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- Jim Neal and Mollie Wells are sweethearts. Molly is living with her mother in a small cabin out west. The mother is devoted to her daughter; she is lamentably poor, eking out a miserable existence by taking in washing. She realizes that she cannot give her daughter the advantages she would like to and finally she determines to rob for the sake of her child. Disguised as a man, she robs the paymaster of the smelter works of a large sum of money. During the robbery, she drops her handkerchief, which is found later by the sheriff and gives him a clue to her identity. Buck Carter, another sweetheart of Molly's, is as equally favored by Molly as Jim Neal. The employees of the smelter works roast Jim, the sheriff, for his failure to arrest the thief, Jim's great love for Molly prevents his arresting her mother. The name the men have given the robber is the Sand Rat. Jim happens upon a tender love scene between Buck and Molly and after the withdrawal of Buck, he upbraids Molly for her fickleness. She, in turn, tells Jim that he should have spoken to Buck, not to her, branding Jim as a coward. Owing to the failure of Jim to arrest the Sand Rat, the manager of the smelter company seeks outside aid. The Sand Rat is almost trapped and wounded, but makes her escape, subsequently hiding in a cave, the location of which is known to Jim. He finds the woman wounded to death and finally takes her home; he places her on a bed and leaves a letter for Molly telling her of the circumstances of her mother's death and his knowledge of the crime. The girl's heart goes out in gratitude to Jim. The identity of the Sand Rat is never revealed but the men are led to the cave which she inhabited by Jim, and are satisfied by the evidence they discover there that the Sand Rat is dead.
- The Countess of Northstone, wife of the Prime Minister of a great power, gives a lawn party at her country home. Among her guests is an ambassador whose government is suspected of plotting a war against the country to which he is accredited. The prime Minister asks his wife to obtain as much information as she can from the ambassador, who is in love with her. She plays with him and, as he is fully convinced that he has conquered her, his secretary brings him a note. Lady Sibil plays with him pretending the note is from a woman. To vindicate himself he shows her the letter: "Meet me at the Carlton Club tonight. Important information," the note is signed, von Hatzfeldt. The Countess knows this man as the leader of a party called "The Brotherhood," which was formed for anarchistic purposes. Leaving the Ambassador she at once seeks Captain Balfour, secretary to the Prime Minister and asks him to play the spy, "In the interests of your country." He goes to the club and obtains positive proof that the Ambassador has been bought with the crime money of the "Brotherhood" represented by Baron von Hatzfeldt. The Foreign Ambassadors are received by the Prime Minister that evening at his official residence. While the reception is in progress a note arrives from the continent: "Declaration of war is imminent unless strategic diplomacy is used. Send special envoy with full power to act at once." Salston, who is the representative on the continent of the Great Power, is in fact its Ambassador. That night at the reception Baron von Hatzfeldt is confronted with the proofs of his treachery and the Countess exposes him to the people and tells what he was ten years before. We see him as a leader of a detachment of soldiers invading a peaceful country and shooting down unarmed and defenseless peasants, and also see him murdering the brother of the countess as he lies asleep in his bed. At the end of the story the wife of the Baron enters, and sorrow for her makes the Prime Minister relax his decision of punishment and he permits them to go with the understanding that they leave the country at once. This they agree to do. Balfour is to be sent as an Envoy Extraordinary to the foreign power and is to use his best efforts to avert the threatened declaration of war. As he is leaving his apartments he is attacked by the Baron and the Ambassador, assisted by their hirelings. They think he has information about him as to the purport of his mission and attempt to rob him. Fortunately his instructions are verbal, so they accomplish nothing. In revenge they place him on a steamer and put to sea. intending to rid themselves of him at the first chance. He is disabled but gradually his reason and his strength return and when attacked by the crew he gives a good account of himself. He is overpowered at last and made to walk the plank into the sea. Thinking Balfour is dead they return to port, but blindfolded and with hands and feet tied, he manages to reach the shore and is revived by some fishermen. He again starts on his mission. A wonderful scene in the palace of the Emperor is shown; the Emperor is surrounded by his chief officers and civilian advisers and announces amid great enthusiasm that war against the world is declared. Fighting his way to the Emperor the Envoy Extraordinary reaches the council room as the Emperor is signing the document. Seizing it he tears it to pieces and in the scene which ensues he convinces the Emperor and his advisers that it is better not to fight. To this they readily agree when shown the reason. Balfour returns to his own country and, as both the Baron and the Ambassador demand "satisfaction," they get it, but in a way that can hardly be called pleasing to them. The Baron is beaten at the game he himself invites. In the duel with the Ambassador, it is very evident that the Ambassador will hardly serve his country again. Balfour receives the thanks of his country and all ends as wars should end, with satisfaction and peace on all sides.
