Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-28
MODERN DRAMA Of
LOVE AND FINANCE
IN PLAY, SAMSON
THE CAST

THE CAST
Maurice erachard
Mr.. William Farnum
Marie Brachard Ills Wife) .........
............. Miss Maud Gilbert
Marquis D'AndeIine (Her Father) -.
.............Mr. Edgar Davenport
Marquise D'AndeIine (Her Mother) -.
...............M Miss Agnes Everett
Max D'Andeline Tier .Brother) .....
............ Mr.. Harry SpinsIer
Jerome Govaine ~(fdventurer and Duel
list .......... Mr.. Charles Guthrie
Elise Vernette (His Fiancee) ........
............. Miss Carey Leigh
NJ. Deveraux (erachard's Confidential
MANI ........ Mr.. Geo. De Carlton
The Paris Bourse heaves and with.
e3 in the commissions CT a mighty mon.
ey panic. Egyptian Copper, urged by
some mysterious, unseen hand, has
rushed downward like a plummet till,
amidst a hoarse uproar, failure after
failure is announced. Men who two
hours before could write their
cheques in six figures, face financial
beggary. Yet only the day before,
Egyptian Copper, under the magic
wand Of Maurice Brachard, the great
est nnancier in France, reached its
zenith. Suddenly in the midst of the
seething, cursing multitude, hoarsely
believing its rage and bewilderment,
appears the dishcvelled figure of Bra.
chard himself. In a flash the crowd
PUSHES" the man it blames for the
downfall of Egyptian Copper. Borne
down, bleeding and bruised, Brachard
fights off his assailants. By brute
strength he fights his way to his auto
mobile. He is whirled, with torn gar
ments and battered face, to his home.
His wife, Marie, meets him with a
glance of contempt. But Brachard in
wardly r%ejoices, for he knows that in
smashing the market and running him.
self he has crushed also Govaine, the
polished libertine who has tried to de-
bauch Brachard's wife. ....
The me:eoric career of Maurice Bra
chard begins on the docks of Toulon.
His father is a drunkard of Thieves
Alley. His mother a slattern. In such
surrounding Brachard grows to mans
estate as a dock laborer. His giant
strength makes him a man Of mark
among his companions. One day he
hears a street preacher %expounding the
scriptures. His theme is the story of
Samson. 1t kindles a spark Of ambi-
ton in the dock laborer. Hi british.
loutish soul is fired. He. has saved
a little money. With it he buys a
cargo of junk. He sells it at a profit.
He turns this stroke of business to
further advantage by acquiring a rick
ETY. old steamer. He trades this in
turn for a cargo Of copper. Midas.like,
good fortune attends his every ven
ture. He finds himself with Paris at
his feet. True w%orshippers of the
Golden Calf, smart society takes
brawny, uncouth master of millions to
it's heart. He meets the Marquis D.
rAndeline, a needy old aristocrat who
is almost at his ropes end. Brachard,
with all the rugged force of his primi-
tive nature, falls in love with Marie
Louise D'Andeline. She loathes Bra
chard's unpublished, boorish appear
ance and manners, the inheritance of
his dockyard days. But to save the
honor Of her debt-hounded parents she
consents to wed him. But Brachard
and she must be married in name only
is the condition she imposes.
Govaine, the polished libertine and
duellst, subtly f%ascinates Marie. He is
a constant visitor at Midas's house
and, like the rest of the parasites sur
rounding Brachard, profits hugely by
the shrewd financier's market tins.
All the time he makes secret love to
Marie Louise. She consents to an as.
s%ignation with him, at a fast supper
party, on a night when, she believes,
her husband has gone to London on
a business trip. She tears herself,
sickened and revolted. from the or.
gy, only to find that the trip was a
trap. Brachard is 'grimly waiting for
her when she arrives home. Through
Elsie Vernette, Govaine's c~ast-off
sweetheart, Brachard hears of the
supper party. He swears to be re.
venged on Govaine. But his hands
are apparently tied by the fact that
hecannot handle sword or pistol.
Govaine is an expert with both.
decides like Samson of
old, to publ down the Temple of Gold
about him and, although he himself
will be ruined, crush Govaine in the
titanic downfall. Imprisoning Co.
vaine in a room he forces the duel.
jst to e his fortune wiped out.
Then, after exercising his giant
strength or the man who has
wrecked his happiness. Brachard Wis.
its the Bourse. But Marie. who has
despised the former dock-laborer in
his strength, loves him in his down.
fall. Amidst the ruins of his fallen
temple Brachard exclaims as she
seeks his side:
AT last! At last! Ny hour has
comet"
Tonight only at the Bismarck
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