Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-11-10 | Page 4 | Story of Modern Saint Done with Impressive Sincerity

Story Story Stor of Modern Sait Saint Done With Wit Impressive Sincerity Author of of Face Value V lue Writes Convincingly Convincing gly g- g ly of Miracle Mir cle Worker Artistry Noted t Because J. J L L. Campbel Campbells Campbell's first novel no Face Value had the u Unusual unusual un- un usual good fortune fortune- in these days das when mountains of ot fiction arcture are arc turned ture oft off ot the thc daly and most most novels are arc ac lucky if i the they hold the publics public's attention a week of finding Us Its Is Way a ay to lo the the- best seller lists months after its publication there will v 1 b bo be man many readers waiting for tor hi hla second book Face Faco Value was an nn piece pl ce of ot fiction in more ways was than one Its Is theine theme in n especial set It en entirely entirely en- en apart from the run of ot novels It will wl be recalled that Mr CamPbell Campbell Camp Camp- bell told the story tory of ot a boy brought uJ up in a a house of ot prostitution who later found his his' way into English society and sickening of what he found there decided that he preferred pre erred the tho outcasts utcas L whom he had associated In his youth Mr Mr- Mr Campbell's Campbells second novel nove The Th Miracle bf of ar l elc shares with the first t its Un unusualness of material l. l although with wih the exception Lion tion ton of ot the simple clear rather staccato style slI to bo b found in n both books bools there thera are ale no further re ro- ro semblances For The he Miracle of ot P lc Is a modern legend the he unadorned unadorned unadorned un- un adorned un unexplained ac ac account of tile the lifo of ol a I contemporary Ian saint told toM as straightforwardly agI ag If I there tere cre no 10 shock at all aU to lo tl the modern world to hear that un unscientific unscientific un scientific miracles were sun stilt being performed perform ed For the s setting ln of this story Mr dr Campbell Campbel has chosen a village not flot far ana very y far from Monte MonteCarlo Carlo cy even evon n nearer L La L Theresa Ursule is Is th the child of or a gypsy mother and anel a handsome h handsome hand hand- n t some me Villager This odd CU couple live Jive in a a. chapel of ot a a. n ruined ruine mon monastery so so that tho the baby her eyes oyes upon n religious rr frescoes The dox ox Jn Peille do not like tho presence rc of J th the gypsy woman er and nd drive her from ref refuse reute ue with stones Atones laed Naked she he falls tais at off offa a n cUrt cliff and and is killed leaving ln her child alive e al but ut apparently a nc 1 hope hope- cripple Not Not long lonE aCer after the fa father fa- fa ther la Is accused of ot murdering the tho village e e JH 1 by t tho 10 village e sho shoemaker shoemaker aker Madam adam I ruler Unable to to walk she lies le upon pon a hue 11 of or lea leather ther In Jn the little shoU until unU she begins to feel the stir BUr of or strange impulses rind asks to b be allowed to return to her chapel Sh ShI Sho Shola I la Is almost helpless helpless- but there thero are arc always wanderers who are arc no glad of her shelter and ad glad to help her before many months have havo passed d Into the village she walks down dow Int her leading a n lost goat goat and cured of infirmities More and more she becomes a R source of ot wonder onder and then of or adoration Sh Sho h has begun to acquire the stigmata there are arO ac wounds In her I hands and the mark marlc of ot the crown yn I of or thorns on 11 her her- cr brow brov Chance brings an American Am theatrical Peille his wife manager to Pele with wih and the the result is an on engagement at atthe at the Palace theatre In New c York as asa asa asa a Miracle Iracle Worker But But her miraculous powers end when she appears on the thc vaudeville stage sho Isho he Is s to do o more than to divine divie a hoax hoaX and to lo help an In Injured injured In- In performer after aCler she sho has left Jef tho the stage The Tile purpose of ot her Journey to America is to o obtain funds for tor the restoration of or her monastery and If It she does not suc- suc the trip Is at least a al link In Ina Ina n na a chain of ot circumstances which eventually l leade ada to to tho the realization of ot her hel hopes hope Mr Campbell is not altogether gentle gente with tho the long Ions arm nm arm of or coincidence coincidence dence In II the New York episode for ho he has hRS the real slayer er of 01 the village priest for tOT whose murder her fa father father fa- fa aher a- a ther her Im has been beel guillotined turn turn Up as a a. n laso hand hind at the tho Pala Palace e anti and to tt die train rom drinking bad liquor but Iu t not n l before he be has confessed d' d to Therese Ursulo Ursule his guilt cum This J Is perhaps a minor milor flaw a une should no not nob bl at believing it possible when l n other things much ole l nore miraculous are ore set tet down don as ns everyday o everyday every every- n day da occurrences Mr r. r Campbell Campb J has ha done a n daring thing thinS In Tim TIie of ot lele as as Indeed le he lic- did In Face lace Value Vahle lie lc has brought oft off tho the new neW book uc- uc because ot of of his very er cu curious OU- OU rious sincerity and b because of or th thil the theil il il lr with which he has told tol his story a lory that thal nm may bo ho end nd more than once with e enjoyment P n. n P P. P Dutton Duton Co New York