novel, “The sap from a twig. and one of the princesses as man. This heady but nobly si ception, is ally n_execution. Knights of the Cross,” may weil can break horseshoes with her hands. In rted youth makes a fine hero, for he is Unl be sald what Dryden of the endurance of cold and hunger, wounds free from the insipidity and character- ar Chaucer's exuberance—“Here is God’'s and torture they are almost superhuman. lessness of the usual hero of romance. t plenty.” On every page is a down- Old Yurand of Spyhov, weaponiess in the The subject and the substance of “The right word; on every third or fourth page midst of his enemies, slays one by swing- Knights of the Cross” remind one of an- the record of a downright blow. Now the ing him over his head and dashing his other Slav story—the prose epic of “Tarass tale tells of a botly contested duel, end- skull to pieces on the floor, and seizing Rulba.” ass Bulba™ possesses the ing with a piece of magnificent kiiling; a great sword sweeps the hall clear of the g¢ame strange unifon of uncouthness and A now of instant and imperious love, boldly armed crowd that oppose him. At last he pherojsm, but differs from “The K yle is flexit 1 declared; now of youth's fantastic ~hal- is entangled in a net, and laid bound In ,¢ the Cross” in comy ty appr t L lenges as he rides about, longing to twirl a noisome dungeon. But even when nis i Botly séem _ Brown & ( the world on his lance point; now of the eve is burned out with pitch, his to ntimentalized than dark and bloody deeds wrought in a sc- torn forth by the roots and his right ple tt: both tempt one to Books Rec cret prison chamber, of abductions, cut off, he utters but one dull groan, TOLABME clnuarthiie Wit Biaai’y. nobls - “The 1 M . Bt feasts, rescues, hunts, of plotting in tha might left In him for bat ST S ReRIiE Witk dealbae w A . A ws and King's palace, §0od cheer and wrangling laughter of the men is boisterous and o Kontghtd g h in the farmer's cabin, subtle crueity in their hunger hu Matzko of Bogdanets - K the monastery—of violence everywhere, IS in some wa the most characterist St = on the road, in the field and the wood, fU in th In his frank devotion ring F ~ in the castle and the church. The author !0 his nephew he has received a danger- 51 seems never to falter or be at a loss for 0us wound. After three weeks he takes $ : action to fill his pages. Often one ad- the saddle, but spits unmixed blood on 'O W he g R venture Is not even completed before the eVery exertion. “It was difficult to live Z70 "I f e next adventure begins, and the reader With a piece of fron stcking under the SHCIAF “eefnd PUTH o Now feels as if the euthor were drawing from ribs. He complained that he spat blood 21 rank e k& Wy \ ) : continually and had no appetite. A quart Lhe farming, the organization s an exhaustless source of supply he continually a 3 ppetite. A quart o ree . " 1, i 11 s vo span us the wild life in the unbroken X r Ne rushing life the tale, unconscious of ©f shelled nuts, two spans 1sage. a e e ks effort and heedless of economy re. plate of fried eggs—that was his whole WOTk OF (he ¢ v Rty arles 5 eistless as a force of nature. daily " sustenance, lex A AR e e g - B New Y The work is a historical novel. poi- DiM A number : " methods of the g Succetutut Ssinse.” ¥ L sne traying the obscure period when Polard 1€ Sy : . % domest P el end Lithuania, unitec er one crown S 5 S ) icted $ by Jaduiga's T ic marrt re = M struggling into national self-consciousne inger of and unity. The book, written from 1} o & point of view o¥ a loyal Pole, deals wi the contest between ate natl B and the + religious and ry order e, . Prokop d multitudes of r of the nic Knigt Teutonic 2nd_ = Knights wn from the 7 in the o . their white cl s the ghts of the and gas ol B Cross, had established a government, re [ e resented as strong and but fright- : i fully oppressiv s \ siion of Lit had converted, or, b i : more he T n nin tives nzaged . . in among - fs ex n the Li > ‘ . time. by the mar 3 » ! i the saintly Queen of i e : : i the Knights 1 > - assailing them 4 . who are depicted committed hideous ders, not o : 3 s but of Poland, Ic ity. The baser : ver tc wi yw working its i alied for fo : Y w r 1t wit whic mas Against this comy strong with all the s L est clvil P w & A R e been married but a .ee family, who calls hims:If the T Their home 1 to live most contented of men, on the rese ) is a le t om spending his declining years in 5 i the banks of the P r:i.\ k Creek. The v little town of Snohom - -E - creek and the woods around give &fe:h gt i The ka" or h< them their living. In fis ason ash. California TH! Jie med r Cah grand pianos in t it I Nightingale. of her wvoice-—has that cisco girl, but a sur- n f what every one ex- ¢ best schools abroad. 4 "A‘[:\A‘(/' [’k"'!.