- The murderer of Craig MacDonald, a wealthy bachelor, is discovered by Jack Wright, a sculptor, some months after the police have arrested and the State has sentenced to death his chum, Malcolm, Craig's nephew. Circumstantial evidence pointed strongly to Malcolm. He was known to have been in urgent need of money and to have quarreled with his uncle about his debts the night of the murder, and to have used threatening language; to have been much disturbed by the announcement the same evening at a house party given by Craig, of the latter's engagement to Geraldine, a society girl, since the marriage would mean not only a new interest for his uncle but the legal invalidating of the latter's will which made Malcolm his heir, and lastly, because he was found beside his dead uncle's body with the knife in his hand. Geraldine is in reality an adventuress in league with St. Clair. The pair are in imminent danger of arrest unless they can raise a large sum of money immediately to cover a "phony" check they have passed. Geraldine has seen a large package of bills in Craig's safe and has taken advantage of her stay in his house during the party to attempt to steal the money, and being discovered, she accidentally kills Craig while trying to escape without recognition. Inadvertently she left a thumb print behind her and Wright ingeniously trapped her into making another one with her subsequent confession. Malcolm is brought from the shadow of death into the sunlight and to his waiting sweetheart.
- Father wishes Fanny to marry a rich old banker, but she prefers Billy, a handsome young doctor, of whom father disapproves. Billy calls on Fanny and when the choleric father interrupts, Fanny pretends illness. Scoffing at Billy's medical knowledge, father telephones for the reliable old family doctor. When the old physician calls, he agrees to help the lovers and Fanny is quickly cured. Pleased with her rapid recovery, father remarks that when he can be convinced that Billy is as good a doctor as the family physician, he will consent to his marriage to Fanny. The old doctor suggests to Billy that father be made ill through "mental suggestion." Fanny has a conference with the kitchen staff. Father has been feeling unusually trim and athletic, but when his servants ask him whether he is sick and suggest calling a doctor, their comments soon take effect and he imagines he is really sick. The old doctor is summoned and tells father nothing is wrong with him, but gives him a powder, which really makes father pretty sick for a short time. Father angrily orders the "old-fool doctor put out" and a regular doctor called in. Here is Billy's chance. He goes to his laboratory and mixes a wonderful "convincer pill," composed mainly of cheese, as large as a golf ball. He runs an electric vibrator down father's back and then forces the "pill" down his throat. By this time the effects of the powder has worn out, and father feels himself again. Father is now thoroughly convinced of Billy's wonderful skill and readily consents to his marrying Fanny.
- Billy's weekly salary amounts to $9.00 per week, but his tastes are those of a millionaire. He has never met his boss personally, but the boss has taken an interest in Billy from the good work he has done and decides to pay the young man a visit. Accordingly, Billy receives a letter telling him of his boss's intention. The millionaire accidentally drops the letter of introduction to Billy, which he had taken along, and it is picked up by a tramp who, after reading it, decides to impersonate the boss. He calls on Billy, presents the letter and Billy immediately treats him with his best cigars, drinks and makes his visitor perfectly at home. Then he suggests going out to a restaurant to dine, and after phoning his sweetheart to meet him at the restaurant where he is going to have dinner with his boss, he and his guest depart. Arriving at the restaurant, the tramp, delighted at his good fortune, proceeds to order up the best in the place. To Billy's dismay, he discovers that he hasn't enough to pay the bill, and just then the real boss, who has come in, seeing Billy's predicament, slips a $100 bill into his hand. The tramp, noticing this, immediately accuses Billy of having stolen the money from him and calls the police. The party is taken to the police court, where the millionaire discovers that Billy is the young chap he has been looking for, while Billy makes the startling discovery that the boss is none other than Betty's father. After seeing that the tramp gets all that is coming to him, they all leave the courtroom. Shortly after Billy gets up courage to ask his boss for Betty's hand, which is granted together with a substantial check as a wedding gift.
- Percy, a soda fountain clerk, and Betty are in love. Betty's father objects to their marriage and they plan to elope. Percy gives Betty a sleeping opiate to put in pa's coffee. Betty breaks the bottle. At the drug store Percy learns that the bottle containing what he thought was a sleeping potion is deadly poison. He immediately phones for an ambulance. After a series of side-splitting scenes we see father safely home, and Percy and Betty happily married.
