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A young married woman is about to leave her aged husband and elope with a lax young man. They are discovered in her home by a burglar, who in the course of the conversation hears the facts and frustrates their attempt to escape. The stage is dark until after the burglar, threatening with death, compels the young lover to write a confession of his purpose with the woman. Then the Knight of the Bull's Lantern recites a moral lesson that it is naughty to steal another man's wife, and confesses to the killing of a man who alienated his help- mate's affections, after searching for her all over the world. The sentiments unnerved the young man and he departs without the erring woman, who is recognized as the burglar's daughter.
It is a sombre sketch, but the logical points are admirably blended and with some reflections of comedy interspersed in places, it should serve well in vaudeville.
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Variety 8:4 (08/24/1907)