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Story of "The Lieutenant And
The COWbOy.''


Story of "The Lieutenant Aud
The Cowboy.''
Practically all the scenes in "The
| Lieutenant and the Cowboy" the
new western drama, are laid in Ft.
Garland, Colorado twenty years ago.
At the time of the play, COL Faulk-
ner was in command of the post and
among the officers were his son, Leon
ard, Junior Lieutenant, and Bruce
| Corbin, Senior Lieutenant, son Of the
| Coloncl's old boyhood friend. Before
the death of Col. Faulkner, he had
promised that his daughter Edith
and Bruce should become man and
wife when they grew to manhood and
womanhood. Miss Faulkner came
from New York TO visit her father
and brother at the Fort, and while
crossing the country, the stage in
which she was a passenger was held
up by two highwaymen. When it
came M iss Faulkner's time to turn
over her possessions, she begged the
highwayman to permit her to retain
a little locket containing her dead
mothers picture. So earnestly did
she plead that the robbers heart was
touched, and he not only refrained
from taking the trinket, but returned
all their valuables to the passengers.
At the top Of the lirst hill she turned
and waved her handkerchief at the
bandit and he, in the spirit of brava-
do, lifted his hat, his mask fell Off
and Edith obtained good look at his
features. When she reached the
Fort, she told the story of the hold
up to her father whose suspicious
had become aroused that possibly
Bud Larrabee, cowboy employed at
the Fort as bronchO buster, might
have had hand in the holdup. He
sends for Larrabee, confrOnts him
with Edith, and then asks her to
identify the robber. The identitica-
tion scene ends the first act, and the
second act shows the barracks stores,
the delivery of mail to the soldiers
and many other vivid and lifelike
scenes. BY mistake letter for Lieu
tenant Corbin is delivered to Lieu
tenant Faulkner, who thus discovers
that the former has wife and child
in Denver. Young Faulkner and
Corbin quarrel and are overheard by
the Colonel, who despite Corbin's
claim that it is clear case of black
mail, determines to wire Denver for
confirmation. The telegram is en-
trusted to Larrabee, who is to send it
from d station twenty miles a"-y,
which can be reached only over a
rough mountain trail. In order to
prevent Larrabee from reaching the
telegraph Office, Corbin cuts his br g
in two or three places; is discov II
in the act by Edith, who warns ar
| rab bee as he is about to ride away.
Act three opens in the assembly
room Of the barracks, Larrabee hav-
ing returned from his long and peri
lous ride. While away he sold some
property. received the cash and loans
it to young Faulkner, so that the
Lieutenant may pay off the soldiers,
he having held back their pay and
lost the money gambling with Corbin
and others at the officers club.
These gambling losses furnished the
motive for holding up the stag in
the first act. Miss Faulkner le las
| of Larrabee's splendid actions, and
falls still more deeply in love with
the handsome. daShing cowboy.
Taking the loan from Larrabee, Lieu
tenant Faulkner starts off to pay the
men, meets CoTbin on the way and
the latter tells him it is too late, as
he intends to tell the true story of
the holdup to the Colonel. This
young Faulkner begs him not to do
50, but to give him one more chance
| to become an honest man. Corbin
declines to accede to the request and
starts Off to see the Colonel. Young
Faulkner, believing such news will
kill his father, determines to kill Cor
bin instead. He therefore follows
Corbin into the night, two shots are
| fred, young Faulkner staggers back
| into the room with bullet wound in
! his shoulder.t Miss Faulkner, an
Indian and Larrabee are in the
room-the latter realizes what has
happened, takes his gun away, and
carries him into an adjoining room.
| The Colonel and his soldiers break in