- Mrs. Brooks has been led to her marriage with Mr. Brooks against her better judgment. He is a tyrant and treats her brutally. Her former lover, Joe Brown, shoots her husband in revenge. She. is not aware of this fact and is accused of the murder. Brown confesses to the murder and she is acquitted.
- Mr. Richmond is the man with the taint; Peter McGraw, the man with the liquor taint; and Dr. Jackson the man with the gambling taint. Mrs. Richmond gives birth to a child and it is born blind. Richmond begs Dr. Jackson to keep this from his wife. At the same time Mrs. McGraw, a washwoman, gives birth to a child and the doctor suggests they change the babies. The change is made unknown to all except Richmond and the doctor. Twenty years later we find the babies grown, one to womanhood, the other to manhood. McGraw is killed by a fall from the stairway. The girl, blind, sells flowers. Dr. Jackson, heavily in debt from gambling, demands more money from Richmond or says he will divulge the secret. Richmond, now paralyzed, tells him that it is the last, as he is going to right the wrong done the children. Dr. Jackson is discovered cheating and shoots himself, so Richmond is the only one knowing the secret. In the meantime Robert Richmond has met the girl and fallen in love with her. He takes her to his home and his parents consent to their marriage. Richmond, knowing all will be well, does not tell the secret and all ends happily.
- Rollicking comedy ensues when an old-fashioned traveling melodrama troupe arrives in the town of Hickville.
- Two little children, stepsisters, are living with their respective parents in humble surroundings. The father tenderly loves his little girl as does the mother her little girl. The skeleton in the closet is the fondness of the mother for drink and her hatred of the child of her husband's former wife. The cabin accidentally is set on fire and in rescuing his daughter the father is killed and the little one is blinded for life. Fifteen years later the children, grown to womanhood, are discovered in sordid surroundings. The mother has become an absolute slave to drink and in her frenzies she brutally ill-treats the blind child of the dead man. A young artist and his brother meet in one of their rambles the blind girl and her sister. The young people are mutually attracted to each other, and after a romantic courtship they are happily married.
- Edward Alexander, the husband of Miss Brunnette, is nearly crazed by jealousy that is entirely unfounded, although circumstances seem to point differently. These scenes continue and finally reach a crisis when Alexander finds a telegram and misinterprets its meaning. After a number of thrilling scenes all difficulties are cleared to the satisfaction of everyone and lead to the restoration of the happy home.
- Billy is employed in the office of the "Daily Howler." He is entrusted with a special assignment but fails to turn in his "copy" on time, the lapse from duty being caused by a charming girl, the daughter of a mighty local magnate, whom Billy has wooed and won, and through whom he forgets the care of the office. The following day Billy loses his job. He learns that his former boss is making strenuous efforts to obtain "copy" from the millionaire father of his sweetheart. The millionaire has stood off the besieging pressmen with the aid of a stalwart gardener. The latter, armed with a hose, has deluged the reporters with great liberality and Billy, happening on the scene on one of these occasions, is apprised of the fact that a big "scoop" is to be had from the father of his girl. Knowing that the old man will not stand for an interview, and not desiring to share the fate of his fellow-reporters, Billy obtains a complete fireman's outfit, which he dons and thus fortified, he storms the citadel. Billy wrestles with the gardener and takes the offending hose away from him. He turns the water on the reporters, the gardener and finally holds the millionaire up at the nozzle of the hose until he obtains from him the items which go to make one of the biggest scoops of the season. Billy proudly turns his "copy" in to his former boss and is immediately re-engaged. The millionaire learns from his daughter that the daring young pressman who so cleverly held him up and succeeded where so many others had failed, is her lover. After a momentary fit of anger, Billy is sent for. He and the victim of the ruse meet. The millionaire looks from the glowing face of his daughter to the expectant Billy, and finally extends his arms to both.
