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- The only way Onésime could think of to get his inheritance quicker was to set the clocks forward. Surprise: the whole world starts speeding up wildly.
- Colonel Blake and his wife go visiting for the weekend and leave their son Jack in charge of the ranch. Bessie Miller arrives at the ranch with a letter from Jack's aunt in Boston saying that the bearer is a dear friend of hers who is writing a book about the west and would like to stay on the ranch for a few days. Jack knows that Bessie will not stay if she finds his mother gone, so he arranges for Molly, the ranch cook, and Jim Hunt, the foreman, to impersonate his parents. Things are going nicely and Jack is making fine progress in his courtship, when Pedro, a Mexican cowpuncher, who is angry because he is forced to take Molly's place as cook, tells Bessie of the trick. She accuses Jim and Molly. They confess, and both agree to help her get even with Jack. The next day Jack's course of love runs anything but smooth. Bessie treats him as though he were a little boy, and he is forced to tag along behind her while he and his pseudo father make a tour of inspection of the ranch. Under Bessie's direction Jim exercises his parental authority in a dozen different ways. Jack is paid for some cattle and puts the money in a tin cash box. Bessie seeing a further chance to get even, takes the money and hides it, and after leaving a note alongside of the empty box wherein Jack is thanked for leaving the money so handy, she goes for a long ride. Jack is heartbroken when he discovers the loss of the money. He determines to get the sheriff, but then, doubting in his heart that she is the thief, wavers, and gets a cowboy friend to impersonate the sheriff. He meets his father and mother on their way back home, and tells them of the stranger who he thinks rewarded his hospitality by stealing the money. His parents reach home and Bessie gets back from the ride. The joke is explained and they agree to continue it. When Jack returns with the would-be sheriff he walks into the room and finds the foreman holding Bessie roughly by the arm. His father asks him if this is the girl who stole the money, and then love triumphed over duty, and Jack says, "No, I took the money myself." After the whole thing is cleared up, it is found that Bessie played better than she knew when she played burglar, for Mexican Pedro, tired of being a cook, had decamped, with the empty cash box, thinking it contained the money.
- A young lad, the son of poor parents, goes out in search of a treasure which has been concealed for many years. He has been warned in advance that he will have to sacrifice much to come into possession of the fortune. Being full of spirit and ambition, nothing can hold him back, and he sets out. Luckily a genie guides him in the right direction and notwithstanding all trials and tribulations he gains his goal. Ho fights with dragons and other animals, who have killed many men seeking the fortune, but the young boy exhibits such marvelous strength and bravery that he vanquishes the defenders of the fortune. His efforts are crowned with success, and he returns home with enough gold to make his parents happy forever.
- Dick, an easterner, comes west to try his luck at mining. No sooner does he arrive than Hartley, the local gambler and all-around villain, commences to make sport at his expense. Dick endeavors to bear it patiently, but a clash is inevitable, until the arrival at the village store of Mary Brown, one whom all held in respect, excepting Hartley. The latter grabs the girl and endeavors to steal a kiss, which she struggles to resent, aided by Dick. In the fight Dick is knocked unconscious. The men become frightened and slink off. Mary is favorably impressed with the stranger and aids him back to consciousness. Dick is also impressed and accompanies her home. Mr. Brown, hearing of Dick's bravery, is only too pleased to give him pointers on mining, and every day they start out together to prospect for the precious metal. A month passes with no results, and Dick is downhearted. Were it not for the encouragement of Mary he would quit. On one of these days he strikes the vein, discovers a great mine, but when he has the dust in his hand, Hartley and his men appear, overpower and bind him and hasten to register the claim for themselves. Meanwhile, Mary at home has discovered a photo in Dick's coat of a woman and two children, with an inscription on the back that leads her to believe Dick is married. With a broken heart she seeks him at his work, only to discover Hartley's dastardly trick. For the love she bore Dick, she herself mounted a horse and rode like mad for the claim office, just in time to foil Hartley. Dick, of course, is pleased, and with the prospect of wealth, expresses his love. Mary produces the picture, which, however, he is able to show is that of his sister, after which all Mary's objections are for naught.
