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Show II. The Lion's Share. A new novel by Octavo Thanct, tho author of VTho Man of the Hour," has just been published by tho 1 )ohhs-Morri!l company, of indlnunp- oils. The tltlo of tho now novel lu I "The 1. Ion's Share," nnd It la nn nt- ! uclt upon tho ruthlessness of our modern captains of lluanco, emphasizing empha-sizing the families mnde homeless, tho women reduced to starvation or worse, and tho men driven to sulctdo through the alelght-of-haiid manipulation manipula-tion of stocks by the great captains of finance. A easo of kidnaping, n ' train robbery nnd the San Francisco arthiimlio disaster nro among tho occurrences chronicled In tho action i of the story, nnd tho plot Is nn lntrl- e.ato ono, hooping tho reader guess- 1 lug until tho final chapter. It la nn Interesting story of tho proaont tlmo t of renl everyday people, and Is well l worth tho reading. |