- The forgery of his employer's name by a trusted clerk and the discovery through the confession of the culprit and the intervention of the latter's wife, gives the employer an opportunity to avow his love for the woman and to ask for terms in settlement which compromise the wife's honor. The husband tries to take the life of the tempter of his wife, but is overpowered and the gun is taken away from him. The man leaves, taking the revolver with him and telling the wife he will give her until midnight to pay the price. The woman, devotedly loving her husband and desiring to save him from the penitentiary, administers a sleeping potion to him and at the hour of twelve arrives at the man's house to pay the price. She finds him dead and her husband's gun at his side. The man has been shot by a thief who was caught rifling his employer's safe. The woman secures the gun, is about to leave, but is apprehended. She is subsequently adjudged guilty of murder and sentenced to life. Previous to her arrest, the husband, awaking from his stupor, reads in his wife's absence the fact that she has yielded to the man. He leaves for the west, and does not learn of the happenings of the night. A lapse of ten years shows the woman pardoned and seeking employment in a far distant state. She obtains work as nurse and the first case she is called upon to attend is that of the real murderer. He has been mortally shot in a gambling row, and desiring to atone for his past misdeeds, he tells the woman that he is the guilty man. In the adjoining room the runaway husband, suffering from severe burns, is recognized by his wife and finally husband and wife are reconciled.
- Donatello, an Italian musician, agrees to adopt the daughter of his friend who has died in Italy. The girl arrives and Donatello takes her to his lodgings. Julia shows great talent as a violinist and Donatello secures for her a position in the orchestra at a fashionable restaurant in which he is playing. Unknown to Julia, Donatello is at the head of a band of crooks who make it a practice to steal from wealthy people. One night in the restaurant, Donatello steals a valuable necklace from a lady patron and places it in Julia's hair to escape detection. Frank Walsh, a man employed by the Secret Service is on the ground, and suspects the musician. He follows the two to their lodging and there, by a clever ruse, takes the place of one of the confederates. When Julia learns the true nature of her foster-father, she is shocked and determines to leave. He locks her up in a room but the next moment, Walsh enters followed by the police who capture the musician and his confederates and take them away. Walsh then liberates Julia and the two fall in love with each other, and after a short courtship are married.
- Percy calls for Betty and takes her out in his auto. Father takes another auto and pursues them. He catches up with them and makes Betty come home with him. Percy follows and goes to Betty's home; they plan to elope. Percy decides that if he is going to be married he needs more money, so he goes to the bank. After a short talk with the clerk, Percy draws out all of his money. He goes back to Betty's home and finds a check of father's on the floor. He takes it and rushes to the bank to have it cashed. Father returns for the check and cannot find it. When Percy returns he tells father the bank failed at two, but that the check has been cashed. Father after a little persuasion gives Betty to Percy and all ends well.
- Moreau, a young blind musician, is greatly loved by Marie, a servant in the Petite Pension, where he resides. She learns through a letter that Moreau has lost the income derived from a small inheritance, but keeps him in ignorance of his misfortune by entreating his attorney to send Moreau her small savings. Eloise De Montjeu, an opera singer of the lower class, introduces herself to Moreau, upon receiving the vocal score for a new production which she is unable to understand. Later, through his skillful training, she secures an engagement. Moreau has grown to love her, while she apparently returns his love, finding him amusing. Marie's hands, owing to the work she has been forced to perform, have become coarse and rough. Moreau indifferently tells her that he abhors coarse hands, little knowing the deep sorrow he has brought to one who truly loved him. Eloise, upon meeting an old admirer, mocks Moreau's love. When in despair he calls to plead with her, she takes the revolver with which he intended taking his life, removes the shells, and laughs at him. Her laughs and jeers craze Moreau, who loses his reason. He seizes a chair and starts to strike but falls to the floor himself. Upon regaining his feet he discovers that he has regained his sight. Marie, hearing the struggle, comes to the door of Eloise's room. Moreau looks from Eloise to Marie and finally takes Marie in his arms and denounces Eloise.
- This story is an allegorical play portraying the beginning of human emotions, such as love, hate, jealousy, crime, etc. There are but three people in the entire cast.
- Henry Ross, a retired banker, is discovered murdered. Detective Lindsey is called in, and after giving one of the maid servants the third degree, he finds that Robert Stanley, the fiancé of Marjorie Ross, the dead man's daughter, quarreled with him the day previous, when Robert asked for Marjorie's hand in marriage. With this circumstantial evidence in hand, Lindsey places the murder on Robert's head, and is about to arrest him when the old butler, who has brought Marjorie up since the death of her mother, confesses. The butler tells that he is the only one who knew of the lover's secret marriage, and after hearing of the quarrel between Robert and his employer, he went to Mr. Ross and pleaded for his sanction to their marriage. Ross, who had been suffering from heart failure, got so overwrought that his heart failed him and he dropped dead. During his fall he cut his head and on account of that cut the butler was afraid to disclose the cause of Ross' death, fearing that he would not be believed and blamed as the murderer. The detective believes him, and everything ends happily.