\' l)"'i re of her wvoice, she has be- ) leave the of the seriously the study of dratw- ] London. Then followed i 5 L Lady Hamilton, t s$ come. ’ rs. Holden, whose estate, d land, It consists of sev- 2000 deer the preserves last yea The Holden hine f guests, and music well appreciated is Ferent drazving-rooms of the 1:an- ? i ¢ fam s {0 them most highly prized. F ) J gave a d f Cambridge, the first cousin ( ] - ¢ | Fitz George; Miss Lazw- g e el piano, rr!:n_\‘r‘d the singing 7 g 7 t] 1 her most highly. It is cer- SR ta songstress has wn store for her, and an cvidence of the g 7 people tozvard their American ¢ 5. r . 0 I ‘.Y . 1ary, nor so q\- 4 LI‘(‘ e JG! the baggage and the search- g . 3 t i s same, besides other du- . "_ -l A -~ - icial nature."” £ - A = \h(S hh{ 1e ladies ever try smuggiing?” I . He Bugicra - as a rule” was the reply. "W I > - ply e < 8§ leflmyfiyani ahfi had cases where the inspectress had Bigoutlagis: iz7: e She i i nds full. All the skirts, dutiable c wraps. etc.. that they can man- : to wear are legitimately theirs, but Qatches : Trares the SmugETen. the America enger on om Jupan. As he came ik we hastily examined » overed that he was padded. b ation it v found a wenty- s tdered silk wrapped held him for_trial, and Mr ad been advised by b F w r tapped a o wear bandagcs for some d rd. then the hatchet b The esthetic invalid, how- i plinter ¢ ever, ¢ prove that the pr rip- a tion calle ilk embroidered bandages, k¥ and the de was a fallure.” ¥ g w Do to go through all this b ked. It was piled up all n e nks, valises, boxes, sacks aken to 1 nd it did not see it from grips that " rs leave o when you we . ¢ le goods?” as able fence, set e up in a square, dow. e Pacific Mail c and inside it w > baggage and the passengers who had come to claim ’ n their belongings. v . nation of my _*‘We have be: " said Mr. St. I d these ex- Johnm, “for the vears. Joseph S. tr nd I and willing to Spear, who is the Surveyor of Customs pa on t more do you and at the head of all our, work, has had wa & great responsibility on his hands with E . rgler was bold and knew the the incoming and outgoing transports £ the 80 long as thers since the beginning of the Philippine trou- cer rect denial and no positive bles. It has made an extra lot of work ce of intentional deception he could for us all.” Bot held as a criminal. “Has there been much emuggling at- “We bad another beld case some time tempted on the transports?” I queried. when it comes to carrying tops of bonnets, in the soles of thelr and between the linings of thelir dre: we have to object, you know. We do not u ly search the women unless there is something suspicious in thelr ap- ance or deportment; in case we sus- them of attempted smuggling we turn them over to an inspectress.” were being opened, overhauled ut up svstematically, the contents he sacks valises were being dump- t and poured in again; cabs and sfer wagons were walting, or taking them away as rapidly as they were re- d. It wa: a busy time in the corral. When things became a little quieter and the big pile of luggage had diminished to a few scattering items, some of the offi- cers lit cigars and became more commu- nicative. We seize baggage occasionally,” said one, “but it Is only when the owner has shown his hand very plainly and there is no chance of mistake. Beized baggage is kept In the hands of the Government, and unless it is claimed it is appraised and sold and the money goes into the Govern- ment funds.” “There isn't much danger of its being claimed,” added another, *“for the owner is apt to consider the goods well lost if he can keep out of prison. Sometimes they do try the trick, though, of allowing their baggage to be seized for delinquent duty, and then buying it up at the auc- tion sale.” “And what do you do If you catch them at 1t?” The officer made an eloquent gesture in imitation of a razor rapidly drawn across the throat, accompanied by a sort of sound. I am inclined to think, as a matter of fact, however, that the Governmant officlals are less violent than that, &HAN BYXBEER things in the shoes “Indian Jack,” as he is called by the white people of the town, is a most remarkable man. Absoiutely happy and contented, industrious and intel- ligert, he sees the days slip by, the years come and go, and never m Filchucks. His wif most as rem band. After the indian fashion, she Eelps her husband with the wock, but the hardest part is always done by when “Jack’s” name was among the political speakers people would coms miles to hear him. His speeche clever and bright, made the oppos tion party smart. His sarcastic humor d murs or complains of the vani glory of his tribe. On the contrary, caused more than one man to losz a Jack. This is quite contrary to the he is fond of his suppossd cn v, the coveted position. He could never be usual order of things among Indis bought, and if he truly thought that Jac Julia are still lovers. Mar ket was un- ing of Jack's ried so many years ago as to have forgotten just when, they are as fond of each other as though they had some man on his own worthy he felt the tongue too, H- ta.es a great interest in all things political, and those who re- y that the whites any trou member a few years back s: