New-York tribune., 1876-07-10
THE DRAMA.
MIR. BRET HARTES DRAMA.

This long expected worh-in which the public
will everywhere take lively nteresis 10 be produced
by the Union Square Thester company, at Hooley's
Theater Chicago, within this month. IL is entitled Two
Men OF sandy Bar" comprised in three acts and-as
may be gathered from published account OF its plot
blends into narrative number Of incidents and per-
sons cued from several Of those brilliant short stories
that have made sIr Harte successful and distinguished
author. The following sketch OF the plot is condensed
from The Chcago Tribune:
Tho scene opens in Summer at the bone OF Don Jose
CASTRO Mexican gentleman. in California. The owner
OF estate Of which this 10 the manor house nas one
spanish passion. She loves, without the knowledge OF
her father, adyentdrer in tie nelshborhcod Joha
have arranged for secret Iairage. IN eatrying on
their Correspondence Joppn nts H.e Ts "a {a a b,,
service ani has rhis account been Svea employ
ment By father He e the only American about the
sandy ran away from homo when quite young 70 es-
care ths brutality u he father After leading stsOng
nfe for many yeOrs ne married. ThOn Do formed part.
nership With John Oakarss sandy loved nts vie wei
too well, 1t incd out Women or her class, ms sEe
quantity observed a!tcrwar, never forgive man 'oc
loving them TOO well. so It happened ina: sandgs We
dcspised him aud his love, and rsn away with 'gha 49,
husI lie sauk raidlT nso drunkenness as tho only
refuge he colld find IRON. nls mGddehi1f teosh: i
crazy. he stroled from ranch 10 ranch ana twas
while on one Of 'he6e psrm@G'S that lie rendered 'ho
John Gais|si, the gay advcntrl7er who at tie begin
is SaaGs beirayer. sGHtys vile deceived him, she
diI sandy, aGA eloped win i husband wEom she hat
scted in The nsis1Oorhcod Of tbis ranch caoInt OF
Suys presence there. as @nfg Is Of his lie met s.i
a,,u,;ea tys!lg she loved hiu lie Was Wiling 70
marry her Eut be could not ask her father her o
hess. bein: poor and una anown Oakn,si has the aia
tioua misfortune 0f being professions gtnibl T.
Sody Is the means ot prom0tlus, in0 entlH ana ig'
JOIN Ookhtyst He assists Jgs,'d 10 leave the ho",,
oonccaa h-s abserce and makes easy her return ie
does not who her ysterious lover IL lh"
entrances ana es Of Jorita Al last aon-o the suspicion
OF e father lie & srspoSs Saag lr 9I yyay 4s3 IN ne 2,c
not caring TO tell the truth ct the rish o. exposing as
Affairs are standing the position above described
when two new characters appear on The scene namely
The elder Morton is the father Of sandy Having re-
pented ot his early wickednesS aud especially Of his
brutality 10 his son, he IS now seeking tho prodgti
COZ Sidrbo.s Is the legal adviser and friend ~ Ir
Morton, Born ia the South and inbued with notions of
which he tenaciousiy adheres. lis code teaches him
that man Of honor may do anythmS Roy which he is
sponsibo" with IeyOyer4 or rifles In snort cot Scr.
boe is an embodied aiir9 or the eHpGded nyt2nS o.
the South. hs - not coward, IN the physical sense
he S AN amusing compound Of cOncett, braeSadccia, au
fsl,ehoi, !or al Of which he holds himself respons
~ No, ton sr. and COL s,arbot,e have TO the
ranch In search of the missing sandy. They are Te-
csiyed with distinguished consideration. and ae! some
orsnse with the ic Ican custom the key Of ,he house
il ntrsed to od H0roH ~ the oldest and most honord
love- f5or, and, without being Observed witnesses
lovers meeting between JorG and {oha oGkhurst The
the girl that hc Is utterly unworthy OF her loye-tha no
IL A
with him will involve sacrifice on her part OF all mat
women commonly hold most dear She answers without
moments hesitation, that she VIII surrender every
uiug TO be with him lie begins to relate the story u
his hfc has reached tho CaX and Is about - pronounce
his own name which she has never heard when he Gb-
old horton who has been nentiy listening and
now satisfied that the prOdgai stands before him.
