Show Plot pl I ot and Characterization Distinguish Kelly N Novel By EMERSON BREWER I The Mansion House Eleanor Mercein Kellys Kelly's last novel from the I press is not a series of sketches of Kentucky plantation life but a aI I straight ahead novel with sith plenty I of plot and incident and a world of I atmosphere and characterization This is the third novel by this I writer the others including KilI Kil Ku I dares of or Storm and Why Joan which was published in 1919 The story pens opens with the child Judith sent to her Kentucky relatives relatives relatives rela rela- tives by a hapless near-genius near father who long ago o married a popular musical hall han entertainer and had lived for years the sole sale companion of his child She has a miscellaneous and precarIous precarious pre pre- carious envious existence with some startling startling startling start start- ling contrasts but her father has given the child an excellent start In Inmany many ways The father commits suicide and her subsequent adventures tures are closely all aligned ned with the I plantation Treaty Tree I The love story of r the novel is no light airy thing such as is usual to to love stories but borders on tragedy It does not savor of pf sentiment sentiment sentiment sen sen- which many times fill WI novels novels novels nov nov- els the locals of which are laid In Inthe inthe inthe the Confederate South Judith tIle heroine his has a difficult and painful happiness which nears disappointment disappoint disappoint- ment but nevertheless there Is a happy happ ending so that all readers may be satisfied Several characters having places In the story stand stancl out as exceptional exception exception- al among those being the old hor horse p praising raising gambler who is a notable triumph for the the authoress while his boon companion Is equally as aswell aswell well veil portrayed Each one of or the actors In the story has personality to a degree altogether unusual In novels of a sectional character In fact there are ave but two or three who might fall Into what is generally generally gen gen- orally known as types The Century Century Cen Cen- tur tury Co New York |