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Show A' STORY OF SENTIMENT. " " SBBBSSSSBBSSBBBBSaSBSBBBS The name of Mary J. Holmes Is an "open sesame" to the hearts of a larar-class larar-class of readers who revel in ber stories of Southern life "twfoh de wah." In "The Cromptons" negro character In . -all its' simplicity, honesty and faithfulness is pictured with pathetic truth and power. -Vcond only to the intmortal "Uncle Tom' Cabin" of Mrs. Stowe. Col. Crompton. the cold-hearted Northern North-ern villain, ever haunted by the shadow of his past sins; Amy Eudora, his innocent, inno-cent, deserted victim; Jake, the devoted. faithful servant, who refuses to be fr-the fr-the gentle little school teacher. whos origin ori-gin Ts .a mystery until the death of the V proud Colonel, leaving a wrin-11 conies I slon which proves her a great lady; Jack and Howard, her loyal knights, and numerous nu-merous quaint and amusing Ethiopians are the human materials around which |