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- At a tramcar in Copenhagen the piano teacher Magda Vang meets the young man Knud Svane, who falls in love with her. She is invited to spend the summer with him and his parents at the vicarage in Gjerslev. Outside the vicarage a circus troupe passes by, and Magda is saluted by the performer Rudolph Stern. In the night Rudolph climbs a ladder to Magda's bedroom. She tries to flee his advances, but after a hot kiss she surrenders, and runs away with him. Magda is hired as a dancer with Rudolph at the Empire Varieté. When Rudolph fondles a ballet dancer Magda gets furious, and starts a fight in front of the audience. Magda and Rudolph are fired. To earn some money Rudolph forces Magda to play the piano in a band at a garden restaurant. Knud turns up and recognizes her. Incognito he asks her for a private meeting. Magda thinks she is asked to sell her body and refuses, but Rudolph forces her to go. When Rudloph after a while interrupts and finds Magda with Knud, he gets furious and starts to beat her. During the turmoil she grabs a knife and stabs Rudolph in his chest. In her despair she clings to his dead body, and has to be taken away by force.
- With aid from her police-officer sweetheart, a woman endeavors to uncover the prostitution ring that has kidnapped her sister and the philanthropist who secretly runs it.
- Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
- Back from a crusade, the hero of Sir Walter Scott's novel fights for courtly love and Saxon honor.
- Jake's wife fears he has made good his suicide threat after he has caught her making love to the Dude in his own home. During the last minute preparations for Jake's funeral, the mourners are suddenly surprised to find him sitting upright in their midst.
- The young American lieutenant is deeply in love with the handsome Spanish-Filipino girl, and one day, as he is visiting her in the little bamboo cottage, their love-making is interrupted by the appearance of a corporal who bears a note that tells the young officer to report at headquarters at once, and that the next transport is to take him home. The girl cannot read but sees that his expression has changed, and asks him why. He cannot tell her, but caressing her fondly, leaves her. To headquarters he goes, and the commanding officer hands him a letter in which his father says that he has provided for his future at Washington; that he should come home at once and marry the girl to whom he is engaged. The realization of the great bearing this has on his love for the Filipino girl overwhelms him, and he sinks into a chair, dropping the letter to the floor. In this be has not been unobserved, for the girl has been peering in through the lattice, and now, stealthily, she picks up the letter. Meanwhile, the lieutenant, pacing the room, is suffering untold tortures. Thrice he resolves to leave and thrice be resolves to stay. Finally, as the time for departure draws near, he follows the call of his love and cables home that he will come, but with another bride! Handing the cable to the corporal, be sets out to tell the dusky beauty the news. And none too soon does he arrive, for, her heart strings torn asunder by the prospects of the bitter disappointment, she is about to end it all with one thrust from the keen blade she holds in her hand. And the rose is saved for both of them.
- Episode 1: "The Last Cigarette" In the Bergenschloss the heads of Saxonia's secret service are in consultation over the fate of one of their men who has failed in his mission to a South American republic on account of the watchfulness of Yorke Norroy, a diplomatic agent and the cleverest man in the American secret service, who poses as a man of fashion. The Saxonian chiefs lay plans for his destruction. Minna Ober, whose father has been sentenced to death for murder, comes to plead for clemency. The chief offers the man a chance for his life if he will dispose of Yorke Norroy. Ober accepts. The papers have given publicity to the escape of Max Ober, and Huntley Carson, the confidant of Yorke Norroy, warns Norroy that Ober is after him. They attend the reception at the Saxonian embassy in Washington some time later and recognize Ober. Norroy is apparently absorbed in a flirtation with a stranger, who in reality is Minna Ober. Her father is counting upon her to lure Norroy to an empty house. Minna is successful. Norroy is roughly pushed into a room and falls. He rises, brushes his clothes, annoyed by the dust and Ober informs him that unless he discloses the history of his defeat of their plans he will be put to death. He insists upon Norroy's writing the story in detail. Norroy complies, but asks permission to smoke a cigarette. He takes out his case and sees in its polished surface that Ober gives directions to shoot him when he has finished writing. He lights a cigarette, and smokes it in the intervals of writing the story. Then he lays the cigarette on the table and proceeds. The cigarette explodes, and Norroy makes his escape. When the smoke has cleared away, Ober and his daughter read on the paper, "Tell your chief that Yorke Norroy sends Max Ober back to the Bergenschloss to pay the penalty."
- A mother pleads with the doctor to save her child's life, but the case is hopeless. The child dies. The mother pleads with the angel for her child when death's revelation of the child's future life appears, first at the head of his school class, later showing him in love, then happily married. He is a trusted employee, but he is later tempted by a woman whom he meets through a friend and he steals at the woman's command. Overhearing by chance that he is duped by the friend and the woman, he strangles the woman, and the vision fades out and the mother hands her baby to "The Angel of Death."
- Arthur Dennison, the only son of a wealthy man, selects the stage as his profession. His father strongly objects to the choice, and arguments proving unavailing, finally threatens to disinherit him should he persist in his determination to enter the dramatic field. Lucy, Mr. Dennison's adopted daughter, pleads for her brother, but the father remains firm, and Arthur leaves home. While he is absent, Mr. Dennison comes under the influence of a clever adventuress with whom he falls in love and unable to resist her fascinating wiles, settles his fortune upon her. Through this woman's scheming, Lucy is driven from home, and she writes Arthur to return and save his father from ruin, for he is induced to make bad investments by the woman and her brother. Arthur hastens home and finally succeeds in opening his father's eyes to the true character of the schemers. Mr. Dennison, realizing what a terrible mistake he has made, forgives the boy and willingly consents to his marriage with Lucy. Thus Arthur wins a bride and a prospective fortune.
- Louis Perry is discharged from the penitentiary, having served his sentence. He immediately resumes relations with his evil companions, being a leader in the criminal acts. One day he happens to meet Lillian Garvey, a Salvation Army worker. One of his companions insults her and he resents it and incurs his enmity. Lillian is the only good woman he has known for years and he learns to love her. Her influence tempts him to abandon the life he is leading, and be attends the services and becomes converted. Just at this juncture Madeline Raymond, a woman of the underworld, who was his sweetheart before he was arrested, again comes into his life. He tries to secure honorable employment, but fate, in the shape of vigilant officers, interferes. They know him for a criminal and warn employers against him. Lillian is loyal in her faith in him and they are married. A small boy is injured by a motor car and Louis takes him to his home. When he arrives he finds Madeline, who has called on his wife and told her all. The revelation has no effect on the faithful wife and she has nothing but pity for the abandoned woman. A physician is called to attend the boy and Madeline resolves to be revenged. She places her purse in a dresser drawer and then summons a policeman, announcing that Louis has robbed her. The physician sees the woman secrete the purse. The policeman arrives and recognizes Louis as a jailbird and is about to arrest him when he notices the injured boy, which is his child. The doctor clears Louis of the charge of theft and the officer congratulates him on his reformation and praises his devoted wife. The incident makes a vivid impression on Madeline and she is resolved to lead an honest life.
