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Show Curwood's Novel Keeps Reader's . Interest on Edge By JACK VIVAKTTaS. la hit Utrat -relume on the fuls loon fragrances sn shimmering ic of tha far North, ths Alaskan, Alas-kan, J. Oliver Curwoed. has Introduced Intro-duced mora thaa on unconventional unconvention-al but nono tho lees Intereeclng . tnaala for keeping tha readere In-W In-W toreet en edge. Hie etorvxepens on board a paeeenger llnar oa a voyage voy-age from Seattla to tha several porta on tha Alaakao eoaat. Captain Rifle of tha Noma la explaining tha moaa of tha glacier and tha Fregrenca of tha plna and balsam foreat to Mary Btanalan whan Alan Holt atrolla Into tha narrative. Holt la tha- Alaakan. Ha l ewaa a ralndaar ranch to tha nortn-warl nortn-warl of Noma and la returning- after aft-er an uneucceaaful attempt to get remedial legislation for what ha terms tha many wreasa of the tar- '"captaln Rifle Inttreducee tha two, hut In tha few days following- the 1 acqualntaaca doaa not ripen readily. Another passenger, 8am Roaaland. an agent of John Oraham, whom Holt hatea as tha bitterest enemy of Alaaka. kseps Mary eutslde Holt'a cabin until after midnight and tha eonveraatlon Which Holt la forced to overhear la proof that tha altuation la far from happy for her. The Tory next night Mary goee to Holt'a atataroom about 1 o'clock and aaka him to help her-dleap-pear. aa aha la la great trouble which ehe cannot then explain. Aa ha heeltatea .aha leavea him with the Implied threat of aatclde and within tha hour ha la rouaed from aleep to find that aha hae really -'Jumped overboard. Tha ehle la atopped and boata Marsh for sev-aral sev-aral hours, but bo trace of her Is found. conaciEinca strickkm. Alaa Is conscious atrlcken hereon he-reon of hia Indifference to the glrl'a plea. Tha eteamer srrlves a; Bkagway the nest morning and he glrea up hia trip to Noma to atap and renew the e earth for Mary'a body. Ha apanda several daya with a launch, but to bo effect. Leaving Leav-ing a poeted offer of 11000 reward for recovery of 'the body, ha resumes re-sumes hia trip to his ranch. One of the minor characters of the story. stampede Smith, a com panloa of Holt'a. also left tha ahlp at Bkaguay. but aa Holt's launch fconveya him to "award they do ' not meet and Smith eontlnuea on to the reindeer ranch by way of Tanana. Holt staya at Nome for more than a week, dlacueelng plana with hia frlanda and all the time suffering keen anental anguish ba-esuse ba-esuse of Mary. Eventually he leaves for tha reindeer rein-deer ranch and after a lonely hike of several days over the tundra ha la aatonlahod when within a few hours of tha ranch headquarters to hear aaveral rapid exploelone. Orad- i, j, 1. 1 . w. . i , i. lathe Foorth-ef July and hia native employee are celebrating the national na-tional holiday. CONFKSSBS LOTeX . A little farther along he Is ones mors sstonlahad at meeting Mary. She had aot drowned when ehe jumped from the stsamsr; inatead aha arranged with an Indian guide to take her. ashqre In hia canoe. She waa In tha cabin of tha white settler whea Holt loft his standing offer of a reward and she commandeered com-mandeered the services of Stampede Stam-pede Smith ta take her ts Holt's ranch. As Alsn confesses bis lovs for her. Mary stops him to tell him shs Is tha seoret bride of John Oraham. Ora-ham. whom alia deteata, but whom . aha married la deference te the terms of her father'a wilt She tella of har eacape from him In Seattle Se-attle and feara aha will ba followed and Alan promises to protect her at all hazards. Within a few days the ranch la attacked and after a fight laatlng all of one eight, durlas; which Alan and Mary eecape to a "kloof. which Is perhapa beet described as Esqulmo for canyon, where they ara pursued and all but vanquished by John Oraham and hia hired gunmen, gun-men, when Stampede Smith arrives snd kills Oraham. The flnaleeeena la at Jtolt's headquarters, where he snd Mary are married. tCosmo- ?olitan Book Comporatloa. New ork.) ; - i -HERB'S WOUDKHJ-Ti, TUP. ' With all tha world taking or wanting to take a vacation la aoma Blatant clime, conalderatloa In making mak-ing one'a plans ahould not ba omitted omit-ted of the trip Camilla Flam marloa wrltea of In hia new book, "Dreame of An Astronomer." -of couree, the . book Is really an Interpretation of life by a man grown Wtee from gailne; on the atars. but In addition M. Flammarlon In It accomplishes a personally conducted tour to the moon, the atare. the planets It la of s eurloua, compelling lntercet to accompany tha astronomer on hia Journey. What are conditions of Ufa on tha moon, on Venus. Jup-. Jup-. Iter snd Mara? What sort ef be-l be-l Inge might one encounter upon thoen worlds beyond worldet For as altogether unique summer Jaunt, there Is no other quite like that toli of tn "Dreamf of Aa Astronomer' |