Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-10
AT THE AUDITORIUM.
The Piunderer, With William Farnum,
a Thrilling Romance of the Lure of
Gold.

The first William Fox film produc-
ton, which, as already announced,
viii be run at this house every Friday
and Saturday, will be shown today,
when William Farnum will be seen in
The Plunderer a five-part film version
synopsis of which follows:
Bill Matthews (played by William
Farnun) and his young chum, Dick
Townsend Harry Spingler), halt their
weary burros at a dusty wayside tav-
ern in the foothills Of the mighty Occur
DAlene range. In the fast falling even
ing light Bill points towards distant
towering peak, slashed by deep cross
shaped formation of quartz. The set
ting sun CLEANS yellow on it.
There she is. Dick" exclaims Mat
thews, the Croix Dor, the cross Of
gold. where we're either going to peter
out or become millionaires."
The Croix Dor has been left to Dick
in q strange way. The old mine, long
abandoned, belonged to his father. The
elder Townsend, dying, bequeaths the
mine to Dick. Slade, the surviving
faith enough in the old waters soaked
Croix Dor to stake Dick, a mining
engineer, to 100000 to work the prop
erty till ne strikes the hoped-for moth
er-lode. Dick, with Bill Matthews, his
mining partner, sets out hopefully to
Dick deSpairs; but the indomitable
Bill perseveres and at last they dis
cover an abandoned gallery which
brings them out high on the hillside
They stumble by chance on the site
OF the boulder that almost cut Off their
existence. Near by lies a freshly
hewed sapling that has clearly been
used as q lever to dislodge the big
stone. They realize then that a DELHI
erate attempt has been made to murder
them.
In Goldpan. the mining town ad1oin-
ing the Croix Dor, the partners meet
the woman proprietor of the camps
livefiest dance hail. She is Lily Mere
dith. The Lily" (Nizabeth Eyre). The
Lily is the enigma of Goldpan. Al
though she is engaged in the question
able business Of conducting a hurdy-
Eurdy. no one in that rough community
dares utter word against her char
acter. As for The Lily herself, she is
cold, naughty and disdainful; even to
those who knew her best. Matthews
painfully burns himself rescuing a
dance han girl from fire in The
Ldly's place. His bravery excites The
Li4y's interest. Bill for his part, falls
head over heels in love with the mys-
terious Mrs. Meredith.
Bully Presby's malign influence still
acts against the partners. They face a
strike at the mine brought about by
l11S 106t4SdL1On n0 ul6Q, IN uRIY
mood, desert the mine and congregate
IN Goldpan.
Wdth the strikers replaced by new
men, work at the Croix Dor goes for
ward again. Then the supreme blow
falls. The dam which furnishes power
for the mine is dynamited. Dick who
In the meantime has met and fallen in
love with Presby's beautiful daughter
Joan (Claire Whitney,, from the east
Is in despair. But Bin Matthews takes
to the trail. Pedro, the miscreant who
blew up the reservoir, is traced and
pays the death penalty at the scene Of
his crime. AS he is launched into eter-
nifty he shrieks out blasphemously that
be, at Presbys orders, has made all
the trouble at the Croix Dor Then
comes the partners great discovery.
They find out that Presby has tunnel