Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-11-19
The Rex

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The program at the Rex to-day il
the Lubin masterpiece "The Wolf
in six parts by Eugene Walter.
When Jules Beaubien's father
J died, the young man found himself
heir to the stout old mans on al
Montreal and a big fortune. On his
death bed his father had made 9
confession, that twenty years age
he had met squaw of the Ojibway
tribe and that a girl child was born,
Old Beaubien's last words to bis son
exacted promise that the boy would
find his half sister, educate and care
for her and give her a liberal share
of the estate. AS soon as affairs
could be settled up Jules started on
his quest to find Annette. Arriving
in the Nipissing country he found
that the family had moved from the
valley, but he was informed that a
woodsman, Baptiste LIE Grande.
could tell him all about the girl, as
he had been her sweetheart. He
had loved the girl with all the
strength of his rough manhood, but
a city man had came along and
betrayed her.
]. He told Jules that the seducer had
abandoned the girl and gone back to
America, Annette knowing she was
disgraced ran away from her foster
parents and wandered to The camps
where the women of the trappers
tried to care for her. she became de-
lirious but she mentioned the mans
name. When her child was born she
wandered out into storm and with
her baby in her arms laid down in the
snow and died, and the wolves had
eaten her and the child. The rage
of Jules and Baptiste was terri
BILE. They joined hands and swore
to find this man and kill him. In
the Indian summer Jules and Bap-
tiste put up at MacTavish's house.
Two other men arrived, Mr.. Nc
Donald, a civil engineer and his as
sistant, Mr.. Huntley, who were sur
veying for Canadian railroad. Nc
Donald was a splendid specimen of
physical manhood about forty years
of age and very entertaining. His
ability at his profession has made
him rich and with all he was a man
of courage and likeable.
MacTavish's daughter. Hilia. q
strong and beautiful girl Of Swedish
type. did the cooking and house.
keeping, ard it was not surprising
that M Donald and Jules soon notic-
that each were contrasting for the
smiles of the Scotchman's daughter.
Soon the rivalry between Jules and
Mcdonald became an open book.
Jules loved Hilda while the othtr
man was simply playing for a dis
honorable advantage. Oae day the
m IN admitted their rivalry face to
face. Jules wa, willing to play the
game fair. but demanded Of Nc
d maid if his inteations were honest.
The roue laughed at the other mans
face, admitted that he had wife in
America. but be asted of his power
over women. la his bravado he told
of an sffs'r some years ago with a
little half-breed girl up in Nipissing
county. It was the story OF Annetta.
Jules should have kill d him on the
spot. but one impulse prevented. he
was aman Of honor. he could not asses
sinate, he must fight this fend, man
to man, and it would be before the
ay had spent. Tn n he must also
tell Bsptiste who would also want to
k him. which he would II jules
fell ia the fight. McDJna'd told
MacTavlsh that he had good moth
err in America that would care fol
and educate Hilds. and that then he
would marry her. The old Scotch
man demanded Of her that she
wouli go with Mcdonald. Hilds
had learned to love Jules. Wceu
MscTavish ordered her to go with
Nc Donald. she resisted. the old mar
In bic rage wopld have ssissd her BY
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