The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-17

At Bentley Grand Theater Friday
October, l7th.

Inc BurtOnS are q ldWlly Oh
middle class Americans. Their
farm offers them comfortable sub
sistence and the promise of better
things when vast irrigation pro-
ject, under contemplation. is COM
pleted.
The children-Mary, Hamilton
and Paul are at the school age.
Mary, verging on womanhood, is
dwelling in the bright rays Of an
idyi!ic romance with jefferson Ed
wards young New York broker,
who has been seeking health in the
country.
Hamilton is lad of action, Paul
is.a lad Of dreams, timid and retir-
ing. but withal he has courage. as
is proven when at Hamilton urg-
ing, he beats the school bully in a
fierce encounter,
A chance comes to the Burtons to
sell the farm. The alternative is
to hold it for the expected benefits
of the irrigation project. Father
and mother are undecided what
course to take. Mary is for re-
naming. Hamilton dreams Of
power and conquest. He boasts Of
his plans to win them. The farm
is sold and years pass.
Hamilton, now grown, has be-
come power in finance. He holds
the fortunes and even the lives of
hundreds in his grasp.
Paul and Mary are members of
his household, his mother and
father are his pensioners. Paul
has become a mere satellite of his
powerful brother, seeking favors
with the whine of spoiled child.
But Mary has sterner fibre. She
opposes Hamilton stubbornly. 1t
is draw battle until the matter Of
Jefferson Edwards arises,
The young broker has renewed
his acquaintance with the little
mountain girl. now transformed in
to beautiful young woman Of the
great world. They become engag-
ed.
Hamilton forbids his sister to
marry Edwards. She defies him.
He DEGREES Edwards ruin. The
fact is accomplished as are all his
commands.
Others are drawn in Edward 8
downfall. One, an old financier.
VINO faces ruin, loses control of his
reason, draws a revolver and an
nounces his intenti on Of killing
P.rton.
Edwards reasons with him. IN
vain. AS last resort he grapples
with the maniac and seeks to wrest
the revolver from him. 1t is dis
charged. Edwards is killed.
Mary is as one deprived of
reason. She repels her brother,
whom she accuses of murder, as one
might shrink from an unclean
beast.
Meanwhile retribution is form
ing. Hamilton Burton has over
reached himself. Jefferson Ed
wards friends rally for revenge.
The market goes against Burton
and mis- fortune melts away.
In the days Of his success, Ham
ilton Burton had willed to the
spoiled Paul. as calmly as one buys
sweets for a whining child. the
wife Of Len Haswell, his financial
partner. Haswell who up to this
time has nursed his wrong. secretly,
now sees the chance to avenge him.
self. In Burton's deserted Office
the two men face each other. They
fight a bitter, bestial struggle. Its
climax comes when Haswell forces
Burton out through the window
and hurls him to the street. hun
dreds of feet below.
Meanwhile the Burton family
feels the lash of Fate. And sud-
denly the "world of might have
BEEN fades into the land of
dreams, whence it came.
Back at the crossroads Of life,
the true decision is made. Ham
ilton Burton's boyisn folly is over
ridden by soberer counsels. The
farm is retained. With it are COM
fort and happiness. The future
brings the expected competence.
All is order, sanity.
Jefferson Edwards comes to clai m
his sweetheart. We see them re-
turning from their honeymoon to
settle down to a life of tranquil
content.
This beautiful picture will be
shown at the Bentley Grand. Fri
day. October II. Admission Csc
and SOC.
NJ ond Mre Harold Rurns nf