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David Belasco's great play OF army
! life and Indian warfare. THE Girl
Left Behind Ne"
The story Of "The Girl Left Be.
hind Me" takes place in and about
Fort Kenyon, lonely frontier outpost
where a small detachment OF cavalry
is stationed under the command OF
Major Burleigh, bluff, hale soldier
the apple OF whose eye is little Dick
his motherleSs son, and the pet OF the
rost. Years before little Dicks moth
er deserted the major for another ar
my officer whose name the major
does not know. But he has carried
on an insistent search for the man
and sworn TO kill him. The erring
wife. cast off by the man who lured
her away has died of a broken heart
some time before In a distant city
without disclosing her faithless lovers
identity.
General Kenyon after whom the
post is named, comes during Indian
summer. to visit and inspect the little
daughter Kate Kenyon. whose engage
ment to Lieut.. Parlow. Major Bur-
leigh's second in command is about
to be announced. Lieut.. Hawkes.
worth. another young officer of the
post also loves Kate and she secretly
returns his affection. Her hand, how
ever, is pledged to Parlow and she
will not repudiate her promise. At a
gay Halloween party a breathless
scout rides furiously into the post.
The Blackfeet have taken to the
warpath," he cries.
II is the fulfillment of threat
made by old Scarbrow, the chief OF
the tribe, some time before, when Ma
jor Burleigh at the behest of the gov
ernment, had forbidden the Black
Feet to hold their immemorial Sun
Dance.
The announcement of the scout
throws the garrison into instant activ-
ity. The women are ordered into
quarters and the men take up the de-
fence at the stockade. But the num-
ber Of defenders is pitifully punny to
oppose the advancing hordes of red
skins ferociously determined to av-
onge their fancied wrongs. Help must
he obtained from Fort Assinaboine,
the nearest fort where there Is al
strong garrison. The task of riding to
secure the needed help, mission that
means almost certain death. is lodged
by Lieut.. Parlow. Hawkesworth then
The bag of dispatches,
telling OF the posts plight, is handed
him by Kate Kenyon, AS she slips
the straps over his shoulders, she lets
her arms llnger there and whispers
II love you"
With Hawkesworth gone the stock
ade is made as strong as possible, Be-
fore another day has passed the war
blood-curdllng battle cries are heard.
Defense Is an almost hopeless task
from the very first. At last It seems
that the end has come. The brave
old general with a white, set face,
hands his daughter pistol, She un-
utISNd us ahu pASpoicS W MIL hSASch
when the garrison falls. But suddenly
n trumpet cali is heard. The Twelfth
cavalry sweep to the rescue driving
the Black Feet, panlc-stricken before
them. Hawkesworth now that Par
lows craven nature is exposed Is ac-
cepted as Kate's future husband Ma
jor Burleigh receives faded minia-
ture from the city where his wife
died, It is the picture OF her betrayer
which has just been found Burleigh
with savage oath recognizes the face
as that of Parlow. He is about to ex-
ecute summary vengeance upon the
wrecker of his happiness when Mar
garet Kenyon, the generals elder !
daughter interposses, Tho Staying Of
Parlow is prevented and ultimately |
the gray-halred major and Margaret
Kenyon find happiness together.