Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-09-25
THE WORLD,
The Great Play WI ich Holds the n0ards
in Granite Hall Tonight.

Seats are selling well for the great spec
tscular drama of 1.-THE World which is to
be produced in Granite Hall tonight The
story told in the drama is as follows: The ell
der brother of a noble English family, Glenn
ent Huntingford, in order TO cover up the ir-
Irregularities of his younger brother and to
shield him from the anger of their father,
takes upon himself the blame, and becomes
a voluntary exile. seeking his fortune in
the diamond fields of Africa where he is known
as Charles Hartley. The PLAY opens with a
fine scene at Cape Colony, with the steam
or living at the wharf, which Is about to sail
for England. A Jew named Mo jewell and
confederate have placed a large number of
bogus diamonds on board which they have
heavily insured in England. and, in connec-
ton with the box. an internal machine, that
the steamer may blow up at certain time
after sailing, and thus the jew be enabled to
get the insurance effected on his bogus da-
monds. just as the steamer is ready to sail
Clement learns of the death of his father, and
resolves to return home Immediately and
secure the estates and title which he inherts.
He secures passage in the doomed steam
er. Among his fellow passengers is a
beautiful young lady. Mary Blythe,
who has been acting in the Colony as a
soyerness. and who is returning home to wed,
as she believes, Harry Huntingford. the
scapegrace brother of Clement. She and
Clement have been warm friends in Africa.
and he deeply loves her. Carried away by
his passion he proposes to her on board the
steamer. and then learns of her engagement
70 his brother, though he dees not make him
self known to her. The plot of the villains
succeeds, and the steamer is blown up In
mid ocean. and all on board are lost save a
few who are saved in a boat, among whom Is
Mary, and four persons on raft. Clement,
Marian Bashford, desparads, Owen, dia-
mond seeker, and his young son Ned. After
twenty. DAYS of the most intense suffer-
inc three of the occupants of the raft are
Wicked mn bv a vessel, Owen meanwhile hav-
inc died of starvation. On landing. Clement
writes to Lnmey. the family lawyer, who is
an upmitigated scoundrel. that he will be IN
London at a certain time. This information
friubtens the lawyer, who has defrauded the
estates to a large amount. and Harry. who,
snnnosing his brother dead, has been borrow
ing money at ruinous rates OF the Jew' MO
lowell. on the strength Of his Inheritance,
and living a profiigate life; and the jew,
who fears the exposure of his dsstardly
crime of blowing up the steamer. The two
worthless, the lawyer and the Jew, put Harry
mn to the murder of his brother; and he goes
10 the hotel where Clement put up to carry out
this purpose. But by mistake he kills Bash.
ford who has stolen into Clements room and
chloroformed him for the purpose OF stealing
certain diamonds which he knew Owen had
| o,,r,s,sd IN Clement before his death on the
raft Then the worthy trio manage to get
Clement into private madhopse, from which
! he escapes, and finally secures his rights.
Mary Blythe Discovers that Harry has already
= wife. and that his object was to ruin her.
Clement reuews his proposal to marry her,
and is accepted, for it is really he that Mary
Ioves This is but a rapidly running sketch
of the deeply interesting sensational play.