- This is a screamingly funny comedy, where the cabby, tired and worn out, goes home and goes to bed. During the night we see him slumbering in his bed with his wife, when the nightmare takes place. Then we get a realistic picture of the horse walking into the bedroom, kicking the driver out of bed and forcing him to take the shafts of the cab, while the horse takes the seat. The poor cabby is made to change places with the horse. This is one series of continuous laughter, as the tricks he goes through are very remarkable. The whole thing ends with the poor cabby falling out of the bed and receiving a proper scolding from his wife.
- The daughter of a rich banker was afraid she would be married only for her money, so she went into the office of her father's solicitor, disguising her identity. One of the clerks fell in love with her and she returned his affection, but when she presented him to her father as her intended husband she was told she would be disinherited. This she risked, and her father afterward explained that it was merely a test of her affection as she had tested her husband's.
- Grace and her lover, Graham, being caught in the rain while riding, Graham begs her wait beneath a tree while he searches for a place of shelter. When, however, he does not return in due time she becomes alarmed and follows the path he took. Peering in the window of a house she discovers a man dead and her lover embracing a prostrate woman. Her conclusions are that her lover has committed murder, and in a fit of jealousy, she informs the authorities. Graham is captured and about to be lynched when remorse fills the heart of Grace. Perhaps he has some explanation. She pleads with the lynchers and obtains a hearing for her lover. Graham explains that the woman he embraced was his sister; that he had arrived at the hut just after she had been choked to death by her husband, a gambler, who had forced her to marry him to pay a gambling debt of Graham's; that in a conflict that followed between himself and the gambler-husband, the latter was killed. The lynchers are convinced by this story and Grace reconciled.
- As Smith is walking near a gypsy camp, he sees Lola, a young gypsy woman, having trouble leading her horse across a stream. He helps her, and the two of them soon begin a romance. Despite being warned, Lola leaves the camp and elopes with Smith. But it isn't long before she realizes that she may have made a mistake.
- Aunt Mary and her two nephews, Ferdinand and Paul, leave the ruins of Angkor for the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. They experience a pleasant (?) journey on the native bullock carts, and spend five days aboard "sampans," the native boats, to reach that destination. At Phnom Penh the royal dancing girls perform for them. Later they visit the zoo, but Aunt Mary is so "fussy" that Ferdinand takes it into his head to "bolt" the party. His aunt is panic-stricken and hires Mr. I. Fearnothing, the famous detective, to find him. They take up the trail, but are interrupted in the search by a great procession, the annual fete of parading Buddha about the city. They meet a personage of dark skin, supposedly of royal birth, who gives them a clew. The royal personage's clews get the party into many embarrassing and humiliating predicaments. At the end of a week Ferdinand is still missing, and Aunt Mary gets word to return at once. She boards a steamer. The royal one follows. At sea she still bemoans the loss of her nephew, when he of the royal dress greets her, wipes the black from his face and proves to be Ferdinand.
- Ranch hand Jim is a friend to a boy named Billy at the corral he works for. When a Mexican gets fresh with a lady, he socks him, but the fight is broken up. Later, on the trail, Jim sends Billy to the store where he overhears the Mexican and his gang plot revenge.Jim's kidnapped and tied in the path of a large rock they plan to roll over him, but Billy rouses the other hands to ride to a rescue.
- Foezel, a dim-witted police officer, is persuaded to loan his trousers to an actor who is playing a cop in a movie.
