Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-04-03 | Page 27 | A Story of the Navy

!A STORY OF THE NAVY. rac and tho-Vices. By Annn A. Roger,, Rog-er,, author of "Sweethearts and "Wives." Published by Charle Scrlbner's Sons, w York: A. R. Derg & Co., Salt Ike City. This Is said to be "a novel of American naval We." For the moat part It la doubtle. worthy to bt so cnlledibut there air dark shadows In It that one would fain think have no place In the navy. Yet thee very shadow make It the trur to life, and It In a good, wholesome story. There are two vles: ono that of a high-strung, high-strung, ablo, honorable officer and gentleman, gen-tleman, who In ciirted by the heredity of beaottcd drnnkennrs? at times when bin nervea gt the better, of hln : the other, the vice- of a benotied, rigorous, unyielding unyield-ing nHrrownjuB of vision In th performance perform-ance of ofllclal duty; and It Ik hard to say which ! the more unlovely. The oftleer who has th llquor-falllng has a wlfo who in a pearl of heaven's own purity, and his friends are both many and fallhCul, but It is not recordod that the martlnnt bus one pintle friend, or Mint he huB any family tie. It Is n frightful agony that the ncr-vouo ncr-vouo man (mww through In tho crisis of his affliction, and nothing1 saves him but tho devotion of wife ami friends. At the last, he I redeemed by his great love for his wife, and her trust and love for him, but an old "mammy" of tho thoroughbred thorough-bred sort cutB a large figure In his redemp-ilon. redemp-ilon. too, as she does In many other Important Im-portant parts of tho plot and Its development. develop-ment. -Tho breaking out of the Spanish war und ids reinstatement completo tho rehabilitation of tho much-tried officer, find'he passes into the Joys of action, with the full approval and confidence of lib devoted de-voted wife. Thcro Is anotlier story running concur- I rently with thn main one, 'a very chorm- lug lovo story, a sister of the officer's wlfo and a doctor In the navy being the principals princi-pals In It. It It) all very good work-in-deed, and well worthy of an enthusiastic welcome by tho public.