Show Smalls Small's New Story Thrilling Romance Of Japan The Lord of by SIdney Sidney Sid SId- ney Herschel Small is ode orie of ot those books that one ono should take on a journey journey journey jour jour- ney unless there is a delightful travelIng traveling traveling travel travel- ing companion along Small knows how to stimulate and retain the Interest interest interest inter Inter- est of ot his readers Wells Vella the tho hero is the son of ofa ofa I. I a a n. missionary to Japan The mother dies and the the- the missionary missionary neglects his son The child has only the Japanese children for playmates and he grows up more of ot a pagan and a Japanese than many of his oriental friends W When en he is a youth of ot about 18 his uncle sends for tor him in America and he is put to to college Everything is strange to him at first but ho soon proves that ho is of ot the right sort of ot metal A girl who is under the protection protection pro pro- of his uncle and her sweetheart plot the destruction of at Wells through his weakness for tor a high time When he is sent to Japan to put through the construction of ot a bl big bridge for tor his uncles uncle's firm his rival with the aid of ot the th Japanese brings about his discharge Keeling Feeling himself disgraced Wells drifts about Japan sinking lower and lower until he finally finally finally final final- ly has an adventure In a n. tavern that changes changes' the course of ot his Ute life Wells has come to look much like a Japanese and through a striking resemblance re resemblance so- so reI I semblance to another man he Is lifted I out of or the gutter clothed In purple and andI made Then he finds that the real seal lord had Just purchased purchased purchased pur pur- I chased a beautiful girl from the priests before he was killed Wells Yells takes the tho girl from the temple tem tern pIe and and finds out that she is white lie He dare not disclose his identity and she shrinks from him as she believes ho he Is a Japanese Romance enters and well well to tell the sequel would spoil a fine tine story for tor tho the reader Bobbs- Bobbs I Merrill Co Indianapolis |