- A young Spanish couple want to be together, but are hindered by the girl's parents. They try a ruse to get a chance to be alone, but it is discovered. The young man then decides to resort to more daring methods.
- Terence Tightwad does not approve of the attentions paid to his daughter Marion by Harry Lightfoot; neither does family dog Murphy. Murphy and old Tightwad show their displeasure at Harry's insistence on visiting the Tightwad home by combining in a "free-for-all" fight with him, from which Harry emerges "third best." When old Tightwad spirits Marion away to a nearby resort hotel, Harry picks up the love trail, follows, and finds employment at the hotel as a bellboy. Overcoming all the hazards of the militant father's objections, Harry finally escapes in a spectacular manner with Marion, leaving father and the dog to fight it out.
- A woman innocently stealing roses catches the attention of the owner of the garden, who falls in love with her.
- Gerald Kinney is a roué and travels with a fast set, having plenty of money to indulge his tastes and going the pace that kills. He is somewhat satiated with the life he is leading and his better nature asserts itself at times. He leaves his club, where the wine is flowing and the tables are strewn with poker chips, and motors out into the country. In a pretty wooded dell, by the side of a quaint old well, he meets Myrtle Edgar, a simple country maiden, pretty, pure and demure. It is a revelation to him. The girl is a new type, unlike any woman he has ever seen. She shyly gives him a drink of the cool water. Endeavoring to take liberties with her, he is repulsed, kindly but firmly, and that is a new experience for the debonair clubman. It is a welcome innovation and he sees in her only the pure and holy. Roses grow in profusion in the pretty spot and she plucks one and fastens it on his lapel. The rose acts as a talisman. Whenever he is tempted to do wrong, he regards the flower. His friends rail at him and wish to learn his secret, but he guards it jealously; gradually dropping his old acquaintances and leading a more quiet life. The memory of the sweet country girl is always before him. At a swell society function, he suddenly thinks of her and is distrait. He leaves his handsomely gowned partner and walks out into the night, the memory of Myrtle haunting him. He seeks her out and makes an honest declaration of his love, but she intuitively divines there is a disparity in their station. He tells her of his past life and she puts him on probation. They are married and after a few years of wedded life a child comes to gladden their hearts. One night the wife is conning a book and finds between the leaves a pressed rose. She questions him and he tells her it is the rose she gave him at the old well, the flower that made a man of him and brought him a true and trusting wife, making his life brighter.
- Shorty, like all freshmen, is compelled to perform many little services for the sophomores, juniors and the seniors of his college, and while serving one of his classmates, he meets charming Betty Rossmore, and immediately falls in love with her. His bliss is not of long duration, however, as his upper classmates force him to introduce them, and then he is left out in the cold. A junior promenade ball is to be given from which poor Shorty, being only a freshman, is barred. Six students invite Betty to this affair, while Shorty invites her to a dinner. Betty, hoping to have some fun, accepts each and every invitation. The six, one after another, drive up in their automobiles and enter the house. Such looks are exchanged as each comes into the room. Finally Betty appears, shaking with suppressed laughter. Then Shorty walks on the scene, and triumphantly leads Betty from the room and house, enters bis auto and speeds away. The disappointed boys, however, have a mix-up on the pavement, to decide who shall escort Betty, not realizing she has vanished with Shorty. A policeman is called, and the six are bundled into a patrol wagon and hurried off to jail. There they meditate on the perversity of woman, while Betty and Shorty are enjoying their dinner.
- Tom returns from college and marries Jane. Their favorite place on the farm is the old parlor with its organ, rag carpet, old table and family album. They go to the city, where Tom prospers in business. Bridge parties and cigarette smoking by his wife's city friends cause a breach that constantly widens until separation is the only solution of their troubles. Jane returns home and informs her parents of her intentions. Going to the city the old father tries to bring about a reconciliation, but fails. Back home the old parents decide on a plan that they believe might bring it about. To the city they ship the old furniture the parlor. It arrives while the young couple are out and the parents install it. When Tom and Jane return prepared to divide the furniture they find a surprise; the old folks hidden, see the puzzled and amazed look over the faces of their children. Standing gazing over the old album and its photographs their hearts are drawn together. The reconciliation is complete.
- Ethel Edgar is a wild rose of the peaks, whose only associates are rough, honest miners. Her father and brother refuse her permission to accompany them on a prospecting trip, giving as an excuse that she is a girl and cannot withstand the hardships. She is peeved and decides to go gold hunting on her own hook. Procuring a mirror and a pair of shears, she clips off her tresses, dons male attire, and with revolver and pick sallies forth in search of adventures. One comes most inopportunely, for she falls over a cliff and rolls to the rocks below, stunned and amazed. She is rescued by Wayne Holland, a young miner, who lives alone in a cabin on the mountain. He carries her to his home, where she revives. Holland, while not conversant with the ways of women, has an intuition that his newly made friend is masquerading. The girl tries to bide her identity, but makes it all the more apparent that she is not what she seems. Leaving her in the cabin, Holland sleeps in the open and an unsuccessful miner tries to rob him, entering the cabin. The girl screams and Holland is awakened. There is a fight and the thief sent crashing down the mountainside. Ethel leaves the cabin and goes home, where she dons suitable wearing apparel. Holland, left alone, cannot forget the sweet face and resolves to seek her. After much primping he dresses in his best suit of clothes and goes to her home, where he discovers her in proper personae, and is smitten by her charms. He endeavors to make love to her, but she will have none of him in his make-up assumed for the occasion. He returns to his home crestfallen as the result of his courting expedition. Ethel follows him, anxious to make amends for her seeming coldness. There is a pretty scene in his cabin of the happy lovers.
- A woman is forced to reevaluate the quiet man in her life when she finds he actually could be her knight in shining armor.
- Hugh Norton and Amy Gordon are sweethearts residing in a village. Hugh receives an offer to enter the office of a business firm in the city. He hastens to Army to inform her of his prospects, and takes leave of her in her rose garden. Hugh goes to the city, and mingles with the fast set. Amy sends him a pair of slippers that she has embroidered with his initials. He receives them just as he is entertaining his blasé friends. The package is opened, but tossed aside. In the meantime, Amy visits the post office every day, awaiting news from her sweetheart. At school she reads the engagement of Hugh to a wealthy city woman. The shock is too much for her; it turns her brain. AT a dinner, surrounded by his companions, a street singer appears and sings, "With the Last Rose of Summer, I'll Come Back to You." Hugh listens. In an instant it all comes back to him. He rushes out of the place, and denounces the woman to whom he is engaged. He journeys to his home town, but is ostracized. At her mother's home, she points to the rose garden. He finds her there in a demented state. He sings their favorite song, "With the Last Rose of Summer, I'll Come Back to You." She listens; her reason gradually returns, and is clasped in his arms.
