University of Nebraska College of Agriculture - Shucks Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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A Shut ltS :SAI :SAI Sveninr lap The play takes place an evening in Richmond during the war of the Rebellion, at a time when the northern forces were entrenched before the city and endeavoring by all possible means to break down the defenses and capture the Confederate capitol. . ' Two brothers, northern spies, enter Richmond. One pretends to be a southern captain, and calls himself Captain Thorne. He comes to General Varney's home trying to get hold of the telegraph lines of the south so that he can send messages to the northern lines. He becomes very much attached to Edith, the general's daughter, and she to him. She hears that he must leave Richmond, so she gets a commission from the President putting Captain Thorne in charge of the southern telegraph lines. Mr. Arrelsford is a suitor of Miss Varney's, and a southerner with a great deal of authority. When he finds Edith is interested in Captain Thorne he tries, and finally succeeds in proving that Captain Thorne is a spy. Old Jonas, a servant at the Varney home, is taken prisoner for carrying a message from the other brother to Captain Thorne. The brother then comes, himself, to give the message to Thorne. He finds they are being watched! and shoots 'himself in order to clear his brother. When Thorne finds he is caught he tells Edith what he is, wanting her to understand everything before he is gone. They are going to shoot him for sending a message unfavorable for the southern army. At the last minute they find he didn't send it, and with the promise of Edith's love, he is taken as a prisoner of war. I Wilfred Varney and Caroline Mitford are the comedy relief. They were engaged, but Caroline breaks the engagement because he doesn't go to the front. He was too young to go, but just when he decides to go anyway, his father sends word that he is to come. Before he gets to the front he is wounded slightly and brought home, but he is Caroline's hero, and the play ends with themiloving each other more than before. The cntirc cast is as follows: General Randolph .... ..,... N . V. Preston Lieut. Maxwell. . . ..... D. L. Pettis Captain Thorne .... .... A . B. Worthman Lieut. Ellison. . . .... J. A. Ring Edith Varney ,.,,, ..... F rances Walters Lieut. Gyrie ,,,... ....... K . A. Tool Mrs. Varney ,.,,,. .... N eta Stilgebouer Henry Dumont, . . ........ D. W. Way Wilford Varney .... ....... E . T. Winter Lieut. Ensign ..... W. W. Butterfield Caroline ......... .,... G enevieve Morris Sergeant Willson .... ...... W . O. Ernst Arrelsford ...... .,.. E . E. Humphries Sergeant Ellington. ...... R. Witt Martha ..... .... R uby Faulhaber Captain Watson. . . . . ,Archie Bloom Jonas .......... ,..... H . D. Boyer Cavalry Orderly .... .... N . P. Ziemann Miss Kittridge ..., ..... A rvilla Kleine Artillery Orderly ..... ..,.. W . A. Morris Lieut. Foray. . . . . .W. A. Nelson Hospital Messenger .... ..... C . G. Nicholson

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