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At the Grand Opera House last night the "Prairie Waif," a drama written by John A. Stevens, the author of "Unknown," was presented. As its name implies, the play deas with life on the great land-seas, and is of necessity full of stirring movement, which the author has relieved by the introduction of humour and pathos. The plot is the capture of a prairie flower by the Indians, her rescue and her love's young dream. Mr. Cody plays the leading character with ability, his capacity for giving expression to force and tenderness being marked. Miss Fletcher's Onita is characterized by considerable emotional power. The caste is equal to the demands of the drama. One usually associates border-drama with knives and pistols; but that the association may be erroneous any one can discover who attends either the matinee or evening performance to-day.