- The story of a girl who was turned out of her home because of a marriage beneath her station. In later years her father became a miser and was reformed by the love of his little grandchild who came to pay him attentions.
- Dorothy is beloved by Dick and Paul, who are both persistent in their attentions. Dorothy is apparently unable to decide between them and is quite perplexed. She has been impartial in her favors, but the young men press her for an answer. She is walking alone when she passes the residence of a fortune teller and is possessed of a happy thought. She will consult the seeress as a way out of her dilemma. She goes in and crosses the palm of the delver into the past and future and is enlightened. Dick sees her enter the house and, surmising her mission, gains admission to an adjoining room by bribing the woman in waiting. He hears the instructions of the fortune teller, who informs the girl that if she will rise at midnight, descend the stairs in her sleeping robe, walk a certain number of steps, turn the required number of times, and hold a candle to the mirror, she will see the face of the man she is destined to marry. Dick is made acquainted with this by listening at the keyhole and is elated. At midnight he gains entrance to the home of Dorothy by adopting heroic measures, climbing the porch like an ordinary burglar. Paul discovers his actions and, under the impression that Dick is about to circumvent him in some way, summons a policeman and they enter the house. In the meantime, Dick clad in his stocking feet, has taken a position near the mirror to await the coming of Dorothy, who soon puts in an appearance. She follows the instruction of the seeress to the letter, with Dick, jubilant, imitating her movements. She gazes in the mirror, and the fortune teller builded better than she knew, for the face of Dick is photographed on the mirror. Dorothy turns and is too quick for Dick, and his little ruse is discovered. The humor of the situation dawns on the girl and, of course, Dick is forgiven for his deception, just as Paul and the policeman break into the scene. By bribing the officer, Dick turns the attentions of that worthy on Paul and the copper marches off with the lover who lost, and there is a pretty scene in which Dorothy and Dick are the principals. Dorothy pleased at her choice and Dick radiantly happy at the result of his little strategy.
- George Harris determines to escape from his cruel master. One day while he is working with other slaves hauling logs out of a swamp he sneaks away, making his way to the house of George Shelby. Sr., who owns his wife, Eliza, and their child. He bids Eliza good-bye, and leaving, meets his owner, who strikes him with a whip and has him branded. Shelby is in his library when he receives a letter telling him certain notes are due and offering to accept slaves in liquidation. Uncle Tom is working in his yard as Shelby and the lawyer enter. Shelby is compelled to sell Tom and Eliza's child. Eliza, who has overheard the conversation, determines to take her child and escape. She begs Uncle Tom to go with her, but he refuses, telling her he always will be faithful. Next day Eliza's escape is known, and Haley, who has bought her, gets a posse of men and starts to hunt for her. Harris offers a reward for George. George Harris, disguised as a Spaniard, escapes to Ohio, and is recognized by Phineas Fletcher in a bar. He promises to keep his secret. Meanwhile, Eliza is being hunted by men and dogs. George has told Phineas of his wife and child, and he promises to go to her rescue. Reaching a tavern near the river, he sees Eliza running, and hides her in a room while her pursuers are drinking. She gets away with the help of Phineas and joins her husband. Meanwhile Uncle Tom is sold and placed on board a steamer, where he meets Eva. Eva falls overboard and Tom jumps in and saves her. He is thanked by St. Clair, who buys him from Haley. At the St. Clair home Aunt Ophelia arrives and Topsy plays all kinds of tricks on her. St. Clair gives Topsy to Aunt Ophelia, and Tom to Eva. Later Eva falls sick and is dying. She gives a curl of her hair, and he kneels by her bedside. She dies and Tom comforts himself with his Bible. In a saloon Legree argues with another man and is going to shoot him. St. Clair tries to prevent this and is shot himself. Carried to his home, he dies. After his death all the slaves are sold. Including Tom, who is brought along with Emmeline and others by Legree. Legree finds Tom reading his Bible and sneers. Meanwhile, a warrant is issued for the arrest of Legree for the murder of St. Clair. At Legree's plantation Legree pesters Emmeline with his attentions. She rejects him and he has her tied to a post and whipped, to the horror of Uncle Tom, who is told to do the whipping. Tom refuses and is tied up and beaten by Legree himself to such an extent that he is taken away dying. Legree is arrested for the murder of St. Clair, and as Tom dies he sees a vision of Eva holding out her hands.
- Actress Violet Marcell holds her fatherless babe in her arms as a messenger boy brings her a telegram: "Join the show at Conness, N.H., Tickets await you at station." While she packs her trunk, Violet wonders what she will do with her babe. As a washerwoman with her basket full of clean linen enters the house Violet hastily tucks her child in the basket while the washerwoman is engaged elsewhere, and leaves. The washerwoman, ignorant of the infant in the basket, leaves it with Mrs. Evans, who later opens the basket and finds the baby, to whose dress is pinned the following note: "Kind neighbor, I trust you will care for my little Violet. A poor unfortunate mother." Evans is angered that his wife should be imposed upon by an actress who has erred and brusquely declares his intention of sending "the brat" to the poorhouse. Mrs. Evans pleads with her husband to permit the baby to stay and finally Evans consents. Years pass. "Little Bill" Evans, Violet's childhood playmate, has become "Big Bill," one of the best halfbacks ever turned out at his college. He returns from school at the end of the semester and is met at the railroad station by Violet, his father and mother. Bill is a little embarrassed in Violet's presence and finds it difficult to take up his friendship where he left off. In the days that follow, however, their friendship is renewed and gradually ripens into love. While Violet was a little girl not yet in her teens there came to the Evans home one day a trunk marked "Violet Marcell, Theatrical." A letter followed from the manager of the show with which little Violet's mother had been playing, which told of the death of Violet Marcel, and who, before her death, requested the manager of the show to send her trunk to the guardian of her child, stipulating that the trunk must not be opened until her daughter reached her maturity. Upon Bill's return from college he and Violet come across the trunk. Violet remembers the letter sent years before and feels that she is now old enough to open the old trunk. They find a box of grease paints and have a lively time making up and "playing theater" as they did years before as youngsters. Evans sees the growing friendship between his son and Violet and does his best to discourage it. Evans finally accuses Violet with trying to bewitch his son and the next morning she carries out her resolution to leave for the city. She secures a position in a garment making shop, where she is promptly invited out to dinner by the manager. When she refuses she is discharged. Florence, a dance hall artist, who boards in the same house with Violet, helps her to secure a position in a cabaret and music hall, where she "makes good." She writes a letter home to 'Mother" Evans. Bill gets the letter and determines to follow her. Bill meets two friends in the city and drops into the cabaret where Violet is playing. At the moment he enters, Violet is insulted by two strangers who sit down at the table where she and Florence are resting. Billie takes Violet home and the next day they are married. The same day Billie meets his mother's old beau, Jim Ridgway. He tells Ridgway of his marriage, and upon arriving home Ridgway tells Mrs. Evans. Mrs. Evans is overjoyed and in her excitement consents to go to the city with Ridgway to meet Violet and her son. Evans sees his wife leave with his old rival and is infuriated. He trails them to the city, where he and the policeman break into the boarding house, only to find a happy little reunion between Violet. "Mother" Evans and her son. Evans forgives his son and takes Violet into his arms.
