Courage of the Outcast
By
W. H. Slater
How would you feel after escaping from prison upon the morning fixed for your execution? Which would predominate—thankfulness for the escape, or the paralysing terror of recapture? The issue is of necessity dramatic and full of movement, and Mr. Slater has made the utmost of the opportunities inherent in such a vivid opening, and the result is a novel as convincing as it is exciting. The end is that free pardon which our authorities give for a crime that has never been committed. We could not read COURAGE OF THE OUTCAST otherwise. It is all so real.
The Author can write a rattling good yarn, full of excitement and real mystery. Thoroughly brisk in action, the story is told in a virile and spirited manner.
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Lights and Shadows
By
Effie Adelaide Rowlands
When the wealthy Miss Martingate died she left her money away from the family and to her servant Hester Slayde. Michael alone of the family showed himself kindly disposed, and Hester's path was by no means one of roses. Then, close upon her good fortune, arrived the letter from Elizabeth Charlbury to the dead woman, asking for help. How the help was not denied her by Hester Slayde, and what gratitude, or ingratitude, was returned for it, and what byways were entered by those chiefly concerned, is told by Miss Rowlands with all her accustomed skill in telling a romance.