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- Jim wishes to make an impression upon Jane, his sweetheart. He calls upon her in a taxi, which he forgets to dismiss when he enters the house. Judge Holden, Jane's father, dislikes Jim and leaves the house when the boy calls. Later, when Jim leaves he faces a taxi bill he cannot pay. He is arrested and taken before Judge Holden. Jane calls to see her father and arrives while Jim is being tried. Jim is fined. Jane saves him from jail by slipping him the money with which to pay his fine. The chauffeur and the judge dive for the money. Holden gets it and pockets it, after which he discharges Jim. Jim is elected town marshal. He elopes with Jane. Judge Holden pursues the pair. Jim allows him to catch up and then arrests him for speeding. He places handcuffs on the Judge and has him arraigned in his own court. A substitute judge fines Holden. The humor of the situation appeals to Judge Holden. As Jim and .lane are leaving the court, he calls them back. Surprised, the two return. Turning to the substitute judge, Holden laughingly orders him to perform the marriage ceremony.
- A reel of mirth-provoking stunts that will draw the pennies from the children, but which is of much interest to young and old alike. It opens with a crowd of children leaving school and marching through the streets to the "Humpty Dumpty Circus." We see them crowd into the tent and at the end of each act they vociferously applaud the performers These are the little wooden toys that are familiar to all, and which are made to perform all the usual acrobatic stunts of the circus performer in a remarkably realistic manner. Some of the scenes are really comical and it is hard to believe that the elephants and donkeys are not alive.
- An account of the life of Jesus Christ according to the New Testament, told as a series of tableaus interspersed with Bible verses.
- The scene opens with an assembly of citizens who are harangued by one of their number, whose words have great weight with the crowd, and their attitude of approval shows that Roman misrule in Jerusalem has reached its climax. Heralds now approach and Roman soldiers beat back the crowd to make way for the approach of the Roman Procurator. The scene changes to the home of Ben Hur, who is seen with his sister and mother on the house top. The cavalcade of Roman troops approaches, and to get a near view Ben Hur leans from the coping and knocks down one of the stones thereof onto the shoulder of the Procurator. This is seen and misconstrued by the Governor, who orders soldiers to arrest the inmates; they, after ineffectual pleas and struggles, are carried off. Ben Hur is consigned to the galleys, where he is loaded with chains. Here he signalizes himself by saving the life of Arrias, who publicly adopts him as his son and proclaims him a Roman citizen amidst the acclamations of the assembled crowd in the forum. Now comes the scene in the games where Ben Hur is challenged by Messala, and accepts it, to the great delight of the citizens. The chariots and athletes parade before the dais and in due time are arranged, and the chariot race commences. Three times 'round the ring dash the chariots, and at the fourth turn Ben Hur comes out the victor and is crowned with the wreath, to the great, chagrin of Messala, who is borne on a stretcher, wounded to death.
- The Chinese Slave Smuggling scene opens up in the midst of a wood in which a shanty is hid; there appears upon the scene a Chinese Potentate, who is stealthily drawing nearer to the door of the shanty, and knocks in a peculiar manner. Lieutenant Manly, who has had his suspicions aroused, appears at this moment, peering around the corner of the shanty, and sees the Chinaman admitted by the captain of the sloop, after which Lieutenant Manly comes forward and looks through an aperture, and, seeing them about to reappear, he hides again. The door then opens, with the captain of the sloop and the Chinaman dragging a Chinese girl between them. At this point a controversy takes place between the Chinaman and the captain of the sloop, about the money to be paid for smuggling the girl, but the captain refuses to allow the girl to go unless he is paid in full. They re-enter the shanty and settle this matter, leaving the girl alone. At this point the lieutenant, seeing the coast clear, runs up to the girl and informs her that he will render her assistance. The two captors then re-appear upon the scene, and Lieutenant Manly again hides. They now drag the girl away, but they are followed at a distance by the lieutenant. The scene is now changed to the Coast Guard Station, with a coast guard performing sentry-go. The lieutenant rushes up and explains to the sentry his errand, and goes into the station, and, calling his comrades, he explains to them what he has discovered, and soon re-appears in the disguise of a common seaman. The next scene is aboard the sloop, and the men are seen quarreling amongst themselves. The captain and the Chinaman are seen coming along with the Chinese girl between them, and the sailors assist in getting the girl aboard. Just as they are about to sail, the disguised lieutenant springs aboard, and after a little parley is engaged as one of the crew. As soon as this matter is settled, orders are given to sail. While they are busily engaged, the lieutenant advances to the girl, tells her to be of good courage, but in this act he is observed and is felled by the marline spike of the captain; he lies on the deck in a swoon while the girl is beaten. The information given at the Revenue Station has caused the officers to bring out the cutter and they give chase to the sloop. We see them gradually drawing nearer, but as yet they are not observed by those on the sloop. The girl, turning to her rescuer, tries to revive him with cold water, bathing his face; this soon revives him from his swoon. Hearing steps, he feigns unconsciousness again, and the girl assumes her attitude of dejection. The Chinaman then appears and offers his attentions to the girl, but she repulses him, but he calmly smokes his pipe and puts his arm around her waist. At this moment the revived lieutenant strikes the Chinaman, and gives him a dig in the arm with his knife, and then lies back in a supposed swoon. The Chinaman then calls the captain of the sloop, and, with his marline spike, attempts to strike the prostrate form of the lieutenant, but the girl interferes and prevents the blow. The revenue cutter is now seen drawing nearer and nearer to the sloop, and the revenue men are seen training their guns upon the sloop. This takes the attention away from the couple, and they prepare to fight off the onslaught of the revenue men, but the men on the sloop are soon over-powered by the revenue men, who take charge of the sloop and rescue the girl and Lieutenant Manly. -- The Moving Picture World, October 5, 1907
- Harold is ensnared by the wiles of Sybil, an adventuress. The boy forgets Helen, his country sweetheart. Sybil's influence over him is so evil that he can no longer apply himself to his work. His employer finally discharges him. When Harold's money is gone, the adventuress throws him over. He becomes a drunkard. Helen, failing to hear from him, comes to the city, where she secures a position. Harold decides to become a hold-up man. To pass away the time before midnight, he goes to a theater where Bert French and Alice Eis are presenting their famous "Vampire Dance." The characters are an artist and a vampire, in the guise of a wood nymph. Harold sees the artist attracted by the beautiful creature and then his struggles as he realizes what the result of the fascination must inevitably be. The victim beats her in his frenzy of fear, but is irresistibly drawn into the coils by the vampire's fiendish wiles. The vampire fascinates the man by her beauty and lures him toward a forest dell There the horrible creature succeeds in taking his life. Harold feels that a veil has been torn from his eyes. He seems to have reviewed his life with Sybil, and vows to reform. He succeeds in regaining his position and once more takes his place among men. The boy learns of Helen's presence in the city, but can find no trace of her. Sybil, learning of Harold's prosperity, attempts to drag him into her net once more, but the boy, with the memory of "The Vampire Dance" before him, resists her efforts. That night he finds Helen, and to insure his reformation, proposes immediate marriage. His sweetheart consents, and the knot is tied.
- James Norwood, a wealthy lumber merchant, sends his dissolute son, Jack, to a lumber camp to give him a last chance to make good. The young man's habits of life, however, are so fixed that he soon forgets his good intentions and attempts to exercise his wiles on Marie, the pretty daughter of the camp foreman, although he is already a married man. Marie had previously promised her troth to Pierre Lolliard, a young lumberman long in her father's employ, but under the glamor of Jack Norwood's city ways she forgot her rustic lover and was about to elope with him when the plan was frustrated through the agency of a bunch of flowers. Pierre's mother had taken the last roses from her garden to adorn a wayside shrine of the Virgin. Marie had asked Pierre to get her some flowers intending to wear them at her wedding. Pierre, in the innocence of the intended use of the flowers steals them from the shrine but, as if by a miracle, the roses are the cause of a revelation of the true character of Jack Norwood and the elopement is stopped just in time and as a reverent and fitting climax to the play Marie and Pierre take the roses and again lay them at the feet of the Virgin whence they were originally taken.
- Helen, informed of the danger which menaces an excursion train because another engine on the same track is running wild, mounts a motorcycle and speeds down the track to warn the passengers of their imminent peril.
