Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-09
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1.-The Last Rose of Summer. y

residence of Robert Reynolds, a.
retired merchant, who has two
daughters, Kate and Sadie. They
are awaiting the arrival OF Dexter
Hurley, the son of one of Mr.. Rey'
nolds friends. Mr.. Hurley has
been invited to pay them visit
at their seashore home by Mr..
Reynolds in the hope that his eld-
est daughter, Kate, might fall IN
love with him and thus unite the
two families. But Kate secretly
loves George Lawrence, a dlsap-
pointed young scamp whom Mr.
Reynolds has befriended and
treated as a son until he discovers
his utter unworthiness. Mr.. Hur-
lev arrives with his valet and dog
and is heartily welcomed by all
save Sadie, who takes a dislike to
him at once. He is an eccentric
Young man, considered by many
to be careless, lazy fool. But
in reality he is quite the opposite,
as he soon proves. And he has a
very busy time trying to straight
en- out the tangles in the Rey-
nolds household. He at once falls
in love with Sadie, and asks her
to marry him during their first
interview. She Indignantly refuses
and declares that he has lnsulted
her. George Lawrence arrives and
asks Reynolds for a loan OF $lO,-
900. which he claims he must
have to settle a little trouble IN
the city. Reynolds refuses. Law
renee then tells Of his love for
Kate The old man forbids him
to even think of her again. Law
renee VOWS that he will marry
Kate if only to spite Reynolds. In
Bendetto. an Italian servant OF
the Reynolds home, Lawrence rec
ognizes an old acquaintance who
had. been convicted Of murder,
but had escaped from prison. To-
gether they plot to get money
from Reynolds. George per
suades Kate to marry him Sc
cretly and then confesses he has
forged the name of a friend for
$4,000 and tells her that unless
he can raise that amount he Will
be arrested and sent to prison.
Reynolds has a large sum of mon
ey in his private safe and Kate
knows the combination of the
lock. Lawrence forces her to
open the lock by threatening to
commit suicide, but the plot IS
discovered by Dexter Hurley and
he prevents the robbery in a very
interesting manner. Old Mr..
Reynolds learns that Kate and
Lawrence are married and orders
them both from the house. When
Lawrence discovered that Kate
will lose her share of the Rey-
nolds fortune he deserts her and
leaves her sick and penniless.
Hurley finds and befriends her
and persuades Reynolds to take
her back to her home. Lawrence,
who has become a wreck through
drink and drugs, finds this out
and demands money from her.
She refuses; declares that her
love for him is dead, and orders
him to leave. He thinks that her
father is the cause of her feeling
toward him and plots with Bene-
detto to kill him. But Hurley
again interferes and gives them
very novel surprise. Sadie at last
admits her love for Hurley after
many amusing comedy scenes,
and picks for him from her favor
tie bush the last rose of sum-
mer," saying, "the rose may fade
but my love for you will live for
ever" Lydia Green, a fat niece
of Reynolds, and Frederic Smith,
an old man, also furnish much
original comedy. At the Audi.
forum tomorrow night.