The north Mississippi herald., 1920-01-16
At GRAND THEATRE
MONDAY, JAN. 19
Delightful Story Is That of the
Iaplay "A Daughter of
Old South" Starring
u,ine Frederick.

4 goung and beautiful Creole girl,
po.as Jardine, is betrothed by her
;igrandmother 10 Pedro de Alvarez, a
wealthy Spaniard. Pedro goes to
South America on a business trip
sand in his absence Dolores resents
living like & nun amid the worn and
eaded splendor of her ancestors and
She rebes against her forced mar
riage. She angrily insists upon her
right TO choose her own husband.
Dolores is praying before the altar
+ St. Joseph's Church for husband
after her own heart, when she be-
comes vaguely conscious of strang-
.r entering the church. She turns
md meets Richard Ferris, a young
4oyelist, and in him Dolores believes
She beholds the answer to her pray
ers. Ferris is attracted by her beauty
and they soon became acquainted.
Meanwhile, Pedro returns from
South America and when she meets
Dolores she displays visible re-
ssen+ment Dolores prompts her
grandmother to put Pedro off from
.sav to day, meanwhile meeting Fer
ia c,andestinely whenever she can.
e has taken an old stone cottage
avond the church and there they
end many wonderful hours togeth-
Ferris often thinks with Wry
ace of Lillian Hetherington, an
heiress whom he has left behind in
ew York. He finds Dolores q rare
thern tvpe for the heroine of his
novel and he allows no former
.hment to stand IN the way OF
meeting.
hile all this is going on, Lii
appears suddenly, she having
n Anied her father south on
mess trip. They arrive at the
1otel where Ferris is staying
sight of her revives his old
to the degree that he treats
coldly. Dolores sees Fer
Lillian together and over
" avowals of love. She
,lots to poison Ferris a
.,ortunity.
:isaks Lillian and shcwi
which Ferris had glyei
.e bids Lillian cone {,
JIa Stone cottage that night
re Ferris is to meet her fol
last time. From her place OF
ealment, Lillian witnesses tbs
r-like scene between her riva
fiance, who, on seeing Dolores
sed in magnificent wedding
a aof her grandmother's, presid-
| ing over a luxuriant feast Of wine
and Creo,e delicacies, which she has
spread in the candle-lit study, is
quite charmed by the girls witch
like beauty. While Ferris is locking
elsewhere Dolores empties the CON
tents of a vial marked poison" in
to Ferris's wine. He drains the
glass and with a mocking laugh she
filings the empty vial on the table
! ibefore him and announces that she
! has encompassed his death.
! Mad with fear, Ferris staggers
J about the room and, finally sinks
IN terror at Dolores feet, begging
Tho. to save him. She agrees to
do 10 on condition that he marry
| her, and this he promises to do;
Conscious that Lillian has seen and
heard everything, Dolores announces
that the alleged poison was pure
water and that she had merely adopt
ed this ruse to bring Ferris to her
[ feet and to show Lillian the sort OF
sccundrel he is. Lillian turns from
/ him SEX with loathing.
Dolores makes her escape into
lonely grove and is about to stab
herself when Pedro takes the dagger
from her. He tells her that the past
S forgotten, avows his love and
lraws her to his heart. With a
weary sobbing cry, she yields to his
/ embrace.