Show SC CONDENSED CLASSICS Y THE TWO ADMIRALS do by IAMBS jaan COOPER cona aa J ju Gs G s rd r d morss Mf rSS at the be dire or of 17 james fent more cooper determined ter mined to enter eater V upon a naval career in the service of his hi country ills iiii av apprentice pr attee vh ship hip WB was berrun on a freighter from new york to cowen in a tormy stormy pai va mage of f 40 days day lie he endured dured the i hard of life before the mart at thin was followed 0 id I d liy by mi an evea rougher period of 52 day th deventure furnished vivid material for thrilling episodes la in his sea in aft after thin he b served to la the navy in awu capacities up indol experience e to be relived relieved by in the pages of his hl books at the offe we of 21 he married this flery ery and strong willed man wan entity easily influenced luena throughout bin life by him wife to 0 o whom he wan iran dt t ply devoted through her he ban aban boned his for a naval career not until he wax wan 30 however did he imkin t to write ilia flient novel wan 1111 beyond belief nevertheless h hi fr friend feadin urged him to try aroln again th thin time he mild laid the scene acene in him hl own land mud wrote of patriotism the nf this own heart the spy appeared 1 la old and was ara oon noon 0 o popular as a to make ake the h large In rne I 1 an aaflei leo let et won by an anter 1 an writer write C cooper oper had bad written bin grat novel to prove that he could invent a more I 1 t or eating tole tale than one he had bad just JOB read rad he it likewise wrote bin gilr first son aea story lory t to rival scott orb the PI pirate rate and to prove that the author of a me wea novel raould h have I 1 lived 1 ved 0 on a ship board in 11 order to 10 know not t only y the ocean bat b 0 t tb intimate war and workings ot of alp hlen the pilot war convincing it met with instantaneous sad brilliant ac a c cs c s in europe and america tint time L since an american publisher S SOME invited a group of me men including among others roosevelt aarnes spears connolly and the writer to select elect tile the six greatest romances Itin nice of the sen pa the two adminis uti rals was the one of coopers sea tales included hy h a unanimous vate W well e 11 does the hie book deserve its selection ae ati on for it Is without question the greatest of till all the novels noels of the sea all of which I 1 have read and not in a fe or of which I 1 have written it lins hns ennic of the lie best of coper an and less of ills his worst than an any of if ill his naval anal or other romances mances lo na N writer wits mer ever more tit nt home on oil n ships deck thin than cooper not ei elij n Marry Mii natt lItt and ill all lilt his knowledge of tile alie grelet deep tile the wily of ships ship therein it 11 r habits and customs of midlois Mi ilois lins ills belli li n ill ellid in full urt in ili tills this tal story it 1 ringa true alike to in illen lilt and loil donen there Is it a story tory ing the love loe affairs of ii gallant youn set ien office off iper r sir and I 1 mildred dutton it a ilmi set sel ills as lovely loel ns as and is alln as cooper tit at ills worst could desi ilir whenever clie ciril ared site she was MIS elther sunu suf fuseI with etli blushes or bursting bur slInK hiti liili tears on oil one OK islon OW i liu mt sien dily for above one liala hou the daughter of a drunken re retired tireY odker nil and a n woman of the lilies clitus mildred turns out to lo lie he the ilie lawful ille ill alii e 0 or of one olle of tile two to id hd Ill illais als just jilt in fill to 0 o ills 1114 hours houis millie in lei liti hand ind a virginian turns hii tit in the nick of dine ill alie paper in its ills handl to provo ills sue MIC bession to the lie tinclent title nd 1 lands ands of all of which is tx t i x cassely tiresome fortunately the grenter greater pirt part of ill alie hook book Is taken up with all alio of the two admirals the pl cliville iville PIT pie alid romance will ensch IP be for forgotten gotter but the roma remainder inder will rich ili ly 4 repay tile the render in 1743 when george it II in ili england tho young pretender chat idward edward made inneo that daring and unsuk dash for it irown crown which tame came to n R bloody end at culloden Cull odon lit in the lie following year it Is that abortive but gallant effort which furnishes tile alie motive for the action of the HIP novel vice Ad of the red sir Ge rynise ollices coin ina n led it a well flit fitted flirted ted will nell officered well manned fleet of sill s of the til line which hall been cruising lit in the bay of associated soc socia ted with him wn was richard ww water rear admiral of the white sec SP ond in command these two both wedded to the service alone liall ill I 1 been shipmates and friends dining g a 0 naval career of nearly forty vears bukes a typical topical I 1 admiral n superb ballor a downright fighter bluewater bluefo liter its ills complement and opico site it subtle thinker and a bri 1 l lit tactician the combination was I 1 adril e 11 ns as ws ua the comple tene of a friend ship not to say nn fin affection ns as sincere ns as it wits lating nothing hall ever broken it nothing it vas ns be llevad ever would break it in I 1 but tit one point did the true friend differ oakes wils a n