- Squnk City was without any adequate protection against fire, should a fire break out, and the worthy citizens of this progressive burg becoming suddenly alive to the fact, met in solemn conclave. And at that meeting they decided to form a fire brigade. Then the officers were appointed. For long, long days and nights there was no fire in Squnk City. Then one night the alarm bell rang and each of the officers arose from his bed, clothed himself in his uniform and made his way to the fire station. There was a fire, not much of a one, it is true, but the Squnk City Fire Brigade, in its articles of organization, had omitted to define the respective duties of the officers. So that before the work of fire extinction could be begun, there was much dispute amongst these important functionaries as to whose duty it was to first start operations. However in the end the fire was extinguished, not before, though, the inhabitants of a small household were placed in great danger from the tardiness with which these over-officious gentlemen got to work.
- A modernized version of the Alexandre Dumas classic.
- Modern sculptor Raphael dreams that in the days of Phydias, about 500 years before Christ, he lived as Phydias the sculptor, and was the friend of Diogenes and made some beautiful statues on commission for Georgias, the richest man in Asia. His female statues come to life, and disdaining his love, smile upon the wealthy man. Raphael awakens and in real life his of poor love swept aside by great wealth and how misery, ruin and death follows in the train of Marco, a beautiful and merciless coquette, termed "the marble heart" on account of her cold nature.
- It is the story of an only daughter of a farmer; her mother is dead and she is her father's consolation. She grows up and falls in love with the young man in her father's employ, but when they tell the father of their love affair, he orders the lover off the place. He goes, but later returns and takes the girl with him, followed by a father's curse. We next see them established in their own little home, which is brightened by the presence of a child, and both are as happy as can be. A glimpse of the father shows him unreconciled and alone in his bitterness. Then trouble comes. The young husband, at work in the cornfield, is overcome with the heat; a fellow workman takes him home and calls the doctor, but medical aid is of no avail and he dies without regaining consciousness. Later the little widowed mother is seen struggling against adversity; the once happy home is woefully bare and cheerless. The child, restless in its cradle, reveals the fact that there is no milk in the house, although it is now night. Placing the lamp on the window sill, the mother goes to a neighbor's for milk. While she is out the lamp sets fire to the house. This calamity the mother chances to discover while on her errand and she hastens back in time to save the baby. In the final scene she is seen sitting upon the steps of her old home with her baby in her arms. A shawl conceals her face, so the father does not recognize the suppliant for his charity as he takes the baby in his arms and helps the woman into the house. He ventures to remove the shawl and discovers his daughter.
- Miner Hank Denby has a loving little wife, but he is a brute and abuses her. She bears it patiently until one day when forbearance ceases to be a virtue. He goes out to his work after an unusually violent scene, in which his wife is in tears as a consequence. She is all alone on the mountain, but resolves to desert her husband, to go anywhere to rid herself of the obnoxious presence of the husband. She packs a few of her belongings, writes a note to Denby, and is about to go out into the world when Philip Baldwin, a much-older prospector, comes into the cabin in search of food and drink. He is welcomed by the woman as he is kind. He looks about the cabin and notes her preparation for flight in surprise. On being questioned, the girl-wife tells him of the ill treatment she has been subjected to and her decision to leave it all. He mildly tries to dissuade her, to no avail. She is determined to leave and asks to be allowed to travel in his company. The big rough fellow sees no impropriety in that and the woman is guiltless of any wrong-doing. They leave the cabin, arrive at the tent of Baldwin and in attempting to secure water for her, he falls over a cliff. She runs around the eminence and finds him in the meantime, the husband has returned home, read the note, takes the trail and follows the pair with the insane idea that some man has stolen the affections of his wife. He comes upon them just as his wife is trying to extricate Baldwin from his perilous position. He is about to kill him when the wife interferes. Denby takes Baldwin on his back and carries him, unconscious to his cabin, where he nurses him back to health. On being convalescent, Baldwin leaves, but is followed by Denby to a rocky peak. Slapping Baldwin's face, he challenges him to a revolver duel. Baldwin is loath to fight, but is provoked, and back to back they start to walk apart. At the signal they turn and fire. Denby falls dead. His wife comes out and falls prostrate across his body. Baldwin gazes at the woman for a time and then, not understanding, walks away, down the slope, leaving Mrs. Denby alone with her dead husband whom she had not loved in life.
- Dan Nolan is seated in his humble home, hungry and in the depths of despair. A mechanic, he has been without work for weeks on account of a strike. A fellow workman enters and tells him there is no prospect for a speedy settlement of the labor trouble and the future looks black. Driven to desperation by hunger, he resolves to steal. He passes a residence and notes that it is easy of egress. Climbing the trellis work, he cuts the telephone wires, thus preventing the summoning of police and enters the house. It is the home of Homer Warren and the household is saddened by the serious illness of a little daughter. Nolan is prowling about the house, enters the room in which the child is ill and secretes himself in a closet, watching operations through the keyhole. He sees the nurse operations through the keyhole. He sees the nurse endeavor to summon a physician by telephone and her failure. She runs out hastily and when she returns is accompanied by a doctor. Nolan sees the physician examine the child and notes the gravity of the case as indicated by the doctor. The nurse and the mother are nearly exhausted from their long vigil and the doctor impresses upon them the importance of administering the medicine promptly at the hour indicated on the directions. Nolan waits in the closet and sees the mother leave the room yawning. The nurse seats herself by the bedside of the child and is soon sleeping soundly. Nolan waits for the time and, emerging from hiding, notes that the hour has arrived for the giving of the medicine by reading the written instructions. Tiptoeing over to the table, he pours out the medicine and, arousing the sleeping child, tenderly administers the dose and leaves the room. He emerges from the house, connects the telephone wires and walks away, satisfied that he has not stolen and happy in the knowledge that he has been of service to the people whose house he has entered. The child awakens and the nurse arouses. The mother is called and the father enters the room, all having slumbered, unconscious of the fact that the life of the little one depended on their vigilance . They glance at the clock and realize that the hour has long passed when the medicine should have been given. They look at the bottle and discover the note left by their visitor, apprising them of the fact that he carried out the instructions of the physician. The child confirms the note and the parents are mystified. The next morning Nolan is informed the strike is called off and he is once more contested, thankful that he did not steal.
