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- Thornton Darcy, an idealistic poet, is at work upon an allegorical poem which he calls "Virtue." He devotes the first part of it to picturing the idyllic state of the earth prior to the advent of evil in which Virtue is the world's guiding spirit. Virtue is represented by a nude female figure, artlessly adorned with filmy drapery. In the second part he introduces the Greek myth of Pandora, who releases Evil on the world. Finishing his work for the day, Darcy falls into a light doze and upon awakening discovers that his dream girl, Virtue, has come to life in the person of a young woman clad in a simple homemade dress kneeling on the bank of the stream gathering flowers. They become acquainted and he learns that her name is Purity Worth, and that she lives near the woods in a humble secluded home. She makes an instant appeal to Darcy as he does to her and they repeat the meeting in the woods, with the result that they fall in love and are engaged, in spite of the fact that there is no immediate prospect of marriage, owing to Darcy'e reduced circumstances. Darcy is unable to sell his poems, and the publisher will not print them for less than five hundred dollars. Claude Lamarque, a painter, strolling in the woods, sees Purity bathing in a stream. He later succeeds in meeting Purity and makes her an offer to pose for him. She refuses, but accepts his card. Purity receives word from Darcy that he is ill in bed and begging her to come with him. His final effort to publish his book of poems has met with refusal. Unselfishly seeking t aid him, she goes to Lamarque, secures five hundred dollars in advance with a promise to repay him by posing for him, and earning money from other artists, and at once turns the money over to the publisher to bring out Darcy's book. She binds the publisher to secrecy. Darcy is confined to his bed with a siege of illness, and is only saved from death by the happy turn. Purity guards from him the secret of her share in it. In the meantime, she poses regularly for Lamarque. Through his interest in her he secures an engagement for her to pose in imitation of marble statuary at a fete given by a fashionable young widow, Judith Lure. No sooner is Darcy's book published than it excites instant attention and praise, and he becomes the lion of the hour. In the meantime, Luston Black, an acquaintance of Lamarque, having caught a glimpse of Purity posing for the artist, has become infatuated with her. He assumes that because of her position as a model he will have an easy conquest. But Purity, despite her innocence, sense his base motives and spurns him. Darcy, accepting an invitation to visit Lamarque, comes into the studio while Black is pressing his attentions upon Purity. He thrashes Black, who taunts the poet with the fact that his fiancée is posing in the nude. Darcy will not believe it. Purity acknowledges the truth. Darcy will not listen to Purity's explanations and casts her off. A short time later the poet sees Lamarque's finished picture of "Virtue." Darcy is quick to read the great truth that the picture is intended to convey and upon learning that Purity was the instrument through which his poems were published, hastens to her. They are happily reunited.
- Three miners--one an old veteran who had hunted the veins of a dozen bonanzas, and two younger men--camped one night in the Pass of Jamasha. When supper had been cleared away, pipes were drawn and the old miner told the time-honored tale of the Mystical Maid of Jamasha. The young men laughed. The old miner rolled up his blanket, shaking his hoary head, and refusing to spend the night in the haunted pass. Dick Whiting was awakened by a falling stone. Gazing up the mountainside he beheld a beautiful girl, arrayed in tattered garments, waving her arms to him from a lofty rocky pinnacle. With eyes fastened on the phantom, he rose and followed her up the path as she preceded, mocked, beckoned... He met her at a tree, reached out his arms for her when suddenly to his terror, she vanished into the air. Jim Billings was awakened by a soft pressure on his arm. Suddenly aroused, he stared with mingled awe and fear at the spectacle of a beautiful woman close behind him. She rose and he followed her rapidly up the mountain. Here they met Dick gazing blankly about him, but the phantom had disappeared. The men parted, saying to each other that they would no longer seek this elusive shadow. But hardly had they parted when both retraced their steps, hoping once more to see the vision. Dick found her, sat beside her on a great rock looking into her eyes. Jim saw him there and they grappled, Dick falling down the mountain side to destruction. Appalled, with a nameless fear in his heart, Jim looked about him. There she stood, beckoning, waving him to her. He followed, hurried after her over mountain and ravine until he had fallen, dying by a silver stream that trickled through the rock. Looking up he saw her, this elusive shadow, smiling at him, beckoning, nodding welcome, waving him to her, until his face fell forward on the rock.
- Dave Denton, the young owner of a large ostrich farm near Phoenix has had the good fortune to save the life of Sylvia Ford, the daughter of the prominent banker of the town, and in observance of the customary rule in such cases, falls in love with her, which feeling is returned in kind. Paternal opposition is for a time a serious obstacle, but Western men as a rule get what they set their minds on obtaining and Dave, who is full of red Western blood, 'is a worthy representative of the type. He takes the law into his own hands and the girl at the same time. They are married and in due time persuade the old gentleman that it is up to him to grant his blessing.
- "Damaged Goods" pictures the terrible consequences of vice and the physical ruin that follows the abuse of moral law. It is a stirring plea for a pure life before marriage, in order to make impossible the transmission of unhealthy hereditary traits to future generations.
- Percy and Bobby are companions. Percy is in debt and Bobby is in love. Percy enters. Crowd outside have been hooting him. He cannot understand why until he gazes at the calendar and sees it is the first day of April. He looks and finds a "Please Kick Me" sign on his back. He is down and out. The janitor hands him a letter from his aunt, the contents telling him that she would not forget him in her will. Percy is overjoyed at the news, looks around the room and decides it would never do for aunt to see some of its contents. See the pictures of two women very much decolette. He decides to change them. He takes them down and reverses them. Getting a paint brush, he writes on the back of one, "What Is Home Without an Aunt?" And on the opposite one, "Love Your Relations." Percy hears someone at the door, goes hurriedly to meet his aunt, throwing his arms around Bobby instead. Bobby wants the use of Percy's room to meet his fiancee in. Percy gives consent, and Bobby writes a note to his lady love. Percy looks at the addressed envelope, glances at the calendar and laughs. He removes the letter from the envelope and addresses another one, sending it to the washerwoman. He gives the letter to the janitor. Percy then leaves Bobby to meet his affinity alone. A rap is heard and Bobby, thinking it is his sweetheart goes to the door with arms outstretched to receive her, but is horrified to have Bridget fall into his arms, who tells him she came to marry him and shows the letter. Bobby tries to explain to her. She stumbles and falls into a trunk. Bobby closes the lid, he looks around for some place to put the trunk, an decides to throw it from the window. Bobby, vowing vengeance, goes to the table, spies letter, read it and decides he will impersonate Percy's aunt. He finds an old masquerade costume, makes a quick getaway just as Percy enters very much relieved that his aunt has not arrived. He has bought a present for her, looks as it, and it falls. He gets down on his knees and looks for it. Finally gets under the table. Percy peeps from under the table and discovers the joke that Bobby intends to perpetrate. Percy crawls from under the table and begins to disrobe. He hears someone coming and goes to the door, when, instead of the pseudo, the real aunt appears. Percy begins a decided rough house play with her. Bobby enters. Percy turns and sees him, and is astounded to see that he has been abusing his real aunt. He drops on his knees, imploring her pardon, but she refuses to listen. Bobby has removed his female wardrobe and proceeds to take the Aunt's part. He offers her his arm and starts toward the door. Percy turns to signs, tears one down and smashes it and is about to smash the other one, when the poor washwoman enters and gets it full force over her head. She falls to the floor. She holds her hands out to him imploringly and Percy seeing no way of escape, throws up his hands in despair and dives out of the window.
- Billy entertains a young women in a café, and is relieved of his valuables. Leaving the café in disgust he meets his father, and Dad tells him that he needs a guardian. Billy, however, can't see the joke, but when he is rescued from an automobile accident by a droll individual, Percival Somber, he sees the wisdom of his father's remark, and offers Percival the job of guardian. Together they go to the club, where Percival asserts his guardianship when Billy starts drinking too much, and finally consents to let Billy sit in at a game of poker. When the game grows interesting and the stakes high, Percival compares the two hands and stops Billy's betting with, "Don't bet. He's got four kings." Percival stops the row which ensues and takes his charge out for a stroll. Passing a garden Billy, of course, spies a handsome women. The fair one is not averse to flirtation, and under the spell of the garden, the romance progresses rapidly. Billy and the lady are about to clasp hands when Percival interrupts with "Cease, it is too soon for that." They continue their stroll, with Percival following at a distance. Again the ardent one presses his suit and is just about to win a kiss when Percival warns, "That's not sanitary." There is too much Percival for Billy, who rushes to a secluded spot with the lady of his affections. Not being able to find his charge, Percival does the next best thing and discovers a nursemaid in charge of six children belonging to the lady. Frantic search reveals Billy on bended knee for his final plea. Percival drags Billy forth to view his discovery and Billy does not comprehend until the lady overtaking them is greeted by a chorus of "Hello, Mamma." As they stand on the outside of the garden looking in, Billy views his "almost" stepchildren and then turns and gazes fondly on Percival, who is thoroughly composed.
- Hopelessly, Stanton works with compositions; returned manuscripts, with his sweetheart Ruth's ring which her aristocratic mother forced her to surrender, are crushing his ambition. An aged neighbor enters, seared with evidence of life's struggle and says "Tell me not in mournful numbers. Life is but an empty dream." The old man's tale of being saved by Stanton's music awakens Stanton to hope and courage and saves his life. Alone, Stanton gazes at the silent features in the bust of Mozart and recalls the tragedy of his world's master of 624 operas, Masses, etc. Mozart, in dying hours, writes the "Requiem" on special order, praying that it will bring money and fame. Mozart sings this "Requiem" with his dying breath, passes away, and is buried in an unknown grave in the Potter's Field. "Lives of great men all remind us/We can make our lives sublime." Stanton sees Mozart's feeble wife laying a tiny wreath at the foot of the cross and believes that heaven's choir is singing the "Gloria" chorus beside the brokenhearted wife. He gazes at the "Gloria" Chorus, recalls the choir which sang it as all choirs have done, takes courage, and with heart, opens his window as of old and plays his violin with all his soul. Outside the aged neighbor is waiting for these tones: "A stranger, passing, stops, is charmed; finds the originator of the marvelous music; discovers in the discarded mass that for which he seeks, and through him fortune smiles and Stanton looks up: 'With a heart for any fate.'" Ruth turns from her mother, declares she shall starve with Stanton rather than turn from him. She goes to him, declares her purpose. Stanton puts the half-eaten loaf of bread aside, shows Ruth money and his turning tide. Stanton clasps Ruth to his breast. The old man looks in and smiles his blessing as he sees Ruth take the tiny dried wreath of leaves from Mozart's picture and lay it on her lover's brow.
- Winnie Winters is jealous of the attentions that Neil, her husband, appears to be paying to Mrs. Fiske, a blonde and dashing young widow. She reprimands Neil and he, knowing the absurdity of her charges, resents them. Mrs. Fiske overhears the couple quarreling about her. Blake, a thoroughly bad egg, out of work and desperate at his inability to provide for a small baby, enters Mrs. Fiske's home to rob her. At a revolver's point, she catches him and enlists his aid as the price of his liberty, in a plot against Neil and his wife. Mrs. Fiske being madly infatuated with Neil. Mrs. Fiske writes to Neil that she overheard the quarrel. She has decided to leave, she writes. Will Mr. Winters come to her house to bid her good-bye. Mr. Winters comes. Impetuously Mrs. Fiske throws herself on him and kisses him. Blake, with a camera, makes a surreptitious snapshot. That is the plot. Mrs. Fiske now has tangible evidence which she plans to show to Nell's wife. Blake goes home to find that Mrs. Winters has visited his house and is taking bis baby to a place where it can be given proper care. He is profuse in his protestations of gratitude. Next day Blake finds work as a gardener. He looks up and sees Mrs. Fiske torturing Mrs. Winters with the photograph. In his heart arises great obligation to Mrs. Winters for the care she has given his child. He goes to her and makes a clean breast of the plot and his part in it. Winnie believes him and turns to her husband, whom she had just renounced, to reclaim his love. In chagrin and shame the designing widow slinks away.
- Jack is just a cowboy on the Gilman cattle ranch. Born and bred of the west, he is broad-mined and easy going. In direct contrast to him is Frances, a girl of the east, who comes to the west with Gilman's daughter. Frances has been born and brought up in wealth and culture and does not understand the cowboy who refuses to cater to her whim but who tries to dominate her. Later, when he proposes to her, she accepts him. She leaves for the east, promising to marry him when her course at school is finished. Jack sets about to build a cabin for their home. While at her home in the east, Frances is constantly being urged by Raymond Welton, a club man, to forget the rough cowboy, and to marry him. In the end she agrees. Jack's cabin has been completed, when one day he receives a letter from Frances, in which she tells him that she has made a great mistake, and asks that he release her from their engagement. Stunned, he goes to the cabin which he has so carefully finished, and pouring oil about it, sets it afire. Gilman, from his ranch, sees the flames. Jack is taken from the burning cabin. A doctor is hastily summoned, and pronounces the burns very serious. Too late Frances realizes that it is Jack she loves. Downstairs the guests are waiting for the bridal couple to appear. Then comes a telegram from Gilman's daughter stating that if Frances cares to see Jack alive, she must come at once. Quickly she tears off her trousseau, and donning a traveling suit, she rushes away from her hysterical mother, bursts through the astounded wedding guests, and reaches the railroad station. The doctor states that a man in Jack's condition, especially when he does not care to live, has no chance, but at this juncture Frances arrives, and when Jack realizes that she is with him his attitude changes and he survives.
- This serial told the story of the diamond heir loom of the Stanley family.
- Jim, a cowboy, comes to town with the boys of the Lazy B, and stops at the Last Chance Saloon. One of the girls of the dancehall is Madge. Hardy, owner of a distant ranch, comes to her and offers her a position as housekeeper, which proposition she spurns. Jim has a flirtation with Madge, and she interests him. Late that night, Jim, well under the influence of liquor, chances to meet her again. On the impulse of the moment he asks her to marry him. Madge thinks back to Hardy's statement that, "No one would ever many a dance hall girl" and accepts his proposal. The foreman of the Lazy B is short of help for the spring round-up, and sends one of the boys to ask Jim if he is willing to join them. The cowboy eyes Madge laughingly, and this brings Jim to his senses He angrily tells the cowboy that Madge is his wife and that, as such, she must be respected. The cowboy apologizes. Jim consents to join the round-up, and leaving sufficient money for Madge, sets off. The weeks pass, and Hardy arrive in town again. He inquires at the dancehall and learns of Madge's marriage to Jim, and is furious. The round-up over, the boys start home. Hardy has heard of Jim's absence from town and goes to see Madge. Madge refuses to admit him, and finally breaking the door down, he enters Jim returns, and sees Hardy with Madge. But when Madge fights Hardy as he tries to embrace her, Jim sees the real nature of the affair, more so when he notices the shattered door, and entering, he forces Hardy to leave. Madge fears that Jim has gained a false impression of the incident, but he quickly reassures her, and in place of the old silver ring that had been used at the marriage, he slips on her finger a new and real one.
- Lieutenant Parker reports for duty to Major Wilkins, commanding Ft. Sill, where Geronimo is a prisoner. Parker quickly wins the love of Pauline, the major's daughter, and the undying hatred of Captain Gray. The captain plans to release Geronimo in the dead of the night, throwing the blame on Parker. This he successfully does by obtaining, through an accident in the billiard room, possession of a letter from an Eastern friend to Lieutenant Parker. By tearing out a portion of this letter reading, "of course Geronimo's escape would mean an advancement to you," he successfully deceives everyone. But meantime Parker has been hurriedly detailed to find Geronimo; so Gray is sent out with a second detachment to overtake both Geronimo and Parker and make them both prisoners. Through a friendly orderly, Pauline learns of the trick. She hastens after Parker to warn him, but falls into Geronimo's clutches. The lieutenant is himself captured by Geronimo and, with Pauline, makes his escape. Later, he rescues Captain Gray and his command from certain death, and is rewarded by being made prisoner by Captain Gray. But all is explained at the formal court-martial, when Pauline rushes in with the other portion of the letter.
- A mining story in which a young Mexican girl plays a very important part frustrating the plans of several villainous claim jumpers. A crooked justice of the peace also takes a hand in the game, but only succeeds in landing himself into the hands of the U. S. Marshal. A realistic fire scene affords opportunity for Chiquita to distinguish herself and supplies the setting for a grand love tableau.
