Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-03-30 | Page 5 | Thrills Abound in New Romance by Thompson

Thrills Abound II in New Romance I Iby by Thompson I Passion intrigue bolshevism and politics intermingle V in Vance Thompsons Thompson's latest book The Scarlet Scarlet Scarlet Scar Scar- let Iris The book is a a. thrilling tale of the experiences of an AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican gentleman of leisure sojournIng sojourning sojourn sojourn- ing lag in Italy Although engaged to toa toa a oa perfectly nice girl or ot proper famIl family fam fani- Il ily he meets and has a violent flirtation fur flir tation with a a. bewitching lady 1 of mystery t who turns out to have a past rs an and d also a iU present se tco Complications a I lions arise which result in the perfectly perfectly per per- nice girl wooding wedding the friend of ot the hero and the hero well hero well at any rate all ends happily From smuggling a vagabond over the border to vengeance signs In Inthe Inthe inthe the shape of ot packets of blood- blood covered needles tho the story l la Is replete te with Interest The growing tendency tendency tendency ten ten- dency to argue the same moral standard for tor a II man as for tor a a. woman or 01 rather letting the erring woman off oft a bit more easily is on one ons of ot the strong points of the story The superstitions of ot the peasant folk regarding the wild hill bill people adds adde a fantastic bit of color to the tho novel and and- the wild boy who Is protected protected protected pro pro- by tho the convent father Is akin to the tho of fairy tal s. s Mr Thompson barely touches upon the World war and yet the entire story with Its Ils misery and bloodshed mingling with is IB the direct outcome of ot that conflict While the tile book holds ones one's in interest in- in terest and ther there are plenty of ot thrills all of the characters are disposed of ot along along- quite romantic lines Ires and aside from rom V the bit of ot preaching as regards various phases hases of morality It does not smack of realism and afford affords one the pastime of a R. real novel Bobs Bobs- M Co Indianapolis Ind md