AMUSEMENTS

Otaki Mail, 6 September 1920, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

"RIDERS Ol’ THE PURPLE SAGE.' I IN AID OP OTAKI REST RESORT This high-class picture is to I?" j shown oil Friday evening next in a.'d , of the funds of Otaki’s rest resort, am' it is to lie hoped all residents will 1 make a point of attending, or at least buying tickets. Besides an evening’s genuine enjoyment, money will be is Red to beautify the town and establish a memorial to our fallen heroes. The synopsis of the famous picture is as follows:—Lassiter, a Texas Ranger, returns home to find that his only sister. Millie, whose married name waBrno, has been carried oil' by memberof a sect to which she had been con verted. Doubting that stic eloped willingly. Lassiter leaves the Ranger, and follows her trail, obtaining evi ilern-e that she has been abducted an'' s livid prisoner. Everywhere his cllorts w. find her are blocked, but finally tintrail leads to Cottonwoods, on the Vtah border. Lassiter calls at Wither- - steen’s. where his sister was last lieaid from, to find men about to admiuisli-i a whipping to a rider, Venters,- whom they suspect of courting the heiress to the groat estate. Lassiter interferes, and in terorr at his very name —for he is known throughout the territory as a deadly gun-man—the men abandon their prisoner. Eventually he and .lan" Witliersteen fall in love. Rustlers have boon stealing the Witliersteen iat tie, and Venters goes on a lone N'out after them, while Lassiter takes 'ids place as manager of the ranch. Venters ventures through Deception I’ass and discovers the lair of the rustlers, who are led by a mysterious | Masked Rider. Shooting from ambush, { Venters is shocked to find that the Masked Rider, whom he wounds seriously. is really a beautiful young gill. Me takes her to a cave and eventually nurses her back to life—and love. Meanwhile Lassiter has been shown the grave of his sister by a girl, who temporarily baulks his vengeance by appealing to his chivalry. She has adopted a little orphan girl named Fay Larkin, whom Lassiter takes under his protection, and when Fay. too, is abducted, his rage breaks loose. Invading a stronghold of religions fanatics, takes summary vengeance on Dyer, the •'proselyrer’' who abducted his sister, and in another thrilling light . v.itli tin? rustlers, he rescues Fay Lar- j kin. Together they flee through Deception Pass, where they meet Venters and the “Masked Rider.” whom Lassiter recognises as his sister’s daughter. Bess. Bator Venters and Bess ride east to be married, but Lassiter’s es-

v;ilit: is cut till' by pursuers, led by { Elder Tull. Climbing' tlie cliffs above Reception Pass. Lassiter and Jane find a narrow cleft leading into a pocket canyon, tlie entrance to which i> guarded by a balancing rock, hewn by the cliff-dwellers centuries before for j the purpose of blocking the entrance ■ iainst their enemies. Lassiter exerts ui« mighty strength and tumbles the , missive rock down on Tull and his fol- j jlovers, burying them in the rocks pass, which is now closed to all pursuers or , * h traders until "The Rainbow ,j. Trail, >’ a sequel picture soon to be. J pioduced, opens a new road. . „ CSiJ- —"“ _ ~ T _ si ' fine programme will be submitted . , ' v.onov night, when "The hiiduigh- j It a,;;. " will be the star item. The tain support will be "Between Hv.ven and Earth," being the 11th *j tgi-ode of “ Wolves of Kultur. ’’ Both ■ S’a-v will be highly interesting.