- Dad Winters is the leader of a gang of outlaws. Jim Osborn, a lieutenant in the Texas Rangers, is assigned to capture him. At a spring in the mountains he stops to take a drink. While thus engaged, Bonnie, the daughter of Dad Winters, comes for a pail of water. Jim helps her draw it. On her next visit to the spring, she finds Jim there. Jim leads her to a seat, and there tells her the old story. She is surprised to find out that Jim is an agent of the law, and rushes immediately to tell her father. Dad Winters and his gang go after the Ranger, to capture and hang him. After a long chase he is caught and is about to be hanged. At this juncture the sheriff and his posse, guided by Bonnie, come in sight of the contemplated lynching. Bonnie takes aim and at the sharp crack of her rifle she severs the rope and the Ranger drops to the ground unhurt. The posse surrounds the outlaws and a fight ensues in which Dad Winters is killed. The outlaws are captured and carried away by the posse. Bonnie throws herself over her father's body, but Jim comforts her and swears to love and protect her always.
- Percival Winthrop finds himself heir to quite an estate, providing he will not go on with his announced marriage that is distasteful to his uncle. To be certain that there will be no chicanery, his uncle's will demands that he marry someone else within a month. The lawyer suggests that he marry someone else and later get a divorce. This is agreed to, providing the lady is homely. This stipulation is made by the widow whom he has promised to marry. The lawyer presses into service the daughter of an old friend of his and so as to overcome the widow's objections as to appearance, Nancy, the girl, changes clothes with a scrubwoman. They are married and immediately separate. He meets his wife under more pleasant conditions and circumstances and falls in love with her, discarding the thought of separation. Ho tries his best to lose the widow, whom he has found he doesn't love. The lawyer helps him out and leaves him happily united with his wife.
- Captain Frank Marvin and Lieut. Bob Chase are army draftsmen in the Ordnance Department. Marvin is working on plans for a submarine that is expected to revolutionize warfare. One of the foreign governments is anxious to obtain the plans. Valpar, an agent of this government, attempts to bribe Frank but fails. Frank is in love with Bob's sister Ruth. Valpar learns that Bob's weakness is women, and inveigles into his scheme his niece, Zena. Bob becomes infatuated with Zena, and Zena puts Bob to the supreme test of his love. Although as she says she is engaged to another, she will flee with him providing he steals the submarine plans. He steals the plans and delivers them to Zena. She tells him she will be ready to go with him in one hour. When he returns at the end of that time, Zena has vacated her apartments. Bob realizes he has been tricked. In desperation he leaves a note for Ruth, confessing all and saying he is going to end his life. Frank in the meantime has discovered the loss. Aware that he alone is responsible for the plans he sends a note to Ruth telling of their loss, and declaring he is going to die. When Ruth receives the note she rushes into Bob's room to obtain his assistance, and there finds a note that Bob left. Rushing to the telephone Ruth attempts to call up Frank. The line is busy. Zena during this time has delivered the plans to her uncle. They attempt to catch a train but miss it. There is not another train until morning and they take connecting rooms at a hotel. Zena realizes that she really loves Bob and pleads with her uncle to allow her to return the plans. When he scoffs at her entreaty, she grabs the plans and runs into her own room, locking the door, and imprisoning Valpar. Frank has gone to the docks to commit suicide, but he determines to make a final search of the safe, thinking perhaps he might have misplaced the plans. Zena telephones to Frank's office, in hope of locating Bob. Her telephone call halts Bob's suicide, and he rushes from the office, leaving his revolver on Frank's desk. Arriving in his office, Frank again looks for the plans, but his search is futile. He sees the revolver and believes that Bob has learned from Ruth the loss of the plans and that Bob has invoked the code of honor of the army to save him from disgrace. Ruth dons one of Bob's uniforms and hastens to avert the tragedy, if possible. Bob reaches Zena just as Valpar breaks down the door connecting the two rooms. Valpar, seeing that the game is up, flees. As Zena and Bob embrace, Bob suddenly remembers leaving the revolver on Frank's desk. Knowing that he is bound to discover the loss of the plans and that in finding the revolver he will believe suspicion has been directed against him, he hurriedly returns to the barracks with Zena. Ruth in Bob's uniform is making her way to Frank's room, when she is jostled by an intoxicated soldier. Her hat falls off revealing her long hair. Quick explanations follow and Bob and Ruth hurry to Frank's office. Confessions and explanations are made, Frank forgives Bob, and two marriages follow.
- Old Ben Hoover, with his wife and two pretty daughter, managed to eke out a precarious livelihood, raking alfalfa and helping generally on the big ranch. John Rich, foreman, had long made love to Mabel, but she did not return his affection. A day came when Rich went to her parents. They readily gave consent. Out of the prairie rode a handsome young man, dressed in fashionable riding garments and mounted on an expensive, sleek-looking mare. He dismounted in the bushes and hastily changed his clothes, appearing before the foreman as a day worker in quest of labor. Rich eyed him carefully and finally handed him a rake. The young man proved a poor workman, however, for he soon found Mabel's company much too enticing for heavy work. On the way home that night he made love to her and found a not unwilling listener. Rich, also called, and finding but little comfort in Mabel's unresponsive mood, attempted to kiss her by force. Just then the newcomer stepped in and an inspiring fight followed. The following morning Rich peremptorily discharged father, mother and the two daughters, while the newcomer leaned on his rake and blandly smiled. Then Rich turned to him. The newcomer, with a well-aimed blow, laid Rich on his back in the alfalfa, and turning to the other workers, quietly drew a card from his pocket. Rich arose from the grass in time to hear the name of the ranch owner and to discover that he had been kicked about by that very person. Later the newcomer called on the old folks and formerly asked the hand of their daughter. The old man refused to hear him at first, believing him to cause of their trouble, but when his magic name was whispered in the old fellow's ear, a transformation tool place, and, you can easily imagine, there was but little trouble in convincing the girl that the time to marry had come.
- When orphanage superintendent Sarah Prue abuses young Samanthy, she decides to run away, bids farewell to her friends, she escapes into the woods and encounters handsome George Stuart. George entrusts Samanthy to his governess, and under the kindly old woman's care, Samanthy blossoms into a true beauty. Quite taken with her, George decides to become her legal guardian, but his father James insists that she be returned to the orphanage. Devestated, Samanthy returns to the asylum, but George, and soon afterwards James, follows her there. When Sarah threatens to blackmail James, he reveals that he placed Samanthy, actually his old business partner's daughter, on the orphanage steps following his partner's death, so that the latter's estate would fall to him. Her fortune restored to her, Samanthy agrees to marry George.
- Josiah Pringle, a benevolent old musician, who ekes out his livelihood by giving music lessons, after playing the organ for twenty years in the church of a little New England hamlet, must make way for a younger man, Gordon Howard, who comes from Boston. Faith Pringle, adopted by Josiah and his aged sister, Letitia, is leader of the choir, and when Pringle is replaced, she refuses to sing, but relents at Pringle's gentle insistence. When the new organist appears, Pringle's pupils leave him for the younger man, but he feels no resentment against Howard and compliments him on his playing. A young ruffian attacks Faith, but Howard rescues her and Pringle, deeply appreciative, invites Howard to the house. For many years Pringle has been working upon an improvement in organs. He shows the model to Howard who discovers a point that has baffled the old musician for ten years. The young ruffian, seeking a way to revenge himself on Howard through Pringle, shows Pringle a newspaper bearing the picture of a young man, resembling Howard closely, sought as an embezzler, but Pringle, in his kindly way, says that if Howard has reformed, he will not be the first to persecute him. Pringle places his model in the hands of Howard, to obtain a patent. Howard writes that he has secured an advance of $20,000 royalties and they hear nothing further from him. As the weeks drag by and Pringle's small store of money is exhausted, he and his sister are forced to the decision that Faith must be returned to the orphanage whence she came. The day of her departure comes all too soon. At the last moment, Howard comes in and explains that after receiving the money he placed it in a safe for the time being. In passing a building in the course of construction, he was injured. At the hospital to which he was taken, no means of identification were found on him, and just as soon as he recovered his memory he returned to the Pringles. The cloud on his antecedents is cleared when he looks at the newspaper pictures and says "My brother, the poor fellow is dead now." Through Howard's influence, Pringle is reinstated as organist and the friendship between Faith and Howard quickly ripens into love.
- Filippo, a rather prosperous peanut merchant, receives a letter from his wife, stating that she will shortly arrive in America. On his way home, he finds a lost child and, being unable to learn where she lives, takes her to his own home. He is seen, followed and arrested, and is unable to meet his wife when she arrives. His wife, finding no one to meet her, and in a strange country, soon becomes destitute and in desperation steals, is caught and is also locked up. Upon the day of the trial, by chance Filippo and his wife's trials come upon the same day. They meet. Overjoyed, they explain to the judge and are both dismissed. Their little home is brightened by the presence of wife and son, and the reunion is celebrated by a "spread."
