| Show FRANCIS X BUSHMAN to Be Seen in i an Unusual Un usual Comedy Drama The Te Girl GM at the Curtain Cur Cutain Cu- Un tam tain at the American Next Sunday and ad Mon Mon- day n CA CAST T T OF CHARACTERS Warren Bradley Francis Francs FranC X N. X Bushman Mary arr Burns Ben Beverly Bayne Bayno Brne Her Mother Annie Annio Edne Edney Her Father rank Frank Owens Tho The la Lawyer wet Bobble Bolder PART I. I When hen Warren anen Bradley Bradle a a promising young oun city lawyer learns lerus that there thero is I I a peculiar provision in his uncles uncle'S will which bequeaths him hm half ha of ot a very ver large larse le fortune he loses no co time in finding out the details He e Is to mar marry a distant relative a a young lady whom be he has baa ha never Seep seen In order to lo get get the money mone stet he Is quite quie satisfied fc to marry marI almost almot anybody an- an body but body but b-but but not at so o the young youn ld lady Mary ary Burns a prim and pretty country school schoolteacher teacher with wih quite qute firm fr notions of ot her own spurns the tho proposal and refuses to t have ha E anything to do with him him even en e even no tO o much as 11 s soo seo e him Theu Then you OU will wi marry marr me without seeing me Come This IB is what ho he wires in answer Mar Mary J would Ignore this appeal appel also but for tor tho the distressful financial conditions her ber uncle undo at it tho the time Is plunged C In So she she- goes goca goel to the city and tho the marrIage is performed performed per per- formed with wih the couple standing 8 at t either side of or a a pair pi of curtains and sho she leaves tl Ica without either she ohe or her husband seeing each other However they ther do have havo an un awkward encounter on the street later hater but both arc are unaware of or their relation relation- ship Mary tar returns to the farm nm and eaves M her uncle then she d decides she ehe wants ants to become a n business woman and studies stenography Through a 8 kind kindly old lawyer laYer who rho ho had befriended her in tho city at the time of ot her heT marriage she applies for tor a n. po position This wily old chap has a a. scheme of his own and when Mary arrives at the address s he has sent her she finds herself herselt fees face to face faco aco with her husband PART IL U. ILMan Mars Man 1 la is ushered Into young Bradley Bradleys office b by the young lawyer himself while whilo tho the poor girl Is la struggling with a a. thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand conflicting emotions What a handsome fellow How kind and solicitous solid solid- tous I What an opportunity to study him Yes Yea and there have been other young youn ladles ladies who have thought the same ume thing and one at this moment calls calla Mary immediately finds herself henelt becoming Jealous jealous Jeal jeal- ous and In a panicky moment tries to escape escapa but Is not ucc successful Six months pass and Bradley has fallen ralton In love with his me stenographer Now he deplores that Idiotic marriage for tor money and why on onearth onearth onearth earth doesn't that country school maam ma'am try to get a divorce He decides to write ito and insist on her heT starting suit suitor suitor or ho he win will do so eo himself When h ha he dictate dictates dic dic- tates tate this astounding letter to Mary who of o course is now under an on assumed name a thousand fears tears assail her He wants to get a a. divorce from her hor no so she thinks so ho may nay be able to marry this society woman Eho ho never ne finishes the letter for while he is out of the tho room for tor a 3 moment she seizes her wraps raps an and runs away Later In the tho form of the telegram Th Then n you ou will Win marome marry maro me without seeing me which Bradley finds In Marys Mary's desk tho the young lawyer or I I learns that the tho masquerading stenographer pher Is his wife wire In a few minutes ho is 18 at at her hor nor rooms and has smothered her with kl kisses sp Love came camo In where only onty sordid money moncy desires had been before The little tittle country school maam ma'am knew how to work it The Girl Girt at the Curtain comes to the American theatre tre tomorrow and Mon Mba day The performances will wit be continuous confirm confirm- ous from 12 1 noon to 11 p. p m. m |