- While on his vacation. Billy meets Betty, a charming little flirt, who invites him to call to see her. Billy responds to the invitation and is introduced to Betty's sister and mama. He falls in love with Betty and begs her to accept him before he has to go home, but Betty teases him and refuses to give him a definite answer. The day for his departure having arrived. Billy calls to say "good-bye," and accidentally overhears a plan of Betty's and her sister. Betty has the following advertisement put in the newspaper: "Handsome unmarried young men wanted for boarders. Unusual accommodations." Billy reads the announcement and decides to stay over. The boarders arrive and the girls become quite friendly with them. Meanwhile, Billy has disguised himself as an old gent, suffering from rheumatism and applies at the boarding house. He finds the girls and two of the boarders seated in the porch swing, and immediately "butts in" trying to squeeze himself in the tiny space between them, whereupon the young people leave in disgust for more secluded spots, hut Billy is on their trail and makes it his business to see that there is no spooning while he is about. A professor calls that afternoon and presents them all with invitations to visit his gymnasium. The next morning, they all attend. The boarders try to impress the girls with exhibitions of their athletic accomplishments, but the "old rheumatic" gives them the surprise of their life, by knocking them all out. Later, they go bathing, and the boat in which they are seated, upsets. Their escorts cannot swim, but cling to the boat for dear life, but Billy is on the job and pulling off his disguise, he swims out and rescues the girls, and finally succeeds in winning Betty.
- A young medical man who has made a specialty of aphasia cases breaks down from overwork. He is ordered on a vacation which he takes in a small fishing village, where the malady he has treated in others overtakes him. He is rescued from a perilous position by the daughter of the light-house keeper. She and her father take the unconscious man to the shelter of the light house. Here he recovers his physical attributes but his mind has become a blank. Around the light-house keeper and his daughter, there is woven a story of a little girl supposedly drowned, but in effect living with the chief of a band of gypsies. This man has broken away from the tribe, and has offices in the doctor's home city, where he practices the art of fortune telling. The light-house keeper's daughter, under the name of Zara, believes that the gypsy is her father and she has studied under him the mystic arts and really possesses hypnotic power. The doctor and the girl of the light house become engaged, but the course of their true love is interrupted by the recovery of the doctor's memory. He returns to his old life, oblivious of his experiences at the light house and back in his home town he meets the twin sister of the light-house keeper's daughter, and they fall in love with each other, but Zara, jealous of her lover's past, places him in a hypnotic condition and under this influence, he tells her the story of the light house. An old gypsy crone, one Ogar, quarrels with the professor and betrays the identity of Zara. The doctor's heart goes out to the girl he left behind him as does the heart of Zara for the father left in the lonely light house. The two young lovers sail into the sea of summer and the lost child is last seen clasped in the arms of the rejoicing father.
- Carlo Marino, an aged music teacher, had in his youth joined an Italian secret society and at the time of the opening the story is trying to separate himself from the survivors of the society. His reason for so doing is that he has learned that they have degenerated into a gang of blackmailers and that they are working under the title of "The Crimson Circle." Carlo has a daughter, Floria, who is employed in the office of Ravenport & Co., express agents. She is loved by the general manager of the company, a sterling young fellow who sees in his clever assistant the one woman who can make him happy. The arch villain of the story is the leader of "The Crimson Circle," one Luigi Vampa, who rules with an iron hand the members of the gang who have sworn to the league. Through the aid of a female member of the gang, Luigi learns that a valuable package of gems and other securities are being shipped through the express company with whom the daughter of the old member of the gang is working. Luigi notifies Carlo that his presence at the meeting to be held that evening is absolutely essential and attempts to carry into immediate execution a plot he has formed to rob the express office. The plot is frustrated by Floria in a novel way. Luigi makes his escape, but his henchman, Beppo, is arrested and Luigi, in revenge, plots the destruction of Floria and her father. The old man is lured to the den and there, in the midst of "The Crimson Circle," he is given the option of destroying his own child and so obtaining his liberty or meeting death in her place. After perilous experiences Floria succeeds in rescuing her father and with her lover she manages to break up the gang. A thrilling fight through the underground arteries of the city culminates in a sensational climax in which Luigi Vampa is taken to prison and the young people are united.