- Margie, of the "Flying B" ranch, knew it was to run across a snake in the tall Texas grass, but she did not realize that there are people who, like snakes, conceal themselves until they are ready to sting. Consequently, when a sleek looking tenderfoot asked to become a boarder at the "Flying B" Margie favored him, though her father was suspicious. Margie is soon smitten with the stranger, much to the chagrin of Jack, the foreman, with whom Margie had previously been very friendly. Jack does not get ugly over the matter, but keeps his eyes open. He knows that the sheriff is out for "Texas Ed," a desperado, and he soon observes that the sleek tenderfoot keeps a villainous supply of hardware under his bed tick. Finally the day for cattle shipping comes, and all know that there will be a liberal supply of money at the ranch house after the sale. The tenderfoot now becomes even more tender than before. The cattle are rounded up and shipped, and Margie's father deposits the money in the old family chest. The tenderfoot, who sits up late to read an innocent novel, observes this, and is soon giving mysterious signals from a certain window. Jack is watching, however, and just as a desperate gang thinks it has the ranch held up, Jack and the punchers are on the job with big guns; and after some exciting moments the tenderfoot is revealed as "Texas Ed," the bandit, and snake in the grass. It is needless to say that Margie has learned her lesson and takes immediate steps to square herself with Foreman Jack.
- Captain Dixon, receiving a message from the custom office that there is a band of smugglers operating on the islands off the coast, bids his wife good-bye and goes on the assignment. At the island wharf he inquires of an old sailor for the most quiet lodgings in the place and is led to a hut where lives an elderly man, supposedly s fisherman, and his pretty daughter, Bess. The old man does not at first want to admit the stranger, but the sight of handsome board money quickly changes his mind. Bess leads him to his room. That night Dixon is still unpacking when a noise downstairs arouses his suspicions. He goes down and discovers the old man leaving the house stealthily with several rough-looking strangers. He follows them and learns that they are the smugglers for whom be was sent in quest, and Bess' father the leader of them. Hurrying back to the house, the captain discovers Bess waving a red lantern in the window (the secret danger signal), for she had heard him depart and suspected his mission. She had also learned through a photograph in his room that he was married. Dixon attempts to remove the light, but is forced by Bess at the point of a revolver to wave it. The smuggler and Bess' lover, heed the signal, and, returning, put Dixon out of the house. The latter, however has formed a wild desire for Bess and, meeting her on the beach, attempts to force his love on her. Failing in this he sends her a note to the purport that if she does not meet him on the pier at once he will expose her father. Bess' love for her aged father is stronger than anything else, so she sadly decides to sacrifice herself to save his life. She had not left the house long, however, when her father and Ned find Dixon's vile note. They hurry to the pier in time to frustrate the captain's designs, but in the melee, the officer falls into the sea.
- This is a very funny little story of a wayward husband, who was disposed to forsake his own little wife in favor of the woman who has attracted him very much. The woman seems to be well dressed and finely adorned with luxurious clothes. The wife, having greater intuition than her husband, sees that this is all surface, and much to the pleasure of the husband, allows him to invite the second lady home for the weekend. When the wife considers that the visitor has retired for the night, she puts an explosive firework under the bedroom door, having previously searched the bedroom for traces of her removable beauty, and having removed the wigs and other little adornments, she then sets light to the firework. The visitor, imagining the place to be on fire, is compelled to rush out with her bald pate, and unfortunately for her, right into the arms of the host.
- The workingmen were discontented. They had read how trades had secured an increase in wages by striking, and decided to use the same tactics if necessary. A committee was chosen and went before the owner of the mine, but he would not grant their demands. Then the foreman was chosen to intercede for the men, and his failure to obtain the raise in salary led to a tragedy, for it was known that he cherished a secret love for the mine owner's daughter, and his failure was mistaken for false play. Accordingly, the foreman was made a prisoner and the men instigated a hunt for the owner, who by the way, had refused his consent to the marriage of his daughter and the foreman, believing that the latter was in leagued with the workingmen. The owner was dragged from his home and both he and the foreman were taken to a lonely spot in the woods. They were bound and gagged and tied to a stake. A powder keg was placed beneath them with wires running to a battery, by which it was to be set off. Meanwhile the mother, who had passed her husband on the road in the hands of the villainous miners, rushed to her house and arrived exhausted, only able to tell Edith the daughter, what was happening before fainting. The plucky little girl knew what well to do. She mounted hastily and rode with all speed to save her lover and her father. On the hill the men were drawing lots to determine which of them should set off the dynamite. Bill Ford drew the marked paper, but was not overzealous about his task. He delayed, delayed. His hand was clutching the igniter, but still he delayed. A drink of whiskey, he asked, but the men refused, and soon there was a fight. Edith rode like mad, and had just untied and released the prisoners when the charge exploded. The men, in their struggle, had fallen upon the battery. They fled. In his flight, Ford came upon the foreman and the owner. He was stupefied. He could not believe his eyes, but when finally convinced of their reality, begged forgiveness. The men were pardoned their villainous acts, for the father had learned that the foreman was a square man and as such, deserving of his daughter. If not of salaries, there was a raising of hats at the Gringo Mine at news of the betrothal.