whig water a tory it did tit not seem possible however for political to it in their enrin arin relations the hot hold adventure of charles Cli urles edward bade fair to do that i cry ei thins thing however r for fr frnnk link lv cullor that lint he baci cieve cleverly riv pinned upon 1 I 1 by li politicians lit n to waver between bet vuen tile the arouse or of uncover Hn un nover whose C I 1 I 1 1 int lob lie held and the ut of a I 1 to which ills limit heart Inc lillA to in hi ing matters to it head bit to ie vlee vice e le aconite de dc V evl fin s ailed fr bioni lit cherbourg Cher bourg witia with a fleet df ft ships sikh vh alp i as ai fairly entitled him to challenge the english fleet of vice ad nipral oakes tor for the mastery of the narrow seas the latter more than willing to try out the matter at once put to sea tn in a heavy kale gale 0 of and his capital ships ri liivik anchor lit in succession with long interval 4 between thoin them so as to spread i it n broad clue to intel capt the french with its ills division lini bl lit up ill tile the rear the rear icar admiral wil IMI obsessed with the idea that de course had something to do tile lie pretenders effort and his olis clentious scruples threw him film into n state of indecision the nice kc admiral was not troubled by nril an such midi turtle tle casuistry ile he only saw ill I 1 lie anoni whom aiom it ans ills his duty ditty to gnit liin dhere and liow how lie could arter after n serlest oric of tile the most brilliant till ond a successful minor with will the whole pl pilai fleet by ills division alone the lie to divisions had rot got separated in the anad ad sile gale and Elpe water hall had called his olva OM n iuliis ii liis around him the lie vice ad found himself with five 1 ships hips in ill tin the Ivi tilty of the french who were just double in fit number far away any to winifrd rd the morning disclosed the five lips of the rear admirals divis ilon foil slowly low lv standing town toward ills hla bill wom cai ansy sail bluewater water was still in his state of painful ful indecision As soon as within signal otance Pt ance I 1 by using a private and personal code lie he sent the following pleading dispatch dis to ills his considerate superior onil ake sake wake no signal engage not 1 I ills signal plunged oakes fully ewie or of tile lie state of his beloved juniors lun lors mind into the most terrible without the assistance of illium division lie he could not hope jo in the enemy with the least glinik 1 1 1 r of f success Mic cess on the other hand 11 1 1 1 lie he now withdraw without fight in io ile would have failed in his duty nicil would mould have been professionally ill i ned and rightly his mind was at inn awo i viade up attack he would and MINI V uld tile lie friendship between the wo ino admirals stand the test he im p pa lipil A upon it did the younger care i for oakes and england than for I 1 hiir I 1 piling prince and france A short afi hinr would determine magnanimous ef raining from making any embar ing signal to his friend which lit force ills his hand untimely oakes i i lilly led down upon the waiting ieh I eh line and with his five ships Tr light them to close action the fience fernch were quick to take advantage of tile ilip opportunity given them bythe hesitations of the english rear admiral folding oakes with five of his ships to 16 leeward de threw the other tte five under des prez irez ills his contre centre on tile the windward side of the english doubling on them placing them between two fires although oakes division fought with the fury of despair the end was at hand when the opportune arrival of bluewater who could not stand seeing lile ills friend pounded to pieces and who threw political considerations to the wind and bore down on the triumphant french under a press of sail completely changed the issue and wrested victory from detent defeat all of which Is set forth in a succession of sea pictures of zing grandeur remorseful ovar over ills his incertitude actually carried the french rear it nil rals ship hip by hoarding at the head of his men receiving a mortal wound in the attack by way of expiation space allows tile me only to mention the masterly descriptions of ship and thrilling sea fighting I 1 can only refer to some of the well drawn characters in tile lie story the tit two splendid admirals their captains captain the officers and sen seamen trien especially 01 old d Galle ygo tile the admirals steward delineated out of a large experience wl with tb a sure hand and the great ships themselves are imbued with personality personal 11 y so dear to 9 seamans heart the touching s scene cene at the close of the book in which oakes old infirm forgetful praying before the tomb of bluewater in the great abbey of westminster recalls the last battle the two had fought and with nil all of his former fire and fervor describes again those moments of su suspense pense preceding the glorious victory fitly rounds out the tale and then death unites him with the friend he had loved and lost I 1 have read the book a score fore or more of times with over ever increasing joy I 1 envy anyone who takes ship for the first time to sail and fight with these two great mn masters of the sea copyright 1919 by post publishing go co the boston rost post |