is hidden in the apartment, sends her To her room He
then drags cid Norton from his mdine-paco and asks
HIM his business. The Latter addresses OdkhUrst as his
son, and demands obedience OF him. He prom II Od
hurst will return home and live respectfully for year
-I,,h hnNn lDTlgn rpn tfp
OF her father OhEhHSt agrees 70 ths sr.angeheLt re-
uctntly ss the only meapa Of obtaining TIE woman no
loves without involving her disgrace. When JCri.G re-
Turns sS & mus nn. r Wst ss It"eenea and hw hcr
happiness has been assured AS the curtain deccnd the
true Sandy Morton Is heard outside singing drunken
The second act is the Idyl OF Red Gulcl" slightly
altered Sandy loves Mss Nury the SchoomStrcss, and
protects her from the oDrrisve attentions Of C0L
Gr5ohis She hnlf loves and haf desp!ses sandy Her
acquaintance with Cot M1r6Gine Is due 10 an oer whch
he Is commissioned to make her behalf Of old Morton
fwno turnS ont o her unri) u home for life Old
Morton had ceaed her father out OF hls property, ad
be seeks 20 make tary reparauol the wrongs ho las
doue Mss Mary who at fret indignantly rejects tae
hcsitacs IL the midst her perpiexities The
they call the Duchess comes ON tle scene aud nru'ts 20
her little IOpmy Of the schoOlmstress's fayOrite
pupils We viii not attempt 10 improve upon she " Idyl
Or Red Gulch" by telling how the schOOmlsrcGs learns
that this Duchsss is SGHdys wife, and thH this child Is
his Suffice IL - say that she finally determines to
s,cept the trust and carry SdPs child 10 the home Of
Sandys father. old Horton, her uncle
The thri act winds NJ the story. SandJ reaches the
house OF Old Horton ana nntN thctc, uSlrhiig MS
place. his deadly enemy, John Odkhnrst Instead Oi
kia John, ne at first thinks OF dong Sdr8y fuIsNes
nm. Then there is attempt On Sdaiys part 10 sis-
tain the deceit which + being praCcod old Nofoa'
bat John resolves To put IN end to IT, Mary ana JotH
III the drawin1rOom OF old hori)ns house ~ AN
evening party which is gwen IN conlmemoclii0n OF tl
end Of J0bAs probation. At this party Dy consent J
the two OF sandy Bar, COL SdJb0Me uneAie- ,ed9
brings forward SANDY the true proligai. AMI nous
himself resp p)nsibie-p personally Responsible Oh n~
tis ieyot and orders both men Of sandy Tar 10 lcle
his house forever Jorid'S papa, struck by the manly
and chiyalroIs bearing OF Joh resolves 70 n'se n
sonnlaw, whether no, AID Old Jorio" hlh4''"
instantly relents and takes Sandy 10 MS heait
The auhOr has eHieaNored u dsorimiuate MS cbarh
tels Mss Mdry the sChUOmistress Is sbrNd Aihei'
cah woman controlled in great degree by her ntoeet'
Donna Jorid. on tho other hand Is a wOnan @. soht
eut whose will takes orders directly from her near
OakhiTst the gambler is cold calculating man %, o'
affairs; Sndy his victim, Is Az emotional cftdtutc
noccnt, generous and weak. Aieronde bo,f1d, 81 is
an eeyentiiOlr Christian, not above suspicion OF ~
pocrisy; his anype Don Jose Castro. Is an nnressm sT
rate spanard. with flavor Of wiokeduess about mp.
There are several minor characters. chief OF whom
Hon Ling a Chinese laundryman. He Is the inuI....
means identify ing Sandy the true prodiga hays
washed his linen at the mines, Ia the prosperous us
before the pIodyr began TO eat nsks ana ive wltno
linen Hop Ling Is not content Win glylhg MS 80
mony the matter, but pscsses noplortuney aua CIV