'THE MINER'S DAUGHTER.'

Evening Star, Issue 7403, 24 December 1887, Page 4

'THE MINER'S DAUGHTER.'

I*b Princess's Theatra on Boxing Night, Is thus d*S»ibS by the Melbourne «ih•—"A >bibuloM digger, 'Old Smith' {tuj.fi. j*sj *r&^y™aifehl«i<!HabJMlssCartfo . sffiffiodfiij af an El Dorado dlgrings. Vuba Bffl f£»rt I*»Pold)arrivea with a lady bearing the n*meof Mr»«mVUi (Miss Helen Fergus), whose ante. ■,. < oodentMeeittipoiewhatvagTie. Subsequenteventsshow„ tffiSlhe iWanivalhas had some previous oonneotkn vSh a vfflamous Mexican character, Pedro Walters (Vr P'Ofsay Ogdeni and ithese two. form the, 1 plan 'it murdering old Smith, whose prospeotlng, . i ajfoi protracted non-success, haa Just yielded splendid results, the adventuress, alter the murder of Smith, is to announce henell as his wife, claim his fortune, ■■•Sl.take nsossession of his daughter Mab, who Has , artoarenlly no recolleoUon ol her. mother. Thei plot , t Stbe murderlsoommitted,althou«bolbeerved f aetor (Templeton/ake), Mr John Forde. Suspicion is fastened on the Htodnnater (HrT. Stuart), who Is in love with Mab, He4B .\ta«d,.la tfrough and "d .is rc,l manded to a properly constituted Court, but during. Kght;wKen'hVlß confined In the digging.i Cou>t-, bousef Walters endeavors to burn the down, soene and a reallstio fire, the wU»neflS?e^ueTby the bravery and personal exerISTMab/The Mexican Walters and his partner, the seuXued Mrs Smith, apparently succeed in obJ3vV»*»l<>* «« old property and. to enjoy it lot severaLyoajs. - Mab grows up and makes g»at i *«** labor education. The denouemeiit, howevfer" ~ feiut place. Mab appears at the resldenoe of WaJtors and Mrs-Smith, and with the assistance ol her old friends-the Judge and Yuba 8111-and on the ' ovfaenoeM* Templeton Fake (who witnessed the, -, murdu) denounces the perpelMtor, who Is handed ' oserlta jusUde. Mrs Smith is forced to retire fr<m i the mooV: Mab obtains possession, of her property,- ' nhifih she shares, as well as her aft eotlons, with John ' aJaTftha schoolmaster), to the great satisfaction'of WmenW-the Judge and Yuba Bill."