- Bob Ransom is the son of wealthy New York parents. He is in love with Helen Braddon, but at the opening of the story a lovers' quarrel has temporarily marred the celestial horizon. At this time, Ransom, Sr., makes an extensive investment in Hawaiian plantations. At the urgent insistence of Bob, Ransom, Sr., sends him to the Hawaiian Islands to take charge of his interests there. Bob arrives. One day, while strolling along the beach, he chances to catch sight of a native girl. Later he chances into his hut, to find the native girl much interested in his typewriter, etc. The native girl is daughter of the island potentate, but does not reveal her identity to Bob. In the days that follow he teaches her American customs, and their admiration of each other soon grows to love. Meanwhile Bob receives letters from his people, telling him to return home, and that Helen will be glad to see him. Bob, however, believes himself in love with the native girl and replies that he is contented to remain where he is. Trouble arises between the scattered island planters and the potentates. Bob writes his father about the trouble and asks him to come to Hawaii. The native girl is loved by a native high in the councils of the King, however, and that person makes it his business to discover the romance. He informs the King, who promptly becomes furious at his daughter. Meanwhile, Ransom, Sr., with his wife and Helen, arrive. Bob is awakened from his dream and finds that his real love is for Helen. The native girl discovers it also, but too late. With the consent of the King and the disappointed lover a ruse is planned to poison Bob by inviting the American to drink with the King. The wine is poisoned, and as Bob is about to drink she seizes the poisoned wine, drains the bowl and before death claims the victim she heroically places the hand of Helen in Bob's.
- John and Jim are sons of Walter Hymens and their love for the bright lights and correct wearing apparel led them to plaguing their father for his simple life. "Be a sport and come to the dance," they tell him, but the middle-aged widower would only smile and bid them have a good time. However, it is destined that a handsome widow's smile is to bring the old man "back to life," but when the pretty Mrs. Valeria becomes the tenant of an adjoining house the up-to-the-minute sons do not take their Daddy into consideration as other than a "dead one." With only a slight acquaintance the two boys vie with each other for a smile or a look from the alluring widow. While the boys are spending the wee hours of the night under the halo of the bright lights and Daddy has donned his pajamas and tucked himself in bed, from the house next door the screams of a woman pierce the stillness of the quiet suburban neighborhood. Valorous Daddy, clad only in his sleeping apparel, answers the call and the boys, returning home at this moment, see their father madly dashing into the home of the widow. Astounded, they, too, rush into the house and come upon the sight of the girl they love clad only in her nightdress swooning in the arms of their night-robed parent. Investigation proves that the cat had upset a costly vase in the parlor and the widow, being alone in the house, became hysterical at the thought of burglars. The boys breathe a sigh of relief when they know that their father was only answering a call for help. In the morning the boys enter into a discussion as to which is the favored by the widow's smiles, an argument which results in their clearing the library floor and fighting for the honor to succeed the departed Mr. Valeri. In the meantime the dark horse, having dreamed all night of the blue eyes, red lips and perfect figure of the night-attired vision of loveliness, unburdens his tale of love to the fair charmer and she, noting that a button is missing from his coat, succumbs to his plea, saying, "Well, you need someone to care for you and - and - I'm awfully lonesome." Joyfully, the happy couple hasten to inform the boys of their engagement and find them still fighting. Seeking the cause, the father is told that they are settling the question as to who is favored most by the lady in the doorway. Withholding his laughter, the old man very pompously shakes the hand of his future partner and bowing profusely, introduces the blushing widow as his future wife. The boys are dumbfounded.
- By the death of her father, Peggy Lynn is left an orphan. She enters the home of a band of crooks, under whose evil influence she lives for fifteen years. In all this time she knows no friend except Andy, a hunchback, who grows to love the very ground that Peggy walks on. The thieves decide that Peggy must earn her keep, so she is sent to rob the home of Terrill, a young millionaire, believed to be out of town. Peggy enters Terrill's home. There she finds the young man critically ill and alone. A doctor, who had pronounced the case smallpox, had been struck by a lightning bolt. The servants, at mention of the dread disease, had fled. At once Peggy forgets her mission of crime. Her only thought is to bring the young man back to health. For two weeks she battles the malady. She wins. Terrill is himself again, believing all the while that Peggy is a nurse sent by the doctor. Peggy returns to the thieves' den. The crooks had committed a big robbery and fled. Peggy enters the house just as the police come. With stolen goods all about her, she is arrested as a criminal. At her trial, Terrill, whose life she saved, comes to her aid. By his testimony and influence, Peggy is acquitted. There in the crowded court room, Terrill declares his love. Peggy declares herself unworthy and refuses him. Meanwhile, Peggy's criminal companions decide again to rob the Terrill home. Peggy, at great risk, runs to warn Terrill. She comes upon Big Lew, the master crook, doing the job himself. Big Lew pounces on Terrill, throws him into the safe. Then he makes for Peggy, when inspectors, sent by the stricken doctor, arrives upon the scene. Big Lew is captured. Then Peggy, with the inspectors declare that Terrill's malady was not smallpox, but their announcement goes unheeded. Terrill declares his love a second time. Peggy has renounced the crooks and feels free to accept Terrill's love. Poor Andy, the hunchback, jealous of the happy Terrill, is conciliated by the honor of being the best man at the wedding.
- The last of the Hoppe Tribe, the father, son, mother and daughter, trailed their weary way through the sunny fields. They camped close to a small settlement and Dick Wren, handsome, sneering and indifferent, gazed with eager eye upon the pretty form of the Indian girl. Madge Blaine smiled cynically as she noted the trend of Dick's emotions and waited. Despite her relatives, the Indian maid eloped with Dick. In a month he again turned toward Madge, who received him with open arms, leaving his Indian love to wander back to her people. Her brother heard of it, and Indian fashion, quietly took his gun and went in search of Dick. He found him through the heart, but before he had moved ten paces his own lifeless body hurtled to the ground. Then the last of the Hoppe tribe, seeing his nearest of kin slain, drew his knife and threw himself into the fight. He also joined his son in the land where the White Spoiler does not go, leaving two lonesome women to pack their clothes and wander further through the sunny fields.
- Located about one hundred miles from the metropolis of the West is a bounty of the most gorgeous canyons to be found anywhere. Solid rock forms veritable pyramids and is covered with beautiful vegetation in endless variety. Nature alone has been the architect and has shown its master hand in a very marked manner. One canyon adjoins another and each seems to excel the other in the beauty of the the rock formation as well as the lavish display of decorative and romantic forests and vegetable life. Natural springs abound in the region and the various strata of rock seem to have been permeated with vari-colored chemicals which add to the overwhelming beauty and offer a delight to the eye and soul of man that is awe inspiring. The Illinois river, silent, but majestic, enhances the gorgeous situation. Much of the early history of the State of Illinois was enacted at this location and it was here where the illustrious Marquette planned to establish the capitol of the new world.
- Willoughby Whipple, son of a New Yorker, invests his all in a rundown country newspaper, after his father discharged him for writing poetry, instead of attending to business. The paper turns out to be a "lemon," but Willoughby is determined to make a success of it. With the assistance of Virginia Winters, a practical young woman of high ideals, and "Daddy" Eggleston, a tramp printer, whose worst enemy is drink, "The Bugle" finally shows signs of coming to life. Then, Squire Barton, who has announced himself as a candidate for mayor, and who owns the building in which "The Bugle" office is located, calls on Willoughby, and offers him rent free if he will agree to boost the Squire's candidacy. In the next issue of "The Bugle," Willoughby denounces the Squire a grafter, and exposes his attempt at bribery. Meanwhile, Willoughby has protected Virginia from the unwelcome advances of Spence, the Squire's son, and has gained his enmity. As a result the Squire calls on Willoughby and orders him to get out of his building. When Willoughby goes in search of a new location, he discovers that the Squire owns every other available store building in the town. Not to be beaten, Willoughby moves his print shop into a tent, and later, in a public encounter, threatens to get even with the Squire, and defeat his candidacy for mayor. To get Willoughby out of the way, the Squire plans to set fire to the old Bugle building, and to use Willoughby's threat as evidence that he committed the crime for revenge. The night that the Squire plans to commit the outrage, "Daddy" Eggleston goes on a spree, and through force of habit wanders back to the old Bugle office, now an empty storeroom, and falls asleep on an old abandoned couch. Later, he catches the Squire in the act of saturating the premises with coal-oil, and in a struggle that follows, is knocked senseless. Regaining consciousness, "Daddy" discovers the building on fire, and drags himself into an old vault, to escape the flames. The building burns down, and Willoughby, reminded of his threat to "get even" with the Squire, is arrested, charged with the crime. While an angry mob clamors about the jail, Virginia telegraphs Willoughby's father, who starts for Homeville. The mob has broken into the jail and are about to drag Willoughby forth, when a tramp, looking about over the ruins, discovers "Daddy" Eggleston's dead body in the old brick vault. "Daddy," who has died of suffocation, has left a chalked message on the vault wall, implicating the Squire. The discovery exonerates Willoughby, and the Squire and his son, Spence, meet with their just desserts. The citizens of the town nominate Willoughby for mayor in the Squire's stead, and are carrying him aloft on their shoulders, with shouts and cheers, when Willoughby's father speeds into Homeville. When Willoughby announces his engagement to Virginia, the old man is so proud of his boy that he promises to build him the finest newspaper office in the state for a wedding present.