- About 1722, Spain, in her command of Texas (named from a confederation of Indians, who called themselves Tejas), established the Franciscan mission of San Antonio de Valero (The Alamo). Around this mission was built the pueblo (village) and presidio (barracks), which formed the nucleus of the present city of San Antonio. In 1824 Texas withdrew from Mexico and formed a separate republic, and the Mexican general Santa Anna, the self-styled Napoleon of the West, was sent to force her back into allegiance. At San Antonio in 1836 Col William B. Travis was in command of the fort. With him was Col. William Bowie, David Crockett, Lieut. Dickenson and a small force. He received word that Santa Anna, at the head of a Mexican army of several thousand, was advancing to take the city. Travis dispatched a message to Gen. Sam Houston for aid, sending Lieut. Dickenson and taking his force of 140 men and women of the city, among whom was Dickenson's wife, Lucy; he retired to the Alamo. On February 23, Santa Anna sent a message to surrender, and upon the brave refusal of Travis, he attacked the place. Travis held the Alamo until March 6, 1836, his little force constantly diminishing. On that day, when all seemed lost, Travis drew a line with his sword down the center of the room and asked all who would die with him to cross to his side. All crossed save one, Rose, who announced his determination to try to escape. He succeeded in leaving the building but was never heard from again. A breach was made in the wall by the cannon of Santa Anna, and the Mexicans entered to find all the men dead except Travis and four companions. These were immediately slaughtered on the spot, and Lucy Dickenson, with two other women and three children, were all to leave the Alamo alive.
- Skipper John was compelled to discharge Rogers, one of his sailors, for misconduct. Nursing his grievance, Rogers one morning cut adrift one of the skipper's boats for revenge, unaware that the little daughter of the skipper was lying asleep in the bottom of the little craft. Afterward Rogers was as much alarmed as the parents to find that his action, done in the spirit of revenge against the father, had brought, so far as he knew, disaster upon the little girl who was beloved by all. Realizing the extent of his crime he seized a rowboat and went in search of the boat, which he had sent adrift some hours before. He was just in time, for Suzette's position was becoming perilous when he found her and brought her back to her parents. Skipper John was about to give Rogers a well-deserved thrashing when his wife and daughter appealed for mercy, and the man who had brought such a trouble into their lives was pardoned.
- A moneylender kidnaps the young son of an rich widow as part of a plot to cheat her of her fortune. The boy is sent away on a fishing boat with the intention of drowning him, but a kindly old fisherman intervenes.
- Denton, a young easterner, arrives in the gold-fields, looks about for a "find" and a partner. Entering a saloon, he partakes of some refreshment, watches the patrons of the place and studies their characters, while thus engaged a young miner, named Harper, somewhat prejudiced against easterners, engages in a quarrel with a Mexican who is about to plunge a knife into the miner when Denton seizes his wrist and wrenches the weapon from his grasp. Harper thanks Denton, and after learning the eastern man's desire to find a prospecting partner, Denton loins forces with him and they start in to work a lead and strike paying dirt. They have hardly started operations when Denton meets with a serious accident and again Harper shows the manner of man he is by nursing his pal back to health and strength. This brings about a strong friendship and they go to work with a will and it is not long before they strike it rich. Weighing up their gold-dust they find they have a handsome pile and are now on easy street. Harper goes out to work and has proceeded but a short distance when he is seen by the treacherous Mexican who stealthily watches him on his way and then makes tracks for the pals' shack. Just after Harper leaves the shack Denton receives a telegram from his wife telling him that his mother is sick and advising him to return home at once. He leaves a letter for Harper with the dispatch stating that he will leave the gold dust intact as he has sufficient cash and the message will explain the cause of his hasty departure. The Mexican can be seen peering through the window watching Denton and the hiding of the dust in the chimney. Denton then hastily exits and hurries for the train. The villainous greaser enters the cabin, steals the gold and destroys the letter and telegram and replaces them with a note saying Denton had gotten tired and skipped. When Harper returns and finds the note he is furious, tells the sheriff and follows Denton east. Arriving at Denton's home town he traces him through an accident to a little child who happens to be Denton's own daughter. He carries the child home and the next day calls to see the little girl, and while he is sitting by her bedside Denton comes in. It is a dramatic situation, but after explanations and the reception at that moment of a "wire" from the sheriff in the gold-field announcing the confession of the Mexican, all is understood and once more the two men become pals and renew their bond of friendship.