- The Rev. Elbert Lawrence, feeling his duty lies farther south among the savage tribes of Africa, departs with his daughter from the settlement near Luxor, Egypt, to a new scene of labor. Several weeks later the missionaries arrive at their new field. At the first religious service, the natives show considerable interest and the chief orders all his tribesmen to attend. The chief wins Faith's confidence and begs for private instructions. While Faith is doing her best to teach the dusky African, he, on his part, is falling desperately in love with the white girl and determines that she shall be his wife. The chief brings presents and asks the Rev. Lawrence for the hand of his daughter. When his gifts are refused and his suit declined, he orders his tribesmen to fall upon the missionary and they take the girl captive. They arrive at the village of the tribe on the desert and Faith, recognizing her danger, decides to take her own life, thus surrendering her soul to the keeping of her Maker.
- Old Tom Wells, a victim of drink, is unable to pay the rent when young landlord Steve arrives; his stormy interview is broken by the appearance of Tom's daughter Alice, whom the landlord has made many unsuccessful efforts to court. Alice, who has given her promise to Martin, an industrious young farmer, entreats with her father to overcome his weakness. Wells, knowing he will he dispossessed, becomes desperate and starts for the village to secure money. He is tempted to steal Steve's horse, but is discovered by the landlord, who declares that he will have the old man imprisoned if he does not force Alice to consent to the marriage. The unhappy father therefore refuses to permit Martin to visit Alice, to whom he explains that he is in the landlord's power. Alice sacrifices her happiness and marries Steve. Wells makes his home with the young couple but finds that he is in the way. Steve is harsh, often cruel, and the old man is finally obliged to leave the farm. Meanwhile, heartbroken Martin leaves for the village, unable to bear the sight of the old places where he has known so much happiness. Wells, in his journey, falls by the wayside and dispatches a note to Martin, beseeching him to look after the unhappy daughter. Steve meets a young woman with whom he determines to elope and he returns home to secure his money. He discovers Alice weeping over an old photograph of Martin and attacks her. Martin, fulfilling his trust, arrives on the scene and is confronted with Steve's revolver. In the struggle the pistol is accidentally discharged and the unfaithful husband is killed. As the days pass. Martin;s true love makes Alice forget her past unhappiness.
- When Helen learns that wiretappers have make a prisoner of Henry, the relief operator, she severs the wire being tapped, boards a freight train, uncouples the engine, and pursues the tappers, who are in a gasoline speeder. She eventually rescues Henry and captures Noyes, the head of the gang, who is then placed under arrest.
- Marauding Cherokees attack the cabin of Jacques Videau, at the edge of the settlement. One of the pioneers witnesses the attack and rides for help. He notifies Francis Marion. The latter heads the settlers who go to the rescue. The Indians set Videau's home afire. The family rush out into the open to escape from the flames. All are promptly slain by the savages, with the exception of Mary, Videau's ten-year-old daughter. The chief of the Cherokees makes her his prisoner. The arrival of the settlers causes the Indians to retreat. Later, they ambush the pioneers. A terrific hand-to-hand battle takes place. Marion's heroism inspires the settlers to victory. The young leader rescues Mary from the Indians. His heart filled with pity for the poor, homeless orphan, Marion offers her a home with his sister, Mrs. Sharp. Mary becomes one of the family. Ten years later, Marion, now a Provincial Congressman, returns home to find that Mary has grown into glorious womanhood. He falls in love with her, but because circumstances seem to indicate that Gabriel, his nephew, and Mary are in love with each other, he conceals his affection. Balfour, a young Tory, also loves the girl. Gabriel comes upon him in the act of forcing his attentions upon Mary and fells him. A duel ensues. Attracted to the scene, Marion interferes. Balfour's taunts cause Marion to take Gabriel's place. He disarms the Tory and orders him off. News of Cornwallis's landing at Charleston is brought to Marion. He immediately organizes a body of partisan troops. They adopt the first American flag, the famous rattlesnake design with the words, "Don't tread on me," underneath. Marion offers the services of his men to General Gates, but that arrogant officer, styling the sturdy farmers as a band of vagabonds, declines to enlist them. At the same time, Balfour organizes a band of Tories to ravage the patriots' homes. General Marion and his men become a thorn in the side of the British. The Continentals learn that a British force will shortly pass near their rendezvous at Snow Island. Sallying forth, they ambush the English and capture the entire force. Marion also learns that Gates has been defeated by the British and is being held prisoner at the red coat encampment, some miles away. Dashing into the midst of the British with his force, he throws them into panic and rescues the Continental officer. Returning to his camp in the swamp, the "Swamp Fox" invites his captives to dinner. To their amazement, the English officers learn that the meal consists solely of baked potatoes served on a pine chip. Cornwallis sends Colonel Tarleton, known as "The Butcher," to capture "The Swamp Fox." Balfour offers to aid Tarleton to capture Marion's home and camp. A friendly innkeeper hastens to the Marion home and warns Mrs. Sharp of the British approach. Mrs. Sharp, her daughter and Mary flee to the home of Mrs. Motte for shelter. In his anger at finding his quarry flown, Tarleton vandalizes the house. The man then hastens to Marion's camp with his soldiers, but warned, the "Swamp Fox" makes his escape. Tarleton proceeds to Mrs. Motte's home, where he makes his headquarters after driving the inmates, with the exception of Mary, forth. At Balfour's behest, Tarleton charges the girl with being a dangerous spy. Marion learns of Mary's imprisonment. Furious, he determines to attack Tarleton. Just at this time, he receives a small cannon as a gift from General Washington. The "Swamp Fox" surrounds the Motte home. Unaware that the ladies have been driven forth, he sends Gabriel forward with a flag of truce, requesting Tarleton to remove Mrs. Motte, his sister and children before he commences the attack. The little cannon bravely answers the fire of the heavy British artillery. Unaware that Mary is a prisoner in the house, Marion has one of his men set the place afire with burning arrows. Balfour sees that the Continentals will prove victorious. Entering the room in which Mary is confined, he tells her of his intention to kill her. Just at this moment, Marion and his men sweep the British before them in a desperate charge. Balfour is just about to slay Mary, when Marion and his men burst into the room. One of the men shoots as Balfour raises his pistol. The Tory falls dead. Two months later, the surrender of Cornwallis clears the south of the British. Marion writes his sister that he is about to return. Mary hears the news with delight. Marion comes home. Believing that Mary was in love with Gabriel, he strives to express his sympathy for her bereavement. To his intense surprise, Mary throws her arms about his neck. Knowing him too diffident to propose, the girl pops the question. For a moment the "Swamp Fox" is taken back. Then, filled with delight, he seizes her in his arms.
- On the eve of his departure for India, Sir Oliver entrusts his nephews, Charles and Joseph Surface, to the care of his friend, Sir Peter Teazle. Twenty-five years later finds Charles a wild character and a thorn in Sir Peter's side. Joseph, a smug hypocrite, is a favorite with the elderly bachelor. Sir Peter is captivated by Ann, a country squire's daughter, whom he meets by accident. Although many years his junior, the girl becomes his wife. Shortly afterwards, Sir Peter becomes the guardian of Maria, with whom Charles is deeply in love. Sir Peter frowns upon the young man's suit. Learning that Maria is immensely wealthy, Joseph resolves to marry her. Lady Sneerwell, in love with Charles, successfully conspires with Joseph and her secretary, Snake, to separate the sweethearts. Meanwhile, Lady Teazle leads Sir Peter a merry life. Sir Benjamin Backbite, a notorious gossip, chances to visit the Teazles while Sir Peter is remonstrating with his wife because of her extravagance. After listening to the war of words, Sir Benjamin departs for Lady Sneerwell's home, where he finds the members of the School for Scandal engaged in tearing the reputations of their friends to tatters. The most harmless incidents are twisted and distorted. As told by Sir Benjamin, the quarrel between Sir Peter and Lady Teazle wound up in blows. Sir Oliver, returning from abroad, determines to study the characters of his nephews. He informs Sir Peter of his intention of meeting each under an assumed identity. To Charles, Sir Oliver appears as Premium, a money lender. The result of the interview between nephew and uncle finds the latter delighted with Charles. Despite Sir Peter's friendship for him, Joseph makes desperate love to Lady Teazle. Due to the efforts of Joseph, Snake and Lady Sneerwell, Sir Peter is led to believe that Charles and Lady Teazle love each other. Sir Oliver, visiting Joseph in the guise of a poor relation, finds the young man an ungrateful cur. In the meantime Lady Teazle is induced by Joseph to call upon him at his apartments. It happens that Sir Peter, having drawn up a will leaving all his property to Lady Teazle, calls upon Joseph to ask his advice. Unable to leave without detection, Lady Teazle hides behind a screen. She thus hears of what her husband has done to provide for her comfort after his death. Sir Peter's words touch Lady Teazle's heart, filling her with remorse. The husband discovers that someone is concealed behind the screen. He is about to investigate, when Joseph hurriedly declares that it is a French milliner. Charles is announced. Not wishing to meet him. Sir Peter hides in a closet. In the conversation which ensues between the brothers, Sir Peter discovers that his suspicions concerning Lady Teazle and Charles are unfounded. Lady Teazle, on the other hand, learns of Joseph's hypocrisy. Charles discovers Sir Peter in the closet just as Joseph learns that Lady Sneerwell is calling. While the hypocrite endeavors to warn her away, Charles and Sir Peter determine to have a look at the milliner. The resultant discovery astounds Sir Peter. Lady Teazle, thrusting aside Joseph's lying excuses with contempt, confesses the flirtation she has carried on with him. Lady Sneerwell gets an inkling of what has taken place. At once the wildest rumors are circulated by the members of the School for Scandal. These have it that both Sir Peter and Joseph had been shot, stabbed or horsewhipped. The gossip-mongers who hasten to Sir Peter's house to offer condolences, are astounded to find him alive and well. Joseph, arriving at Sir Peter's home in an effort to seek forgiveness, learns the real identity of the "poor relation" who had visited him. With the news that he has been disinherited comes a second blow when he hears that Sir Peter has consented to the marriage of Charles and Maria. As a last card, Joseph brings Lady Sneerwell to the scene. The woman declares that Charles has promised to make her his wife. Snake, however, turns traitor and confesses the plot to discredit Charles. Lady Teazle, giving Joseph and Lady Sneerwell a bitter rebuke, dismisses them. Realizing the many discomforts she has caused her husband, Lady Teazle promises to henceforth be a dutiful wife.
