The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-03
"On the Rio Granae.v


The Cordray management has billed the
romantic drama, "On the Rio Grande" for this
week, commencing tomorrow night. Mr.. Mark
Price, the talented leading man of Cordray's
present company, is the author. The Chicago
Times says OF the play:
"on the Rio Grande." stirring drama that
had quite success IN Western towns, where it
has been presented as preparation for its pro-
ductlon in more discriminating and critical
sections of the country, was given at Nc
Nicker's theater last evening before an
audience that was quite large and en-
thusiastic. The name of the piece is
quite suggestive of border scenery, border
character, and thrilling incidents of
the type OF drama that its title is likely TO sug-
gest. The scenery and principal characters are
play than the phases of life on the border are
usually used to produce. Some of the situa-
tons verge on the highly wrought passages of
the sensational drama, perhaps, but as gen.
eral thiGg the coiorlng has not been laid on
with the nberauty Characteristic of dramas
MADE or supposed far western materials
Is rather strong play, and that il
has capacity for entertaining was attested by
the applause last evening. The story, which has
been outlined heretofore, is interesting and told
with considerable skill and some pretension TO
literary ability. The incidents are effectively
worked up, the interest in the development of
the plot is never allowed to drag, and several of
the characters are drawn with considerable
cIeverness That OF Daniel Webster Byall land
agent from Cape Cod, is the most entertaining.
IL 10 quite humorous and bright IN its lines.
The story is interesting, and the author has
written II in happy manner Robert Rapley,
young LouISianian, meets Morgan Mortimer
IN gambling house in New Orleans and while
In the act of saving the life of the latter, young
Rapley accidentally kills an officer of the law.
After serving a term OF eight years imprisonment
Rapley fees to Texas, where he leads the life of
an outcast under the assumed name of Del Paso.
Int hn
sister Dora remove to Texas, where they own a
ranch. They are in complete ignorance of Rob-
erts tate and OF his whereabouts. Morgan Nor
timer becomes cattle king in the Lone Star
state. He woos and wins Dora Rapley, whom
he loves for her beauty. while at the same time
he is engaged 10 Kate Shelby, a rich heiress,
whose money he covets. In an interview with
Dora Mortimer, who is an unscrupu-
lous roue, unwittingly let's the mask
fail from his face, and his proposal
for an elopement, without the sanction of the
church, is spurned with the scorn of outraged
innocence. The villain then plans the abduc-
ton OF Dora, who is carried off by Del Paso; an
absence OF twelve years, together with intoxica-
ton, accounting for the fact that the brother
did not recognize his sister his employers
victim. Harold Raplcy runs down the
abductor of his sister, and the brothers meet
in Mortimer's mansion. Harold is unaware
that Robert has been made the tool of Morti-
IleI, anu amer u mutual recognition, the BROTH
ers reunited. Roberts cup OF Indebtedness
is OVERLOOKING when he learns for the first time
that it was his own sister Dora whom he had
carried off into captivity worse than death
The estrangsd men sway like reeds in the wind
with contending emotions, and the true
manliness of both, in forgiveness and
brotherhood on hearing the truth, forms one
of the striking dramatic passages OF the piece.
The brothers fly to the place where Dora is held
captive, and in his eager haste Robert seizes
and mounts fine horse which he finds on the
roadside. Before he reaches his goal he is inter-
cepted and apprehended horse thief by
band of vigilantes. Through a coherent series
OF instances Robert, who has been
sentenced by Judge Lynch, is allowed
a respite of one hour, and reaches
the ranch on the banks of the Rio Grande where
Dora is lodged. The denouement ends in the
rescue OF Dora and the punishment OF Mortimer.
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