The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-20
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Ticturized for William Fox, Count Leo
Tolstoi wrote what is admittedly his
greatest and most powerful book. In
fact it may be said to have echoed its
message round the world of thought.
exceptionally dramatic, it makes a
magnificent vehicle for the famous Bet
| ty Nansen, who is starred in it.
Prince Dimitri Nekluhoff (William
J. Kelly comes to pass the Easter hoi-
DAYS with his aunt, Countess Sophia
| Ivanova (Anne Sutherland). He is a
dashing young officer, good looking,
spirited and full of the joy of life. Ke-
tusha Maslova betty Nansen}, a beau
tiful young peasant girl, comes to the
house of the Countess with a letter of
introduction. The butler takes her let
ter and gives it to the Countess 1t in
forms her that Katusha will enter her
service as her companion. The Count
ess receives Katusha graeiously and as
| the girl is leaving the room with her
they encounter Dimitri.
The countess assures Katusah that
she viii be a second mother to her, and
Dimitri pats her on the shoulder as in
kindly pity. In the meantime, Simon
son edward JOSEF, the superintendent
of the Countess estate, has been found
by Selenin Tseharvianski, the manager
OF the Countess affairs, instructing the
peasants and educating them in his
spare time. Selinin roughly tells him
that "education be damned, they are
here to work-the Dogs Selinin
loses his pocketbook and suspects that
Simonson stole it. Simonson has found
the pocketbook, but returns it, and Sc
linin promptly discharges him. Katu
sha sympathizes with Simonson and
after the old man has left, Dimitri dis
covers her crying. He asks her what
the matter is, and he consoles her, tell
ing her that for her sake he viii take
Simonson into his own service.
Ivan Shonbock (Arthur Hoops), a
young aristocra' is a bosom friend and
brother officer Uf Dimitri.
Some time has passed since Katusha
entered the Countess service. Shon-
book and Dimitri are ordered to the
front.
That night, Katusha is kneeling and
praying in her bedroom, when Dimitri
enters She tells him that he mus.
leave the room at once. But after n
slight struggle Dimitri clasps her in
his arms and their lips meet in a cling
ing fiubid dNt. Ht HtAb udF DliullTl
and Shonbock say farewell to the
Countess and to her household, and as
the sleigh dashes down the driveway,
the last sight that Dimitri has of Ka-
tusha is her tear-stained face, GAZING
sadly after him from an upper window.
The weeks pass Dimitri and Shon-
book find that sudden switch in the
plans of campaign has resulted in their
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visit the Countess.
Dimitri and the indulgent Countess
90 to her library so that she can write
him a check, as his funds are low This
leaves Shonbock and Katusha alone to-
gether Shonbock treats her with an
easy familiarity and the insolent az
miration of an aristocrat toward a de-
pendent. He INDUCES in several coarse
familiarities and is about to embrace
her when Simonson enters the room
Simonson fixes Shonbock with a glance
and Shonbock turns away discounted.
Katusha leaves the house and hastens
down the road to a point where she
knows that she can intercept Dimitri
as he and Shonbock ride away fl ON the
mansion. Katusha tearfully demands
of Dimitri what is going to become of
her.
. He presses a hundred ruble note into
her hand, and Struggling his shoulders,
rides off. She looks after him and then
at the money that she has crushed in
her elasped hand Suddenly she reels,
and falls unconscious on the snowy
road. Simonson enters and carries her
unconscious form into the mansion.
Months elapse. Katusha has fed from
the mansion Of the Countess to hide
her shame and her child has died. As
the years pass Katusha learns the
shady side of life and finally she ac-
cepts the offer of some fashy women
friends that she has made, to be in
troduced "to some rich giys from the
country. !" They have a hilarious time
and the corks pop furiously. Jaeobv,
who is the wealthiest of the party, be-
comes wildly intoxicated Katusha
wishes to leave. but Jacoby holds her
back. She is furious at first, but when
he gives her his big diamond ring, she
agrees to share another bottle with
him. One of the other girls SAYS to Ka-
tusha, while handing her a powder.
"Put some of this stuff in his wine
and he II go to sleep like an OK, AMI
we II be able to get away
The next day, while Katusha is still
sleeping off the debauch of the night
before, the police enter her room. They
discover Jaeobv's ring and also the
remainder of the sleeping potion. She
: is arrested, and thrown in a cell with
the female scum of the city.
Dimitri. by a strange and grim turn
If fate is summoned to serve on the
Jury that is to try Katusha. She is
found guilty of giving Jacoby the poi
son with intent to kill. and is sentenced
Cor life 70 the mines of Siberia.
Dimitri, whom the wears have chang
ID from thoughtless young officer
into thinking man, is a prey to bitter
remorse. He realizes that il is through
his act that Katusha has sunk to such
a depth of degradation. He visits the
prison and begs Katusha TO let him re
pair the wrong he has done her Nv
making her his wife. She furiously de