Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-25
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Sir Anthony Elliott, an artist, is Sc.
crelly engaged to Gilmore Vane At
the same time that Anthony gets a
letter from his brother Paul, that he
is coming to London for visit, Eli
more gets word that her friend Nina
is to pay her visit The arrival
of the two guests is marked by fes-
tive event.
Paul, who has been in the military
in India, produces a ring which he
says was given him by {: dying Indian.
The ring contains vial filled with
the sleep of death. Lady Rosamund,
mother of the young man, allows the
ring to be placed on her finger.
Subsequently, while the four are
out on a Notwithstanding trip, An
thony rescues Nina, who has fallen
over cliff and caught in protudins
snag. In consequence Of the rescue,
strong friendship is engendered be-
TWEEN Nina and Anthony. On tn other
hand, as warm a friendship has arisen
between Llinore and Paul, much to
Anthony's discomfort. Upon question
ing her as to whether she has told
Paul of her engagement to his brother,
Gilmore tells Anthony that she has not
mentioned it to him. Rather than
cause breach in the family, Anthony
countenances the love affair Of PauI
and Gilmore, and they are married.
In a short time Paul becomes
gambler, and Gilmore realizes that her
path is not one of primroses. In his
bachelor apartments in London, An
thony is visited by Nina, who admits
her great love for him, and implores
him to take her to America with him.
manifestation of her affection for him.
She sacrifices all her pride in the
He repulses her, however and hearing
Gilmore approach, directs her quickly
into the next room. Gilmore enters and
tells Anthony how unfaithful Paul has
been to her and asks him to take her
to America with him. Anthony re-
fuses fatty Gilmore then uses invec'
tive language, and a paperknife, which
Anthony has been handling, stiffens
in his hand. Nina gives a startled
scream from behind the door where
she has been watching through the
keyhole. She decides to get even
with Anthony and accuses him of the
murder of Gilmore Anthony is ac-
cordingly sentenced to death for muir
der, and is found dead in his cell the
morning after the trial.
Lady Rosamund leaves part of the
Castle to Dolores Edgerton and her
mother. One evening, Dolores sees a
gondola on the lake near the Castle.
and curious to know who is IN II,
she investigates and discovers a Sc
cret compartment under the Castle,
| occupied by a man., an artist. She
tells no one and visits the place sew
eral times. Eventually, Anthony, for
it is he, tells her how he was given
the sleep of death by Lady Rosamund
in the prison, and how he was aWak-
enad and rescued, after prison physi-
clans had pronounced him dead. DO
lores, now in love with Anthony,
through stratagem, gets a co 1fes-
sion from Nina that it was Ell more
who killed herself, and Anthony IS
once more a free man.
An interesting phase of this power
ful story is the attitude of Nina and
Paul toward each other after they
have met Dolores at the Castle, and
Paul has become infatuated with Do
lores. The story is the quintessence
of power, picturesqueness, and ORA
matte artistry.
The House of Lost Court will be
screened at the matinee and night per-
formances only, today.
Mary Pickford, the supreme favorite
of the screen, whom the Ladies World
| rooaptly tarmod tho most OODlllar girl