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“HIGH” LIFE, DECEMBER 16,1921 ■
BOOK REVIEW
A new novel: Her Father’s Daugh
ter, by Gene Stratton Porter. Scene
a home of natural beauty in Cali
fornia, abounding in wild flowers
and fruits. Lovable, human people
who live in the present day with
us, enter into the story. A young
girl, pulsating with life and loyalty,
undertakes the glorious task of
showing how much fun as well as
ti-ue friendship can be found in a
high school. How happy she is as
she studies to lift her high school to
a higher standard! Her friends,
caught up by her enthusiasm, help
her give high school a different
atmosphere. A tragic note is also
found in this book. A note which
shows that California is not always
sunshine. Heroes are always de-
A TRUE CHRISTMAS GIFT
(Continued from page 3)
and soon brought the voyage to a
close. Every single soldier there
thanked his maker for permitting
him to again step on land.
Just then the sun shone out from
among the clouds as if to smile its
welcome. If ever a crowd of soldiers
received a royal welcome, Robert and
his comrades did at the hands of the
French villagers There was nothing
too good for the Americans. Where-
ever they went, they met with the
most devoted attention and adminis
tration.
I But there are other things to a
j soldier’s life than being entertained,
as Robert was soon to learn. His
trade was war and he was not long
kept wainting. At two o’clock one
cviWrtva uc- I ... , • j j
• 4.U- i. 1 morning, his general received orders
lighttul, but in this story real men ^ *
u J J.- ^ .1 'to take his men to the front. As
are lound, whose devotion to the „ i ^ j
v- 1, 1 • • 1 J T 1 soon as all was ready tor the de-
nigh school girl is simply and beauti- , ^ / -r, i_ i.
fully shown. One seems to live in P^rture they set out Robert ex-
the golden land of California amid the queerest feelmg he had
the’ wild poppies and bubbling
streams. One seems to breathe the
pure air from the hilltops. Gene
Stratton Porter seems to have com
bined all the gifts of all the Muses
into making this up-to-date story
live in the hearts of all who read
it. Her gift of describing nature,
ever had. He was keyed to a high
pitch of excitement. He was shaking
in the knees and yet he was anxious
for a whack at the Germans, With
a prayer in his heart and an iron
determination to beat the Germans
glowing on his face and in his eyes,
he, with his comrades, followed his
and her power of drawing character I
as well as of inventing deiightful ! ^
plots, are all combined in this book.
If you want to know how to crowd
dn fun, and yet hand a good report
to your home-folks each month, you
will find such valuable information
in this book. If you are down-heart-
Before he had gone far, he de
clared in a whisper to his nearest
companion, “Whoever wrote of glo
rious golden France never got any
nearer Paris than Boston, I’ll wager.
ed, if you need a good tonic that 1 since
f we landed. But then, I guess the
! weather man is keeping the sun
under cover for fear the Fritzes
would shoot it if he lets it shine.
] You see, he was Scotch-Irish j
and nothing could dull his humor,
I not even the trenches of France.
! It was some time before they
I reached the firing line, for one can
that leaves a sweet taste in your
mouth, delve into its pages which
give the ups and downs, the struggle
and triumphs of very human people
living in our day and time.
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gun nest so thoroughly that tne
guns ceased to boom.
Robert spent several months on
the firing-line, with occasional short
furloughs, which he usually spem
in Paris. On numbers of occasions,
he proved that he really had the
ability to accomplish big things, The-
American line made gain after gain,
thanks to his calm level-headed
foresight and thinking.
One night after he had returned
from one of his furloughs he learn
ed that his regiment was to go ovei
the top as soon as a certain Ger
man wire had been cutu. Two of
his comrades had just gone to do
it. After they had been gone long
enough to have done it and return,
tha general became uneasy and call
ed for a volunteer to go and see
what was wrong. At once Robert
spoke up. He knew it was a dan
gerous undertaking, for No Man’s
Land was constantly being swept
by bursting shapnel.
Cautiously he crawled out into thc-
clanger zone. “When, that one nearly
hit me,” he breathed as a scream
ing shell flew by his head. After
what seemed ages to him, he reached
the wire. If his hand would onl,
remain steady! He never did any
thing so cautiously before in his
life. Finally the deed was done—
the wire cut. Then he turned to
look for his companions. At length
he saw, by the light of the bursting
shells, what looked like two forms
stretched out on the ground. Inch
by inch he felt his way behind heaps
of earth throwed up by the shells.
One false move would prove his
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and brought his comrade to the
trench. He muttered as his pals
came forward, “Wire cut! go ahead!”
For a moment he stared in a
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to do. enter now into the joys of
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As he fell, for the first time in
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