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Show Cipher Mystery ' Holds Interest to Final Page New Johnston Novel 1$ Wholesome Whole-some Tale of Family Problem By EDITtTm. H1NE5 Tha growing demand for mystery tori as aa well aa playa haa flooded tha market with thla type of book, perns ps the most Intercatlng of all novels and doubtless the moat difficult. dif-ficult. "The Waddington Cipher." by William Johnston, succeeds In holding tha Interset of tha reader and surpasses many In that It satisfies sat-isfies a never lost delight In allowing allow-ing tha right parties the elucidation of tha cipher and they all ltva happy aver attar." It la a wholeaome book, a relief after ao much sex and realistic stuff and ona Is forced to admit a wholesome whole-some novel leaves na room for argument. ar-gument. J emes Waddington Hurd4 tha hero of tha hovel, is tha "honest "hon-est to gosh" movie typaj brgve, handsome, . etc., and tha herulne. Ann ftevlgne, some tlmea known aa Ann Waddington, In the small village vil-lage of Ortotivllle, la petite and baa a bit of devlliehnesa In Iter makeup which Includes her In tha saovis I class also, an avsn without tha quaint old uncles with their Biblical cognomens "Matthew" and "Mark." who hava spent forty yeara In feud and quarreling, tha sour old housekeeper, house-keeper, Mrs. Cups, to aay nothing of the tricky lawyer, the author furnishes fur-nishes what hs knowg the average reader demnnds, a bit of mystery, some oh tables, a villnin, sprinkles the whole with a goodly portion of romanca and knows K will not be cast salde until tha cipher la deciphered. de-ciphered. As for the. cipher, tha three links with their almple motto, a dimly lighted room with tha family gathered gath-ered around gaging at the sphinx-like sphinx-like links over the chimney place waiting for so m sort to figure out tha message of Grandfather Waddington Wad-dington a;i that the hiding place of the traditional family Jewels msy be located. Doubleday, I'aga sV Co., Garden City, N. Y ) |