- In the period before the Civil War, a young man returns to his hometown of New Orleans after having been gone for a long time. He soon meets and falls in love with an "octoroon", a young woman who is one-eighth black. However, since the "one-drop" laws--anyone having as little as one drop of "Negro" blood in them is still considered black, and therefore subject to be sold as a slave--are still in effect, the girl is sold at auction and purchased by an evil and murderous overseer. The young man sets out to free his love from the clutches of the evil slaver.
- "Fighting Dan" McCool of the Confederate army, is detailed to visit Reidville as a private citizen and look out for spies who may be enlisting. There he meets Edith, a charming southern girl, and he immediately becomes suspicious of Bert, who is paying ardent court to the young woman. There is a call for troops and men from every walk of life abandon their labors and take up the cause of the South. Bert swaggers about in his new uniform and for the first time it is noticed that Dan has not declared himself as a volunteer. He is branded as a coward and is shunned by Edith and her friends. Within a few days Dan secures positive evidence of Bert's treachery, which is to give the Confederate battery to the Federals. A fierce engagement takes place in the village street and Bert displays his cowardice. Terror reigns and the southerners flee before the fierce and unexpected assault of the enemy. Dan now sees that it is time for him to act. He picks up Bert's discarded sword, rallies the troops and leads them to victory. Once again he is "Fighting Dan" McCool and the day is saved. As the evening falls Dan again visits Edith's house, where news of his valor has preceded him. He is now seen in his true light and when Edith promises him her hand, the hero declares that the day has brought him a double victory.
- In this characteristic story of the south we are taken to the heart of the pine forests where the chief industry is the gathering of the pitch from the pine trees and its distillation into turpentine. Throughout the pictures the various stages of the industry are shown. The story centers around a young southern girl who has two lovers, both employed in the turpentine camp. Of course, she loves but one and the discarded suitor attempts to discredit his rival by having a negro to open the main vent and allow the turpentine to go to waste. His deed is worse than he anticipated, however, for the turpentine takes fire and the still is partially destroyed. As was intended, the finger of suspicion points to the girl's accepted lover and it would doubtless have gone hard with him had not the negro met with an accident and confessed as he was about to die. So the real culprit is run down and punished and the lover of the girl is freed of suspicion and wins his bride.
- Major Dean's developed mental powers have enabled him to give demonstrations in thought-suggestion. Interested in character types, the major, who is an army surgeon, visits a notorious dance hall owned by Lorenzo. The surgeon is struck by the beauty of Mabel, one of the dance hall girls. Mabel lives in deadly fear of Lorenzo. Due to the interest he takes in her Major Dean again demonstrates his wonderful power of mental suggestion by causing the girl to lay down the glass she raised to her lips. Later, a fight is started in the dance hall. All lights are shot out. Mabel is stunned by a bullet. Seizing her in his arms, Major Dean takes her to his home. The following morning finds the girl still unconscious. Major Dean's diagnosis leads him to believe that due to the wound caused by the bullet, a pressure on certain brain cells has wiped all memory of the past from Mabel's mind. Realizing that despite her condition, the girl's subconscious mind is capable o£ registering impressions, the surgeon forces upon Mabel's mind the thought she is, and always has been, his daughter. The girl is possessed of this belief when she recovers. She later accompanies Major Dean to the western army post to which he has been assigned. Sergeant Whitney, an old soldier, is stationed at the post. The man is struck by the wonderful resemblance which Mabel bears to his daughter who, several years previous, had been enticed from her home by a gambler. Although Whitney has never seen the man, he has vowed to find and kill him. Meanwhile, Lorenzo learns what has become of his former victim. Resolved to regain her, he leaves for the west. Arriving at the army post, Lorenzo demands that Dean surrender Mabel. Knowing the girl will not recognize the man, the surgeon allows her to comfort him. Mabel shrinks from Lorenzo in repulsion. Suspecting the truth, Lorenzo later waylays his former victim while she is out riding and endeavors to revive in her mind the memory of her life with him. At the same instant, Major Dean is obsessed by a sense of impending danger. The surgeon gazes out of the window through a pair of field glasses. He discovers Lorenzo talking to Mabel. Aware of the man's nefarious scheme, Major Dean concentrates his powerful will in an effort to so influence Mabel's mind as to enable her to withstand Lorenzo's hypnotic influence. The girl, who had been wavering, receives the message emanating from the major's mind. It causes her to shrink from her former master with the assertion she has no recollection of the incidents he has mentioned. The opportune arrival of Sergeant Whitney prevents Lorenzo from seizing Mabel and carrying her away. That night, Lieutenant Sibley, a young army officer who has fallen in love with Mabel, asks the major for her hand. Feeling it to be his duty, Dean informs Sibley of the girl's past. The surgeon declares it is his belief that Mabel is the daughter of Sergeant Whitney, and that Lorenzo is the man who enticed her from home. So great is his love, that Sibley vows to marry Mabel in spite of what has happened. Unknown to the two, Whitney has overheard the story. Mad with hate, he seeks Lorenzo. Unaware of his impending doom, Lorenzo resolves to make one supreme effort to regain Mabel. Seated by his window, the man fixes his mind upon Mabel with every ounce of power he possesses. Although fast asleep, the girl's mind receives the command sent forth by her former master. As though in a trance, she dons her clothes. Again the sense of danger overcomes Major Dean. He hastens towards Mabel's room. Just at this instant, Whitney enters Lorenzo's room. The rage-maddened father engages the gambler in a death struggle. While this combat rages, Mabel stands as though petrified. Securing possession of Whitney's revolver, Lorenzo shoots, wounding the old soldier mortally. Although he has received his death wound, Whitney's consuming hatred gives him strength to continue the struggle. A sudden twist, and the sergeant secures a vise-like grip on Lorenzo's throat. He forces the man back towards the bed. Mabel awakens with a start. In answer to Major Dean's anxious query, she replies that a bad dream had caused her to walk in her sleep. In Lorenzo's room, Whitney draws back from the silent form on the bed. The soldier attempts to reach the door, but his strength fails. The man staggers and crumples to the floor.
- Young clergyman Edwin Revell receives the appointment as minister at the Church of the Village of Fairbrook. In the letter which advises the young man of his appointment, it is pointed out to him that, owing to the old age and feebleness of his predecessor, part of the congregation has become indifferent and negligent. The new minister, however, is received at his new post with kindness. He finds particular friends in Jacob Drake, a deacon and magistrate in Fairbrook, and his daughter Christine, who at once becomes impressed with the strong personality of the young clergyman. Revell finds a certain defiant attitude among the church members who have fallen into neglect, but a particularly difficult problem presents itself for the new minister in the case of Garrie, a reclusive middle-aged peasant woman whom the villagers dislike; they call her "The Mountain Witch" because of her reticence and peculiarities. Through an unusual chain of circumstances Revell gains for Garrie the respect of the community and pacifies a certain ignorant family which has been led to believe that Garrie is in league with evil spirits.
