The oasis., 1895-05-11
THROUGH THE LINES"
ExeeIient Performance Promised on Next
 Friday Eyening by Company e.

Eitdt dlilNtlN wal Ni idihds WHICH VIII be presented at the opera house Fri day evening May l7th. Special scenery and electrical effects will be intro 1uced. which are under the able direc- tion of MT Wm. G. Moore A strong cast has been selected and under the able direction Of Messrs. Pembroke and Moore will compare fayorably with most professional companies.
 The following is the cast:
 General Stambure ....... Capt J. Hathaway Col. Chas Prescott .........,.. Mir. Jas R. Mix Lieut. Gordon Hayne ..........Mr P. j. Zemet Brig Surgeon Fielding Mir. Eugene sy ke- Thos. Henry Bean .Mr Clifford Pembroke Lieut. Col. McPherson. -.... Scrg, Ed Burton Capt. Woodford ...... Private Marshall Bird General Marsten . serg. r. r Frederick Captain Benton ,..... ......... Mr. NJ. H Jones Lieut.. Massen.. Private George Webb Judge AdyocRte....... Private Oscar Gobler Officer of the Guard. ..... Private Sid Mullen Uncle Rufus ........, Corporal Harry Lewis Corporal Springer. .... .Corporsl Wn Ekey Orderly Hinton ........., Private r.. B. Hogan Ass't. Surg. Hathaway. Corp'l. K. Elei~ciier Euphemia McCreery ..... Mrs. \. X. DOherty Rachel McCreery4...... Miss Theo Sprecher Susan MeCreery ..............,.M Miss Ada EKoy soldiers-Guards- sentinels by members of Company "G.'
 The story of Through The Lines" is as follows:
 Miss Euphemia McCreery and her two nieces, Rachel and Susan, are alone in their home in southern city which has been captured by the Fed eral forces. The Confederates sur round the town and Lombard it. Col Prescott Is in charge of the Federal forces stationed as guard around the McCrecry place and Is in love with Rachel, who returns his affection but who is promised to her cousin, Gordon Hayne, an officer of the Confederate army. Lieut.. Hayne is taken as spy and convicted by papers found upon his person and his own confession.
 In spite of Rachel's efforts to prove him innocent he is condemned to death. Rachel finally attempts to ac- cemplish her purpose by reporting the prisoner as dead, and obtains an order to take his body through the lines. Her plan is about consummated when they encounter the Brigade Surgeon. His suspicious are aroused and he in- sist upon examining the body. The examination is made and the prisoner is found to be really dead, having ex- pircd while they were carrying him out.
 Col Prescott is wounded in battle and taken to the McCreery house to be nursed, matters are strengthened out at last and he and Rachel arc made happy.
 SYNOPSIS:
 The action of the play takes place in a southern city occupied by the United States forces during the civil war.
 ACT IA drawing room in the Nc Creery mansion-The special guard. ACT IA easement in the Fort-The Court Martial. SCENE 1.-The Camp at Night ACT IlI-Headquarters of the General -Insubordination. AcT TV-The Military Hospital Through the Lines" ACT V A year later Drawing room of the McCreery man. sion The Palmetto and the Pine.
 The Military Hospital scene. ActlN -one of the most intensely dramatic scenes in modern drama. Charming pictures of southern lifeline Me- ~ -rA e.s4Lf.,l r,,f,,-