The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-03-06
Random Notes.

OF The Courier. 1t is not necessary to
add to what has been said, but it may be
OF interest to say word about her new
play For Bonnie Prince Charlie" now
enjoying a successful run at Wallack's,
New York formerly Palmer's). This
play. besides making feature OF large
legged "Highlanders in abbreviated
plaids and the skirling Of bsgpipes and
the exploitation of the traditional
pibroch. introdu ces one or two dramatic
situations OF rather more than ordinary
intensity. One. in the third act. will
endeavor TO describe.
Mary DulIa Marlowe). a pure hearted,
simple minded beggar girl. is blindly,
passioLately devoted to The pref gate
Prince Charles Edward (Basset Roe).
She is the only comfort OF her uncle,
aged, blind patient Angus tR Dbert
Tabor, righteous man, but stern. At
a critical moment the Highland soldiers
become convinced that the prince has
made a mistress OF the wife OF their
chief, Clanmorris, anu they arc on the
point of abandoning the Pretender's
cause, declaring that they will no. fight
for an adulterer. They learn that the
prince and his mistress are to nest at a
certain house one night and they arrange
to watch and ascerIain il he il guilty, ss
they believe. 1t is made to appear that
they would condone the princes offense
if his victim were a common wench.
But il the prince has betrayed the wife
OF t-eir lord then he is to lie abandoned.
Poor Mary, loving the prince to distrac-
ton, hears all this discussed. herself
unseen, AMI is at first Mortified and in
dig aant, expressing her loathing OF Lady
Clanmorris Then her love for the
prince masters all other emotions and
she realizes his danger. If discovered
with his mistress his cause is lost. She
resolves to save him by sacrificing her
self for Bonnie Prince Charlie and
Scotland" Ste gees to the house where
the meeting is to take place aud is
brought face to face with the guilty
Lady Clanmorris. Her loathing drives
her noble resolve out Of mind, and while
the degraded woman grovels at the
girls feet Mary has no word of pity.
The exposure shall come. But the
sourd Of advancing s,ldiers recalls her
to her resolution and in the very nick Of
time she hides the princes mistress and
PREF ares to take upon herself the dis
grace implied by her presence at the
rendezvous. The sold ers break in the
door, expecting to find Lady Clanmorri-.
Instead they find poor Mary-a wretched
figure. the picture Of misery. 1t is
trying moment, for Mary has been
regarded as an angel of purity. Accu-
8 atoms are showered upon her and she
covers in silence that is taken for
acquiescence. Fearful that the soldiers
may not believe in her guilt, and wish
ing to remove the last reproa ch from the
prince. she coptr,ves t. drop a purse
given to her by the prin e in rec ignition
Of her servics as spy. 1t is at once
recognized as having belonged to
Charles Edward. The eight of il, the
girl in guilty silence. with the kno al dgs
they already have. is convincing. Mary
is denounced as a wanton. The prince
is hsld blameless (suca is the portrayal
OF Scottish moral iuc ,nsistency). and
for tn, moment his cause is saved. But
that is not all. The men have brought
with them judge to censure the gu lty
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