- Mr. Joseph Close, ranch man, with his wife and daughter, visit the town for supplies. The daughter makes a hit with the storekeeper and it is with difficulty that the ranch man induces his daughter to leave. They return home, and the ranch man finds a letter in his mail box from Wm. Schrider, Attorney-at-Law, informing him that his brother is dead, and has left the sum of three million dollars to his daughter, on condition that she produce an official certificate of her marriage one month from the date of her uncle's death. He hurries to the house with the glad information, and his wife rejoices with him. They call Estella, and are astounded when she refuses to get married. The ranch man offers his cowboys one thousand dollars each if they will help him. He suggests that they go to town and kidnap a handsome man and also abduct his daughter. Accordingly, some of the boys are detailed to abduct the daughter, others to kidnap the handsome storekeeper, and the ranch man himself goes after a justice of the peace. The daughter is secured with little difficulty, but Arthur White puts up a strenuous fight before he is tied up. Leaving their captives bound and blindfolded, the cowboys repair to the opposite side of the barn for a friendly game of cards. Arthur succeeds in freeing himself and is very much surprised to find his fellow victim is the girl that has captivated his fancy. They mount a horse and ride away. The cowboys discover that their captives have escaped and start in pursuit. The ranchman arrives at the barn with the justice, to whom he has offered a fat fee to perform the marriage ceremony. He is surprised to find everyone gone. Estelle tells Arthur of the letter her father received. Arthur suggests that they go back and get married. Returning to the barn, they replace the ropes, and blindfolding themselves, they await the return of their captors. The ranchman meets the returning cowboys, who tell him their captives got away. They return to the barn, and are surprised to find their prisoners bound and blindfolded as they were when first captured. The justice then performs the marriage ceremony and everyone is happy.
- The husband enters the road to ruin when he grows ashamed of the wife of his youth and his friend. Through his wife and friend he is lifted into fabulous fortune, but he, when he is drunk with the power of money, forgets this. As the years pass his money buys a senatorship for him. He goes to Washington without his wife, and in the bewildering smiles of a brilliant widow becomes dazzled with ambition and resolves to divorce the partner of his youth. He is influenced by the widow to put through a nefarious bill. She and her pal receive money for this. His constituents slight him for this work, and, after he has made the woman of the world his wife, they are both snubbed by the society he has coveted. But this is not the end of the ruin. The woman sells him out on the exchange and deserts him with the man who has helped her to ruin him. Mary, his divorced wife, and Tom, the old friend, hasten to him in his hour of need but they arrive too late.
- John Douglas, a high-society playboy, is a cynic concerning the women of his social set, and has a pictured ideal of the girl of his dreams. Wising to avoid the upcoming social season, he hops a freighter bound for the Orient. It sinks in mid-ocean and he, as the sole survivor, is washed upon a island, where he is rescued by Nia, daughter of the tribal chief, Neto.John is puzzled as all of the tribe are white people, but he learns from the tribal chief they are descendent's of English-origin who also are on the island because of a ship wreck a few hundred years ago. John soon arouses the jealousy of Kaura, the tribal sub-chief who wants Nia as his bride, but Nia wants nothing to do with Nia, and favors John. Kaura demand that Nia become his bride, but John Rescues her and they head for the jungle, with Kaura and his henchmen in hot pursuit. The pursuit only lasts until a storm comes up and Kuara is killed by a bolt of lightning, and his followers take that as a sign the Gods aren't in favor of the pursuit. John and Nia take up residence in the Tribal Priest's jungle cave, after the Tribal Chief performs a marriage ceremony. They are quite happy and content, especially Nia who likes to play the harp John made for her. But a yacht appears on the horizon, and John struggles with a decision as to light a signal fire and be taken back to civilization.
- Christ is shown as the hidden power that influences mankind to turn from iniquity to righteousness. The carnal mind, prompted by selfish and negative desires, experiences the operation of an inner consciousness which thwarts evil passions and promotes good noble aspirations. The drunkard is turned from his life of dissipation to one of honest effort. The sloven are awakened to a realization of their utter hopelessness. Everywhere the presence of a divine power is perceptible. The evil in a drunkard's home is banished by the thought of Christ, who appears as the man of Nazareth. The tempter at the threshold of the idle rich is thwarted and the Christ Man, by his presence, drives home conviction of guilt as the woman scorns her lover to remain true to the absent husband. Innocence is not permitted to be victimized by the lust of the flesh as the quiet little voice of conscience, aroused by the proximity of the man of sorrows, averts a tragedy. The "Thirteen Club," a social organization devoting its energies to the promulgation of higher ideals, is unwittingly the guest of a stranger, who turns out to be Christ. As they gather at the banquet table to discuss their experiences they dissolve into Christ and the Apostles at the Last Supper, after a renowned painting by the celebrated Leonardo da Vinci. The picture concludes with the gathering at the Sea of Galilee, where Christ is seen walking on the water.
- Bill Hardy, fresh from the cow country with a load of steers, cashes in his six months' paycheck, and is drawn into a card game by a couple of sharks at a "club." He discovers he is being cheated and gets into a fight, from which he emerges by way of a secret chute, badly battered and minus his pile. Bill is rescued by Nell, a nurse in the Salvation Army Hospital, and cared for until he is able to go on. He is ashamed to face the boys with the story of his mishap, so he drops off at a strange pasture. By saving Mrs. Dennis from a runaway, Bill wins a place on the Flying U Ranch, owned by big hearted "Pop" Dennis. This is not to the liking of Jim, the foreman, who scents a rival. Mrs. Dennis is an invalid and Dennis decides to send for a nurse. Bill suggests the little nurse he left behind, with his heart, and she comes to make the cowboys of the Flying U take notice. Jim with some of the others is rustling Dennis' cattle. Jim falls for Nell, and exercises his authority to interfere with her companionship with Bill. Bill gets his further enmity by riding a bucker Jim could not manage and he knocks Bill down, for which he is discharged. Jim plans to get a big bunch of cattle before he goes and his plan is overheard by one of the boys, who notifies Dennis, and they take the trail. Nell and Bill, riding, are attacked by Jim and his gang. Bill is roped, but Nell escapes. As Jim is about to string Bill up, Nell rides through, cuts the rope and Bill, jumping on behind the cowboy who has come to warn them, they escape. In the end Bill is happily tethered with Nell and the baby.
- Caleb and Blind Bertha are seen at work. John Perrybingle and his sweetheart, Dot, are seen at the May Pole dance. John takes Dot to see their future home. Old Tackleton, who wants Edward's sweetheart for his wife, is insulting in his action to May and is knocked down by Edward, who really fears he has killed him. This compels Edward to escape and we see Tackleton on his recovery avenging on the poor father the son's action. Caleb is rendered poorer and poorer, but through it all he maintains a stout heart in order to conceal the real situation of their poverty from his blind daughter. Dot and John are married and oh, what a wonderful baby Tilly Slowboy has to take care of, and my, how the cricket chirps in their happy home. May, to save her father, consents to marry old Tackleton, and we see them on the way to the church. Edward comes back, though, and old Tackleton turns out better than we thought. Edward and May are married and then what a homecoming they all have. And how happy old Caleb is to find his son has come home to him. And the cricket never stops his chirping. You know Dickens says, "To have a cricket on the hearth is the luckiest thing in all the world."
