Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-04

tions, pathos and a fleck of humor
here and there. The play proper be-
| gins when Capt Lawrence HoIbrOOk,
free lance and something of an anna
teur detective. discovers that he is in
love with Aline Graham, daughter of
| Gordon Graham lGuy Hitner), the U.
S. district attorney. Graham does not
| favor Holbrook as a son-in-laW, and
is incensed at the appearance of an
article in Q newspaper announcing the
engagement of the captain and his
daughter. ., y StaE
In spite of the annDnnf ernent, which
Holbrook declares he had nothing to
do with, and that it was a put-up job,
Aline Graham withholds her final an
swer to Holbrook regarding her mar
riage with him. Holbrook has an idea
that Judson Flagg tHarold Castle),
divorce lawyer and blaekmailer, is re-
sponsible for the newspaper article,
and is more convinced when he over
hears a telephone ~eonvers alton be-
tween Aline and FIags.-rlt deveiopsy
that Aline some years before had been
/ involved in what she believed was. a
neck marriage, and that she and JUDI
sen are the only persons who know
of the marriage. Judsony2in his black
mailing pursuits, has secured a letter
written by Aline to her former lover,
and Aline goes to Flagg's apartments
at night to secure the letter.
Finding that Alne cannot pay the
money price which. he, asks for the
letter, Flagg attempts to insult The girl,
who, to protect herself, kills the law
yer with letter file. An investiga-
ton of the case BE- detectives results
in suspicion falling on both Aline and
Holbrook. By clever work, sHoIbrook
secures the plates from the dead law
yer's camera which contains picture
of Aline, and he also secures a, box
containing number of letters bought
by the blackmailer, and jewel which
Aline had given the lawyer in her at
tempt to buy her own letter
Aline calls at Holbrooks apartments
shortly after the murder, where she
Is discovered by her father, the dis
trict attorney, and Robert Dempster
Jack Fraser), chief of the secret serY-
ice. In order to save the situation
and prevent the questioning of either
himself or the girl he loved, Holbrook
refers to Aline's secret m marriage" and
announces that he is her husband,
thereby bringing to their assistance
the law which provides that a wife
shall not testify against her husband. |
AT the instance of HOlbroOk a DR..
Francis Elliot is present at the in |
quest over the body of the bIackmailer,
and the final announcement is made
that Flagg was not murdered, but that
he died of heart failure.
AS would naturally be expected, H0l- |
brook, having saved TIE situation asks
once more for the hand OF Aline. and
she confesses to him that she cannot |
become his wife from the fact that the
mock marriage" was a real one, and
that she Is the wife of a certain news |
paper man who had departed to the
Orient some years hence.
Why, l buried that man in Manila:
held his hand as he died" declared
Holbrook, and this revelation brings
the play to a happy ending.
There is food for thought in AT |
Bay" and if the rough places of last |
nights performance can be covered |
over by the Players, the piece will |
prove popular enc. Each member |
OF the cast has a good part and the |
faults of the opening performance were |
most evident in the heaviest parts. |
Louder speaking en- the part Of all I
the members Of the company would +
greatly improve the play
H D. G. /