The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-18
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Special Return Engagement at Opera
House We'd, Jan. 20.

Special Return Engagement at Opera
House We'd, Jan. 20.
Eugene Walter, a newspaper man,
virtually unknown to the play. going
public before the middle OF the season,
registered his second undoubted success
as a writer for the stage. II is said
this romance OF the simple woodsman in
the Hudson Bay country holds its au-
dience closely to the end.
Andrew McTavish, q rugged old
Scotch settler, has been deserted by his
Swedish wife, and driven to rnonomania
by the blow, believes that all women
and especially the pretty daughter she
has left him, are filed with evil. He
is very hard with the girl, but neverthe-
less guards her so jealousy that she
reaches her eighteenth year without hav-
ing even heard the word "love.p
Jules Beaubine, stalwurt young
French Canadian. who spends his sum
mers in the neighborhodd, learns to love
the innocent girl, but postpones his de-
claration because OF her sweet childish.
ness. He is attended by faithful
henchman, B'atiste LsGrand, who was
the dance of Jules sister, Annette, dead
by her own hand after desertion BY the
man with whom she had eloped
William Mcdonald, a surveyor from
the states engaged in laying out new
line of railroad, applies himself ASST
duously to the winning of the Scotch
mans daughter, Hilda. jules discovers
he is the man responsible for Annette's
sad end.
Mcdonald and Beaubine declare their
intentions to each other and the battle
for the love of little HiIda IL on. The
American has told her many aluing
stories Of life in the open, but nothing
of his wife and children in New York.
She is undeceived until, having won her
fathers cooperation through clever
lie which holds out the promise that the
old Scotchman viii realize the hope Of
q lifetime and return in wealth to his
native land. Mcdonald seizes her and
reveals to her his true character. She
repulses him with the strength Of des.
pers ton and Beaubine arrives Just In
time to defend her from the mad old
father, who threatens to 9kill her with
his bare hands,
Through the Intervention of Batiste.
they escape and with them goes George
Hr' McDonald's assistant, who de-
clartl fer the true lovers rather than
become party OF the contractors evil
plans.
Particularly realistic is the last scene.
The lights are cleverly worked 80 that
the sunset comes on gradually, and A
nally there Is total darkness save for a
smoldering camp fire. Beaubine has at
last declared his love for Hilda, and she
has at last "the great desire" as she
calls the realization Of affection. He
has sent her away in the canoe with
H,mtley and B'atiste and awaits the ar
rival of his enemy, whom he knows to
be close on his trail.
Suddenly, without the slightest warn
inc save the crackle Of o twir, plainly
heard in the silence, comes the blaze and
report of shot from the darkness.
Bcaubine throws himself on tho ground,
and Mcdonald, believing him dead or at
least wounded, creeps upon him and then
follows the furious fight all over the
stage, which cannot be clearly seen, but
every movement and muttered word Of
which is heard, and at last, after fully
minute of fighting, knife flash and a
body drops. By the small glimmer of
match struck BY the victor and held
over the vanquished, the audience sees
the two faces, that Of Jules bending
over the still features Of Mcdonald. The
same notable cast of players that made
hit early in the season, including
SEVERN De Deyr, George Nichols. Har-
~ Duggan, j. T. Chaille, Frank Dee and
Mahelie Estelle. The sale Of seats now
on.