- Bill is just an ordinary happy-go-lucky cowboy when sober, but a few drinks of liquor will transform him into the wildest kind of a human being. Riding furiously through the little camp of White River, he sent its citizens into hiding. Even the sheriff he terrorized, taking his gun away from him, and departing with the sheriff's badge pinned on his own coat. But in the morning he was sober again, and allowed the sheriff to escort him to the jail without a pretense of resistance. About this time there came to White River an itinerant dispenser of the Gospel, Bronson, with his daughter, Rita. And Rita started out to distribute circulars announcing the first of a series of meetings. In the jail Bill finds a bottle of liquor on a Mexican prisoner, and soon has it under his belt. The jail at once became too small for him, and breaking out, he started on another rampage. Entering the saloon, he put those present to rout, all except Rita, who had come there to distribute her circulars and, undaunted, she came up to Bill and handed him one. With the evening Bill hears the music of the services, and concludes to break the meeting up, but Rita sees him, and coming outside, pleads with him to go away, and he consents. Returning to the saloon, Bill lines up all its inmates and forces them to attend the services of Bronson. And as Bronson urges those who have sinned to become Christians, Bill thinks of the days when his mother used to read to him, and how she told him that if he would only heed the advice of the Bible, that he would never come to harm. It came to pass that by the time the series of Bronson's meetings were over, Bill had taken the pledge, and to Rita, he states that he intends to live up to his promises, and that if she only would allow him to write to her, that perhaps someday he may have something personal to ask her.
- Lord Loveland in England is besieged by his creditors and consults his mother as to what he should do. He is advised to go to America and marry an heiress. He plans to sail on a certain ship, but at the eleventh hour changes his plans and departs on another vessel without informing his relatives of the change. Meanwhile, In England, his valet, annoyed at not having been paid a year's wages, impersonates Lord Loveland. At New York's most expensive hotel Lord Loveland discovers he has but forty cents in his pocket. He goes to bank and presents his letter of credit, but the bank determines that he is a bogus Lord and will not honor the draft. Disgusted, Lord Loveland returns to his hotel, where he finds he has no credit. He is ejected and his baggage is held in lieu of the bills he has already accumulated at the hostelry. Lord Loveland is alone in a strange world and with forty cents in his pocket. He applies to a friend for aid, but the friend, thinking the card presented is that of the bogus Lord Loveland. refuses to even see the visitor. Disheartened and disgusted, the nobleman betakes himself to Central Park, where through the thrilling rescue by Lord Loveland of a mongrel puppy, he forms a fast friendship with one Bill Willing, a likable old man out of work. Willing takes Lord Loveland to a cheap hotel where his forty cents is more than sufficient to procure two beds. In the morning he takes the English peer to a restaurant where in payment for meals, Willing draws artistic signs which advertise the day's tempting viands at Alex's restaurant. Lord Loveland, attired in evening clothes and monocle, has no trouble in getting employment as a waiter. He hopes thus to earn sufficient funds to pay his passage back to the dear old British Isles, but Tony Kidd, an enterprising New York reporter, learns of the monocled waiter and writes a story for his paper. Crowds come daily to Alex's restaurant to be waited on by this unique garcon. Among them is Leslie Dearmer, a woman playwright with whom Lord Loveland had become acquainted on shipboard. There is an explosion in the kitchen and the guests flee panic-stricken from Alex's restaurant. Lord Loveland becomes a hero when he extinguishes the blaze and causes the guests to return to their tables. Later, he loses his job through the apparent affection he has for Izzy, who is Alex's daughter. He takes up with a 10-20-30-cent troupe of theatrical players with whom he plays minor parts. Miss Dearmer seeks out the manager of Lord Loveland's troupe, intending to sue that individual for the use of one of her copyrighted plays. She calls and is surprised when her gaze meets that of the British nobleman. To her, the Lord relates his plight and she engages him as her chauffeur. The nobleman falls head over heels in love with his fair employer. The two are out for a spin when the Englishman summons up courage and declares his love. So ardent does he become in his proposal that he fails to heed the path his automobile is taking. The machine leaves the road, crashes into a tree and both occupants are thrown violently from their seats. When consciousness returns, Miss Dearmer is in Lord Loveland's arms, and the two plight their troth. The tide of Lord Loveland's fortunes have turned, By a combination of circumstances, he becomes recognized as the real Lord Loveland and he is restored to the position which is rightfully his. Henceforth, all is love and happiness and the nobleman has no desire again to see dear old Britain's shores.
- Ben Hart, a youthful mining expert, arrives in the mining town and promptly seeks out Mabel Whitaker and her mother, who have a map purporting to lead to a gold deposit. They determine to look at the deposit, but are warned by Jim Halliday, a bad man. That night Mabel sees a hand steal through the window and grasp for the map. She plunges a knife through the arm and it is hastily withdrawn. The next day Ben sees Jim Halliday near the gold mine and sees that he is nursing a wounded arm. Ben overcomes the bandit and has him jailed.
- Fisherman's daughter Nell has promised to marry young fisherman Jim. A strong affection springs up between her and the child of some summer cottages, and when little Ruth is taken violent ill, Nell nurses her back to health. In gratitude, Ruth's older brother Dean Ronalds insists that Nell attend a select school in the city as his expense. She refuses, but Jim, thinking only of Nell's advantage, persuades her to accept. On completing the school course, Nell learns that her benefactor is in love with her, but she rejects his offer of marriage and returns to Jim. Her old sweetheart discovers that Nell really loves Ronalds, but that a mistaken sense of honor bids her remain faithful to her first affection. Jim goes to Ronalds and explains the sacrifice he is about to make, which Nell must never know. Then he tells her that he is going away to marry another woman, and leaves her to the man of her heart's choice.
- Millionaire John Huntley-Knox, the owner of the Boston Star , fights political corruption with the aid of William Wendell, the reform district attorney. One day John receives word that he will be visited by Janet Dare, the daughter of a man who once saved John's father's life. John's mother, apprehensive about the "Western" girl's visit, writes a friend about it, but her letter gets crossed with one extending an invitation to Janet. Although she is Eastern bred, Janet decides to play the part of a wild Westerner. Despite her tricks, she and John fall in love. One night, while looking through some papers, John learns that Janet is heiress to a large fortune. He also discovers a confession signed by a man who committed a murder of which John's father was accused. When the gang that is trying to ruin John attempts to kidnap his sister Henrietta but gets Janet instead, John and a group of boy scouts come to her aid. They discover, however, that Janet has held her own against her captors with a gun. All ends well when Janet is freed, John wins an important city election, and Wendell, who loves Henrietta, discovers that she loves him too.
- Jason, the potter, is consumed by an inordinate desire to create a perfect vase. He subordinates everything, his life, his wife. Into Jason's home comes Clark, the connoisseur, and he at once is struck with love for Rene, the wife. He pleads with her to fly with him, and leave Jason alone with his clay and his kilns. The steadfast Rene, however, repulses the ardent wooer. Meanwhile Jason's zeal grows. To add a desired luster to his vase he seizes Rene's jewels, grinds them and mixes them with his clay. Then the potter nods and dreams. Rene comes in a vision and offers him her soul if it can help him attain the perfect vase. The uncurbed ambition of the potter compels him to accept, and with his fevering craving for perfection he places the soul of his wife within the red-hot kiln. Greater and greater the heat becomes. Nearer and nearer is Jason's vase approaching his ideal. Then comes the thought of Rene. He opens the kiln to release the soul of his wife. The air reaches the brilliant vase. It crumbles like dust in the wind. Jason awakens to find Rene, suffering, not from the heated kiln, but from absence of love from him. The potter comes to his senses. From his mind the mad desire for the perfect vase has vanished. In its place has come a love for Rene, whom he clasps lovingly to his breast.
- Immediate Lee, employed on the ranch owned by one Masters, is discharged by the manager through the influence of one of his men, who is in the brand blotting game with Masters. Beulah, a dance-hall girl, has attracted the attention of Hurley, a brand blotter, but prefers Lee. Hurley entraps Lee and cuts his mouth open with a wide gash, which leaves a permanent scar. Lee vows vengeance and follows the man all over the country. He at last meets him face to face, but Hurley is saved by the intercession of Beulah. He later is killed in a fierce encounter. The brand blotters are discovered and punished by the aid of Immediate Lee, and Beulah receives the reward of loyalty and devotion by becoming Lee's wife.
