Author: Paul 7/egener)

HHinrich Qaleen)

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THE LEJBTER OP FATE.
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JAN 24 1917 /
A liystery Play in. Five Parts.

Featuring the Jorld Famous hebrev Character Player.

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and the veil-knovn Russian actress.

LUDIA oAilOilOVA •

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lAHQi., THE AGED m TICUITY DEALER....... Henry Galaen.

CLEAT CP, his frivolous daughter........Lydia Samonova.
Count Baranoff, nor lover.
Professor Fallon
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The 3c nes 0 r‘ this Picture are taken in the many hundreds

of years old
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in Bo nemia, and* the ffcts

t he seel on an old Jevish legend, knovn all over the
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,/hile drilling a veil near a to rn, some workmen

hit upon a big cave. Descending into it, they discover,

among other relics of the Piddle Ages, a very rueer-

looking, veil-preserved statue made of clay.

Old Aaron, the antiruity delaer, buys the rhole

treasure. His beautiful daughter Lydia admires the relic

and is particularly pleased "4th the big clumsy dayman

that has been placed in a corner of the room.

Lydia is very much in love rith a youn~ count

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nameSTTre^r ' ^ vhenev^r her father is a ray on business,

the tvo loV k s meet. Aaron knovs nothing of these meetings

One of Aaron's neighbors is an old professor,

;ho, men in need of money, sells one of his anti rue Looks
 to the dealer. Onoe more the old man has to part rith one
of his beloved treasures. -iaron is at first not at all
anxious to buy the book, but men he finds in it a picture
of the dayman he had recently purchased, he finally agrees
to take the folio.
Th- professor leaves the shop, and Aaron reads
That the boo lat to say about the Golem*
"In the kiddle Ages there lived at Prague the
celebrated
BA3BI LOW, a wonder-workinfc sorcerer. He was a
master of the La io Arts, and his renom spread throughout
the world. he succeeded in infusing life into a quaint
clay-figure by putting a magic saying, the
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into a cavity in its chest, As

long as hie
"GOLEL”

(thus txiis ere ture was named), carried

the
"SHEiJU"
in its chest, it ras alive like a man, but always
a slave to its master’s dll. She figure seems to have been
los in the turbulent turns of the Phirty Years’ War............
Aaron’s curiosity is now aroused. He cannot doubt
tout thi. clayqan is the mysift: ious ’’Golem”. Ho looks for
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t he capsule tiu/b snonld contain the magic rords, and at
la .1 .'hid it. Hit. 1:1. , it is ... g y, i . i go >6 :"ea
comes to aim. Prom his book he cuts out the page where the
”oHEIii«T” is reproduced, and places the slip of paper in the

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cavity in the chest of the dayman, ii’or a time everything
is euiet, then slowly, very slowly, the "Golem" opens its
eyes, and"\i^e TSOlfleto it, '
Aaron is fri. htened, hut
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.Then he sees that the

"GOLHK"
iril .;illin ly does as he bids it,
his fears are dispelled, and he finally decides to use the
"GOLHM"
as his servant. The
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proves to he of extraordi-
nary strength, hut Aaron fully controls it, aid can instantly
make it lifeless by simply re mo v in / the oHal-IU.
Aaron is planning to go out o 7 to m, and Lydia
.gos to meet her lov r. The count comes, hut is disap-
pointed this time, for the old dealer has not gone. ills
sweetheart makes her father believe that he is a customer
lien he enters the shop. The count hands her a note, but
Lydia is not cuick enough: her father sees it and demands
an explanation after the customer's departure. Ljrdia
stubbornly refuses to explain.
Her disobedience and her frivolity anger her
father, who decides to make the "Golem" her permanent guard,
Lydia's fears are of no avail to her; the "Golem" is or-
dered to watch her closely, and old Aaron goes calmly about
his busimflSLf * r~ I
The count is awaiting his sweetheart for a garden-
party at his aousi, and Lydia is intent on escaping, h r e d s

servant brings ner a costume for the party, but the ’’Golem"

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frightens him so that he runs away. Lydia goes to her room
to try 01 costume, hut toe "Golem-' folloi/s her and
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carries her hack to the shop. How she attempts to soften

the "Golem’s" heart by trying her charms on him. The
"IHSTIHGT OF LOVE"
is awakened in the half-human creature; it tries to over-
power Lydia, who unknowingly loosens the "Shenn". It drops
out, and immediately the "Golem" topples over lifeless.
Lydia is free and she hurries to the fancy-dress-party at
Fred’s house.
doon afterwards the old professor returns to the
, ,00 to look at one of the books he sold to Aaron, he sees
tie "Golem” lying on the floor, the "Ghenn" at its side,
uelumbering the old tale, he replaces the ,fGhenn" in the
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cavity; the "Golem" jumps up, pushes the old man aside, and
rushes ou to the street rith only one thought;
THERE Id THE GIRL?

The "Golem" follows Lydia through the moon-lit

streetsaand lanes until it reaches the count's castle. The
ball is in full swing as it enters; but Lydia sees it and
.warns the guests. The count shoots at it, the servant
stabs it it, but the "Golem" lives; it is invulnerable. A
wild panic breaks out and everyone flees. The "Golem" pur-
sues the count and his s reetheart up to the roof of a nearby
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watchtower/ jt trjes t0 seize Lydia, but the count protects

her. Thy "Gol^m" turns to its aggressor and is
about to kill him fjhen L?ila succeeds in removing the "Shentf
Me lifeless "Solli1" falls °'rer thS e4ge °f r0°f ^ "

dished to pieces of the rooks ljel0W- ?H'! •i*'*

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