The Deacon: An Original Comedy Drama in Five Acts
ACT II. SCENE AS BEFORE; time, night.--Dark clouds gathering.--Changing
the jackets.--Father and son.--On duty.--A struggle for fortune.--Loved for himself.--The divided greenbacks.--The agreement.--An unhappy life.--The detective's mistake.--Arrested.--Mistaken identity.--The likeness again.--On the right track.--The accident.--"Will she be saved?"--Latour's bravery.--A noble sacrifice.--The secret meeting.--Another case of mistaken identity.--The murder.--"Who did it?"--The torn cuff.--"There stands the murderer!"--"'Tis false!"--The wrong man murdered.--Who was the victim?--TABLEAU.