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.Earthbound," the Big Feature Here
Thursday Is Il Sermon to Every
Man-IIlghly Praised by
the Pulpit.

mo God, no sin, no future Ire.
Nothing but the survival Of the fittest.
and every man for himself"
That was the creed that two inti-
mate friends, jim Rittenshaw and
Dick Desborough, subscribed to in
their college days. To bind them
selves to It more firmly they wrote 1t
out in contract form and signed their
names to 1t. But when they sought to
enlist another friend, Harvey Breck,
he refused, and over his signature
wrote upon the fateful page "All tom
myrot." But Dick and Jim lived by
their ruthless creed and achieved
wealth and success--all the material
comforts and luxuries that life can !
offer.
Then came the day when Dick Des-
borough and Jim Rittenshaw's wife,
Daisy, became enamoured OF each
ether. By the creed, Dick ignored the
claims of his own wife and his little
daughter upon him and Rittenshaw,
| too, should have been willing to sur
render to the victor without protest.
But when Jim learned of the duplicity
of his wife and best friend his belief
in the dangerous creed was swept
laway in an overpowering desire for
revenge To prevent Dicks elopement
with his wife, Jim, armed with pistol
sets out to kill his friend at the club
, where he knows Dick has an appoint
ment.
The two men meet on the broad
, stairway of the club. Nonchalantly'
, Dick walks half way up the stairway
, and smiles at Jim with extended hand
inns answer is a shot that brings in
n slant death and Dicks body falls back
ward down the stairs. AS 1t comes t(
1 rest on the floor below the spiritua
- body of the dead man becomes vlslbl
and takes its place beside jim on tn
10 stairs.
~ Dicks spirit, instead of being free
move forward, finds itself earthboun
- and must remain thus until he ha
., atoned for his sins and has worked OF
his problems on earth. From then G
10 the spirit Of Dick tries valiantiy
-, communicate with his broken-heart'
-. wife, with Jim Rittenshaw, who, b
:, cause he does not wish to incrimina
10 his wife has refused to make defen
against the murder charge broug
against him, and with Daisy Rite
shaw, who alone can save Jim by co
Tossing her guilt. But the work is sic
,ur and at times almost hopeless.
n The first to see the spirit of Dick
cir his little daughter, next Harvey Bre
en- becomes conscious Of Dicks preseh
,ad at the club one day and makes nj
ON self ridiculous in the eyes OF the oth
the members by speaking to the spll
len Later Dick appears to DR.. Roger Vi
.er. loway in the church Of which he
ter rector. DR.. Galloway speaks to ID
RS. and tells him that he must straigh'
the ont the trouble he has caused bei'
nts he can 20 on. BY abandoning his S
nts ful desires Dick is made better fit'
es- for the task before him and fina
succeeds in influencing the actions
those with whom he associated III
so that Daisy is moved to make
CO. untary confession before the j
thereby saving Jim's life. But DICK
y' still earthbound and cannot obtaih
u~eu ~ release until he wins the forgiven
'"e of his wife. She is the last to see
%" in the spirit, but when finally she d
my she gives him her whole-hear'ed
eiveness and instantly Dick is set |
.-- to progress in the spirit world and
last that is seen of him Is as he
walking onward toward a new
higher goal.
This great feature will be sh'
n Thursday at the Gem and the Wa
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