The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-03-09
The Wolf

The Wolf
Those who see "The Wolf, at the
Opera House next Tuesday evening.
March 18th will find themselves in
the vast woodlands OF Northern Can
ada, whore the breezes are fragrant of
pine It Is Autumn. and the scene
that is laid before the eye is the clear
ing in front OF the house Of old Nc.
lavish. His is lonely home. There
lives with him only his daughter. gol-
den haired Hi Ida.
His house becomes the rendezvous for
a party Of American engineers, led bv
Mcdonald. the genius OF tbs wilder
ness the man whose acute, broad mind
makes it possible for the building OF
railroads over steep mountains and
through valleys In his profession a
giant, in his moral nature n satyr, too,
is Mcdonald. And even as he.is a guest
at the house Of McTavish, there are
two men at his elbow who have for two
wears been hunting him--men who
have single idea as TO wnat they will
do when they meet him They are re-
solved to kill him. For Mcdonald had
in years back. met Annette, pretty
halfbreed OJibway girl-a good girl,
conmunicant of the Church more
French than Indian; child who had
ali the simplicity OF her Indian Mother
while she had the teachings Of the good
Christian Father of the remote Parish.
Mcdonald, constituencies had courted
her. won her confidence betrayed her
then left her 10 bear her shame And
she had not been able 10 bear &C. She
had wandered half nrazed with grief
and shame into blizzard. and she had
died in the swirling snow Her half
breed brother julius Beanbien.
splendid young French. Canadian. only
learned Of Annette existence when
her Father was on his death bed The
young man IL left heir 60 big fortune
and Immediately starts in searcn OF his
little sister with the idea OF educating
her and surrounding her life with lux.
uries He tracesd the child 10 her
home, only TO discover the frighttuI
death which she had suffered because
OF Mcdonald = tieachery.
He meets Baptiste LeGrand the girls
clean hearted lover. who was to have
married her hut II was while LeGrand
was away in the North working for
the Hudson Bay Company that McDon.
disappeared aDd.with. his suayities and
worldliness misled the girl into believ-
ing that his love was honest and that
he meant TO marry her
jules and Baptiste have been hunting
his man for two years Jules, by art.
ful talk in which he causes Mcdonald
TO believe that he. also. Is libertiDe.
has gotten from McDonald's own lips.
the p.tiiul story OF Annette. There is
a further situation that makes Jules
anger against Mcdonald rise even up
to the white heat that IL has always
been. Jules is in love with Hlida AID
II is plain thar Mcdonald is seeking TO
injure this gir-woman as he did little
Annette
He has flied her head with fascinat-
ing stories OF the beauty OF life in the
great cities-the operas. theatres. and.
some gowns. glittering jewels.
This is the situation. and now it all
works ont forms a theme OF human in.
terest from which the attention. of the
audience cannot bee diverted while it
works before their eyes to it's tragic
end. and this end furnishes, so IL Is
said. one OF Pie most tremendous e.
motional scenes rver presented on any
stage
II is claiued that The Wolf is
big, vital. thrilling play IL has not
cheap line in It. Neither mas IL
hackncyed situation.
The Wolf is sure ~ meet with a
heavy reception on its presentation
here. lts long run az Chicago argues
well for It's drawing qualities