- On the day before Christmas, little Helen's brother Bobby breaks the head of her old bisque doll. She goes to her daddy and asks for a new doll for Christmas, but daddy has just been laid off and has no money. That night she can't sleep and decides to write God a letter. Climbing out of bed, she finds a pencil and a dirty piece of paper and commences to write, but when she's done she doesn't have a stamp, so with Bobby's help she raises the window and tosses the letter out with a prayer. The slamming shut of the window startles their parents and they rush into the room. Daddy asks for an explanation and Bobby is about to tell, but Helen warns him to keep quiet, so the parents kiss them and put them back to bed. The old folks are a wealthy couple who lost their only child long ago. The old lady comes across a baby's stocking; the old man picks up the baby's shoe. They meet in the library and each sees what the other is holding. He takes her into his arms, their old lips meet in a kiss, and he walks her outside so they might forget. It's cold and windy and a piece of paper blew past; he is about to throw it away but writing on it catches his eye. It is the little girl's note to God, and this is His delivery. When the man tells his wife the contents, she stays his hand when he tries to throw it away and they walk off deciding to make a child happy on Christmas. That night the Bradleys are surprised by a knock on the door, for no one ever calls but the landlord. Bradley answers the knock and the old folks come in, followed by men carrying a Christmas tree and all kinds of toys and food. They explain about finding the note and start decorating the tree. A few hours later little Helen is awakened by the beating of a drum. Hopping out of bed, she runs the door, peers through the keyhole, and jumps with a cry to her brother. She pulls him out of bed and drags him into the other room. She looks over the presents and, not seeing anything for daddy or mother, she asks the one she thinks is God, how about daddy or mother? He lifts her and kisses her, and as he puts her down he hands her a roll of bills. She kneels to pray, finds her brother standing, and catches him by the coat to pull him to his knees. Bradley attempts to thank the old folks, but the old man pulls off the Santa wig and beard and with a tear-dimmed eye raises his hand to heaven. Then he takes the old lady in his arms and they pass through the doorway.
- On the occasion of Washington's Birthday, which was celebrated at Laredo, Texas, in February, there was included amongst the festivities at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, just across the border, a bull fight, which was very largely attended by those who took part in the celebration. The various scenes attendant upon this form of sport as shown in the picture, have no trace of cruelty or brutality. Two or three sturdy bulls are turned into the ring and beset by the nimble picadors, matadors and others whose duty it is to irritate the animal and escape risk of assault by his horns.
- David Briggs transferred from the dry goods counter to the management of the soda department, is peeved because he is compelled to wear a white coat, and is chagrined by the guying he receives from Jenny, for whom he has succeeded in obtaining a position as one of his assistants. Miss Astorocks, a wealthy society girl, has been robbed while drinking a glass of soda. Briggs succeeds in recovering the lost articles, and goes to Miss Astorocks' house to restore them. She has left orders with her butler that if a certain would-be suitor called, to throw him out. The butler mistakes Briggs for him, throws him into the street. Briggs, who has spent his last cent to taxi there, is compelled to walk home, a horrible distance, but as he passes the store in which he works he decides to sleep there for the night. He speaks to the night watchman about it and is permitted to lie down under one of the counters. This being too hard for comfort, he looks about for a better place, and discovers that one of the show windows has been dressed to represent a bedroom. He pulls down the street curtain, takes off his shoes, collar and coat, falls in bed and is soon asleep. Next morning the window dresser, without seeing Briggs, pulls up the curtain and leaves. Miss Astorocks determines to visit the department store to inquire about her jewelry. She is astonished to see an enormous crowd, hooting and laughing in front of one of the large show windows and on closer inspection, discovers Briggs sound asleep and snoring, with a sign on the bed: "Take me home for $4.50." After a hearty laugh, she seeks the manager and tells him she would like to take that which is in the window home with her. He does not understand what she means until he goes out and sees for himself. The sight that greets him nearly causes apoplexy and, rushing back into the store, pulls down the curtain, throws Briggs bodily from the window, and discharges him. Miss Astorocks pleads for him. The manager subdues his anger and forgives Briggs on condition of his never getting into another scrape. Briggs returns the stolen articles, and Jenny pleads with him to forgive her for guying, which he finally does.
- Glen Martin, a wealthy young club and business man, is very much sought after by members of the opposite sex, and being of a bashful nature, these attentions annoy him extremely. He goes on his vacation and while on the boat several young ladies are attracted to him, much to his displeasure. Upon arriving at the hotel he meets with the same annoyance from other girls, and is surprised to see some of the young ladies, who traveled with him on boat, stop at the same hotel. When shown to his room, he is attracted for the first time at the appearance of the chambermaid, so much so that he musters up courage to invite her out some evening. Much to his surprise she refuses. He tries to enjoy himself at a summer resort in various ways, but every time the admiring girls keep him fleeing from place to place. He gets an idea to stop it all by manufacturing a family for himself. He proceeds to buy a photo of a lady and child, with endearing notes on it, as if they were from his own wife and child, and places them in a prominent place in his room. Some of the girls in the hotel pass his room at the same time the chambermaid is busy in the room. They stop and talk and see the photos and immediately spread the news that he has pictures of another man's wife in his room. In the meantime a famous actress is on her honeymoon. They come to the hotel for a few days, and it just happens that Glen's photo is of this actress. The actress's husband, returning to his room from the hotel office, mistakes Glen's door for his own, and going inside discovers his wife's pictures on Glen's dresser. Thinking she has given it to Glen he rushes into his own room and accuses her of having given the photos to Glen. She protests her innocence and husband and wife then proceed downstairs to the office to settle the matter. Here they meet Glen, who, in the meantime, has progressed somewhat in his love affair, talking with the chambermaid. The husband rushes up and demands an explanation and causes quite a scene as guests gather around to find out the trouble. Glen at first is puzzled, but upon being shown the photos the husband sees the joke and both of the men proceed to give the summer girls the laugh. Gwendoline, the chambermaid, meanwhile has slipped out. Glen follows her and catches her at the boat landing. He invites her to go out on the lake with him. She accepts and when he has her alone, convinces her of his love, and all ends happily.
- A loutish husband neglects his patient, loving wife to enjoy a night on the town. When he comes home drunk and irritable, he mistreats her. Then he falls asleep, and has a dream that causes him to reconsider the way that he treats his wife.