- The story, which is well known to every school child, is taken from Parkman's History and is presented without alteration or embellishment, and in the number of people employed and in the character or the scenic mountings is by long odds the greatest Indian production yet offered under the Kalem trade-mark. It will be remembered that Major Gladwynn, Commandant of Fort Detroit in 1763, had declared his love for a young Indian girl and she had become much attached to him. At this period Pontiac was at the height of his power and had sent emissaries about the villages of the Ottawas inciting war against the whites. The final plan involved the entry to the fort of a number of picked chieftains, each carrying a shortened gun beneath his blanket. The mission was ostensibly to be one of peace, but at a signal from Pontiac the chieftains were to drop their blankets and to massacre the whites. However, Major Gladwynn was informed of the plot by the Indian girl and when Pontiac presented himself with his delegation on his treacherous mission, Major Gladwynn was well prepared and the fort was saved. Throughout this story is woven a love romance involving an Indian girl and Lady Jane Amherst, a young English girl visiting the fort at the time. The "Conspiracy of Pontiac" is so accurately and beautifully done that it will stand for a long time as an Indian classic and will unquestionably appeal very strongly to the school authorities as an educational subject worthy of close study.
- Little Freddie is the son of Bank Clerk Jackson; his only playmate is Bunkie, a simple-minded old man who lives across the road. Jackson returns from work one evening to find the pair engaged in a friendly scuffle. He takes the boy into the house and orders the eccentric old man to go home. That night Freddie decides to run away. He crawls over the back porch, goes to Bunkie's window, and induces him to join him. It is a dark night and they lose their way in the woods. During the night a band of desperadoes visits the bank in which Jackson is employed and escape with several packages of valuables. They cross the pathway of the two runaways, whose identity they do not detect, and believing that they're being pursued, they hide the money in a cave. Through a peculiar chain of circumstances, the next morning Jackson is accused of the robbery and is placed in jail. Meanwhile Bunkie and Freddie find a resting place in the cave and discover the package of valuables. While they inspect their newfound wealth, the sheriff comes along, discovers them, and escorts them back to the bank, where explanations follow and Jackson is liberated.
- The Lamberts give a charity ball for the benefit of the Widows' and Orphans' Fund. Captain Doane is among the guests. The young officer is in love with Jane, the general's daughter. During the affair, he secures her consent to be his wife. Jane's parents both favor Doane's suit. General Lambert places the box containing the receipts of the ball on his library tale. A moment later he is called away. At the same time, Jack, his son, loses heavily at cards to a professional sharp. The man holds several I.O.U.'s for which he demands payment. Desperate, Jack promises to let him have the money at once. The boy hastens home. Entering the library, he sees the cash box. Abstracting the money. Jack gives it to the gambler, who waits outside. General Lambert receives a telegram, stating that war has been declared between Great Britain and the Boers. He spreads the news. The general relates an incident of the first Boer campaign, telling how one of his comrades had been treacherously slain by the Boers. Turning to Jack, the father bids him avenge the man's death in the coming fray. Jack, however, confronts the knowledge that he is a thief. Entering the library he desperately searches for a way out. He decides upon the course he must follow. Writing a confession of his guilt, the boy places the note where it can be found and then picks up a revolver. Doane enters the room and views the proceedings in amazed silence. He grasps Jack's hand, just as the boy is about to shoot himself. Jack breaks down. The note tells Doane the whole miserable story. He promises Jack to find a way to clear him. General Lambert and the board of trustees enter the room after Jack leaves. They are about to look for the money, when Doane announces that he has stolen it. Shocked, the general calls in the guests and tells them the story. Jane is brokenhearted at her lover's supposed dishonesty. Disgraced, Captain Doane returns home where he receives a note, demanding his resignation. He complies with the order. The next day, he sees his beloved regiment leave for the front. Another officer marches past, in command of the company that was his. His health undermined by the strain, Doane is stricken with brain fever. When her recovers, a few weeks later, the man enlists under an assumed name and is sent to the Transvaal. By rare good fortune, Doane meets Jack. The young officer recognizes in the private, the man who had saved him from disgrace. Jack succeeds in securing Doane as his orderly. The two armies meet in a terrific battle. The Boers, under General Jaubert, successfully hold the British in check. Lieutenant Lambert is sent to one of the British commanders with dispatches. He is accompanied by Doane. On their way they discover a Boer force creeping upon the British flank. Their warning saves the English troops from destruction. From the top of a hill, the Boers under Jaubert are inflicting terrible punishment upon the British by means of heavy siege guns. A charge gradually drives the Boers back. The British succeed in dislodging their foe from shelter by means of the hail of death from rapid-fire guns. With a superb rush, the English gain the ton of the hill and capture the battery that has inflicted the most damage. Jack and Doane are foremost in the fray. The battery is blown skyward. Jack and Doane's unusual valor win them the commendation of the general in command. Doane wearily returns to his tent. His mind goes back to the night of the ball. His hand wanders to the pocket over his heart and brings to view the picture of Jane. Sadly he gazes upon the face of the girl whose love he had surrendered. With a sigh, the man replaces the picture in its resting place. In another tent, a totally different scene is transpiring. Torn by his conscience, Jack is penning a confession which exonerates Doane, whom he has grown to idolize. Leaving his tent, he hands the letter to Doane, requesting him to keep it in event of his death. He informs his savior that should death overtake him on the field, he wishes to die with the knowledge that he had made reparation. Doane watches the boy depart. He slowly tears the letter to pieces. That day another attack is made upon the Boers. The hills are covered with the heavy smoke of artillery and thousands of rifles. The Lancers sweep the enemy before them in a heroic charge. Jack, leading a bayonet charge against a Boer battery, is struck by a bullet and falls. Fighting like fury, Doane rescues the boy and carries him off the field. Immediately afterward, Doane wires the Lamberts, telling them of Jack's injury. Upon receipt of the message, Jane immediately announces her determination to go to her brother's side. Her father's influence enables her to go to the front as a Red Cross nurse. She reaches Jack's force and is assigned to his hospital tent. As she enters the tent, she sees Doane bending over her brother. Doane is electrified at the sight of his sweetheart. Remembering the offense with which he was charged, the girl draws back in contempt. Jack sees the movement and realizes what caused it. With tears streaming down his face, and despite Doane's efforts to stop him. the boy confesses his story. Thunderstruck, Jane stares at Doane. The man turns away in distress. The next moment. Jane's hand is on his arm. She pleads with him for forgiveness. Surrounded, and facing defeat, the Boers fight with the desperation born of despair. Again and again their fire sweeps the charging British, mowing them down like grass. From the overlooking hills the batteries of the English hurl their deadly missiles in the midst of the shelters which cover the Boers. Doane, assigned to one of the batteries, imbues his comrades with heroic spirit. Time and again the Boers strive to capture the battery, their rifle fire brings the men down one by one. Doane finally remains the sole survivor, but the battery still belches forth the shots placed in it by the men who had manned them. A Boer shell lands next to Doane's gun and explodes. When the smoke lifts, the hero strives in vain to arise. Blood gushes from his eyes. Jane is by her brother's bedside when Doane is brought in on a stretcher. She anxiously hovers over the doctor as he examines the man. The surgeon finally declares that while Doane will recover, he will be blind for life. The girl nurses her sweetheart and brings him back to health. Jack tells his story to the commanding officer. He reveals Doane's nobility and the sacrifice he had made. When Doane recovers the story of his heroism has been spread broadcast. The War Office reinstates him to his former rank and in addition Doane receives a medal of valor. Jane is by her hero's side when the emblem is placed upon his breast.
- Amina loves Rudolph and turns the powerful Count Wolfenstein down when he proposes to her. In a jealous rage, Wolfenstein throws Rudolph into a dungeon. Meanwhile, Hertzog, "The Black Crook," has a deal with the devil: he must hand over to Satan one soul each year or find himself banished to Hell. With only 24 hours left before the year ends, Hertzog focuses all of his attention on Amina and Rudolph, believing them to be weakened from despair and therefore easy prey.
- A boy from Ireland comes to America and makes good, but he doesn't forget the poverty he left behind. He returns to rescue his sweetheart just as her family is about to be evicted from their land.
- A young Irish boy has fallen in love with a poor girl and wants to marry her, but his mother will stop at nothing, including murder, to see that he marries his rich cousin.
- This is a very interesting series of pictures and we observe the method of pottery making from the first process to the last as it probably has existed here since times immemorial. We believe this will prove to be one of the most interesting educational films ever placed on exhibition.
- An American officer disguises himself as an Arab in order to rescue an American woman kidnapped by Arab tribesmen.
- A vengeful discharged fireman tampers with the brakes of a locomotive. Learning of the peril, Helen dashes to a water tower, leaps onto the roof and warns the engineer in time. Helen's heroism wins her an offer of marriage.