- Louie is the vendor of an article of diet known to the trade as "hot dog." Mike is a sandwich man, who carries the advertising legends of a tent and awning manufacturer. They observed a gang of urchins maltreating a little pup. In trying to assist the little dog Mike and Louie were treated to a bombardment of sundry loose building materials close to the hands of the small boys. But the dog was rescued and Mike and Louie were united in friendship through the common cause of the pup. Mike and Louie sought an adjacent drug store for first aid to the dog. The drug store was operated by an unprincipled person, whose chief trade was in "dope." Mike and Louie happened in just at the time the alleged druggist was apprised that a police raid impended. He was preparing for a hasty retreat. He seized the opportunity and presented Mike and Louie with the drug store until he should return if in return they would keep a little girl Mary, aged ten, who had been left to his care. Mike and Louie become owners of a drug store, guardians to the child, and masters of a pet dog. The police, not knowing that the place had changed hands, decided to raid it. Mike and Louie were dragged to court, where they had to prove that they had just come into possession of the drug store and assumed guardianship of the child. The judge commended them after a pathetic scene and Mike and Louie returned to the drug store. Eight years later the drug store is more dilapidated than ever. Mike and Louie were eking out a bare existence, giving all their money to the education and desires of Mary. Some time during the eight year lapse, Mike and Louie had acquired a clerk. Bob, who had graduated from a school of pharmacy and who had come to them to gather practical experience. Mary and Bob fell in love with each other. Things took a bad turn when the "Drug Trust" refused to grant Mike and Louie more credit. They were forced to make spurious drugs. Through an accident Mary learns of the trickery. The next day she imparted to Bob the details of her discovery. Contrary to her expectations, he laughed and told her that it was far more harmless to sell the stuff that Mike and Louie were making than the actual dope which was harmful to the customers. In the midst of the explanation Mike and Louie came in and saw the two youngsters in an embrace. They demanded that Bob stop his love making. He replied that he intended to marry Mary. He was told that if he had any business ability he would be working some place for a salary instead of with Mike and Louie for nothing, and to make the thing harder Mike suggested that before Bob marry Mary, he make a million to buy her all the little trinkets that she might want. Bob decided to make a million for Mary. Sitting in the park reading the paper, an article on the new "Science of Mind" caught his eye. He stopped to think and recalled his argument with Mary that it isn't what you take, but it is what you believe when you take it. So Bob got the great idea. Bob rushed back to the drug store and imparted his idea to Mike and Louie, who merely scoffed and asked him where he would get the money with which to advertise and distribute the wonderful pills. Bob had an idea and betook himself to the "Drug Trust" and impressed them with the fact that he had the greatest drug panacea ever discovered. They drew up a contract with him, and agreed to pay Mike and Louie one million dollars on date of distribution of the pills. An enormous system of advertising was instituted. All over the world appeared the legend, "Mike's and Louie's panacea for all ills, take a pill every hour, pray and have faith." Orders flocked in from every portion of the globe. The night before the day upon which the pills were to be released. Mike, Louie, Bob and Mary were so engrossed in their work that they forgot poor Fritz, the dog. who became hungry and ate a cake of soap. Finally he was discovered by Mike, who knew he was sick. They looked for remedies and could find none, when Louie had the great idea that if the pills could help people, they could help the dog. But Mike answered that the dog could not pray. However, they decided they would pray for him so Fritz was handed a bunch of pills. Unknown to Mike and Louie, the pills contained a light narcotic, so that when taken in large quantities they caused profound sleep. They thought that the pills had killed him. Immediately they had visions of thousands upon thousands of dead people, all of whom had taken the pills. After due consideration they made a suicide pact deciding to kill themselves with their own pills. Mike and Louie slept and dreamed that they had gone to Heaven. Here they met the druggist, Mike, certain that the druggist was in the wrong place, decided to throw him out This started the noise. Mike, Louie and the druggist were dragged before St. Peter. Mike woke up. Outside the drug store the crowd had gathered, led by officers of the "Drug Trust." They heard the noise and were certain that the relations of the dead people who had taken pills had come to wreak vengeance on them. Finally they were quieted and handed what was found to be a check for a million. Thus did Mary get her million, and Bob his Mary.
- Robert Bennett goes into the Ozark Mountains on research work, and comes to a mountaineer's cabin. The old man's son has run away from home after a beating years before, and grieving over the result of his harsh treatment, "Pap" got the delusion that every man who came there was his returning son. Bennett finds it easier to humor the old man's fancy than to turn away from him. He becomes interested in the daughter, who cherishes a talent for drawing, in secret, because "Pap" considers it sinful. "Pap" threatens to punish her for this sinful tendency by putting her to work in the tobacco fields. Bennett, who has learned to love the girl, saves her by marrying her and taking her home to his mother.
- John Mortimer has been elected district attorney. As he takes office he declares he will enforce the law as he sees it irrespective of what it may mean to friends or kin. Dora, his daughter, encourages him in the rigidness of his principles. Soon after her father takes office, Dora leaves for an extended visit with her "granny." After seeing his family away, Mortimer hurries from the station and in passing through a desolate part of the city sees what in his mind is actual murder. He comes upon a young man over the prostrate body of another. Mortimer attempts to arrest the murderer. A lively struggle ensues, the young man breaks away, but not until Mortimer has chanced to see an ugly scar on the face of his opponent. This scar is the one means of eventual identification which Mortimer possesses. Meanwhile at "granny's" estate in the mountains, Dora becomes an enthusiastic equestrienne. On one of her special jaunts in the mountains her horse becomes frightened and bolts. The frenzied animal carries her far into the mountains directly into the path of a blast, to the fuse of which some civil engineers have just applied a match. Among the engineers is Philip Storey, who sees the danger of Dora and by an almost superhuman effort and to great personal risk ho stops the runaway horse. A moment later and the blast explodes. There is a shower of stone in pieces large and small, but Dora and her rescuer are unscathed. From the day of the rescue Philip becomes a constant visitor at "granny's" home. At length he declares his love for Dora and she reciprocates and they become betrothed. Then comes an appointment for Philip who must leave at once for Manilla. This means separation for a hasty marriage. They decide upon the latter. John Mortimer, busy with the many duties of his office is delayed and reaches "granny's" home after the ceremony has been performed. He offers to the happy couple his hearty congratulations. Then he looks at Philip aghast for there on the young man's face is a livid scar, the same that Mortimer saw on the day of the murder. As Mortimer stands astounded the happy couple leave on their honeymoon. Mortimer and his wife return to their home in the city. A terrible situation confronts Mortimer. He knows that duty orders him to arrest his son-in-law. He is torn between love and duty. At length, after wrestling with his problem from early evening until dawn, duty triumphs and Mortimer wires the bridal couple to return. Scarcely does Philip step foot into Mortimer's library when he is arrested and handcuffed, charged with the murder of one Gean Baptiste. Philip is dumbfounded, then realizes that he is woven fast in a net of circumstantial evidence. Then Philip unburdens his heart. He tells of early days of prospecting when he had staked a claim. That claim had been stolen by Baptiste, who took also the papers of record. Philip, followed the thief, but to no avail; he never laid eyes on him, until one day in the city when he came upon the man lying in the throes of death in an out of the way part of the town. Baptiste had been stabbed in the heart. As memory of the theft flashed through Philip's mind he searched the body for the papers proving his claim. While engaged in this act Mortimer had come upon him and hence the suspicion of murder. Mortimer shook his head in doubt. "No jury would believe your story," he said, and men of the plain clothes force were ordered to take the captive away. Just then there came a telegram to Mortimer. Mortimer opened the message and read. Wheeling instantly toward Philip he raised his hand. "Stop," said the District Attorney, "the man is innocent. The telegram from a Western state declares that a man executed that day had confessed to the murder of Gean Baptiste. Philip's innocence was proved. He and Dora fly to each other's arms.
- Jim Regan, photographer, was sent by his paper to make snapshots of wild game. He found old Barlow, a trapper, possessed of two pretty daughters, and promptly fell in love with Mabel, who responded. Carrie, the other daughter, loved Ralph Conway, a mountain scamp. One day, Jim, in the woods with Barlow, sets his camera so that he might get a snapshot of a bear, attaching the camera by mechanical means to the bear trap so that when it operates the camera would get the picture. That after noon Ralph Conway induced Carrie to elope with him, Barlow having refused permission for the marriage. In anger Conway sought the old man out, found him leaning over the bear trap and felled him with a blow. In an instant his own foot was caught and he went spinning into the air. Old Barlow, hours afterwards, staggered throughout the woods toward home. Meanwhile, curious about his camera, Regan went to the trap, found Conway, releases him and took his camera back. In the quickly made dark room, Regan found a negative of Conway in the act of striking old Barlow. He rushed out, caught Carrie just as she was about to leave for the rendezvous and grappled with Conway. Just then old Barlow staggered in. No explanations were needed. Barlow simply took up his gun and pointed and Conway with a laugh, turned his evil face towards the mountains.
