Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27

passage. Chenille must have missed his
train and come back! Rouye must leave the
room by another staircase and get out by
the window. So he disappears.
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Now the scene changes to the street.
where two policemen are walking up and
down in the snow. Rouve. jumping out OF
the window. is caught. He whispers. Hush!
A lady: the husband is back: let me CO. -
They scrutinize him. reflect, then are salts
fled and release him. He is Just dashing out
of the courtyard gate when in walks NJ. de
Chenille. with his valet, having missed the
train. You herev' De Chenille and Rouve
both exclaim But there is double horror
IN the lovers exclamation. II the step In
the passage was not De Cheyilie's, whose
was X?
Go In to her. for Gods sake.'' cries
Rouve there is a man in the house. Don't
ask Tor explanations. but go in" AS the
Whole party runs in with the policemen the
scene CHANCES back to the bed room, now in
darkness There a man Is stumbling over
the furniture. and cursing as he looks for a
way out. while hurried steps are heard on
the main staircase. just as the unknown
man slips out by one doorway the other
opens. NJ. de Chenille rushes in. turns on
the electric light and gives a shrek of hor-
Tor. Nine. de Chenille lies strangled on
the moor Husband and lover fall on their
knees by the body. The policemen rush OFF
the house
Then De Chenille and Rouve rise. face to
race VIII you explain?' says the hus-
oano' RouVe resists. but must at last con-
less, lie CheVllle remains like a stone and
at this point there enters doctor and the
police magistrate, who commence inquiries
can NJ Rouye furnish any clew? Ro,lye is
uttering disconnected sounds when the po-
Hceman who searched the house returns
having found nothing. Suddenly De Che
villes face shows that he has taken some
new resolution. He tells the magistra te
that the murderer must be in the house
then points abruptly to Rouye, crying
There he iS.''
Rouye starts, hardly believing his ears
The magistrate hesitates, and asks for some
evidence. Easily says De Chenille. 81
gave my wife last night 10000 francs in a
violet envelope, and size put II in the dra wer
of her dressing table The drawer is open
as you see Let NJ Rouve be searched
You gave. me the money yourself, y
shrieks Rouve.
ION my oath 1 did not" says De cheyilIe
Mime de Chenille was blameless You
are her murderer, and to save yourself
sought to blacken herr
RouYe is searched, and the money. OF
course, found. The police are struggling
with him, when he pulls out a revolver and
shoots himself through the brain Curt ain
ana the audience gaSpS. At the Grand
Guignol Theater, where this grim playlet
mas been put on, the three scenes are Won
derfuly acted. especially by Brizard, as the
lover In the CHASTITY predicament.
By June - London will be swarming with
Americans, and probably most of them will
want to attend the big benefit perform
ance that will be given at Drury Lane
on that date to celebrate Ellen Terry's
stage jubilee If they do, however, they
Will have to pay something for the expert
ence, for it is doubtful If higher prices ever
have been charged in London for any enter
tainment Of a similar kind. Here are the
rates: Private boxes 500 to 5000; stalls
S25; grand circle. $40 to So; first circle s.
and~Si0; balcony, 81. so and So. For their
money however, patrons Of this perform
ance will see Ellen Terry herself, her sister
and brother, Marion and Fred Terry, and
other members of the Terry family in one
act of Much Ado About Nothing" and a
special performance of "a Trial by Jury
in which the author himself, w. S. Gilbert,
will enact one Of the roles. Other famous
theatrical personages will take part in this
entertainment among them George Alex
ander Beerhohm Tree and Sir Charles
Wyndham, who will appear In the screen
scene from The School for Scandal"
Tom Jones' is the latest classic to have
violent hands laid on it by the London max
ers Of musical comedies; but with Romeo
ard Juliet" David Garrick" and Gin
derella" modernized and set to music for
the barrel organs, ope Is surprised at moth
ing and so It may be announced calmly
that a comic-opera version of Fielding S
masterpiece is now being written by Robert
Courtneidge and will be set to music by
Alexander Thompson 1t is fact, OF course,
that Tom Jones" was made into play
nv Robert buchanan and proved a big sue