THE GREAT PINK PEARL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1415, 24 November 1886, Page 2

THE GREAT PINK PEARL

Phn Biil’ahy Comely Company open in A.s‘‘'lurton on Thu 1 heabove d raedy, a ketch f which is as follows : Tae Great i iuk. l\a I”iaam n' the '.-.rights*!:.and best comedies er r produced, ft c Qtiiin more of the o’em-mts of rea cim-dy it so “The Ma ictrate,” and is mi.r amu -ngth »u “ The Private Secretary ” The p : o contains original sad startling i .mpl; at ons. The Princess Pen iki ff. a llu «ian lady of high birth, who is ougiged 1 y the Government of the •-zv to iu ri-ne at c urts, »nd among cur a, soddeul)' de ire* to raise 6 Mot> 000 ttancs for p .luteal purposes To obtain th s sum she conceives tbs idea of selling a family jewel, of enormous value, to A. P. Sheen, an American millionaire. S ie sends her personal attendant wi h a letter intend, d fir the millionaire but this by a siupied blonder, ho delivers r A, P. ~>h«en, a struggling journalist out of work, and very nearly our of I'Ome and into g * >l. The unlucky scribe hirtHy knows step to take. He has a dim notion hat, through the mistake, he may put mon> y in his purse, but he does not exactly see how. At this juncture Patooclo Gormani, a fellow lodger, advises the adoption of a daring scheme They wrbe as if ad had gone wed, and, with the intention of ultimately securing a good commission from the millionaire, they proceed to Paris, and there Sheen personates bis namesake, Gormauia has seen ago d deal of the wold At one time he was a singer, but he has changed his profe aion, and now emp'oya himself in the construction of infernal machines a d dynamite clicks—waioh rarely go off when wanted—thus turning to account U.e early training he received in a watch and •lock maker’s establishment when, as plain Pat ick Gorman, he consented to serve an apprenticeship in his native land. Wanted” by the international police for his plana in Russia, be had to leave St Pe eraburg without bidding his friends farewell, but not before he conce ved an absurd passion for the “ Priuc-ss.’’ Her husoan i had refr.g'd to shoot him on the ground that it wou d be offering him too good an adve tis-mant Buoyed up with the hope of again seeing his ideal he helps -'-heed, iu onog him m the ways, real or imaginary, of American milli nia res. (he pair take superb apartments - t the Grand h> tel in Farts, end an interview ia arranged f >r w tn the Princess—(} immi aclog for the nonce aa Sheen’s secretary. The money baa been lodged at toe r.ank by the real Sheen, and all that reman s s for the ex-journalist to gam po-sessmu i f tbe great pink pe ir . Luke other men he has loved Alary Turner, the o ject of his affection, is a pert milliner, and hear ing of hia p-e ip; ce n Paris, she calls at the Grand to mike some explanations. Tbe P mcesa ia about to arrive, and Sheen is in a difficulty. He persuade* Mar» to enter an adjoining ap»ttment, while ie arranges some business ma t<i a The Princess ia Introduced Sheen is nervous and excited, but he contrives to come to an unieraUnd ng as to the advaec*. G rmani’a vanity over masters his cupid.ty, aod rushing in, falls at the Piocess’ f, e vowing years of attachment as an excuse for a wild rhapsody on tbe fair iady’a beauty He has hardly been got, rid iff when the Prince is announced This is the very last person whose presence is desired, for the Prince would not sacrifice the family jewels at any price. The Princess conceals herself while her lord and master chafers ..way to the presumed millionaire about the Russian 6 per cent loan Ti eir talk is interrupted by a bailiff. who has followed .-'been to Paris, determined to exact compensation for wrongful arrest ua a lunatic; that having I been bio ight about by the impecui ions I writer, in order to escape from tbe clutches r f the 'nglish law. . The bailiff is dis. oaed of by ce ting him once more p’aced under arrest —t Is time aa a dynamitard. Miss Tar .«-r escapes from her hiding pi ice, ai d di-c ;vem g the pearl placed on a sid- t.ble by the Princess, she imagines she has found evidence of her lover’s perfidy. To prevent any other woman wearing the precious stone, Miss Turner places it upon her own finger and leaves. The cu* ain falls on a scene of com-oal o 'iifußii n and excitement. The audience i* next introduced to the Russian { embassy at Paris, and still mote co-npii cations arise, un it the pearl is found, and mutual exp'snati ms follow