- From force of habit, some might call him a "Greaser," true, he is a Mexicano; he is no more, a man of noble instinct and chivalrous nature. He falls in love with the American ranchman's daughter, and while she appreciates his sincerity, she does not return his affection for her. Tony not only loves, he respects her, and will not inflict his attentions upon her, and will not inflict his attentions upon her, neither seeking recognition nor reward. He overhears a conspiracy among a gang of dissolute Mexicans to attack the American ranch, and when they insult the stars and stripes he defends the flag, makes away with it, and a bold dash for the ranch to warn Helen of the approaching danger. She jumps upon his horse and makes a daring ride at break-neck speed to reach her father and his cowboys, who hasten to defend the home. Tony, who has made a brave fight against the black-hearted devils, is captured and shot as he presses to his lips a handkerchief that once belonged to the idol of his undying love. The ranchman, his daughter and his men arrive in time to save the home and rout the desperadoes. Helen finds the lifeless form of poor Tony, clasping the evidence that shows his last thought was of her.
- Jealous sisters Alice and Mary try to outwit each other in attracting John. Seeing that Alice is John's choice, Mary unselfishly lets her younger sister win and leaves the room trying to conceal her grief. Shortly afterwards John is called away from the city, and while he's gone, Alice elopes with a millionaire. John loses his eyesight in an accident and when Mary learns of his mishap she meets him at the station on his return and poses as Alice so he won't hear of his sweetheart's elopement. John recovers his eyesight after a skillful operation, then discovers the deception: although brokenhearted over his former fiancée's falseness, he is glad that he learned the true worth of her elder sister before it was too late. He asks Mary to forgive the past and make him worthy of her love.
- When Bob Stanley from New York arrives in Sulphur Mountain he gets mixed up in a fight with Jose, a Mexican, and is injured. Joe, a miner, takes Bob home where his wife dresses the wound, and offers him shelter until he shall become well. Joe mistakes Mary's sympathy for Bob for love and decides to put himself out of their way. He causes an explosion, at the mine, leaves his hat and coat and makes it appear as though he has been killed. But Mary loves Joe, and her grief at his apparent loss is great. Six months later Joe, in rags and with beard, comes back to the scene of the explosion. But his mind does not recall everything perfectly, for in his brooding he has become mentally deranged. Miners see him, and believing him a ghost, flee in fear. Bob heads a party to investigate the place of the reported apparition and in a most unexpected manner comes face to face with his old benefactor. The man's mind slowly regains balance and he remembers that he has a wife. Bob persuades him to come back, but as they approach the house they discover a doctor just leaving. Joe enters to find his wife still longing for him, and to share with her the joy that has just come to them both, an offspring.
