Show CAST UPON THE the tol follo lowing wing is but a arief synopsis of tins this great play to I 1 be be produced tomorrow to morrow evening r by the 11 D co in this city from the rehearsals had wo we can bespeak a treat for tile the lovers of the drama mr thorndyke is a retired merchant of large for fortune forseter for sacr al years prior to tile the opening of the drama he be has resided in england englard En glaud having in conce consequence quence of nf an unfortunate separated from liis his wife before leaving this country however he settled I 1 upon t her and his daigh daughter ter ella then a child but two years vears of age a bina I 1 il I 1 annuity A few years afterwards ads during his bis sojourn A road he makes a will leaving the bulk of his fortune to frederick Frederie rc norton his confidential clerk and companion while in iii romo news reaches liim him that his wife has fallen to a slow but none tile the less fatal and leara dd h ful K atje antte aari rari grimet r N flud him accompanied by ella and frederick norton at tho the opening of the dr ma a guest at the cataract house the existence of the will wil in england evyland in accordance with avith which frederick would inherit a vast fortune and ana hii hia dau daumit ait r lie le left comparatively penniless in the vent event of his death together with h s failing health pre prey y upon iiii hi mind and lie he determine to lose no time in making r a nw will rein rt ang his daughter to her rights she not realizing ng its fuses to talk about it when handed to her she carelessly deposits in her lathers fathers hat frederick upon learning mr Thorn Thorr dykes idykes anten tent ten iono tiona is confounded confound cd lie he is riot not aware that the second will is already made ile he is determined to assess os sess the wealth lie he has so BO long dreamed of and so EO one evening lie he accompanies mr thorndyke ella and a party of friends iri ends to a 0 spot be jew tile the falls and being left alone the old z gentleman for a moment he avails himself of the unity eunity 1 and hurls linn hini over the precipice into the mad boiling waters beneath norton suspecting the existence of a later will searches among the old gent lemans papers and failing to find the document yet vet fearing that ella may some day discover li scover it decides to have her bar made way wit hand secures the services t of two scoundrels with whom tie lie has bas had previous dealings who agree to perform the work for a stated bum their scheme is however thwart ech I 1 on the I 1 very eve of its consummation by nat gar vin vi n ella gradually sinks into tile the wretchedness of poverty at last she phe attempts suicide by jump jumping ingin into the river she is a again n ain rescued by nat garvin who las has returned from australia a wealthy man frederick norton who has possess ed cd himself of mr Thorn Thorndyke dykes a wealth is to give an all entertainment nat persuades ella to meet him birn there norton in the extremity of despair commits suicide nat explains how lie he found the will floating down the river below the falls falla ju ii a hat ser a I 1 years before ife he and elli exchange vows of betroth dept thus tile drama closes with a happy lial denouement |