The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-30
TIE TRIBULATIONS OF SYLVIA
UHO GOLS VINE HUNTING WITH
1 DECREPIT UNCLE.
n Iou GI"ls WIN Only See what Happens
10 Her on the stage YouII stick TO
I,plng and Not seek Adv ventures In
the Painted Mountains Of California,

If lung ana innocent gels only knew
vlatt they we're going up against when they
h., the rail with a dccreplt uncle to'1nd
the Mine, ~ they might know IL they saw
Tie King nni Queen OF the Gamblers"
a. rac American Theatre his week. they'd
ia.' 1T the old mine go TO thunder and
t,.o up s,cnography for a living.
a. lr OUTSET let IL be said that the King
a. Q.rcn arc not pards. Certainly not.
Tho Eing is Just the dandiest man you
ever saw. lie wears n shiny tile and good
clothes and never gets excited "A bit, ever
WHOM they get the rope over the limb Of the
tree ne carries n revolver about the size
Of an ink eraser in his vest pocket, and
he saves the Gel he loves just five times.
Bi' The Qvccn is n villainess and wants to
get the mine away from the Gel.
When Syria and her uncle strike the
Blazing star Hotel. way up on Pine Noun
tam. Yellow Creek. Cal. they are down and
1 oI-. Tho old man can go no foither without
food, but They are right behind. So he
gives Syiri1 two bits and tells her to go into
the Blazing Star and buy some grub. She
tis no more than gone inside when Humpy
Jones comes Cow the trail and plugs the
old man one. Then Humpy and Black Pete
of Monterey try to dope out what they will
| 10 WIN All NIe money. TOT TnS fHneT IN
uncle's pockets tells where the Mineis. But
Doiores. the Queen, butts in and makes il a
thxcesome.
While they are getting already to spend
the money, Jack Diamond. King Of the
Gamblers. strolls in and Sylrid. the grub
IN ner arms. falls IN the body Of her uncle.
1t appears to have been the closed sea
son in Yellow Creek. Humpu shifts the
blame on the King. The Queen and Black
Pc back him up.
wants to know.
But the uncle takes matters into his
own hands by not being dead at all. Then
ne and the fee fst a Sov ,'r ali % swSy b fsSm m6 5ns
Joct to stay, but he amt the friend Of
enybody who will turn out a young gel
and a helpless old man. That settles IL.
Everybody stays.
SVrtd's mother had left her when she
WIS a little child. a baby.
Why, your mother must have been a
she was my moth-ther."
With nc none and 10 friends except
Syria goes to sleep with her fair blonde
head resting on a yellow spot light. She's
only a kid. boys. says Jack, and passes his
tile. When he got around the circle the
hat would make Blanche Bates's keg Of the
hcvs' money look like a church collection.
Az the beginning Of Act 2 Humpp and
Pete are for killing the old man. But
Dolores has seen the gambling fever in
tho old geezer's eyes and has a plan worth
two Of that. The uncle plays his part by
demanding from Sylrid the money from
the hat. She refuses and he tries to strike
her. but his hand trembles 50 he can't tell
where it would fall. He joins the game
and wins so much at faro that he doesn't
bother 10 pick up what he drops on the
foor. But letting him win at fret is part
of the devilish plan.
After the funny Fnglishman with the
blond wig and the soubrette have done a
song and dance in Big Bills cabin at the
"renlng OF the third act and the soubrette.
has sung Love meeee. and the woruld
IL mi inc Pete shoots Uncle Dave through
tha window. This time il works better.
snd just before Uncle Croaks he makes
one last final blob and points TO Jack Did-
rond as the murderer. Sylvia and the
s-uhrette watch them put the rope around
lacks neck, but does he die? Hardly
There's an act and a half yes 10 go. and he
doesn't die anyway. He's the hero. He
just jumps off the clif to safety.
He's free. Thank God! That's Siyrid
who saws that.
But Jock ia wounded 10y the shots which
follow him and he naturally comes back to
hut I'll fight for him until | diet She Sc
cretes him in her bedroom. Pete Just
knows he's in there. What is a woman's
reputation against the life Of the mar size
l"NFsI NyOil KNOWS II doesn Z amount TO
a pin. So " hen the Queen finds n trail Of
flood leading Ia the room Syria SAYS there
"a mar in there. but il is max Icck Eio,a ond. !
That is a little too much for lack. who is
listening all the time, 81 he kicks over the
pail by coming right out ard saving her
reputation. Before they can get him hung
again the Sheriff of Monterey comes in.
Now. the sheriff isn't going to take any
chances with his prisoner. 40 he marches
him by the back trail 10 the United States
q rf,nxy Vn,at NJ Lone Inlnh Whap ha ,asa ]
there everybody is taking a day on except
Corporal McCune. There's not a chance
~ the Sheriff and the corporal being able
:" stand of the bloodthirSty pack at their
heels.
This is where Jdck does a little saving for
tirlself. lie hands a bluff hat he is cold
Nj jhe Sheriff gives him his big overcoat
"1ih the revolvers, one in each pocket.
-gck lust pulls out the guns, handouts the
Nn"''f and the corporal together. and
STARTS back to see the gel he loves. He
i,.,n't more than got in the wings when the
s"I comes wound the other way looking
'gr him. Behind her is Dolores, Queen
T The GJm0lers.
My God. gel, what have you got hang
iag on your neclt?"
- is The same! My daughterl-
hoiorrs's pals tie up both her and the gel
on. but not before Syria has bit to the
u' With the story, but IL goes to show what
10 eel can Go.
What shall we do with her?"
Let's put her in the old cannon and blow
TO-" 20 eternity over the clif."
SgiriG il ahmed in TO awfully creepy
r !slc, IL is all over with the Gel' Not
While LARK Diamond is alive. He swings
down from a convenient trapeze and catches
ihe white clad body as IL shoots from the
cannon.
They have one more fling al the Gel and
'n" PAPER. Back on Lone Mountain. in a
.r"~stOrm, she is going to elope with Jack.
i''c knows this. and waits for her, u in
na.I Dolores knows that Pete knows.
-" just puts on her long lost daughters
c'taf and steps out on the porch.
Bang, Exit Queen. Another bang! Exit
Pinrf Ppc. Tho second shot came from
"0ct Diamond. Of course. The King and
N..r'0 cllEch right there. the deep in the
STOW.