AMUSEMENTS.
HIS MAJESTY’S PICTURES
Madame Bernard promises an excellent programme for to-night at His Majesty’s, when some exceptionally fine films will be screened. “The Deputy’s Peril” is one of the best of the bunch. Roger West, U.S. Marshal], is sent to the Kentucky hills to trap a band\of counterfeiters. One day in making his round, he meets Bc«s Adams, a rustic beauty who happens to be the daughter of one of the band. The man and the girl are attracted to each other, but Bess sends the Marshall in the opposite direction of the den, and agrees to meet him later. As they part, West picks up a dollar which he discovers to be counterfeit, with this clue he follows-the girl and with the aid of his wire tapper, phones to the local Marshall for help. Looking through a hole in the shack he sees one of the men trying to kiss Bess against her will. He rushes in to protect her,* but is captured and bound. The local Marshall and a posse however arrive and quickly overpower the lawless band, "’West asks the girl to become his prisoner for life. Bess throws up her hands. “Grit of the Telegraph Girl,” “The Cowboy’s Mother,” “The Convalescent,” “Latest Topical Budget,” “Alkali Ike Stung,” and others figure on the list.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9, 15 May 1913, Page 4
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218AMUSEMENTS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9, 15 May 1913, Page 4
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