- Alcibiades Shamley and Cassandra, a sweet young girl, with a very bad temper, are married. After the wedding Cassandra prepares her pup, Cara, for the wedding .journey. The Pullman car porter discovers the dog in the car and Alcy and his bride are promptly put off. She wires her uncle, the vice-president of the road, asking that all the employees of the railway be discharged as Cara has been insulted. Reaching their first stopping place, Alcy is informed that no dogs are allowed. Cassandra insists she will keep the dog and they start out for another hotel. Alcy finally bribes the clerk of a railroad hotel to permit them to keep the pup. They are hardly safely landed, however, before the pup causes trouble. To cap the climax he makes a meal of the maid's new hat. In the meantime, Alcy has been receiving a series of telegrams from his wife's relatives, all in the same vein. The last one is a dandy: "Take my tip. A six-barred fence isn't in it with Cassandra's temper. Some of her own medicine will cure her. Uncle David." As Alcy finishes reading this interesting message, the maid demands pay for the hat the pup has destroyed. This is more than Alcy can stand, and he proceeds to make things lively generally, winding up by accusing the pup of swallowing his collar button. Alcy throws the dog into the soup tureen, and starts on a general rampage. Cassandra picks up her uncle's telegram and sees a light. Stopping her husband in his mad career, she begs him to forgive her and obediently admits she is conquered.
- Hayes, the gunner, while fighting at the battle of Monmouth, is wounded and his wife takes his place. After the battle the Continentals capture a foraging Hessian. Molly suggests a plan to learn the enemy's strength for General Washington. One of the Continentals is dressed in the uniform of the Hessian and he starts off for the enemy's camp. Before he can reach there, however, the Hessian manages to escape and reaches camp before the Continental, who is promptly arrested on his arrival. Molly, who has followed after the fleeing Hessian, sees her husband's capture, and following at a distance penetrates the enemy's camp. Later on Molly aids him to escape and as a climax to an exciting day the Continentals cover Molly and her husband's retreat and capture the pursuing Hessians.
- The Pony Express Rider is one of the great figures in the history of the West. Before the advent of the railroads his duty was to carry the mails through the wilderness harassed on every side by Indians and Highwaymen. In this production the hero is entrusted with a packet of money to carry to a distant point. The hand of the ranchman's daughter is to be his reward for safe delivery. A band of Mexican vaqueros waylays him and the packet is stolen. The hero is saved by his faithful horse and rides back to give the alarm. The cowboys are aroused and a posse starts in pursuit. After a thrilling chase the villain is captured and money recovered and the hero triumphs.
- A series of 12 2-reel mystery thrillers, each story complete in itself. Episode titles: #1: The Strangler's Cord (1915); #2: The Disappearing Necklace (1915); #3: The Secret Code (1915); #4: The Riddle of the Rings (1915); #5: The Substituted Jewel (1915); #6: A Double Identity (1915); #7: The False Clue (1915); #8: When Thieves Fall Out (1915); #9: Under Oath (1915); #10: _The Wolf's Prey (1915)_; #11: The Man on Watch (1915); #12: The Man in Irons (1915).
- Ram, High Priest of the Temple of Delhi, urges his people to throw off the British yoke. Word of the uprising reaches General Kimber who is in command of the troops at Calcutta. Summoning Captain Arlington and Lieutenant Shannon of the famous Sixth, he orders them to proceed to Delhi with their troops. Arlington and Shannon are rivals for the hand of Dora, the commandant's daughter. Although secretly betrothed to Surrada, the beautiful native girl employed as Dora's maid, Arlington is filled with jealous rage upon discovering that Dora loves his rival. The captain has tired of Surrada but fears to cast her off because of the scandal she may create. Shortly afterwards, Arlington and Shannon reach Delhi where they succeed in restoring order. The High Priest Ram, however, lays his plans for a general uprising and on Sunday, May 10, 1857, the famous massacre at Meerut, which started the nationwide mutiny, commences. Thousands of English men, women and children are slain. Ram and his followers make their way to Delhi. At the sight of the priest, the Sepoy troops turn upon their white officers and slay them. At the first sign of danger, Arlington flees. Shannon, however, rallies the white troops. The soldiers are finally compelled to make a stand about the arsenal. The women and children beg Shannon to slay them, should the natives prove victorious. Knowing the terrible fate which must befall them should they fall into the hands of the Sepoys. Shannon consents. The women and children are placed in the magazine of the arsenal, while Shannon makes preparations to destroy the building in event of defeat. The soldiers are beaten back. The victorious natives rush into the arsenal to capture the women inside. Shannon lights a fuse leading to the powder stored in the building. The awful explosion which follows rends the walls asunder, bringing death to the hundreds in the building. Arlington makes his way back to Calcutta where he informs General Kimber that Shannon and his men have been slain by the natives. Believing her sweetheart dead, Dora is grief-stricken. Arlington attempts to console her but is spurned. By a miracle, Shannon has escaped death in the explosion which destroyed the arsenal. Slaying a native, the lieutenant disguises himself in the man's clothes. After many days he reaches Calcutta. Dora is overjoyed to see her lover alive and uninjured. Fearing lest his cowardice be revealed, Arlington implores Shannon to keep silent. The latter consents. General Kimber marches upon Delhi with his entire army. A few days after her father's departure, Dora decides to follow. Accompanied by a bodyguard of natives, she sets out for Delhi despite Surrada's pleas. The treacherous natives, however, deliver the girl into the hands of Shah, king of Delhi. Inflamed by her beauty, the king decides to make her the queen of his harem. Overwhelmed by the fate which menaces her mistress, Surrada slays the man guarding their room and escapes from the palace. The native girl makes her way out of the city to the British encampment. While she informs General Kimber of his daughter's plight, the murder of the guard is discovered. Dora is thrown into a dungeon to await torture and death. Kimber, Arlington and Shannon are horrified upon hearing Surrada's awful news. Shannon and Arlington beg to be allowed to go to the girl's rescue. Because of his seniority in rank, the honor falls to Arlington. Accompanied by Surrada, the man hastens towards the city gates. The two arrive a moment too late and are locked out of the city tor the night. Unwilling to return to camp, Arlington and Surrada enter the Temple nearby where they determine to hide for the night. There the captain sees the great diamond which forms the eye of the idol Brahma. Filled with greed, Arlington forgets his mission and unknown to Surrada, pries the jewel from its resting place. Umballa, a servant in the Temple, sees the thief at work, and is knocked unconscious after a struggle with the Englishman. To hide the jewel, Arlington returns to camp where he announces his failure. Unable to sleep, Shannon strolls beyond the lines. Learning of Arlington's failure upon his return, the man denounces him as a coward. Later, the thief wraps the diamond in a cloth and gives it to Surrada. He tells the native girl that it contains his mother's jewels. The following morning. Ram, Umballa and a number of natives arrive at the camp and inform General Kimber of the theft of Brahma's eye. Having promised that the sacred edifice should not be molested, the British commander vows to find and punish the offender. Umballa sees Shannon. Mistaking him for his assailant the native accuses the lieutenant of the theft. Circumstances point to Shannon as the vandal. Kimber orders him to his tent. Shortly afterwards, the British troops make an assault upon Delhi. While the attack is going on, Surrada suspecting the truth, comes to Shannon and gives him the package. Heart-broken because of her lover's deception, and fearing the curse of Brahma, the girl suicides before Shannon can interfere. The lieutenant sees that the British are being repulsed. He rejoins his men. Calling for volunteers Shannon announces his intention of blowing up the city gates. Accompanied by three men, the lieutenant crawls to the gates where he plants several sacks of powder A few moments later, the huge doors are torn from their hinges by a terrific explosion. Led by Shannon, the British enter the city and sweep all before them. King Shah hears this news with dismay. Furious, he determines to wreak vengeance upon the daughter of the British commander. Dora is tied to the muzzle of a loaded cannon. After lighting the fuse the natives flee. The maddened rebels make a last stand in the city streets. A number of them surround Arlington. Facing death, the man's courage comes to the surface. Six of the natives fall by his sword. A spear thrust through his breast brings Arlington low. Attracted by a woman's screams for help, Shannon and his men dash into the palace courtyard. The gallant soldier sees his sweetheart's awful danger. Slashing her bonds, Shannon pulls Dora aside. An instant later, a terrific roar appraises the fainting girl of the awful danger from which she had been rescued in the nick of time.
