In this novel is told how, for the sake of a girl, in pity for her grief, in blind obedience to her entreaties, Aubrey Derrington, a possible peer of the realm, the fastidious, bored, dilettante man about town, whom his friends had known only as such, finds himself not only in love, but in as tight a corner as ever a man was placed, with the risk of criminal prosecution as an accessory after the fact. A love story, full of charm, complexity, and daring, is unfolded in the fresh gorse and heather-strewn setting of the Devonshire moors and against the dark background of frowning prison walls. A girl, an innocent convict, a wolf in sheep's clothing, and the hero of the story are the central figures.
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The Keeper of the Door
By Ethel M. Dell
Author of "The Way of an Eagle," "The Rocks of Valpré,"
"The Knave of Diamonds," etc.
12vo. $1.40 net
The Keeper of the Door, a physician whose duty it is to guard the portal through which the world-sick soul seeks escape. He must fight the enemy Death, even when the latter comes in friendly guise. On an impulse more generous than wise the heroine puts into practice the other view, that in an extreme case of hopeless suffering the extra drop in the spoon that converts a harmless sedative into a death-dealing potion, is the only fair way. The story revolves around this act, its effect on the heroine, the physician whom she loves, and one who seeks revenge. It shows the author's remarkable story-telling genius at its best.
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By Cynthia Stockley
POPPY