- A minister and his daughter, Flora, John, mate of the ship, and a few sailors are the sole survivors of a disastrous wreck. The little rowboat in which they are saved washes them ashore on a barren island, where the sailors dig for themselves and the mate endeavors to look after Flora and her father. In their search for food along the shore the sailors find a box of whiskey, which they hail with gladness and are quick to consume. Drunk, they make an insulting attack on Flora, which John, their mate, is able to quell only by the use of his revolver. The mutineers make their escape in the only boat, leaving John, Flora and her father stranded. In vain do they signal passing steamers. The minister, near death from long privation, requests John to marry Flora and care for her. He performs the ceremony with his dying breath. Some days later the boat in which the sailors made their escape is again washed ashore, and John sets to work repairing it for his and his wife's departure. Meanwhile Flora finds his diary, in which she discovers a passage addressed to "Dearest Evelyn," and fearing that John is already married, she decides to free him. Throwing her hat and coat into the water, she hides in the interior of the island. John believes her drowned and departs without her. When near death Flora is rescued by a passing steamer, which lands her in San Pedro, where she secures a position as a milliner. Five years elapse. John is back home in San Pedro with his sister, Evelyn. He realizes more and more that he loved Flora, and when, through the ordering of a hat by Evelyn, he comes face to face with Flora, great is his joy. But Flora shrinks from him, believing Evelyn to be his wife. John then explains to Flora and the two are united a second time.
- Two young men love the same young girl. One of them, learning that war has been declared, enlists and goes to the front. Passing with his regiment before the home of his beloved, he leaves the ranks to say farewell. He asks her hand in marriage and she acquiesces. He then slips the betrothal ring on her finger and she, in turn, unclasps a locket she wears around her neck and gives it to him. He swears he will never part with it, and they exchange a last kiss. As he goes away, she bursts into tears. The other young man is called on the field of operations as war correspondent of an important newspaper. He calls on the young girl and also tells of his love for her. He meets with a repulse, he insists, she shows him her engagement ring. She is no more free, her word has been given to another. Furious, the war correspondent leaves, but vows inwardly that he will have his revenge, cost what it may, on the man who is the cause of his disappointment and whom he now hates with all his might. The young soldier, who has distinguished himself in the army, is seen promoted a sergeant, and is charged with carrying, on horseback, an important message to the staff office at the first wireless station. At full speed, he reaches the station, where he meets the war correspondent, who seeks information to impart to the enemy. Out of vengeance, he steals the sergeant's message and denounces the brave soldier as a traitor. He lies in wait for him in the middle of a wood and has him arrested just as he is returning to the camp after having fulfilled his mission. During the night the sergeant escapes. After a struggle with the sentinel, whom he strikes senseless, he hastens to the camp and informs them that the message has been stolen and that the enemy may attack them at any moment during the night. They sound the charge and the soldiers rush to the battlefield. The war correspondent arrives at the camp and tries to deceive the officer in charge, but a sharpshooter who was watching his movements shoots him dead at the feet of the commanding officer. Justice is done, and the traitor is carried away by order of the officer. A battle takes place during the night in which the enemy is pursued into the woods. The sergeant is wounded, but albeit courageous efforts to take part in the combat, he falls senseless and is carried away to the hospital. The young girl who is betrothed to the young soldier, devoting herself to her country, offers her services as nurse in the military ambulances and is unsparing in her care for the wounded. Among the latter she recognizes her affianced husband, who is lying unconscious on a litter. She fears that he is dead, but the surgeon reassures her that although he is grievously wounded he will soon recover, provided he has good care. She bends over and kisses him. This caress revives the young man, who, recognizing his fiancée, raises himself, and, happy to see her once more, he covers her with kisses. The hostilities are over. As soon as the young man is better, he and the young girl will be united, happy to be home and together.
- Winky Willy visits a cherry garden and steals some cherries. He is chased by the owner and compelled to leave a portion of his pants hanging onto the railings. His parents meditated severe punishment. Winky Willy strewed some cherries in the way and bolted. Father and mother could not resist the tempting fruit and Winky escaped quite easily. There still remained the trousers problem. In many respects resembling a scarecrow, Winky Willy remembered that such a guy was doing duty in a neighboring field. Thither he went and fitted himself with the requisite garment. His parents forgot their anger in the delight the vision gave them and all were happy if unscrupulous.
