Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-14
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Rochereul. Forsen plays his part in
the escape as position on one OF Tho
four horses, which drags the famous
'berline,' a species of Noah's ark on
wheels, which the fatuous Louis insist.
ed on having built for the purpose.
Sainte MenehOuld I'm the evening Ig
the scene Of the third act. which pre-.
sents n series Of vivid pictures. The
suspicious of the crowd are awakened
by the presence Of NJ. de ChoIseul' 8
troops designed to cover the kings es.
cape and the passage OF chaIse IN
which Leonard the court hair dresser.
travels I'm advance with the queen
casket of jewels and her secret papers.
Then arrives the immense berlInc.
Drouet, the local postmaster, typical
revolutionary patriot, suspicious OF ey.
erything and everybody, flashes his Ian
tern for moment on the face OF the
king. Surely he thinks, he has seen
that face before. After the carriage
has left he scans bank note. The
face engraved on 1t Is the same that
was revealed to him by the light OF the
lantern-the kings! With howl OF
rage. Drouet dashes Off on horseback
for Variennes to arouse the town and
stay the flight Of the royal fugltives
IL is at Narennes that the fourth act
occurs Druet has arrived there before
the royal party When the carriage ar
liyes and the occupants are compelled
to descend, It Is Drouet who questions
them, Drouet who refuses TO be salts
fed, Drouct who tells the travelling
ladys "intendant,' the king In dis
guisc, that he is very like Somebody
else" But Drouets zeal would have
been banled hod II not been for The
pcrhdlous Nine. de Rochereu, who
contrlves to reveal an lnformalty IN
the passport which affords grounds for
delaying the progress Of the party,
Then Is brought forward an old Royal
lat whose loyalty completes the betray-
al Recognizing the king, he falls on
his knees eXclaiming "Ah, Sire!' and
kisses the royal hand, to which the
king replies with simple dignity Eyes,
/ am your king" and then being hun
cry, sits down to discuss a pie and %
bottle Of burgundy while the indignant
queen displays her naughty dlsdain ana
contempt for the rabble She has still
some hope OF escape. The royal cav
airy may arrive In time. But IN rs
place comes the national guard, dis
patched from Paris 10 arrest the party
and the historic flight comes to an abb
rupt end.
In the nth act the spectators are
suddenly transported from spectacular
tableaus to the realm Of simple tragedy
in which Bernhardt reveals the inten'
sity Of her powers and scores her
browning triumph. On the way back to
Paris the royal family has stopped for
the night ut the palace Of the bishop
Of MeauX, The queen, foreseeing the
end, abandons herself TO agoni2ed re-
stn. Ia. l..a H..n
by the national assembly to bring back
the sovereigns. obtains an audience
with her Instead Of the nsolent, pie
hiap ruflan whom she had expected
TO encounter he stands before her
man Of dignity and tenderness, sympa-
thetC, eager to help her, Fle implore'
her to 10 something 10 conciliate the
people 10 show some feeling for those
TO whom heretofore she has only eN-
hiblted contempt The only hope for
royalty he assures her, lies I'm abandon
ing those who had posed as its frlenda
She speaks soornfully Of the "yile rab'
he" refuses 20 be q party to descr-
ton, and I'm naughty anger summons
Ferscn and tells him what Barnaye has
proposed lie tells her that Barnaye IS
right, and that If her safety can be
won by tho sacrifice Of her true friends
they win ioyfully die for her. with the
queen between them the two men look
each other IN the eyes and read there
the same secret.
Fersen. when left alone with the
queen, falls on his knees and speaks OF
his love. For "A moment she h the queen
again, then the woman I'm her asserts
herself and she bursts into tears. ITO
have loved thus IN VAIN cries Fersen,
Not IN valnl" the queen sohs ana
bids him leave her now that he mas
learned he has not loved alone,
Tho last act presents q brilliml3
staged picture Of the return Of the iu-
gitlves 10 the Tulleries. A crowd hangs
about the gates, INDUCING In rlbalu
jokes, placards are displayed bearlnI
the historic inscription, Whose bows
TO the king shall be beaten, whose M
suits the king shah be hanged grim
silence falls on the mob as the ooaCh
drives up but their looks reveal me
hatred 90 which as yet they fear "
give utterance Only Fersen, disguls,sl'
luts his hat as the coach enters lh'
gates, and the curtain falls. c. Is,