St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24

lives around ner, perhaps the most
lonely and pitiful, for she was the last
of her family. Her father had fallen in
one of those terrible mountain feuds
which had been begun between the
BrierlyS and LindSayS over some trifling
quarrel thirty years before. He met his
fate at the treacherOus hands of Lem
Lindsay, who. pretending to wish a recon-
Citation. had lured his victim TO lonely
place and stabbed him to the heart. Ben
Lorey coming TO his friends help, Was
set upon by Lindsay and in a short
time was lying dead beside Madge's
father. A few years later her mother
died and Madge was left alone in the
little house that nestled among the
rocks just back of the horseshoe gorge
Nature had given her brave heart and
she took what pleasure she could out Of
life, and grew up 1.-the and strong; as
pure and lovely as white lily, bloom
ing in the wilderness, unconscious of
its beauty and visited only by the birds
and bees.
But one day young Kentuckian from
the Bluegrass region, Frank Laysun,
tall and handsome, bearing himself like
a young prince, came up into the
mountains, partly to hunt and partly TO
get over an infatuation for Barbara
Holton. beautiful girl, yet one whom
he could never wish to make his wife.
He met Madge BrIorly. and, attracted
by her shy loneliness and innate nobil-
ity of soul, he grew more and more in
tp fsd in, hpr ha :
visiting her daily.
These visits aroused the jealousy of
Joe Lorey, stalwart young moonshin-
er. Joe'S alteration of Madge was the
strongest passion of his nature; next to
1T came the desire to find the murderer
of his father. Only breath was needed
to fan the smoulderlng Goals of jealousy
into dangerous flame, and it was not
to be long lacking. A party of friends
came to visit Frank in the mountains.
Among them was Col. Sandusky Doc
little, most sanguine Spectator, with
scheme to propose which should make
Frank millionaire. With him came
Horace HoltOn, coarse. ignorant, ur-
ScrupulouS man, who had made fort
une trading in slaves before the war,
and had bought fine place near Wood
lawn, the old LaysOn home, hoping that
when Frank should make Barbara his
wife, he would be accepted by the Blue
Grass aristocracy. How he meets Joe
Lorey and makes him believe that
Frank LaysOn has informed about the
still, and so drives Joe almost to muir
der; how the little mountain girl vent
ureS down into the Blue Grass and
saves Franks famous race mare Queen
Bess from the flames, and in default of
jockey rides her to victory; and how
step by step the murderer of her father
and Joe Lorev's is found and brought to
justice; how great love proves too
sJrong for the barriers of caste, are
shown I'm Ola Kentucky"
No synopsis can give an accurate idea
of play or Its characters, but it may be
said that the heroine is unique charac-
ter-a new stage creation-far removed
from the traditional soubrette, yet with
a comedy and humor joined with a
natural pathos and charm, springing
from the strange conditions of her lone
ly life. that make her most poetic and
allTaCilSG ny uE6. n UIlSh dllu dlIluS-
ing subpiot concerns the love af-
fairs of Col. Sanduskv Doolitule and
Miss Alathea Layson, and the comical
results of her efforts to win him from
cigars. mint juleps and the race track.
The various scenes, in the mountains,
in the old Kentucky home, the stable.
the paddock, and the Lexington race
track, give ample opportunities for the
Introduction of odd types OF characters,
such as negroes, jockeys. touts. book
makers, and all the exciting scenes and
incidents common to such places.
1t has been said of this play that,
while it is free from raw sensational
ism, Its incidents are stirring and ef-
fective. and that as a picture of Ken
lucky life and Kentucky characters, it
is at once the strongest and most truth
full which has so far challenged public
attention. In the cast are Laura Burt,
Harry MAMMAL, Edward Holland,
Marvin Abbott. Gustave Frankel,
Charles II. Bradshaw, Edmund c. White,
Charlnttp Winnett and Others