The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-06-10

goes to Graystone Gables. There
David appears on the scene and res.
cues her from her step-brother, S
Weed. The play ends with the wed.
ding of Betty and David.
George Beban in "The Pawn Of Fate. =
George Beban, recognized as the
greatest impersonator of Italian and
French character roles on the present
day stage, will be seen at the Gem
tomorrow in the new World Film Cor
poration's feature entitled, The
Pawn of Fate" Following is a sym
opsis of the story:
Pierre Dufrene and his wife Mar
cine live contentedly on their pic
turesque farm in Normandy, France.
With Pierre's old father to aid them,
they pursue their simple rural lives,
as wholesome and happy young cou-
pie as could be found in the province.
While romping through the mea-
sdeWs, Mareine stunables upon Lesar, a
young painter from Paris, who is
sketching at his easel. Pierre, in pur-
suit Of his wife, finds her and Lesar
picking up the scattered parapher-
MALTA with which she had collided.
This is the beginning Of the ro-
nance. Lesar, who is wealthy
Partisan and dabbles in art on the
side, is attracted by Pierre's pretty
wife. He returns to Paris for a few
days, leaving his painting materials
in Pierre's keeping.
Pierre, who has become deeply in
terested in watching Lesar at work,
conceives the idea that he too can
paint. With Marcine as his model he
daubs upon one of Lesar's canvasses
crude portrait, which to the simple,
unframed ideas of Marcine and
Pierre's old father, appears as mar
velous work of art.
Lesar returns to find the little fam
lily imbued with the idea that Pierre is
a potential genius. The INSCRIPTIONS
young Partisan sees the humor of the
thing and also chance to make
Pierre's artistic ambition the means
to successful elimination of his in
terest in Marcine He induces Pierre
and Marcine to come to the city as his
guests. They are established in
luxurious quarters and Pierre en-
Enthusiastically begins what he hopes
will be picture that will make him
famous. While Pierre labors at his
canvas, Lesar pays insidious suit to
Marcine, who slowly but surely finds |
herself drifting under the spell of the |
young Parisian's charms and the bril- !
liancy of the gay Partisan life, Of |
which Lesar is giving her her first |
wonderful glimpse. -s--
At last Pierre's great picture is |
finished and Lesar arranges, as the
climax of his joke, to unveil the can
vas at big party to which he invites
all OF the wits and gay jewellers of |
his Partisan circle.
Lesar works the hoax to it's climax
with malicious cruelty. Suspecting
nothing, Pierre is led to the yelled
painting and proudly draws aside the
draperies, disclosing his crude and
ridleuious attempt to paint rural
landscape. The peals of laughter and
satirlcat comment come as d terrific
snoek to the poor peasant-painter, and
ne undergoes all the tortures of bitter
!. 10 add to Pierre's fury, when he
discovers that he has been the butt of
q ghastly joke, comes a seemingly
sWelt-.founded suspicion that his wife
mas been as unfaithful to him as his
supposed friend, Lesar. With the
rage OF maddened bull, Pierre
springs upon Lesar and a terrific
agnt ensues, ending with Pierre the
VICTOR and Lesar apparently in a dy-
ing condition.
], plelre rushes forth and staggers
through the streets Of Paris in des-
paf' de attempts to bolster up his
courage with absinthe and is about to
IN sha II all by leaping into the Seine,
Mnen arrested and taken back to
Lesar's apartment.
although desperately wounded.
a,sas, aJas@f, eonsclencc-strickcn by the re-
san spl o. his scheme, confesses to Pierre
na saae ms alone is the guilt, and forces
aa aasrre to believe in Marcine,s inno-
aehes. ael In a scene of powerful pathos
ena ena.p aeep heart interest, comes the re-
oS;nciiiatlon ANY between Pierre and Mar
sAlG In THAR old |,