Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-04 | Page 4 | Fleming Stone Mystery Tale Faintly Praised

Fleming Fleming- Stone f Mystery Tale Faintly Praised Unimaginative ive Police Polke Detec Detect i tive live Is Realistic Character fe Reviewer M Says By BEN i Carolyn Wells j 1 author of Raspberry Raspberry Rasp berry Jam and nineteen other thrillers in which the distinguished Iteming Fleming Stone the great American detective dete brings his genius to bear I upon unsolvable mysteries has written another none suc such detective detective detec detec- tive tale In which the distinguished Fleming Stone the great American detective brings his genius to bear upon unsolvable mysteries The latest gem from Carolyn's orona Is The Daughter of ot the House which is written In an ex exceedingly ex- ex lucid manner So lucid in fact t that on page before the great Mr Stone arrives on thos tho s cene one meets with a bit of transparency transparency transparency trans trans- which practically solves wh what t the police reporters are fond of terming the baffling mystery On page 24 Carol Carolyn n accommodatingly liberate another cat from her bag and by the time the invincible in investigator in- in begins his operations on page any reader capable of making his X mark could whisper a few tips into the tympanum of the df detective So 80 0 much for the baffling mystery i Miss Wells has an Inordinate rage rage- for tor moving her story by dialogue and ard it would be difficult to imagine a sadder spectacle Her characters charac- charac teis talk like dramatic stars encouraged encouraged O aged by proud parents and friends acting in plays written by playwrights encouraged by affectionate friends and proud parents Another of Miss Wells' Wells whimsicalities whimsicalities is her painstaking effort to pound b bar r points home Thus as as res regards the millionaires millionaire's affection for Cor his wife we are told on page pago 93 that The man was not heartless heartless heart heart- less and and he really loved Eleanor Eleanor- It may be only that Carolyn sus suspects sus- sus i the old mans man's attachment for lor foron foron on page the Information is given given given en that David had truly loved Eleanor And If we are mistaken it seems to us that Miss V Wells ells Informs the reader at still another point that David had truly loved Eleanor the exact page of l which continues to battle baffle us after going through thorough the volume three times rhe The p police lIce detective dete who handles the case before Fleming Stone ar arrives arrives arrives ar- ar rives Is a stupid unimaginative fel fel- low ow And nd to him belongs the distinction dig dig- of being Miss Mis Wells Wells' most realistic c character J. J. J B. B Lippincott Lippin Lippin- cott company Philadelphia and London