- You see the incidents that led to the Blackhawk War- the signing of the treaty of 1830, the first assault on settlers in 1831- how the news reached Springfield, where you see Abraham Lincoln, axe on shoulder, hearing the news, his volunteer company and what happened and when they reported to General Scott; how Blackhawk, after his peace messengers were shot, decided to fight. Also a glimpse of Mrs. Zachary Taylor and her two daughters, their determination to visit their father at Ft. Crawford, how Blackhawk captured Sarah Taylor and how Jefferson Davis recaptured her and fell in love with her, the famous attack on Ft. Crawford with burning fagots, battering rams, and finally the successful attack with flaming arrows. We see the suffering inside the fort and the marriage of Davis and Sarah, finally the ultimate capture of Blackhawk, after a blood-stirring battle.
- At home a young girl has proved incorrigible. She is placed by her father in a feminine school where the environment is anything but to her liking. She is wrongly accused of stealing a brooch. By night she steals from the school never to return. Circumstances throw her among evil companions, who teach her the tricks of thievery, and she becomes known as the "Wasp." As a midnight marauder she is highly successful and manages to elude the vigilant eye of the police. She has one close call, however, and only the friendly aid of one J. Hart, an eminent man of affairs, enables her to make good her escape. Words of advice from Hart lead the "Wasp" to renounce her life of crime. Her efforts are directed toward doing good, and she becomes the leading spirit of a friendly aid bureau. At length, however, the bureau runs out of funds and its power to do good is seriously crippled. The "Wasp" discovers a former pal in the act of stealing J. Hart's watch. She compels the pickpocket to turn over his booty to her, and she at once restores it to its owner. Hart is impressed by the act of the girl, and offers assistance to the "Wasp" at any time at which she may need it. Things have come to dire straits at the charitable bureau. The "Wasp" is beseeched for aid, but finds herself powerless to aid the suffering applicants. She resolves for once to return to her life of burglary. That night she robs many houses, among them that of J. Hart. In each one she leaves a note, explaining that robbery has been committed so that the needs of suffering humanity may be met. Hart receives a note from the "Wasp," asking that he give work to her pal who also has forsaken the criminal path. Hart discovers that the writing on the card and that of the message left by the burglar are identical. He confronts the "Wasp" with charges of her guilt, then sees the good that the stolen valuables have worked. A big check is made out and the prosperity of the charitable bureau is assured. From then on, Hart and the "Wasp" are constant companions. Friendship ripens into love, and here the story ends.
- Johnny Madden travels to the city and falls in love with Capella. His mother is heartbroken that her son has flown the nest and that the woman he has flown to is a common actress. She had always intended that he would marry their neighbor, Daisy Brown. Mrs. Madden begins secretly putting the screws to Capella to make her abandon Johnny so that he will come back to the farm and Daisy.
- Bonnie is the daughter of Peter Watson, a fisherman, who derives a comfortable living for himself and family from the historic waters of old Monterey Bay, on the California coast. Watson has chosen as a husband for his daughter Tony Laredo, who, with no apparent vocation, lives a life of ease. Bonnie, however, is in love with Ned Raymond, a young fisherman, and this love is returned with interest. Ned is suspicious of Laredo, and discovers him at the illicit traffic of opium smuggling. While spying upon the smugglers at work in their den he is attacked from behind, falls from a cliff, is carried to the den and left still unconscious. He soon recovers, however, and surprising Laredo at work in the entrance to the den, takes him captive. Watson, who has gone out in his boat to fish, is delayed, far beyond his usual time of return, and his wife is greatly worried. Leaving Bonnie to guard the prisoner, Ned and Mrs. Watson go to the shore, and discover Watson, his boat capsized, battling with the waves. Two men have just landed on the beach, and Ned, jumping into the boat, commands them to make haste that they may save the drowning man. After a strenuous battle with the waves, Watson is rescued more dead than alive, rowed to the beach and carried to the cottage. With the application of restoratives he soon recovers, is told of the smuggling operations of Laredo, and in gratitude to Ned, who has rescued him from a watery grave, calls Bonnie, places her hand in that of Ned, and bids them be happy.
- Ole Johnson decides that he ought to marry. Decides to insert an ad. in the paper. He receives an answer from a Swedish girl in a town not far from his home. Ole answers the maiden's letter sending her a photograph of himself and requesting one of her's in return. Steena Iverson, the lady fair, is not the most beautiful lady in existence, and fearing to spoil her chances of marriage, decides not to send one of her photos but one of her mistress instead. Ole receives the photo and decides to pay a visit to Steena. Meanwhile the lady of the house, Mrs. Gaylife has been informed by her husband that he has been called away. Mrs. Gaylife intends not to be lonely during her husband's absence, so sends for another companion. They leave to spend a pleasant evening together. Ole has arrived to pay the promised visit to his unknown lady love. Steena allows him to enter, but Ole cannot see her face, which is covered by a veil. He begs and pleads with her to remove it, but she refuses. Confusion is heard outside announcing the return of Mrs. Gaylife and her vis-a-vis. Steena hides Ole in the closet as Mrs. Gaylife and gentleman enter. They are enjoying a quite tete-a-tete, when the bell rings outside announcing the return of Mr. Gaylife. Mrs. Gaylife tells the gentleman to go into the closet, but instead he hides behind the screen. Mr. Gaylife enters and embraces his wife and turns to place his grip and coat in the closet when she stops him, takes them from him and leaves the room with them. Husband becomes suspicious, turns and sees Ole's hat and cane, thanks he is wise, starts for closet when Mrs.Gaylife stops him. He accuses her and she having seen the friend behind the screen, goes to the door to prove him wrong. She opens the doors and Ole comes out. Husband demands an explanation. Ole tells him he came to marry Mrs. Gaylife, showing the photograph. Mrs. Gaylife tells him she has never seen him before. Steena has overheard the whole transaction and tells them he came to marry her. Ole gets one glance at Steena's face and makes a getaway. Mr. and Mrs. Gaylife embrace most lovingly and while they are paying no attention to him, Mr. Friend makes a getaway unseen by anyone.
- A dilapidated table, two or three broken chairs, and a tumbled-down bed. To add further to the distempered appearance of the room, the emaciated form of an elderly woman is disclosed gazing expectantly though a half-opened door. She staggers to the bed, upon which she drops from exhaustion. The figure of a roughly dressed young man rushes through the door. He approaches the bed. A look of joy overspreads the face of the poor creature, and Reddy, the crook, is quickly folded in his mother's arms. Kneeling beside her he tells of his futile effort to secure work. It is time to take her medicine and Reddy rises to get it, only to discover that the bottle is empty. Reddy takes up the bottle to get it refilled. Left alone, she examines the parcel and to her amazement, it discloses a dark lantern, black mask and jimmy. The shock is too great. She reels feebly to the bed, on which she falls, just as Reddy is entering the door. He approaches the bed, raises the form of his mother in his arms, kisses her lips, in an effort to revive her. At this juncture a young woman appears upon the scene. Benefited by her timely intercession Reddy resolves to devote his life to reformation. He secures a position through her timely aid, and starts on a life of honest effort. In an evil moment he meets his former associates and again falls into evil ways, through a trap that is made for him. While in the act of forcing the safe, he and his evil companions are surprised by the occupant of the house, who proves to be the charitable young woman who came to his aid when he most needed a friend. A shot is fired by the leader.
- The fugitive was reported in the vicinity and the sheriff, after a hasty call on his sweetheart, gathered his posse and gave hot pursuit. Over the mountains they galloped madly, the fugitive running almost in a circle. In front of the cabin sat Grace Merriwell, the sheriff's sweetheart, when suddenly before her stood the hunted one. Instantly she recognized her brother and secreted him in the house. The sheriff, tracking his man unfailingly, stopped at the cabin. He entered and the excited girl made known her brother's presence in the house. The sheriff hesitated. It was love or duty and the sheriff chose love. Taking the fugitive by the hand he made him secrete himself in another room. The posse entered and all felt satisfied with the sheriff's word but Higgins. He, suspicious, went from room to room and with lightning-like rapidity the hunted man changed his hiding place. When they had all gone, the sheriff bowed his head. Taking the star from his breast he threw it on the table for he knew that his day was over. Between love and duty he had chose love.