- Major Williams is engaged in tobacco culture and employs many natives and half breeds. His daughter, Florence, is quite a favorite on the ranch and has attracted the attention of Pedro, the half-breed overseer. Billy Thompson, from the States, the betrothed of Florence, is invited to sojourn at the ranch to join the Major in hunting while basking in the smiles of his daughter. This is noted by the overseer with a feeling of intense hatred. Billy arrives and is being shown over the plantation when he observes the cruelties of Pedro. He comes on him while he has a native hitched to a cart. The anger of Billy is aroused and he compels Pedro to release the tortured Filippino. Pedro is incensed and resolves to wreak summary vengeance on the planter and his family. He goes to the chief of a wild tribe, and tells him that Major Williams is ill-treating the natives. He incites the chief to plan an uprising by telling him that the landed property should of rights belong to the natives and the chief lends a willing ear. There is a conference which terminates in a war dance. Billy happens to be passing the field where the men are at work and notices the ship of Pedro lying idly on the ground. He is suspicious and repairs to the house of the planter. Major Williams, on his way home, notes the uneasiness of the natives. Looking through a powerful glass Billy and the major see the advancement of the savage horde. The major takes Florence and Billy and repairs to the stockade. Pedro is in advance of the wild men and professes friendship. He gains the interior of the stockade but is watched by Billy. The latter sees Pedro in the act of making an opening for the savages and he shoots him through the arm. The beleaguered are in sore straits and Billy resolves to seek help. Holding Pedro before him as a target, he issues forth and is protected. He makes his way quickly to the garrison and summons the United States soldiers, who mount and ride quickly to the relief of the major. The planter is making a gallant stand, doing execution with his hunting gun, and manages to stand off the black men. The soldiers arrive in time to rout them, and Billy is a hero, having saved his sweetheart and her father.
- Lora and her parents coming from Italy were met at the pier by a friend, but on their way to their new home she becomes separated from them and is lost. She attracts the attention of Mrs. Radley, a society woman, who takes the girl to her home. Mrs. Radley has a son, Albert, whose heart goes out to the Italian violinist. Lora becomes a talented musician and she is invited to appear at an east side club entertainment and here she is recognized by her poor parents. For a moment she is indifferent to them and faints at the recognition. She is taken immediately to the home of her adopted mother. But filial duty asserts itself and the girl recovering decides to seek out her parents, and so exchanging her fine clothes for her old Italian garments, she visits them, is reconciled to them and they show their happiness at having found her. Mrs. Radley in the meantime has discovered the absence of her protege. Albert succeeds in finding her. He offers to marry her and proffers an engagement ring, which he returns to him. But he tells her that he truly loves her. The protestations of Albert overcome the girl's scruples and the story ends with the engagement of the poor Italian girl to the son of her benefactress.
- A romance produced at the Gettysburg Reunion in which every important event of the most memorable celebration of "The Boys in Blue" and "The Sons in Gray" will be interwoven.
- The scene opens at the termination of a dance where the Duke of Chatmoss is supported by his nephew and his daughter to the throne, the daughter occupying the place of honor by his side. One of the court maids approaches and the Duke's nephew, Edward, falls in love with her instantly, and his love is reciprocated. The aged Duke notes the beautiful maiden and is also smitten by her charms. In his infatuation he sends his hunch-backed serf to her apartment commanding her immediate appearance before him. The cunning hunchback discovers that his master has been forestalled by the nephew, who is the accepted lover of Irma, the maid. His master, the Duke, is apprised of this fact, and when the girl appears before the Duke the old gallant immediately overwhelms her with his attentions, but she, in her righteous indignation, repulses him. The Duke is wrathy, and in his rage vows to win the frightened girl. She runs immediately to Edward and tells him of the occurrence. Edward is indignant and strides into the presence of his uncle, the Duke, demanding an explanation. There is a war of words, the nephew and the Duke growing excited, the hunchback fearing harm to himself stands aside with a drawn sword. The Duke coolly tells Edward he must renounce all hope of winning the maid. Angered to desperation, Edward draws his sword to attack the Duke, but is prevented by the hunchback. The Duke summons the guard and commends them to disarm his nephew and take him to the dungeon and torture him. To add to the cruelty of his purpose, the Duke has Irma seized, and taken to the cell where Edward is confined, and there a mock trial is held, and the nephew ordered to the torture chamber. During the time of the torture the hunchback is pacing quickly to and fro between the dungeon, reception room and the girl's chamber. The Duke in forms Irma that the price of the lover's life is herself. She refuses, and the trap-door is opened, showing the agonized girl her lover on the rack, being seared and tortured. She consents to sacrifice herself and the torture ceases. The Duke is satisfied at the result of his diabolical method of winning the girl. The hunchback is commanded to bring the girl to the bed-chamber of the Duke. Irma left alone in a fit of desperation, sears her face with a red-hot poker, horribly disfiguring her beautiful face. She accompanies the hunchback into the presence of the amorous old Duke, wearing a veil. The Duke lifting the veil is horrified at the face of the woman, who was once so beautiful. He renounces all pursuit of her and consents his nephew to appear in the audience chamber, where Irma is still veiled. The Duke announced to Edward that he must marry her, being possessed of the idea that the girl will be cast aside by Edward when he gazes on her once-beautiful face. Edward is all too willing, and raising the veil is shocked at the result of her sacrifice, but draws her towards him in a fond, loving embrace and leads her away; loving her in spite of her blemished face.
- Mercy Merrick, released from prison, goes to the Rev. Mr. Gray at the mission for assistance. He sends her to the French consul. The latter aids the girl just released from jail by sending her to France as an army nurse. Horace Holmcroft goes to the continent as a war correspondent. His mother in her loneliness writes to Grace Roseberry, an artist struggling in France, to come and live with her. Grace accepts the invitation. On her way she gets caught in the battle lines and takes refuge in a hospital in which Mercy is acting as a nurse. In a burst of confidence Mercy tells Grace of her prison record. Grace is struck by a shell and apparently killed; in fact, one surgeon says she is dead. Mercy takes from the bag of Grace her passport and the letter from Mrs. Holmcroft inviting her to visit her and sets out for the home of the latter. Young Holmcroft, who has met her at the hospital, keeps her company. Mrs. Holmcroft receives Mercy with open arms. The young woman wins the affection of Horace, he proposes and is accepted. Grace, at first thought to be dead, recovers through an operation and resumes her journey. When she arrives at Mrs. Holmcroft's she is spurned as an impostor. Grace goes to the Rev. Mr. Gray, who calls on Mrs. Holmcroft. He recognizes Mercy. The girl, however, insists that she is the one she pretends to be. The clergyman is not insistent. Grace again appeals to Mr. Gray. Mercy, suffering the tortures imposed by a guilty conscience, also visits Mr. Gray. Later, in a strong scene, when a policeman is taking from the Holmcroft home the victim of Mercy's pretensions, the impostor breaks down and confesses. Mercy returns to the mission, where the clergyman advises with her and consoles her.
