Show Former Luxury Luxury- Pails Fails to Daunt Courageous Girl Heroine of The Thc See Seeks s Independence by by Homesteading om L LandBy Land By By LOUISE WIEGAND W The pl pluck ck of ot a girl rear reared d in luxury lux lux- ury who shows hiow her rich uncle unel that she h c can n make a a. UvIn living without hi his help Is the theme of ot The l on ok cleverly related b by L L. H. H Abbott bbott Helena Brice stood in her uncles uncle's office with the the rosy rosy rollY flush lush of ot youthful youth youth- rut ful embarrassment upon her face and pleading In her blue eyes She had never neer learned how to oppose her uncles uncle's arrogance finding it easier casler to agree e with him But when he informed her th that t he he was to marr marry Jack Trent it ft had unexpectedly unexpectedly proven the crisis of or their relationship Especially when Colon Colonel Colo Cob n nel l BrIce had unintentionally r rp- rp minded her that she was sol solely ly de dependent de- de pendent upon him that he had educated edu edu- her and her white lily wl lt hands and health would not permit her to tobe tobe tobe 1 be Ind independent Helena takes her dog Max and starts for Montana Monta 13 not knowing e ex exactly ex- ex what she will do do but that she might teach school Ul Upon on ar arrivIng arriving arriving ar- ar riving at Becker Beck r Mont Helena Iclena finds rinds people th le looking at ho homestead homestead home home- ne- ne stead claims decides to Investigate I and finally locates one All of ot the surrounding g settlers arc rc very cry kind to Helena and It Is 15 not long Ions before sh she is nicely situated In her own little shack and and quite the favorite among her neighbors Her experiences in the little prairie town and ancI the dangers dangers' she encounters are most Interesting Interesting- to follow ollow especially when she has hns the courage to kill a a- a cougar cougal Through it all she has one who proves pro a friend at very every t turn rn Ho was known only as China a sheepherder but had hadn n n the bearing and appearance of at a g gentleman She finally promises to malT marry him and does not learn his true identity until her wedding da day when Colonel Brice learns of or his nieces niece's whereabouts and arrives on the scene The climax comes as a a. big surprise and gives the thc reader render quite a thrill This book will prove unusually Interesting to Int Interested r Inthe in inthe inthe the great outdoors every character In the book being splendidly drawn and made to live in the true atmosphere atmos phere of ot the prairie Barse Barsc Co New e Tork |