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Show W. S. HART -AT THE LYRIC FRL& SAT. An unusual Interest Is attached to) tho first photodrama featuring Wll-, Ham S. Hart as an lnce-Artcraft star, , which will bo seen at the Lyric on Friday nnd Saturday, for this story, "The Narrow Trail," was written by t tho famous Interpreter of the Wild, West himself, who built It around a series of narratives told hhn by a friend of the early pioneer days. j Hart recently made a whirlwind transcontinental trip. He had visit- f ed nnd received ovations In sixty t towns and had passed through more than hnlf tho states beforo heading toward tho coast nnd his beloved ranch. As tho limited was rushing through tho Dnkotas, many things BVSSlA i Hlliypi H DJirwsnrlElV m J) N AUTCeT PKTylt U passed through Hart's mind, for It was In tho Dakotas, then Dakota ter-( rltoryt that tho first fifteen years of , his llfo wero passed. . Tho train mado fow stops, but halted for several minutes nenr Standing Rock In tho heart of the Bill Hart country and close to the first flottloment his father had lived In. When tho train moved on it carried from tho waysldo ptatlon nn extra passenger, a tall, rangy, weather-beaten old gentleman who looked as though ho might havo been the earliest and last of tho pioneers. Ho camo ambling through tho cars, peering into the faces of tho passengers passen-gers and plaintively inquiring if "young" Bill Hart was aboard. Tho aged man was Richard Waln-wrlght, Waln-wrlght, who know Hart's fathor well, nnd had given Bill his first lesson In horsemanship. Wnlnwrlght was a I dashing cowpuncher In tboso days and was tho boy's ideal and model. I It was from this meeting, with its stories of tho early days, that "Tho Narrow Trail" was evolved. Hart, on his return to tho coast, spent his hard-earned vacation In Jotting down theso nnrratlvos and weaving Into them a wealth of dramatic fiction. Thoro Is in the plcturo much that Is of historical valuo as n record of tho time, which, although recent, lias become almost a dream of tho past. And thoro Is much of the real William S. Hart In It. I. i o-a |