- George Dupont, a young farmer, is living with his parents on the farm, while his sweetheart, Sadie Allen, resides on an adjoining farm. George finds rural life irksome and is satisfied that he has talent as an artist. He longs to attend art school in the city, having read of fabulous sums received for paintings. He resolves to quit the farm for a career, despite the protests of his father, but his mother, wrapped up in her son, gives him money she has saved by years of economy and he goes to the city to gratify his ambition. He departs, bidding adieu to his parents and sweetheart. He enters a school of art. The professor encourages him, having an eye to the main chance as the student has money, but the pupils laugh at his efforts and he is the butt of many a joke. He writes home, giving glowing accounts of his progress and the mother and sweetheart are happy, but his father is skeptical. A year passes and his money is exhausted, so the instructor tells him he has no talent, and dismissed him from the school. George tries to write home of his failure, but his nerve fails him. Meanwhile those at home have been waiting in vain for a letter, so Sadie resolves to go to the city and look him up. She takes lodgings in the same house with him in an adjoining room and pays the rent of his room without his knowledge. George offers the landlady one of his paintings to satisfy her, but she indignantly refuses it. His sweetheart buys the painting from the landlady, inducing her to take it and thus aiding him without his knowledge, the landlady refusing to divulge the name of the buyer. George decides to return to the farm, and packs his belongings, his sweetheart listening on the other side of the wall satisfied with her mission. Sad, Sadie returns home without his knowing that she was near him. Arriving at home, George finds Sadie there and they concoct a little joke on his parents. Finding a pair of boot in the barn, he dons them and goes into the field to plow. Sadie calls out the father and mother and points to the field, and the old man gets his dinner bell and rings it, summoning the helps to dinner. The father and mother and Sadie and the farmhands seat themselves at table. George enters the dining room without attracting attention and then gives way to his grief, breaking down entirely when there is a general awakening. His plat is piled high with food and the wanderer is welcomed home with warmth, satisfied with the farm and its environments and above all with his faithful sweetheart.
- The son of a poor inn keeper decides to leave his home to seek his fortunes in a foreign clime. Bidding his mother good-bye, she puts a locket around his neck as a remembrance. Tears roll by and the folks have not heard from their son. In the meantime, the son has struck it rich, but he has neglected his parents, and in a quiet moment, he remembers the locket his mother gave him. He desires to return home, but to surprise his parents, he writes them he is coming home poor instead of rich. Tears have changed his appearance and on his return his parents do not recognize him. He rents a room from them without telling who he is. In paying for his room, he shows a large sum of money, which tempts the mother to steal, so she can have money to welcome her poor son's return. She enters his room and kills him. She then discovers it was her own son by the locket hanging around his neck. The sheriff arrives and takes her away. While pleading with the sheriff, she awakes and finds it all a dream. The son comes down and tells her who he is.
- Kathleen is in love with Terence O'More. Both are in humble circumstances. The two lovers are among those who are entertained on rent day by Squire Bernard Cavanaugh. The squire makes love to Kathleen. She accepts his attentions and also from him a ring. When Terence later calls on his sweetheart she treats him with scant courtesy. A messenger from the squire brings a proposal of marriage. Bernard says he will call the following morning for his answer. Terence throws the note to the floor and leaves. That night Kathleen reclines by the fireplace and falls asleep. In the morning the squire calls and is accepted. The marriage is to take place that day. Bernard sends Red Barney to engage a man to don a priest's robe and perform a false marriage. Barney engages his man, but quarrels with him. The result is the injury of Barney's opponent, who sends for Father Daly. The priest learns of the intended deception. He decides to perform the ceremony himself. Bernard tires of his peasant wife. He writes her a note that he desires to marry someone else. As a maid bears to the wife in an adjoining room his message, Father Daly calls seeking funds for the parish. He hears the cry of the wife and follows the husband to the room. Bernard admits to the priest that Kathleen is not his wife. The priest tells the distressed woman that she is the true wife of the squire; that he himself performed the ceremony, and produces the certificate. Bernard tries another tack. He engages Red Barney and two other cut-throats to repair to the foot of the Black Crag, there to dig a grave and to be prepared to commit a murder. Later the squire takes Kathleen for a carriage ride. Terence, up in the cliff, sees the men below digging. He drops stones among them to their great fright. When the old sweetheart sees the three men assailing Kathleen he leaps down the rocks and jumps in among the murderers. He disposes of the three men and grapples with Bernard. In the struggle the squire is killed. A passing file of soldiers arrests Terence. The trial that follows results in the sentence to death of the peasant. There are sad scenes in the following days. Kathleen is disconsolate. With her father she calls on her old lover and there is a tearful farewell. The priest enters to prepare the condemned man for the execution. Through the village street the procession passes, Terence and the priest in the cart, which is driven to a point under the gallows. The soldiers hold back the people. The rope is adjusted. The picture fades. It is St. Patrick's Day morning. Kathleen is asleep by the fireplace. She rubs her eyes and runs to the door. Terence enters. The girl throws her arms about him. She embraces him again and again. Kathleen is finally convinced by the happy lover that she really has been dreaming. Bernard calls for his answer. Terence takes from Kathleen the ring and returns it to the squire. Then he announces his engagement. The squire congratulates him. The festive villagers throng in. The chickens, the rabbits and the pig are sent scurrying. There is an impromptu dance right there and all ends merrily.
- James Hovey, his wife and her sister lead a somewhat mysterious existence. They receive a letter from a distant cousin, Janet Barker, saying that she is alone in the world, her last near relative having died, leaving her only $500. Lucile wires to her to come at once, for they decide that they can easily find a use for the money. Below them in the same house lives Harry Cartwright, a rich young man known as a collector of rare jewels. One pearl of his is especially famous. The Hoveys determine to gain access to his apartment. They easily persuade Janet to give them her money. The three women are passing through the hall outside Cartwright's door when Lucile pretends to faint. Edith calls Cartwright to their aid, and carries Lucile into his apartment and lays her on the couch. When she recovers they talk about the jewels and Harry shows them the pearl. Thus they locate the wall sale where his treasures are kept. Harry does not suspect them, but he does not care for them, and is attracted by the contrast of Janet's country freshness. The women tell Hovey of their success, and the next day Lucile again pretends to have a fainting fit. Edith rushes down to ask Harry's aid, and while he is gone, Hovey enters and takes the pearl. As he is showing it to the women, alter Harry has left, Janet enters. She has felt that something was wrong, but she now denounces them, and says she will tell Harry the whole thing unless his property is returned at once. Hovey turns on her and carries her into her room, where he ties her to the bed. The next day Cartwright makes inquiries for her, but is told that she has gone on a visit. Janet manages to free herself, and writes several notes on slips of paper, saying that she is a prisoner. She forces the paper through the crack of her window. One of them falls into Cartwright 's window. He reads it and goes to her room, breaking in the door. She tells him everything, and he takes her to his apartment. When the Hoveys return from the theater they find the door broken down and a note from Harry which says that he and Janet are married, and that they are welcome to the pearl, an imitation of the real thing, which is reposing safely in the vault at the bank.
