Jinks’ Inside

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 20, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 32.

"Jinks' Inside," by Harriet Malone Hobson. Price $1.00 net. George W. Jacobs & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia.

It is a very interesting story, told in an interesting way. Jinks is a child of the gutter, tattered, rough, untutored, but has an inside, as he calls it, that compels him to do or not to do certain things, and this "inside" is exceedingly troublesome. He suffers much because of this "inside," and one really sympathizes with the brave little fellow as he tries to follow the teachings of his conscience. Jinks falls in with a big, hearty Irishman, Mr. Flanagan, who loves the boy, having no children of his own, and does all he can to help him, and the real principle of his own life takes hold of the boy's heart,—he confesses his sins, his wrong-doings. All at once he disappears. He has been caught by one of the gangs of robbers of the city, who have tried to use him as their tool. Others have tried to make Mr. Flannagan believe that the boy has failed, but he still has faith in him. The outcome of the story is that after the boy has been fearfully used by the gang of burglars who have tried to impress him into their service, he comes back again, after having been inhumanly beaten and shot, to the home of his friend and protector. The object of the book is to show just what minds and hearts there may be in the gutter after all, and how men with love in their hearts may be able to win those who are in such pitiful surroundings to a life of honor and loyalty. The book is illustrated in color.