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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
3
Helen loses her engagement ring and spirals into frantic searches and dread of a bad omen. She lies about the loss to Warren, who discovers the deception at dinner, questions her, and erupts with bitter accusations, threatening the marriage as he declares he would rather end their union.
A young man complains of the noisy chatter behind during an amateur musical. An old gentleman reveals the speaker is his eldest daughter, prompting a lighthearted exchange about ear splitting noise and the performance.
Garrett P. Serviss extols Antarctic marvels as revealed by Scott Amundsen Shackleton and Charcot. He describes the immense ice barrier, floating ice arches, and cavernous formations, the pristine air, unique snow crystals, penguin life, Erebus and Terror, and the sense that the continent once hosted temperate forests and thriving ecosystems.
An aged Scotsman nicknamed Duncan outwits a friend in a spelling bet about the word bird. The boastful challenger wagers a fortune, but Duncan corrects him with a simple spelling and a quick retort, revealing streetwise cunning over formal schooling.
Lysander John Appleton reads the Bible literally and plans to pray in a closet but finds the space blocked by his wife’s wardrobe. Seventeen dresses fill the closet while shoes and garments spill into the room. He laments his wife’s extravagance and fears it costs him Heaven.
A solo English cyclist helping a struggling peasant in Southern France pushes a heavy donkey cart uphill with one hand on the cart and the other on his bicycle. The grateful peasant thanks the benefactor, joking that without two donkeys he would not have made it.
A rural family tussles over a writer father’s laziness and budding tale craft. He defends weaving short stories while mother scolds, as he reveals a melodramatic finished piece about a doomed love triangle ending in tragedy. The tale, titled The Haven, imagines a parson’s daughter, a city wife, and a fast-living man ensnared by dangerous passions. The ending features a fatal lightning strike and a final image of the three lovers dead beneath an old oak.
A police officer explains how his lost whistle caused a choking incident as his child swallows the whistle and coughs, triggering faux chaos. A maid peeks at a visitor, mistaking him for a master. Jimson recalls Simson lending an umbrella during a dark day, and a picayune quip about washing clothes for a child.
Copyright 1913 release notes declare Veiller’s Within the Law is a dramatized property. The novelization is published with his permission. American Play Company holds exclusive rights for representation and performance in all languages.
In a tense scene from a Bayard Veiller stage moment Marvin Dana presents District Attorney Demarest urging Dick to confess to the Griggs killing. Burke Keen presses with sharp questions as the father pleads, while Dick restrains himself awaiting a trusted lawyer. To Be Continued Tomorrow.
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