The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-03-03
Coming Attractions at the Gem.

"Ihe village vampire.
Sunday-Jane Grey and William
Desmond in "Waifs," and Weber &
Fields in "The Worst of Friends"
Monday-(To be announced.)
Tuesday-"Who's Guilty" Pathe
News, cartoon and fashion reel.
Wednesday-Wilfred Lucas and
Bessie Love in "Hell-to-Pay Austin,"
and Hugh Faye and Claire Anderson
in "she Loved Sailor"
Thursday-Dorothy Gish in "Gret-
chen. the Greenhorn," and Chester
Conklin in "Bucking Society,""
Friday-Lillian Gish in ''The House
Built Upon Sand" and Harry Mccoy
in "His Last Laugh"
Saturday, March 10-Frank Mills
and Edith Reeves in "The Moral
Fabric" and Shorty Hamilton in
"Rough Knight"
Sunday, March 11-Douglas Fair
hanks in 'sThe Half breed" and Ray
mond Hitchcock and Roscoe Arbuckle
in "a Village Scandal"
"Hell-to-Pay Austin"
Billy Austin, central figure of the
thrilling Triangle play, " 'Hell-to-Pay'
Austin" to be shown at the Gem next
Wednesday, is the boss of a big lum-
her camp in the northwest. lie is
known as "Hell-to-Pay" because,
when his orders are not carried out,
that is exactly what happens. He is
a very bitter man, but a just one
withal, and when it comes time for
someone to adopt the little daughter
of the camp evangelist who has lately
died, Austin becomes the guardian
by common consent. The little girls
name is "Briar Rose" and she is the
idol of the camp. Her influence soft
ems Austin in many ways.
One day, there happens into the
camp woman from the east. She
has fine clothes and fine manners, and
poor little Briar Rose is quite captl--
waited. Austin sees the woman, and
is amazed to recognize in her Doris
Valentine, with whom he was once
madly in love. She and her male COM
panion had made him dupe in a
badger game; and in an ensuing quar-
rel he had beaten up the man and left
the place. Doris tells Austin that he
really killed the man, and, in con-
sequence, has for years been fugl-
tive from justice without knowing 1t.
She tells him if he should return east.
he will have to undergo trial and al
most certainly capital punishment.
Then she leaves.
About this time, the boys decide to
give Briar Rose the finishing touches
to her education, SO they send her off
to a school in New York. At this
school are number of snobbish
young ladies, and Briar Rose becomes
so miserable and homesick that she
runs away. It happens that she has
the address of Doris in New York, SO
she goes to her apartment.
Her arrival there is very opportune,
for Doris, much wanted by the police,
is anxious to sail abroad, but is unable
to do 50 through lack of funds. When
Briar Rose appears upon the scene,
however, male companion of Doris
agrees to put up the money and mt her
up place in Paris if she will let him
become something more than the es-
cort Of the little girl.
Austin hears of the whereabouts of
Briar Rose. Completely ignoring the
fact that he believes himself wanted
for murder, he comes at once to New
York. 1t so happens that he is not
wanted by the law at all, for the
man he was told he killed really died
natural death some time later.
When Austin reaches the home Of
Doris, he finds himself in the midst
of a gay party celebrating the expect
cd doxo rt,,ro of naric ovid P,ia,. Roaa
for Europe.
Austin handles this affair single
handed and the outcome is as thrilling
as anything else in a generally excit-
ing course of events.