The Washington herald., 1914-05-19
"Footprints of Mozart"

Cast-Stanton, a young musician, Ed.
| Coxen: Ruth, his sweetheart, Winifred
| Greenwood; Ruth's mother. Ida Lewis;
Joseph Allen, William Betram; Mozart.
at age Of thirty. George Field: Mozart's
| wife, Charlotte Burton; a business man,
John Stepping: wife Of old friend OF
Stanton, Edith Borella: a poor neighbor,
Adelaide Bronti; a musician. Harry De
We're.
Stanton was discouraged. Before him
on the table. Uttered with music. manu-
script, lay several competitions of his
that had come back by the morning post,
and little box. open, containing q ring.
Stanton let the note in Mrs. Allerton's
, tall, fashionable writing, slip from his
nerveless fingers. Ruth shall not sacri-
fee herself by marrying a poor man."
He leaned his head in his hands. The
rejected manuscripts were depressing
enough-but now this his engagement was
broken. his last spark of ambition was
suddenly snuffed out.
Weak from insufficient food, he eank
into a lethargy, in which he seemed to
drift out of the body. The bust of Mo-
zart-the one ornament in the bare
room-was speaking to him, and, in
vision. the tragedy of the great COM
posers life was reviewed before his I'M
agination- He seemed to hear Mozart.
with his dying breath singing the Re
quiem," and heavens white-robed choir
welcoming the soul of the composer with
the "GIoria" chorus.
The beauty OF the music reused STAN
ton. Transfigured, he seized his violin,
flung open the window. and poured his
soul into the instrument. A stranger.
passing in the street, paused to listen.
IF that musician wrote what he is
playing" he said aloud. "he is the COM
poser i have been seeking" 4"
"AdveDturex of kathlyn, No. H.,
The captain Of the guards. who was
deposed by UmbaIlah, observes Kathlyn
In a perilous plight in the third balcony
of burning building. and immediately
rushes to Col Hare's residence. inform
ing Bruce and the colonel Of her tragic
position. They rush forward. Bruce
throws up a rope. which Kathlyn fastens
to the balcony. He then ascends and
helps her to come down. They reach the
ground none too soon, for the building
is now a mass of flames and quickly col
lapses.
Prince Umballah goes on his wicked
way, thinking that he has ended the
opposition of Kathlyn by fire, but soon
after reaching his own residence, he 10
informed that his spy. the majordomo.
awaits him. He Is admitted to Umballah's
presence. Believing that he Is near the
end Of his reign. Umballah informs the
spy that the king. whom every one be-
lieves to be dead, is alive and well, but !
has been KEEP. a prisoner by his orders.
He is secluded In hut in the forest. |
closely guarded by Umballah's slaves. |
The majordomo, after receiving this |
startling bit of information, In further |
instructed to return to the palace where |
Ramabai has assumed the throne. and to |
make full and accurate reports of all
that takes place there. The following
day, Ramabai, who does not know the |
real office of the majordomo. gives him
a message to Col. Hare. informing him
that Re intends to arrest Umballah for
high treason. The spy quickly carries
this information to the wicked prince, |
who, in retaliation. forms a plan to pol |
son Ramabai He crushes some supposed
pearls, which are In reality composition
of deadly poison, and gives this powder |
to the majordomo. ordering him to put |
1t in Ramabafs wine cup. At the BAN |
quet that follows, Kathlyn picks up this |
cup by mistake, and is about to drink |
from 1t. when the majordomo. who really |
reverences her sees the necessity for 4
quick action. He snatches the cup from |
Kathlyn's lips and drains it himself, be-
lieving that 1t was his destiny to die. |
because he had failed in his mission. In |
his dying breath. he confesses the plot |
to kill Ramabai; likewise that the king |
is alive. and held a prisoner In jungle
hut. whose location he describes accu-
rafely.
: Wfthy this information, search IL |
started for the king. But q disloyal |
slave at the same time carries the news |
Of the Majordomo's death. and his con-
fession to Umballah, and the latter de-
cides to kill the king rather thsn have
him rescued by l. Hare. and restored i
b the throne. With this purpose In view. II
Umballah starts out on an elephant. II
while Col. Hare, Kathlyn. and party are
already well on their way on horses.
Umbailah, in his haste to cut across II
goes through a dangerous
swamp, 30 that the elephant II mired. II
and he has the great dissafisfaction of
seeing xathlyn and her party ride sbv II
him, hs hslpiess to 20 fogwarl III