- Tobias Imsler threatens to foreclose on the Widow Rix's note and carry off her cow. The widow resolves to appeal to her wealthy brother for assistance. Arriving at the home of the Skinflint, she makes known her plight, but her miserly brother tells her he is a poor man and cannot help her. The constable takes the widow's cow, but Osborn, the sweetheart of the widow's daughter, takes the money he has been saving up for his marriage and pays the note. A few days later, while out riding, the horse driven by the Skinflint takes fright and runs away. When the wreckage is cleared the miser, braised and unconscious, is discovered and the physicians' examination proves he has received a mortal injury. The skinflint is taken to his home, and his only near relative, his sister, is summoned to his death bed. As death draws near the old fellow realizes his many mean actions have brought him no happiness and his money cannot help him at this, his last hour. Calling his sister to the bedside, he begs her to forgive him and gives her the money he has accumulated. The courageous girl quickly explains the situation to her sweetheart, and together they start in pursuit in another and swifter car. The two cars race along at a tremendous speed for many miles, until finally, when the fugitive is obliged to stop for repairs, the pursuers easily overtake him. Although furious at first, the older Burgess finally yields to his daughter's earnest pleading, and agrees to return the money, thereby saving them all from disgrace.
- At her father's San Remo Ranch, Madge King receives a telephone message from her friend, Mrs. Lane, requesting her assistance in finding her husband, a line rider for the Vantana Electric Power Company. While Roger King, her father, goes to the station to meet his old friend, Prof. John Danby, Madge and Matt Welby, the ranch foreman, call at the home of Mrs. Lane. They discover a note to the missing line rider, threatening him with death. They promise Mrs. Lane to investigate. While returning to the ranch, Prof. Danby, who is a geologist, stops to examine a rare formation of rock. Near the spot, King finds a hat with the name "George Lane" written on the band. Two strangers, driving by, see King pick up the hat, and fire upon him. King returns the fire, and a struggle ensues. Another stranger, Jed Hawley, arrives on the scene, but the three men of mystery are put to flight when Madge and the fort man arrive. Believing the incident to be connected with the disappearance of George Lane, Madge determines to see it through. She hides in the wagon of the strangers, and instructs her father to follow in his rig with the professor. The strangers drive to the shack of Jed Hawley where Madge is discovered by them, and locked in a closet in the shack. She manages to escape by shooting off the lock. She looks out of the window, and sees the three strangers unloading Chinamen from the covered wagon. They are evading the immigration laws by smuggling Chinamen into the state across the Mexican border. Madge follows the strangers as they hide the Chinamen in a cave near the shack. She enters the cave, and there finds a secret door leading to an inner cave. She finds George Lane, the missing line rider, inside. He tells Madge his story: "I was riding near this shack one morning when I chanced to see those fellows taking Chinamen out of a wagon. I understood what they were doing. They tried to bribe me into silence. I refused. They sent me a threatening letter, and later a 'phone call summoning me to Devil's Leap on pretext of wire trouble. There they overpowered me, and brought me a prisoner to this cave. I've been here ever since." At this point Hawley enters the cave and discovers Madge there. He again makes her a prisoner. The timely arrival of her father, Matt and Danby brings about the capture of the smugglers and the release of George Lane, the "vanished line rider."
- A party of emigrants are on the trail west. They have reached the final outpost and Captain Steele and his troop have bid them good-bye. Crow, a renegade half-breed, and his tribe try to make friends with the settlers. The head of the redmen is enamored with Dot. She very quickly gives him to understand that he is obnoxious to her. In retaliation the Indians are incited by Crow to attack the whites. The redmen set the blockhouse on fire. The flames reach the magazine and the blockhouse is destroyed. Some of the party have left the building before the explosion. Among these are Dot. She is seized and carried away by Crow. Jack crawls out of the wreckage and goes to find Jim, who had ridden out into the forest to make a clearing. Jack finally manages to reach the husband of Dot, who immediately rides to the fort. The troops are assembled and go to find the redmen. Jim is with them. As the issue is joined he sees Crow put Dot on the back of a horse and try to escape. He pursues and overtakes them. There is a sharp combat. Jim is the victor.
- General Wolfe, appointed commander of the expedition against Quebec, comes to bid his mother goodbye. Before sailing, the general calls upon his sweetheart, Katherine Lowther. She presents him with a locket containing a miniature of herself. Wolfe places the jewel on a chain about his neck. Mignon Mars and her brother, Hubert, of a Canadian family, are captured by a body of men attached to the Royal Americans. Lieutenant Arleigh, the officer in charge, secures their release. Mignon loses her heart to the young officer. General Montcalm arrives at Quebec and takes command of the French forces. Under his supervision, fortifications are erected on the isle of Orleans, to protect the approach to the city. The general gains the enmity of Vaudreuil, the vainglorious governor, when he protects Mignon Mars from the unwelcome attentions of the latter. Mignon's brother enlists in the French army and is made an officer. The English fleet carrying Wolfe's men arrives off the Isle of Orleans. Wolfe entices the Canadian pilots aboard his vessel by raising the French flag. The pilots are compelled to take the fleet up the river, under penalty of death. Mignon discovers Wolfe's ruse and rides to warn Montcalm of the approach of the English fleet. Wolfe lands his soldiers on the Isle of Orleans, twelve miles below Quebec. The fleet then proceeds up the river and anchors before Quebec. In an effort to destroy the fleet, Montcalm prepares to fire the ships. But the wind and the tide are against the French, and the fire ships drift ashore. Under orders from the young commander-in-chief, Monckton, one of the British generals, seizes Point Levis, overlooking Quebec. Wolfe offers amnesty to the Canadians who lay down arms. The inhabitants, however, prove unruly. Later, the English batter away at Quebec, with the fortifications at Point Levis and the guns of the fleet. The bombardment does terrific destruction, houses being rattled by the shot and shell, while fires, caused by the rain of death, spring up everywhere. Bushwackers attack the Chateau Mars, on the Isle of Orleans, the home of Mignon. The girl and her father are in dire peril, when Wolfe and his men approach and drive the renegades before them. Wolfe makes the chateau his headquarters. Wolfe orders an attack on the French redoubts above Montmorenci Falls. The impetuosity of the Grenadiers leads them to disobey orders, with the result that the English are compelled to retreat, after a desperate battle. The approach of the Highlanders, who cover the retreat of the army, saves the English from annihilation. Lieutenant Arleigh strives in vain to check the retreat. Fighting like a hero, he is shot by an Indian, a Caughnawaga ally of the French. The redskin is about to scalp the young soldier when Hubert Mars comes to the rescue. The Canadian saves Arleigh's life, but is himself desperately wounded. Wolfe is greatly downcast by the defeat. He returns to the chateau in dejection. Mignon looks in vain for her English lover. She learns that he is among the missing. Setting forth, she searches the battlefield among the dead and wounded. Mignon hears that Hubert is wounded and goes to the hospital to see him. To her delight, she sees Arleigh lying on the cot next to her brother. Mignon returns to the chateau and reports to Wolfe that his young aide is captured. That night, Arleigh makes his escape by changing cots with a French soldier who has died. He dons the man's uniform and leaves the hospital. Later, Arleigh succeeds in escaping through the French lines. He swims out to the English fleet. The following day, Mignon returns to the hospital and is informed that Arleigh is dead and has just been buried. Heartbroken, she returns home with the sad news. Wolfe is stricken with a fatal illness and learns that he cannot recover. During his sickness, his brigadiers recommend an attack without his knowledge. Wolfe learns of it. Despite his weakness, the commander-in-chief rises from his bed and goes to take command. In his escape, Arleigh has learned of Montcalm's intention to send boats and supplies down the river at nightfall. He returns to the chateau and delivers his information to Wolfe. Mignon is overjoyed to find her sweetheart safe. Wolfe learns of a narrow path leading up the mountain side to the Plains of Abraham. The English troops are sent down the river and due to the password given by Arleigh are enabled to slip by the French sentries. All night long the English toil up the mountainside. When morning dawns, they are drawn up in battle array on the Plains of Abraham. The fight commences. Montcalm, emerging from his tent, grows uneasy when he hears the sound of firing. He learns of the state of affairs. The bugles summon the French troops to battle and they march forth to the Plains of Abraham. Montcalm calls upon Vaudreuil, the governor, for assistance, but that cowardly official refuses to render aid. The French approach within firing distance of their foe. Wolfe delivers a stirring address to his men as the French approach. The battle commences. The opposing forces come together with a clash that sends both sides reeling. Forward they spring, slashing and stabbing like madmen. Wolfe is in the thickest of the fray. A shot strikes him. He falls. A tremendous shouting arrests his agony. "They run, they run," cries one of his aides. "Who runs?" gasps Wolfe. "The enemy." "Now God be praised," the dying man whispers, "I die happy." At the same moment, Montcalm, desperately striving to check the rout, is mortally wounded. The French commander is carried to his headquarters. He is informed that his wound is mortal. "How long shall I live? Twelve hours more or less? So much the better. I am happy that I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec," he gasps. Wolfe's body is placed aboard the English flagship to commence its journey to the land for which he gave his life. Seated in a boat on the river, Arleigh and his bride, Mignon, watch the vessel sailing out towards the setting sun.
