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Show ANOTHER FROM MACGRATH. The M..n on the Box. By Harold Mac-Grath. Mac-Grath. Tho illustrations by Harrison I'idUer, The Bobbs-Mcrrlll Company, piibllahers, Indlanayollar, This author always giVt3 tho public !)! nomc-thlng entertaining in the way of a ulovy, whon he -gives It anything at all. Here wa find a young man who has done conspicuously good service on the plains as a Lieutenant in tho army, getting a wound that, lays him up; he resigns, goes lo Europe, and meotr. Her. Bho l.s Amcr-Scau, Amcr-Scau, of couree, and of army stock. Ho lu oi an adverturesomc turn, and tho sud-dksn sud-dksn harum-acarum .resolves he takes In order to be near her, and the things that resulted therefrom form a plot of tho most urgent interest, and It Is all wrought out In admlrablo form and with an Ingenuity of dotall and situation that takes tho reader captive. There was no reason why tho young man should not have met her In tho UKual way; In fact, his chances for doing so were exceptionally good, but a lark ho Indulged In for a Joke act him on the road to his ordeal, and ho went through with It manfully, accepting also the seciuel with a Joyful eagerness that bespoke the thoroughbred. The girl's father gets Into deep water through the temptation of a Russian plotter, and tho Intrlguo at last Involves the daughter, but tho hero Is able to frustrate the Job 4 thwart tho villain. His generosity subsequently B a fine piece of scntlmonL Tho story Is an enjoynblo ono: but It Is , much lighter work than "The Gray Cloak." , |