- Dennis McShane is driven by poverty to leave his home in old Ireland and seek his fortune in the "land of the free." He leaves behind his parents and his sweetheart Nora. With a heart full of hope, and very little else, he arrives in New York. The first day of his arrival, while walking uptown from the dock, he sees a sign in a saloon: "Porter Wanted." He asks for and is given the job, little knowing that the boss of the place is a notorious character named Black Louie, a keeper of several dens of vice. His henchmen, Lefty Logan and Blondy, have informed him that through a raid on one of his places, the inmates have been depleted, and that he must have new ones. Louis is at his wits' end when he chances to see a photograph of Nora that Denny had pinned on the wall of the storeroom. Learning that it is his sweetheart, and that he will send for her as soon as he has saved enough, Louie plants some money where Denny will find it. When Denny returns the money to the bartender, he is told that it is Louie's way of making a present. Denny is overjoyed, and sends immediately for Nora. On the day of her arrival, he gets permission to meet her at the dock. Louie and his henchmen follow and accuse him of having stolen the pocketbook that the policeman finds on him. While Louie is at the station house making the charge against him, Blondy and Lefty meet Nora, and under the pretext of taking her to the home of her lover, entice her to one of Louie's houses. Denny, in the meantime, with the aid of a newsboy, whom he had befriended, succeeds in establishing his innocence. He hurries to the wharf only to find that Nora has already left. The newsboy learns of her whereabouts and informs Denny, who, with the aid of a friendly cop, succeeds in rescuing her from the den of infamy. Louie is finally caught, and with his satellites, is given a long term in prison. Denny succeeds in getting on the force, and in a few years sends for his father and mother. The last we see of them they are in their own little parlor, celebrating the christening of their firstborn.
- Navy officer Owen Moore is sent to Cuba. This saddens girlfriend Mary Pickford, until her uncle invites her to a party in Havana. After a grand time, when Moore's ship is docking, she confuses him by pretending to be a Cuban girl.
- Norman Duncan, a civil engineer in the employ of the United States government, loves Elinor Williams and they are happy in their plighted troth. Duncan is ordered to the Philippines to take charge of some important work and takes an affectionate leave of his sweetheart to whom he promises to be faithful. We see him arrive at his destination, and take in the tropical surroundings. The young engineer is red blooded and human. He finds time hanging heavily on his hands and seeks diversion. He finds it in Lola, a beautiful Filipino girl, with Juno-like form and handsome face. She gives him a passing glance and Duncan is interested. He seeks the girl, and she is not averse to the attentions of the handsome young man from the states. Petro, her lover, takes in the situation, which bodes no good for the interloper. Lola and Duncan meet and the love affair is progressing beyond his fondest expectations. Returning from his foray into the swamps one day, Duncan is stricken with the deadly fever. He is overcome and his companions desert him, fearing the contagion. Lola finds him and, braving the ravages of the disease, assists him away. This episode is witnessed by the jealous native lover, who curses them, hoping his fickle sweetheart and her lover will both succumb to the dread fever. We see Lola nursing Duncan back to life and health, faithful in her duties as a nurse, and glorious in her satisfaction of saving the life of the man whom she loves with all the passion of the Latin women. Slowly Duncan regains his strength and we see him emerge from the hut supported by the faithful Lola. He is seated out of doors, when Petro appears and is surprised to see him alive. Stung to desperation in his jealousy, Petro steals up and is about to plunge a knife into Duncan's back, when the girl throws herself upon him, wrests the knife from his grasp and sends it spinning into the foliage. Petro and Duncan grapple, when a priest providently makes his appearance and Petro desists with an abject apology. In a few words, the situation is explained to the man of God, who with a keen discernment of right, inquires of the young engineer as to his intentions towards the native girl. He sternly insists that honorable union can be the only result of their relations. Duncan ponders and then his better nature asserts itself, and he assents to the marriage. The ceremony is performed. Later, Duncan, in the garb of a Filipino, is seated in his yard. His boy, the result of the marriage, comes to him. An American appears and questions Petro, who is standing near. The stranger inquires for Duncan and Petro, alert, his jealousy having not abated by the marriage of Duncan and Lola, points to Duncan. There is a recognition. Duncan is pleased to welcome his friend. He is informed that Elinor the sweetheart whom he left in the state, is outside the gate. Duncan is overjoyed. Elinor runs to him and there is a happy reunion. He is holding her in his arms when Lola approaches, terrified at the sight. She understands and humble makes her way to Duncan's side. He sees her and is racked with conflicting emotions. His wife and sweetheart, which? Sorrowfully he breaks the intelligence to Elinor, who stands aghast. She understands. The woman he has sworn to love and cherish holds out her arms to him. The girl, to whom he plighted his troth, assumes the same attitude, less demonstrative. Elinor sorrowfully walks away, and Duncan seats himself in anguish and then takes Lola in his arms and she is supremely happy and Duncan is content, a manly man.
- John is in love with Jane, as is the owner of the factory where they both work. Later he tries to lower the men's wages, which brings on a strike. The men pursue the manager, who takes refuge in Jane's house; she shelters him, then tells him to get out. He forges a note to get her to meet him in the woods, and as she is talking to him he is shot. The man who shot him is her father, but John is accused because the father used John's gun. John has been in the city with a sailor friend. The boat on which he serves is scheduled to sail the day of the trial. Jane learns that the only witness who can save John is on the boat, and with the lawyer she chases the boat in a tug. But the captain will not let the man leave, so the man jumps off the boat and comes to save his friend. His testimony saves John, so the lovers are happy.
- A father is greatly beloved by his two children and it is a bitter blow to them when they learn from their nurse that they are to have a stepmother. They decide to run away, leaving an affectionate note for their father, in which they explain that they don't want a "stepmother," so they have "runned away." They pack their toys together and make their home in a huge piano packing box. The father returning with his pretty young bride finds the note, and immediately starts a search for them. They come upon the packing box and the children reading "The Story of the Cruel Stepmother." The stepmother asks her husband to leave her alone with the children. They ask her if she is running away from a cruel stepmother too, to which she answers "Yes." Of course they take her into their confidence. The wife finds a better story in the same book, entitled "The Story of the Fairy Godmother," and it is while reading this to the little ones, that they fall asleep. The husband now returns with some men, and they carry the children asleep in the packing box, back to the garden of their home. Here he awakens them, after he has sent his wife to the house to be ready to receive her stepchildren. They do not like the idea of having to meet the stepmother, but the father persuades them, and gently takes them to the room. They are astonished to find it is the lady who read them the story of the "Fairy Godmother."