The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-07

laced lAdN, IS seen waiting tCT leF uIlSL-
ters return. The latter soon comes IN
with Tarney, followed IN few minutes
by Pembroke and the old farmer An
other rich time is then had. There IS
some pot pie for dinner and when the
Sheriff comes in 20 sell things out PEN
broke eats his dinner undis.urbed He
coolly eats apple dUmplings then and
says he's "looking for An apple-Ive got
it too, no | ain I, darn tits only seed.
Taruey gives Pembroke the money -
pay of the Sheriff, and the latter very
generously takes sll the credit says the
action is its own reward, snd gets the
audience shrieking with laughter over
his Jest; until the faithful servant, who
has cIung to the family in sll its troubles,
tells them thst she saw Ydrnsv give the
money TO Pembroke, who drops into
chair in extreme disgust just IS the cur
tain comes dowr-only TO be raised in
answer 10 the encore.
Act third is laid also in the Newtons
house Bella is waiting little heart
heavy for Varney to come. Her grand.
father softly chldes her for her love, and
when Taruey comes it turns out that they
are msrrIei. While they are together Var
neyS friends come into the house to avoid
a thunder storm. After they go Penn
broke comes in and tells of s "premedi-
tsted case OF suicide" on the part OF man
who was brought up on whisky and then
Joined temperance society. Pembroke
lntimates To Mrs Mention that he knows
something to her advantage. He also
SAYS she is not hopelessly blind. She
says she was advised to 60 to Paris. He
laughs and tells her she need not go
abroad only our milionsires and idiots
are sent abroad-snd sometimes the
Europeans can't tell them apart"
Varney hurries in to tell Bella
that be has to go away on
business and the parting ia
most etfecting one and chsrmingly played
by both actors. After he goes, Bella
finds letter OF Vornsys, signed "HeSter
your little wife sqd resolves to leave
home in her despair AS she writes letter
OF farewell, her mother comes in and
they part, just the poor old grandfather
comes IN to read BcLLa's letter. The
next act leads into q garden Of New
York house, where Dsll is going on.
Two lovers are spooning in the starlight
when Pembroke comes IN and
disturbes them, and then goes
out. He soon returns with
Bella who wants to see Tarney Hester.
the rich heiress who wants TO marry
YGrney meets her and when she sees
Bella she tells her she is Tarney'S wife,
but offers Pembroke money to get Bella
out of the country. Pembroke tells her
she hasn't got money to keep him five
minutes, and has to answer an call for
him from the audience. Old Duglyn
then turns up and accuses Earney Of
running his granddaughter TarHey in
q burst of manly vehemence tells the
truth OF the story, and acknowledges
Bella to be his wife in the presence Of
his aunt and all his friends.
The play then shifts back to the Ne,0.
tons house, where Mrs NelCtou is weep
ing for her daughter. The sherifi's
officers have the house in charge when
Pembroke enters. He tells the officer to
leave, and when the latter says he will
not if he knows himself the insurance
man tells him he will become acquainted
with himself in few minutes aud puts
him out. He then tells Mrs. NeCt0n that
her husband insured his life for $4,000
before he was drowned, and that he will
get the money for her. lie then asks
nor to marry him, and while she goes
away 10 deliberate, Bella comes IN. The
poor old farmer comes in, and Pembroke
s .aps him on the shoulder ismiliarly,
calls him father, and tries TO
cheer thiFgs up. Varney comes in, and
it turns out that the fatal letter was writ
ten by little niece, who signed It as
Varney's "little wife" 'just for fun"
The end is happy. Everybody gets
married, &c, &c.
Just at the close some boys in the gal
lery got up to go away, when Pembroke
came forward and said in his most
lsughsble way Hold on therel hold on
there you might fall down stairs and
bresk your necks, and you've got no
risksI and down came the green curtain
for the last time amid iurore of sp-
7lsuse.
Miss Ada Rshan as Bella NeVton was
very pleasing. She Is very attractive in
and is really most promis-
ing actress. Miss FloreGco Noble as
Mrs. Nelctou was splendid, and the other
ladies were all good in their several parts
Mr.. r. Fulton Rgssel as Vdrncy was
good, and took the character well. We
say nothing OF Mr.. Raymond's perform
snce simply because it cannot be written
about. 1t was one OF those things that
cannot be photographed even by Ian
gusge. To say that his PemjsTton Penn
broke Is 3 most perfect creation would
only be justice, but to say more would
be simply attempting to undertake an
impossbiity.