“Aw, hush!” Judge Haddan exclaimed. “I am feeling very badly, and I am going home----” “I beg your pardon, your honor!” the district attorney repeated in a courteous but insistent tone. “Have you not forgotten something?” Judge Haddan rested both hands upon his aching head and thought. Then he forgot his aching head and laughed. He straightened up and spoke: “The indictments against defendant are dismissed, and defendant discharged--the jury is excused, and court adjourned! Hitch Diamond, you are free!” “Dar now, boss,” Hitch bellowed, grinning into his honor’s face. “I wus plum’ shore you an’ me could win dis case ef we jes’ sot our minds to do it. Bless Gawd!” THE END GREATHEART By Ethel M. Dell Author of “The Way of an Eagle,” “The Rocks of Valpré,” “The Keeper of the Door,” “Bars of Iron,” “The Hundredth Chance,” etc. _12^o. Color Frontispiece. $1.50 net. By mail, $1.65_ Surely Miss Dell has never written anything more deserving of the title “best seller” than this absorbing story, which takes an elemental grip on the reader to an amazing degree. The flirtation of a young girl, released for a brief time from the harsh restraint of an unlovely home, develops until it assumes overmastering proportions, and she is barely saved from herself by the steadfast loyalty, unspoken love, and great moral courage of the physically weak brother of her handsome, impulsive, and philandering lover. The scene is largely laid in Switzerland, and the ravishing beauty of that lovely land is painted with admirable skill. G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York London The Smiting of the Rock A Tale of Oregon By Palmer Bend _12^o. Frontis. by Belmore Browne $1.50 net. By mail, $1.65_ Clear, clean, well-written is this story of the adventures brought to David Kent by “a plain-faced Bishop, a superlatively pretty girl, and a quixotic resolution”--a book to _refresh_ and _appeal_. It is sunny with the spirit of the western country, the magnificent mountains, and the whole-hearted pioneers of to-day. It is a tale of failure and success, of love and youth and dramatic contrast, lit with humor and warm with the breath of life and actuality. G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York London [Transcriber’s Note: Obvious printer errors corrected silently. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of E. K. Means, by Eldred Kurtz Means