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'That ever" you And' inevitably in walks. the silly Atte fy, and nobody minds because of the persistent stupidity with which {it ignores every shriek of warning. However, in "Mr. A. G. Wilson's "Spider '3: (Hurst & "Blackett, London, 7/6) the fly's helpless strugjes find a champion and the spider idds up its prey. Nida, premiere ering, is as witless asthe fly in the nursery poem, but the spider, the mysterious presence behind ' the scenes, whose subtle poison makes the dancer whirl faster and ever foster in the frenzy of the Tarantella, who lurks ubiquitously behind every Keyhole of importance, who fs accompanied by two grisly familiars, Beal and Ashtaroth, this creature of clerkless, this man of evil, has a heart of' gold concealed between his devilish exterior, and. it only needs love of a good woman to persuade him to release Nida from his enchantments. He makes a disappointing magician, for the powers of darkness should surely be black all through. "Mr. A. G. Wilson's book, fails in the sale way. It is neither the' one thing nor the other, too [fantastic for the practical and not gruesome enough for those who like fo feel theft flesh creep on them: but it is light and lively and will) serve to while away a tedious after-
Murder after murder had_worried the neighbourhood of the Boxed O Ranch, and there was always a rate tlosnake somewhere around either in the flesh or in a picture, So they [sent for Bland Tonay, an ex-ranger. Bland was a very silent man, and leven after being introduced #88, beautiful, ith exotic Iman plaid shirt, a buckskin @ivided in akirt_and cowboy boots... be withdrew his gaze from her and merely stood with his hat in his hand. He also had an absolute disregard for bullets and never hesitated to wale Jabout with them in him, and it was of till after he had cleared up the /mystery of Mr. John R. Winslowe's l~The Rattlesnake Range." (Ward Lock. London, 3/6) that he stayed in bed for six weeks with Coranna to bathe hhis head. A rather splendid-looking fellow, reaching above six fect when. he was out of his saddle, he had a tanned face' more than' unusually handsome, and although Mr. Winsiowe's book is packed with strong, men, good and bad, Bland is an easy Marion Watts was a town girl but. she decided to make the journey to Pazo and take possession of the ranch left to her by her only rolative, Tke Watts, This did not fit fu at all with Black Lambo's ideas—manager of dhe ranch for so long ho had come to look on it as his own:
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