- This very interesting and instructive industrial picture illustrates the primitive methods still in vogue in Egypt, along the upper Nile. Our boat stops at a small landing place and, walking a short distance from the river, we see an Egyptian ploughing and one cannot help but wonder how vegetation can ever spring from the sun-baked earth. We are enlightened when we behold the odd system of irrigation. A native draws water from a well by means of a "shadoff," a peculiar well sweep, and the laborers irrigate the ground by building small squares and dams which regulate the flow. Sowing and harrowing are done by hand. We next visit a half-grown wheat field where we see the natives fertilizing the soil with powdered "guano." The following view is of the laborers reaping with crude sickles. Now we visit the Egyptian farmer during his threshing season. The wheat is placed on the ground and a rough sled, called a "norag," is driven over it, revolving discs forcing out the grain. The winnowing and grinding into flour next receive our attention. Then we see the natives kneading the dough and placing the loaves into primitive ovens. A little Egyptian girl offers us a loaf and guarantees that it is whole wheat. The making of straw brick, from the first operation of digging the clay to the baking by the sun, is shown through all the different processes and will be found of special interest. A series of novel views show the method of making cloth, the shearing of the sheep, spinning the yarn, framing, winding, the operation of the loom and the final transaction of purchasing and paying for the completed article.
- Blinded by overwork, Eastman with his wife and son, lives with Hester. The latter eventually drives Alice from the house and leads Eastman to believe that his wife has eloped with Vane, a former suitor. Alice, now companion to a woman of wealth, sends her earnings to her husband. Hester, however, intercepts the letters and appropriates the money. Driven forth by the unscrupulous woman, Eastman and Arthur go to the city. Vane hears that the two have met death in a fire and tells Alice. Ignorant of the fact that her husband and son did not die, Alice eventually marries Vane. Fourteen years later Arthur is an artist. The boy takes his father abroad to a famous eye specialist. Arthur falls in love with Lillian and through her meets his mother. The latter discovers her son's identity and the realization of her position fills her with horror. Eastman meets his wife. Alice falls unconscious. Fate intervenes on the following day when Vane is killed in a steeplechase. An operation is performed upon Eastman's eyes and the man's sight is restored. Alice confesses to Arthur and obtains his promise to effect a reconciliation with her husband. Although he has never ceased to love her, Eastman refuses to look upon the woman he thinks had proved unfaithful. At this point, a death-bed message is received from Hester in which the woman confesses her villainy. Proof of Alice's innocence softens Eastman's heart and he takes her in his arms.
- Ling Foy seizes old Martin's violin as security for the money which the opium addict owes him. The musician is informed that the instrument will be returned when he settles the debt, or brings two new customers to the joint. Drake, a plainclothes man, is assigned to investigate the Ling Foy den. The detective discovers that Martin frequents the place and later meets Annie, the musician's daughter. Annie later learns from her father as to what has befallen the latter's violin and determines to plead with Ling Foy for its return. First, however, Martin endeavors to persuade his old friend, Ludwig, to visit the den. Ludwig indignantly declines the invitation. Drake cunningly contrives to have the musician take him to Ling Foy's and thus gains admission to the place. The following day, Annie and her father call upon the Chinaman. Fired by the girl's beauty, the Oriental makes her a prisoner. A similar fate falls to Martin when he attempts to go to Annie's rescue. At the same time, Drake heads a raiding party and smashes into the den. With the arrival of the police, Ling Foy rushes into the secret room in which he has confined his victim. The girl's screams bring Drake to the scene and he comes to the rescue. The sleuth and the Chinaman engage in a terrific struggle which ends in Ling Foy's death. As Drake escorts Martin and Annie to their home, the old musician, his lesson learned, vows never to touch opium again.
- During the latter part of our great Civil War, when the Union Army had pushed their operations into the South Atlantic States, the general in command of the campaign was very much harassed by the miraculous way in which his plans became known to the enemy. Numerous attempts were made to discover the source of the enemy's information, but they proved futile. It was not until several years after the close of the war that he learned it was due to the daring work of a young girl spy. The daughter of a Southern family, left motherless in early childhood, her life had become embittered by the death of her father and only brother during one of the early struggles of the great conflict. She had consecrated her entire life to the cause of their beloved Southland. Scene 1: Nan Receives Her Orders. Scene 2: The Wires are Tapped. Scene 3: Nan Escapes with the Tapped Dispatches. Scene 4: Nan Eludes Her Pursuers. A Clever Ruse. Scene 5: Nan's Horse Found. Again Suspected. Scene 6: Nan is Joined by Her Confederate and They Escape. Scene 7: The Pursuit. Scene 8: The Dispatches Delivered.
- A party of girls from a southern California ranch arrive at Venice, the Coney Island of the west, for a day's sport. They overlook nothing and find a great deal of amusement on the merry-go-round. The Grand Canyon Roller Coaster next receives their attention and they dash around the curves at break-neck speed. The miniature railroad is held up and when they have eluded the officers, the girls visit the dancing pavilion. Finally the vigilant police overtake the party of merrymakers, who have a difficult time in making their getaway.
- Lured by Diana, Katherine runs away from home. The foolish girl is soon drawn into the whirlpool. She meets Mace, a notorious man-about-town, and is fascinated by him. Doctor Busby, an insane physician, recognizes in Mace the man who had caused his daughter's death. Shortly afterward, Katherine discovers Mace's real character. Wild with rage, she stabs him. Believing herself to be a murderess, Katherine flees. The crime occurs opposite Busby's home. The doctor witnesses all that happens and carries the wounded man into his house. When Mace revives, he finds himself in the clutches of a madman who intends to torture him and thus avenge his daughter's death. In the meantime, haunted by fear, Katherine flees from place to place. Sleep is denied her. Half-crazed, she pours her tale into the ears of Father Richard, a priest. At his suggestion Katherine surrenders herself to the police. The latter, however, unable to prove such a crime to have been committed, set the girl free. Katherine thereupon resolves to take the veil and enters upon her novitiate. Mace escapes from Busby's clutches. Frenzied by his frightful experience, he seeks the girl who was responsible for it. Mace traces Katherine to the convent. Forcing his way into the place, he comes upon the girl as she is praying for forgiveness. Her words cause the man to stay his hand. Katherine thus learns that she is not a murderess. Father Richard enters and witnesses the startling denouement. Dropping to her knees once more, Katherine, folding her hands in prayer, weeps tears of joy and thanksgiving.
- Helen, working alone on the late shift, guards a strongbox full of money. When two robbers make off with the money, Helen goes to great lengths to prevent the crooks from escaping with the loot.
