New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-19

gypsies The sexton gives graphic desc,;u.t,, :.
the murder as no witnessed IL from the wa q. ~
cemetery, where he saw III tho moonlight -, 90"
ardly assassns stretch across Ire nsl.ow ma. -
fatal rope that hurled horse and ride TO -
ton
No sooner has the sexton flashed his ls,,v Ia.
Dr. Aspr presents himself. HIS ap.e,rs ana
manner indicate OF high and cbiyslrln, lar.
acter Sir William Il bcwildcreI: nc AVOID. 1 60,
ing with the Decor and repairs to The ce,,.et
await lis sister Lddg AormanPs arrival.
A brief conversation between Asp'r and the zen
sics. Sanprer and Jssope confirms the truth Of ths
pravediggers story and explains the motive Tor Ia.
crime. DR.. Ispa il the accepted suitor Of LEI,
NorSaant After three years Of patient wooinr A.
assidmties have triumphcd over her fidelity to ~
dead She is about to bestow her hand upon L
husbands murderer
Meanwhile Gicead0Ien enters the Castle She :.
there a day before she is expected. In ch,lai,s
playfnIness she seeks conceaiment in her mother,
apartment, intending to surprise Lady Aormasten
her entrance GaendOIoR hears the sound Of an
proachinc footsteps. thinks her mother is coming
and hides in the curtains of the bed. 10 her aston
ishmeat, a man. q stranger. enters. j. is liner
Dnrnb with terror she listens TO his muttered soll
oouy and watches his singular actions. He enter,
her mothers cabinet and Unlocks secretary from
which he takes letter. IS he leaves the cabinet
holding the paper in his hand, he Is confronted In
Sir HiIliam who at once charges bin with the mur
der OF Lord N0rmGnt Tho audaci'y Of the villain
is proof against surprise. With IncOneeIyabs
bardhood he admits the charge. but declares it vas
Lady Nornant herself who instigaied HIM TO CON.
nit the crime that she was present on the fatal
night upon the narrow causeway by the old Gene.
terry wall, disguised i'll the dress Of gypsy. re
defies Sir UIidm 10 br ne HIM 90 justice. threatea.
ing. If he is arraigned to place Ladg AormdHt side
by side with hinseifin the criminal dock. A6 Ein.
lam is overwhelmed at this distressing revelation
and the murderer departs IN triumph. When Apr
has gone G,ceadOlen, driven to madness by the az
founding revelation she bias listened to, believing
her mother guilty. wildly addresses her uncle, In
plorng vengeance on her fathers murferers The
violence of her passion empowers her, and she falls
nsensibIe TO the floor Sir Witfom runs to seek as.
sistance. The unhappy girl RECEIVERS consciousness
before his return, and distracted and despairing
maddsned by the past and hopeless Of tie
future, filings herself into the lake beneath the
balcony If he open window. ut the very instant
THAI Ladg k0rmGnt ard the excited household enter
the room. he agouIzed mother sees her child
with cry OF norror, as u 10 shuD Der presen'e.-
leap almost from her embrace to certain death. NJ
lillian plungcs after ms niece ana also disappears
IN the stormy waters. Sr HiIiGm Is drowned tut
GtcendOlep. hose body Is not recovered Is incurred
for a. one dead. She has DISAPPEARED
barrett CTOftOR and his friend lack FerrTs an
eccentric gentleman Of a rowing dsposl non and IN.
conventional notions, are ran 1llng thronah ne
country the former search OF the picturesque. the
latter seeking his runaway wife ana rare yosme.
both Of which. 1t appears, were stolen from him BY
the same thief. THIS runaway wife Is hsopet the
gypsy glrl, W no is presented as the QUEEN OF tbe
wandering II be and tnls tribe has found the miss
ing heiress of FoulKe Castle. and unable 70 ascertain
the young girs name has COME Trd npo! hei tne .
bel IA her
ers gull, wi~lIe5 she had never ben rescued from
the lake, but - not imDious enough 10 attempt sell
destruction. she remains IN rms pie conat
tion of seTyitudc and Lumlilatl0n' among the gvp
sizes Onv projected from the brutality Of sapPrM
by the coura q and devotion OF Issopet the runaway
wife of Jack Eerrcrs.
wealthy gentleman, and orders Der to accompany
hm--to b. glven up. quarrel ensues, ana spt
tied fight on the part OF IssoPeI She Is on toep t
however, of being overpowered. when diversions
created bv the appearance OF DdTrsH and JACK 10.
rers Tote Is cued Fe,TerSs wife covered snd
Darrell CrOfiOR oct killed by blow on TIE head
The next scene of the drama introduces Us TO the
home of the young painter, now become eeiebrV
whose pictures are eagerly sought. Ills moiEef.M
amiabe old lady, much troubled about this Young
glr brought home by her wounded son-wounded
moreover she can seel, BY the glrPs bright eyes
beyOnd recovery. Her quick intelligence aSsuie
her that this GIRL with her aristOcratc air, her &C
complishments, and engaging disposition can be 10
vulgar gypsy; 50 she oilers DO opposition 10 tns
UorrelL in a state Of convaescence and rapture,
is making u portrait OF 7Jote, and charterng VITA
his friend Jack Ferrer'. when visitors are Announced
Mrs CrOftOn and Tote retire, when lay A0fadM
and her band-eect. Dr. Asper pr sent thense,t:
as patrons OF art eager Tor the possession OF
D; cture of Fouke Castle. Darrell refuses g. pant
with the painting even for tempting sum, oui
finding the lady wishes 10 possess IL. as "A memorial
of "A spot rendered dear by past associations bat
painful on account # the awful bereayeme' Is sbe
has sustained there he insists upon uIesenting ni
with il. As the bereaved lady turns from ner con-
temptation OF the painting 10 Offer her thanks sne
met by the halffUshed portrait OF the lost Haende
lea and at the same instant rhe giri herself haAu
her appearance unseen 10y the Others ana - uolrt
fed again by seeing her mother side ~ side via
the man whom she knows 10 be her fathers mM
derer. Attempting To escape she Is detained sha
claimed with passionate love by her mother GrH
dolen persistently denies her own identity. ana
all the atfectionate pleading OF her mother ans"e"
sternly, i do not know yOuV -,
The last act IA devoted 10 revelation OF ,ne
actual state of affairs and removal or mIsuhcei
standing. This Is accomplished by the dexterity
,Jack ferrers aud his newly recovered wire. WV
ena lie tue mother tn listen 10 the young girls ssoT
a. it Is drawn from her by them. The ehert Oh .ue
situation is heightened by the fact that ooh mo nu
and child are in view of the audience. although ur
seen by each other until the climax. wneu the'
rush into each others arms
Ir. Aspel is entrapped and convicted Oy means "
his accOmpices. and the TRIALS OF GTe1o~s
ended in tie prospect of mothers love restoIes
and her union with her gallant young deii'ec
from ypsy bondage.