Word: leper
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...love, Asano sees in him a tool of the cruel, laughing Tiger. Hale is merely youthfully flirtatious, but it is all beautiful reality to the girl. Before long she discovers Hale's insincerity. Asano, loyally, tries to kill her "rival," dying himself in the attempt. Mildred meets a leper, whom she fails to recognize as her old lover, and his talk of having come upon happiness in the quiet of utter resignation, brings to her consoling peace. She returns to the hospital life she had so grown to hate, and in the love of a long faithful friend finds...
...Asano unusual comprehension and ability in a difficult role. Mr. Lowe was quietly sincere, and Miss Martin was more than acceptable. The father was sadly over-played, and the stock strain showed in the acting of several of the others. Mr. Craig seemed weirdly out of place as the Leper with a painful, whispery, enunciation. There were a few moments of vagueness as to lines, but, remarkably, Miss Victor, with most to say, seemed best to know her part. The play deserved more preparation...
...serials make their usual progress. "Sister Dolorosa" ends her days very picturesquely by drowning at Molokai, Father Damien's leper settlement. But a new serial is ready to take the place of Mr. Allen's story, and Edward Eggleston begins "The Faith Doctor...