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Show , . AT THE LYRIC ?- TONIGHT The substitution of Bruco McLean for Stephen Pachmann on a business i trip to Mexico led to tho trouble. ' Stephen, n young mining engineer' receives a commission to examine n' mine In Mexico. J HI" ounB wife la very apprehensive apprehen-sive and her fear9 arc shared by her brother, Bruco McLean. When. I Stephen la about to cross the border' Bruco overtakes him in a frontier' hotel. There Bruco persuades Stephen Ste-phen for tho sako of his young wife to turn the undertaking over to him. I Bruce on arriving nt Pledro Blan-i co, a small Maxlcan town, poses as Stephen, using Ills name ana pass-' ports. As ho stands talking to tho" American Consul, n wonderfully beau-tlful beau-tlful Spanish girl passes and cnptl- ivntcit Bruco with the fascination of herglancQ. A Casttllan flirtation leads to a garden tryst and tho heart of Paula passes Into Bruce's keeping, Bruafs attentions to Paula nwnken the intense in-tense Jealousy of Emlllauo Pacheco, tho .guerilla lcnd?r who nlso Is madly mad-ly in lovo with Paula. Paula loathes j him i j Pacheco fixes Bruce's guide and by treachery Bruco Is captured on tho -trail to tlia mine. Pacheco holds ihlro, for ransom. Tho news Is flashed to the United I Stntcs that Stephen la held and his I lfo hurries south with tho monoy. Beforo her arrival Pacheco lnfoims i Paula that Bruco has a wife and that blio Is coming. I patching as tho supposed wlfo klasqs her brother, Paula's Spaulbh . i blood plans revenge and sho Ujtuiys ; her plot to release Bruco. f. Recaptured as he breaks for liberty, lib-erty, Bruce is condemned to death. The fatal morning breaks but Paula j who -has found out that tho supposed! wlfe.?ls truce's sister, pleads for his llfo. Pacheco agrcca to uparo tho i gringo, on tho one condition and Paula In despprntlon as tho hour of execution draws nenr agrees. After freeing her lover she returns thnt? night to Pacheco to pay, but fato. changes tho decree. This picture runs ngaln this afternoon after-noon and evening nt the Lyric. |