AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 July 1923, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

.MONDAY’S PROD RAM MIN At tlii* Princess Theatre on Monday a great story of I.lie north, “Snowblind," will he presented. Tise story shows Hugh Oarth, a man of learning ami sor-ial position, warped in mind as well a» in body on itmjunl of his ugliness of form and features kills the brother of the woman’he loves when he is laughed at for asking; for the sister’s hand, (nirth flees to the Canadian Northwest, taking Ids small brother with him and a nurse for the hoy. Although in constant fear of arrest, (Jart 1 1 i> unmolested until his brother lias grown into manhood. Pete then liml- that a circular containing his brother's picture is hanging in the trading post where In' goes to dispose of their furs. Cnrth is morose and treats his brother and Peter’s foster neither with mikindnoss. One day he returns to the cabin, hearing a vomit;

gild in lii>. r:ri-. She lias run away Hum a travelling troupe show and lias been stricken with snmv blindness. Her name is .Sylvia and she clings i lum'lv to the man who has saved her lid . Canh tolls her t.lial Pole is an overgrown liny nl fourteen and that Holla, the voting man’s foster mother is old and repulsive. The limited man is overcome by Sylvia's gratitude and falls in love with her. He has a gift lor making pretty speeches and wins the blind girl's heart. I’ote is in love with her also, and site adds to Ills misery by treating him as a hey oi il and bestowing caresses upon him. When she regains her eyesight and sees her companions in their true colours, her heart Itirns to Pete. Garth turns to Hella, who Inis always loved him. and logether they take it ratine and escape into the wilderness