The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-08
JESS WILL BE AT THE
BIJoU THEAEER TODAY

inC btjOu THIS dlttI HOtb'
and evening will exhibit JESS
three reel adoption in motion pieeur
of the celebrated novel by II. Ride
Haggard.
In this reproduction OF JESS
the Thanhouser company has follow
ed hteally the novel taking no lib
critics whatsoever W tn the text, as i
usual with dramatists, and therefort
requiring THREE THOUSAND FEE
10 complete the story in detail.
The story in brief:
"A Sisters Sacrifice"
Reel One-Siias Croft was an OIL
!. english farmer of South Africa
With him resided hi two nieces Jess
the elder, was brilliant and educat
ID; Bess, the younger, was beautiful
but did not possess the mental at,
taiRments of Jess. Jess. although
only her senior by xs-we years., haa
almost motherly affection for her
pretty little sister.
Croft. finding old age stealth
upon him, advertised for partner
;tipulating that he must be gen,
sleman. Capt. John Neil, an Eng
ish army officer, heard OF the bust
less opportunity and accepted il
less, the unimpressioaable speedily
ell in love with him. The girl was
1appy for a while, but suddenly
earned that her little sister was
also in love with the handsome Eng.
ishman,
The elder girl realized that hap
liness for her, meant sorrow, prob
IDLY lifelong sorrow FOR Bess. Ac
ustomed to making sacrifices for the
sirl she so tenderiy loved, Jess mad
mother. On the pretext OF visit
an old school friend, she absentefl
tersek from her home, knowing that
Neil would fall in love with Ress.
Through the Boer Lines"
Reel Two-The expected happen.
d. AT the time Jess departed. Neil
liked both girls, but preferred Jess
Thrown into dmpanionship with
'sss he soon grew to love her, and
'roeesed to her. Jess received the
etter announcing her sisters be-
rothal in her place OF refuge, and
ejoiced that she had been able tc
insure her happiness. but wept In
ecret over the fate that had taken
III the romance out Of her youns
ife
4 At this time, the rebellion which
reed the Transvaal from British
'ule, was brewing. Croft, who
leubted serious trouble at first, real
yes the danger, and Neil consents
go to Pretoria and bring sese
ZONE. He arrives in the city but Is
'nable to leave because the, Beers
lave besieged the place. FFanl
iuiler, son of Roer and an Eng
ishwoman, is one of the leaders in
he revolt He had proposed to Bess
md been rejected Pretending
rieldfiness he sends Neil pass fer
less and himself. signed by Dom
Patl Kruger. Neil and jess fall int
the trap, and leave under the charge
II Boer escort. Belieying that
Kruger wishes Neil and Jess killed
hey fire upon them while they are
rossing a river, and believe that
hey are aatn.
jess as an Avenger"
Reel ree-Follow%g the cross
ing OF the river under fire on their
way to Pretoria, Jess apd Neil be-
ONE separated, and the giI4 Reaches
he farm alone. Mailer has charg-
,d her uncle with treason, In the
Meantime. and made him prisoner.
Muller, who, is military head Of the
district tells Bess that Croft will be
onvicted and hanged unless Bess
onsents to marry him. She refuses,
he court--martial is held, and her
incle Is doomed to die at dawn, a
ew hours away, when Jess arrives
md decides to be her own avenger
Muller is asleep In his tent. Jes.
'teals upon him. He awakes with a
tart, and seeing Jess bending over
lin, believes it is a visitor from an
1ther world. Stricken with terror,
he goes to his death, unable to speak
Or make motion.
Jess wanders away in the desert
and dies, Neil finds her body. The
troubles of the others are finally
swept away, and Neh and Bess live
happily in their English home, new
II realizing that they owe every
hing to the self-sacrihcing Jess, al
Trough they sincerely mourn her
loss.