Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-24


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tho TOAD including Mt. James X.
Hackelt who IL making fame In tho
utulAr role. The Ssn francisco Even.
Ing Post thus describes toe plry;
The prologue, while lie ohv Gus puf.
pose IL 10 make clear the possibility Of
the remarkable Resemblance which, Ia
q later generation, has such an i'm.
poflant bearing upon the foftnnes Of
the modern hero " the slotJ, has, In
ITSELF an Interest ~ complete and
strong that the late clmora who miss II
depgivs themselves OF more than they
imagine. II IL dArR and tragioAl. but
the bright opening OF the nfst chapter
Of the modern story which follows
seems all the more pleasant In oonse.
quence.
Rudolf Rasseodyl, the youngest sou
Of AN English earl. finds himself In
the GefmAn state OF RuTitanin lust
after the dcath OF the king and while
preparations are being made for the
browning OF his son, = hoedlsss young
soapegrace, greatly given TO drink.
This weakness OF cnsfnoter 10 the moIo
unfortunate for the prince from the
TACT that his cousin, "Black hichael,"
otherwise duke OF Airetsau. 10 planning
10 usurp the throne. To this end the
sohemer drugs his already dtunhen
cousin ut hunting lodge IN the for
est, and 20 renders IL impossible for
him 10 proceed 10 the capital, where
all IA In readiness for hie coronation,
In this emergency Colonel Sspt and
Fritz Won Taflenheim, two faithful
friends Of the prince, hit on . dariny
plan. Theyha made the aoquain.
lance OF Raasn1yll, tho young En-.
gllshman, VINO, owing 10 oifoum.
stance suggested In the prologue. is Of
the stme blood with the "ted Eiph-
herg," OF RuriiAnia, being a perfect
double In appearance for the prince.
Him the two officers with some 4 M
Guilty persuade TO impersonaie their
Tighuul sovereign for tho purposes OF
the coronation, and IN order TO defeat
the plans Of Black Michael. The In
tention 10, OF course, that ~ soon ne
Prince Rudolf shall have recovered he
shall be put In his proper place.
But Black Miohaeiselxss tho prince,
impTisons him In the castle Of zsnin,
treats him with great batbaIiiy aud
prepares 10 Kill him when he shall have
succeeded Ia taking the life OF Risen.
dyll, whose plot he has discovered. 10
the meantime tho young English
aud the Princess Flaws have fallen
deeply In love with each other. Ru.
tendyll cares nothing for his assumrd
kingly rank, but to give II up 10 10 lose
Flavin. but this he must do NJ lei ihr
true pflnce die In his dungeon. lie
makes the sacrifice, tho princess with
bfeaking heart rus aiming him In IL,
BLACK Michael IL attacked anu over.
thrown, the real king Ia saved, and
then, wounded and desolnie hut high
Houlei aud honorable 10 the last, Ru.
uolf Rassondyll bids q nnal farewell tn
The wtmin he loves and leaves hsf TO-
ever. she would 90 with him, V.vinl
up the royal rank aud all TO bs his vile,
out here, too, duty stols In, since the
Interests Of her county aud her people