The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1910-04-30
''UNDER THE LAURELS," NEXT SATURDAY.
The Thrilling MeIo- Drama viii be Presented by
MIR. Grainer's Company for the Benefit of the
Church of Our Lady of the Gulf Debt Fund. :"
A Story of the Play.

The thrilling melo-drama, "Under the
! Laurels," will be produced Saturday
night, May 7th, for the benefit of the
Church of Our Lady Of the Gulf. A
dramatic society sketch, entitled, The
Gilded Crooks" presented before the
play as d curtain-raiser.
The scenes of this play are laid in the
heart of Old Kentucky. The plot is
woven around a certain Rose Milford,
who is in love with a young man, Frank
! C0leWOOd by name. Frank and Rose
were adopted and reared by old Asa
| Milford, who looked upon them as his
own children. Mr.. Milford met an un-
timely death by falling off his horse,
leaving viii behind him, in which he
left the bulk Of his property to Rose, his
adopted child, while his wife got only
third portion, and Frank Colewood, his
other adopted child, nothing. A GER
! tain Kyle Brantford, commonly called
"Kentucky" Brantford by his fellow
men, and who been Il partner to Mr..
/ Milford in the cattle business, lays claim
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s7,-ancad 10 Mr. Milford Mr.. Milford
trusting him as friend of her dead
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l-no,,;nor his ra1oa and rhrouoh his in
fluonc. with Mrs. Milford causes Frank
+ to lose his nositio0 as ovorsaar of the
/ lTfffar5 r,1anta+ion Rr3ntfor5 then +rios
/ f.. f4raa Frank to 1aaza the state which
/ ba rafrsa- +o do. Brantfor1 then nIans
with his accomDIfce. Bob Button = farm
hand fqr q maatfno- If the White Can
! Ragnrators at fbo banntad house in the
,ootnf,ins where they will Uiva orders
I ra have Frank l-idnannad and nut in the
7 FIiff,-i]la lao, i,i1 an t3a false obaroa of
ror4e-s+ealino. Polly Dow1er. ? servant
! in the Milford home and a true friend to
J Rose and Frank. 0verbears the treach-
erous plan. and knowing that "horse-
stealing means hanging in that part of
! the eouutry.' she hurredlv informs Ike
/ Hopper, a worthy man and another true,
though comical. friend to Rose and
/ Frank, and Zeke, an old southern darlly,
whose devotion to them knows no bounds.
+ Ike and Zeke arrive at the haunted house
Just before the time set for the meeting
OF the White Cap Regulators, and con-
! ceal themselves about the house where
they can hear all that transpires. After
the Regulators leave TO arrest Frank,
Ike and ZeI1e crawl from their hiding
places hurry back to tell Rose not to
worry and then off 10 Chfyille TO rescue