- Winky is on a visit to his aunt, who insists upon his taking a "spring tonic." To get rid of the bad taste, he tries a cigar which proves too much for him. As sick as he is when questioned he maintains that the "tonic" was responsible for his illness. But the odor of the cigar still lingers to convict him and Winky Willy gets his.
- A young corporal in the United States Cavalry in the Black Hills is very much in love with a young ranchman's daughter who lives near the military barracks. He asks her to marry him and she promises to do so when he has won his third stripe, making him sergeant. It is not long before he receives an assignment from his superior officer to carry an important dispatch to the commanding general at Fort Darrow. In the successful fulfillment of his mission he would be promoted to the office of sergeant, secure his third stripe and his girl. He meets his sweetheart and tells her of his dangerous and important errand. In telling it he is overheard by one of the hostile Indians who notifies others of the tribe, and they watch his every move, follow him when he starts and pursue him when he tries to escape. The young fellow finds it impossible to get away from them and, as instructed in ease of danger, he burns the dispatch, faithful to the performance of his duty rather than the preservation of his life. The girl, feeling sure that the young soldier would become a sergeant and her husband, patiently and anxiously awaits his return. She sews the third stripe on his coat sleeve, anticipating his promotion, little knowing it would only bear witness to his honor while he lay silent in the grave. He is killed by the red men who find his body but not the dispatch, only the ashes of it. He has won his stripes and his girl, but has lost his life in his country's service.
- Winky Willy visits his aunt in a village where public opinion has begun to be prejudiced in view of strange events taking place. Apparition has succeeded apparition and all the population is under a spell. It is pie for Winky. Can you not imagine the mischievous little fellow confronting a situation like this?
- A young girl buys a nice pair of shoes. Delighted with her purchase, she takes the shoes home to show to her mother. What a disappointment! She finds only one shoe in the parcel! She returns to the store and tells the proprietor of her loss. He informs her that he has not found the other shoe. She looks in vain to recover her loss, but nowhere is it to be found. Not having any more money to buy a new pair, she is very much vexed. She reads in a newspaper an advertisement that a gentleman has found a very pretty little shoe and that he will be glad to return same to the owner any day. The young lady is convinced that the shoe belongs to her and decides to call on the gentleman. In the meantime, several other girls who have read the advertisement, see an opportunity of seeing the gentleman. When all these girls call on the man, he is very much provoked over the trouble that he has had with all the callers. There is not a pretty girl among all those who appeared. At last the young girl makes her appearance and the shoe fits her to perfection. The gentleman is fascinated with her and asks permission to call. The girl accepts. They fall in love and are shortly after married. The newspapers devote much space to the romance of the Cinderella up-to-date. Old maids and young girls are very much excited over the news and consider it a good method of securing a husband. The shoe store is besieged by ladies who purchase the best shoes. Each of the girls loses a shoe and hides herself until some gentleman picks it up. Then the girl leaves her place of concealment and at once lays claim to the shoe, incidentally complimenting the man very profusely. Some of the girls are successful in getting lovers, others are less fortunate. The last girl has an original idea. She attaches a string to a shoe and as soon as the man, who happens to be in this instance a poor invalid soldier, has picked it up, she runs quickly to him and thanks him very much. He likes her and they agree to marry.
- A staged Wild West kidnapping goes awry when the cowboys accidentally capture an actress who uses her acting skills to turn the tables on them.
- Some actors are heard rehearsing a melodrama over the telephone. The police investigate and some amusement is created.
- Historic underground cavities renowned because of their wonderful stalactites and stalagmites, formed through many centuries by the dripping of water charged with calcium carbonate and other calcareous matter, from the peculiar earth formation above.
- A prominent woman has a very valuable diamond for which she accepts an offer from a jeweler. Two scoundrels plot to rob her of the diamond before she can part with it. They waylay her and carry her off to a house where they demand from her the diamond. With a smile she shows them the receipt for a registered package as she had deemed it safer to send it by this means. Later she takes them off their guard and escapes. An exciting automobile chase now takes place, ending with the car in which the would-be diamond robbers are seated being hurled over the cliff to destruction.
