Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-10-17
The Maxman At Colonial Thea
tire Tonight.

Hall Gaines "The Manxman," with
Thurlow Bergen as the star, will be at
the Colonial Theatre tonight, DC
tober 18th. The production is a choice
enterprise and doubtless will be eminent
ly meritorious. In this stage version of
1.-THE Manxman" Peter Quilliam is first
discovered as young man at the Manx
Fairy Inn, having grown up there after
his rescue from the streets by Caesar
Cregeen, its master. He dares to love
Kate Cregeen, the beautiful daughter of
the innkeeper. She looks upon him with
i'll favor. Her eyes are turned toward
Philip Christian, who is of gentle birth
and high ambitions. Lacking confidence
in himself, Peter asks Philip, long bis
bosom friend, to gain the consent of
Caesar to his wooing. His suit meets an
i'll reception. Caesar is angry at his
presumption and orders him away. Be-
fore he goes, however, Kate, learning
that Philip has pleaded Peters cause,
promises, in pique, to become his wife.
He leaves her in the care of Philip and
sets off for South Africa to seek his for
tune.
Many long months have passed, and
word has bone that Peter has died in the
loved unwisely, and all the village has
been set to talking. These two are brought
to a rude awaking by thefeturn o. Peter,
recovered from the fever and made rich
at the mines. Kate pleads that Philip
shall marry her and face his friend as
her husband, but pride of birth makes
him force upon Peter the woman whom
it is his duty to love and provide for.
Peter married TO Kate, enjoys time of
happiness. He believes his wife loves
him, and his cup of bliss is filled by the
arrival Of a child in their home. On
both he showers all the love that comes
from his strong and noble nature. His
one grief is that the coming Of the baby
has seemed to bring only morbid thoughts
to his wife.
Unable longer to live the life of deceit
Kate fies to the home of Philip 1t is on
the day that he has been made Deemster
Peter returns from the celebration in
honor of Philip to find her gone. The
baby is there, because she has not had
the heart to take all the Joy out of his
life. He will not lose faith, however.
To neighbors, who come in TO tell him
that his wife has gone away with anoth-
er man, he makes the angry declaration
that she has only gone to visit an aunt of
his in Liverpool. While Peter searches
the island for his wife, she remains Sc
cluded in the home of Philip Talk
grows stronger against her, but the faith
Of Peter remains unshaken. Kate and
Peter meet again, when the wife, unable
longer to remain away from the baby,
returns to her home. She endeavors to
steel away, but her husband finds her.
In this supreme moment Peter shows the
nobility of his nature. 1t is Peter who
leads the erring girl back to her fathers
home. Kate confesses her love for Phil
10. Peter attempts to kill him, but is
saved from the crime by Caesar. It is
then that Peter rises to the superb height
of self-renunciation. His faith in every
thing shaken, his strongest hope in life
turned to bitterness, he goes away from
the home Of this boyhood, back to seek
excitement in Africa. He leaves behind
him complete revenge, for Kate will give
no love to Philip, and they too part to
| live out the lives they wrecked by theii
perfidY.