- Eleanor Warren is loved by Harold Rives, a struggling artist. Although fond of the young man, Eleanor longs for the comforts of wealth. Walter Hastings, a wealthy Southern planter, meets Eleanor and falls in love with her. Rives sees the two together. Filled with jealous rage, the artist creates a scene and is ordered from the house. Shortly afterwards Rives hears that Eleanor has married Hastings. Immediately after the wedding, Hastings and his bride leave for their southern home. Later, a daughter is born. Eleanor, however, is not happy. Her longing for the gay times of her girlhood are intensified by the messages she receives from her chum in the north. Eleanor also learns that Rives, favored by fortune, is now one of the foremost artists of the day. She receives news that her aunt has died, together with a letter informing her that she has inherited her relative's estate. Now in a position to take an active part in the affairs of society, Eleanor, knowing that her husband would never consent to join in the social whirl, determines to leave him. When Hastings returns home that evening, he finds a note in which his wife informs him of her purpose. Back in her old home, Eleanor plunges into the social vortex. She meets Rives once more. The woman falls madly in love with him. Rives, however, learning what Eleanor has done, sees her for just what she is. Hastings, embittered by his wife's faithlessness, is filled with a hatred towards all women. Turning his back upon civilization, the man takes his daughter, Frances, into the wilderness, where he leads a primitive life. So great is his distrust of all women, that the father rears Frances up as a boy. Fifteen years later Frances as wild as any boy. Clad in trousers and rough shirt, she contributes toward the family larder with her rifle and rod. A surveying party headed by John Weir enters the forest. Frances becomes a favorite with the men, who are ignorant of her real sex. Rives, on a sketching trip, meets Frances. He induces her to pose for a painting. As "The Barefoot Boy," his painting creates a sensation. A falling tree crushes Hastings to death. Frances' cries bring Weir and his men to the scene. Later, Weir learns that the "boy" is in reality a girl. The man takes Frances home to his wife. The couple adopt the orphan. Fate causes Rives to stroll towards the Weir home. Frances sees her friend of the forest and rushes to greet him. The artist, amazed, draws back, but his amazement increases when he discovers that the beautiful girl before him and "The Barefoot Boy" are one and the same. Rives has tired of the friendship of Eleanor. Frances' youth and freshness win the man's heart. The artist wins the Weirs' consent to paint Frances in her feminine attire. Eleanor sees Rives take the girl in his arms. Frantic at the thought of losing Rives. Eleanor resolves to bare her friendship with the artist. Unable to believe the story. Frances shrinks from her in horror. The girl learns the truth, however. The artist declares that his heart belongs to Frances. Rushing from the room, she meets Weir and tells him all that has transpired. The surveyor confronts Eleanor and Rives and informs the woman of Frances' identity. The following day Eleanor appears at the Weir home and begs to see her daughter. Weir informs her that Frances has gone to visit her father's grave. Frances is sobbing over the rude mound when a touch on her arm causes her to turn. She confronts Eleanor, who informs her of their relationship. The girl stares at the heart-broken woman. A sudden impulse causes Frances to take her mother in her arms. Throwing herself at her daughter's feet, Eleanor begs for her forgiveness. Just at this moment, a shot emanating from Rives' studio brings his servants to the scene. They find the artist on the floor, a revolver clutched in his hand.
- While at work in the woods, Tom meets Sue. Tug, who seeks to win the girl's hand, becomes insanely jealous when he learns of her friendship for Tom. The mountaineer inflames Sue's father against the surveyor and the old man forbids Tom to visit the premises. Some time later, Tug is given some mail addressed to Sue. Opening one of the letters, he discovers it to be a message from a promoter who has discovered that the railroad intends to lay its tracks through the girl's land. Meeting the promoter, Tug represents himself as Sue's husband and receives $10,000 on an option for the right-of-way. When Tom learns of this piece of crookedness, he hastens to the Elwood cabin. Tug, however, has poisoned old Elwood's mind and the two attack the surveyor, making him a prisoner. Tom is placed in an outbuilding until his captors can decide upon his fate. Sue, who has been locked in her room because of her refusal to marry Tug, succeeds in escaping and sees the two men imprisoning her lover. She liberates Tom and the two start for the village, where they meet the promoter and explain the situation. The treachery of Tug is exposed and Sue's father consents to allow her to marry Tom.
- (Reel 1) Beamish McCoul joined the Irish insurrection and had become a leader in the movement when he was arrested and placed in Wicklow Jail. His property was confiscated by the authorities. When his followers learned of his imprisonment, they perfected a plot for his escape, which involved a rope, a fast horse and a boat to carry him from the country. Arrah Meelish, the prisoner's foster sister, volunteered to carry the idea of their plot to him. She approached the armed sentinels and begged permission to kiss her brother farewell, as the next day would bring about his execution. While kissing him a note was slipped from her mouth to his without being detected by the wardens. Later the guards were seized and Beamish made his escape from the prison, hurried to his sweetheart, Fanny Powers, bid her farewell and left for France. Four years Beamish spent in reckless exile, and, unable to endure it longer, returned to Ireland. He learned that Fanny was still true to him, having refused Colonel O'Grady, the magistrate, and her legal guardian. Beamish, on his arrival, quickly gathers together his old friends. He robs Michael Feeney, collector of the Government Clerk's Office, of his gold and banknotes and of his free pass across the mountain, because they had confiscated his property. Arrah, who has promised her hand to Shaun, a postman, secretes her foster brother in her barn and informs him of her imminent marriage. Beamish gives her as a wedding present a number of banknotes, which he robbed the collector of. Feeney, who is also a suitor for Arrah's hand, tells her that he suspects Shaun is the man who had robbed him. She is surprised and tells him she has plenty of money, at the same time showing him the banknotes which her foster brother gave her. These are recognized by the collector, who says nothing. The following day Shaun and Arrah are wed in the old barn in which Beamish is secluded. Major Coffin, an English officer, brings Colonel O'Grady information that a rebel had made a bold robbery and was at present secreted in Arrah's barn. They set out at once for her house, in company with Feeney, the informer, Fanny and soldiers. The gaiety is stopped and the searching party begins its work. Beamish makes his escape through a window, and. grasping a branch of a tree nearby, lowers himself to the ground and hurries away. Arrah is accused of harboring the rebel as Feeney had found McCoul's coat, which contains the mountain pass. Her husband takes the blame of Beamish's robbery, and says the coat is his. He is arrested and taken to prison. (Reel 2) Beamish goes to the place where he is supposed to meet his sweetheart. He is greatly distressed at not finding her there. As he sits in solitude, a messenger arrives with a letter from Fanny, saying that she had been at Arrah's cottage and knew all. He replies, stating that he has left for Dublin to visit the Secretary of State and secure, if possible, a pardon for Shaun. Fanny returns home and announces to Colonel O'Grady that she is now prepared to become his wife, but before their marriage he must obtain a pardon for the release of Shaun, who is ignorant of the whole affair. The colonel consents to do his best. Arrah is now seen at the prison, hopefully awaiting a word from her husband. Feeney enters Shaun's cell, accompanied by Fanny. Feeney starts to heap insults upon Arrah, and although Shaun's hands are tied, he pounces upon him, causing him to cry out for help. The guards order Feeney from the place. Fanny tells Shaun that she is going to denounce her affianced husband in order to save the postman from unjust punishment. Arrah, at this time, comes to the door and falls into her husband's arms and confesses that it was Beamish she had concealed in her barn. Everybody is ordered out of the room as the guards conduct Shaun into the courtroom to await trial. The verdict handed down is to the effect that Shaun must die the following day. (Reel 3) Beamish McCoul arrives at the Secretary of State in Dublin and proclaims his identity with a written confession of the affair. Colonel O'Grady arrives a few minutes later and the secretary hides McCoul behind the curtains, while O'Grady makes a plea for Shaun's release. The third person to put in an appearance is Fanny Powers, and the secretary conceals the Colonel in another place about the room. During her interview, the two men, each unconscious of the presence of the other, finding it impossible to restrain themselves longer, slip from their hiding places and confront the young woman. The old secretary reunites Beamish and his sweetheart, writes a pardon for Shaun, which he hands to the colonel, and the three depart on their missions. Meanwhile Shaun's hour approaches. Arrah climbs to the battlements of the castle in the hope of seeing her husband for the last time. Shaun discovers a loose stone in his cell, and with almost superhuman strength, breaks the barred window, thereby effecting his escape. Feeney meets Arrah upon the battlement and tries to induce her to forget Shaun and become his wife. She refuses. He is infuriated. In the meantime Shaun is stealthily climbing up the ivy on the outside of the jail, and when he reaches the top he enters into a fierce struggle with Feeney, who is finally overpowered and thrown into the waters below. At this moment the colonel, Beamish and Fanny arrive with Shaun's pardon. Beamish asks Shaun to pardon him for all the trouble he has caused him, which is joyfully granted, and the story ends showing Shaun placing his arms about his wife's neck.
- Anna, who lives with her harsh-tempered aunt, eagerly seizes the opportunity to join a traveling repertoire company. The girl and Darnton, the "villain" in the company, become deeply interested in each other, and because of Anna Darnton conquers his terrible craving for liquor. Later, when the troupe disbands in New York, Anna meets Rita. The girl makes the acquaintance of Marbridge, an agent of the worst type, and only her wit saves her from the man's clutches. Following a quarrel with Darnton, Anna foolishly consents to go autoing with Rita and the fast set with which the latter associates. The auto hurtles over an embankment and Anna alone escapes death. A reconciliation with Darnton follows. Anna obtains a position in the company in which Darnton plays the villain. The girl receives her great opportunity when the star, whom she is understudying, is injured on the opening night. Enwright, the manager, learns of the love between the new star and Darnton. Fearing lest sentiment affect their work, he sends Darnton to head the Chicago company. But the separation depresses Anna so greatly that Enwright orders Darnton to return. The player comes back unknown to Anna and suddenly appears before her at the next performance. The ensuing scene thrills the audience, which never for a moment suspects that the heroine and the villain are secret lovers. But the moment the curtain has descended Anna walks into Darnton's arms. Her lips meet his.