American Fork Citizen | 1920-01-31 | Page 12 | Victor Rousseau

VICTOR ROUSSEAU j '' i ! Few men kiurn- the lumber country of the north more Intimately than Victor Vic-tor iltiiusMeuu, nml In his htory, "Wood-eft "Wood-eft Spoil," which we aio pleased to announce an-nounce ns our new sorltil, lie gives ns a background very vivid and accurate pictures of life among the French t'liiuulliins Identified with this great Industry. There Is about that life a quaint beauty that cumiot full to Interest In-terest you. This Is all tho more so when the story, ns It does In tho present pres-ent Instance, concerns a young American. Amer-ican. Hilary Ahkew's uncle left blin a Canadian timber tract to develop. It might have been easy enough to monago If circumstances had been propitious, but the young man soon fouud himself up against dllllcultlca not mentioned In tho forestry course which ho had taken n few jears be-foro. be-foro. A crooked lumber company, n grasping notary, a proud old seigneur and his i'urls educated daughter are a few of Hilary's difficulties, some of which, It may be added, he enjoyed. The author, born In Kngland, wan educated at Harrow and Oxford ami fought In the loir war. Afterward ho came to the United States and became assistant editor of Harper's Weekly. Ho has been engnged In literary work ever lnco, contributing short stories nd serials to most of tho leading mac-axlncs.