- Interesting and intimate scenes in the homes of Japanese, showing the wash; ironing silk by a peculiar but characteristic method; a Japanese kitchen, the preparing of a meal and the eating of it in typical Japanese fashion; and the tea ceremony, renowned throughout the world as a custom which shows up a Japanese's good or bad breeding, for its rules are laid down by strict etiquette. Every Japanese girl of rank or breeding is well trained in this ceremony,
- This is a very interesting little comedy, wherein Bobby's father receives an invitation to dine out with his friends. Bobby knows that his mother objects to his father's outing, so by auto suggestion, he persuades his father that his (the father's) head is swelling visibly, and that he looks as ill as can be. The mother comes in and supports Bobby's contention. Bobby, who has padded his father's hat, gets him to try it on, and needless to say, it does not fit. Much delay is thus brought about, until the father is too late for the appointment. Meanwhile, the doctor is called in, who laughs at the father and says he is quite well. Then Bobby takes the padding out of the hat, and the hat fits. The father then realizes, to his disgust, the practical joke that has been played upon him, but the domestic peace is thus maintained.
- The Rev. Dr. Newman receives a telegram requesting his services at a wedding at Redville. While on the train he gets into conversation with a whiskey salesman. The minister being near-sighted and slightly nervous believes he has arrived at the proper station and grabbing a suit case disembarks. He finds after the train has pulled out that he has mistaken Roseville for Redville. He makes the acquaintance of the president of the local bank who asks him to spend the night as there is not another train for Redville until the morrow. The maid takes his suitcase to the room he is to occupy and having a strong sense of smell for a certain commodity opens it. Much to her delight she finds it stocked with whiskey and starts in to satisfy her desire. This act causes dinner to be postponed, due to the food being slightly overdone. As the host and his guest are about to retire the bank president reads of a man going through the country impersonating a minister who is a very heavy drinker and who has the habit of passing worthless checks. His suspicions aroused he orders the maid to get the minister's suitcase and upon opening it he discovers the horrible stuff. Convinced this is the impostor he has him arrested at once. Meanwhile a young lady takes the seat in the train left vacant by the minister and attracts the attention of the whiskey salesman, who, wanting to be attentive opens his suitcase and much to his surprise finds a Bible and a minister's garb. This convinces the young lady, who is a sister of the prosperous bride that this is the Rev. Dr. Newman. He is made to get off at Redville by the bridal party and attends the dinner party the night before the wedding. He imbibes a bit too freely and after supper starts dancing the tango much to the surprise of the young people. He then makes an excuse and retires. Fortunately a burglar breaks in his room and after a struggle the burglar, who had intended chloroforming his victim, is chloroformed and the salesman changes clothes with him and escapes. The burglar awakes and accidentally upsets a table which awakens the other members of the household. He escapes, however, and is pursued by a posse which the sheriff gathers together. The whiskey salesman meanwhile discovers a motorcycle. Both the whiskey salesman and the burglar are captured in Roseville, where the Rev. Dr. Newman is experiencing the humiliating ordeal of reposing in the county jail. After many explanations the Bank President realizes the great injustice he forced on the real minister. The burglar escapes in the excitement, the Whiskey Salesman has to telegraph his firm for more traveling expenses and the Rev. Dr. Newman arrives at Redville the next day in time to marry the much worried young couple.
- Mrs. Duff has invited to lunch the celebrated Mrs. Mary Talker, the champion suffragist, who is to make a speech at a meeting on the same day. The board of suffragists have also been invited and are present. The maid, who waits at table, resembles a man in gait and manners. The unhappy Mr. Duff attempts to take part in the general conversation, but his wife severely admonishes him. In three instances he is told to keep silent, and the guests are shocked at the presumption on the part of Mr. Duff. The meeting admitting of no delay, they hurry over their lunch and depart. Mr. Duff is ready to accompany them, but Mrs. Duff commands him to remain in the house and await her return. The unfortunate husband goes into the kitchen and tells the woman cook of his great disappointment. The cook is a large Irishwoman who does not in the least understand what women suffragists mean. She keenly shows her displeasure to the maid, of whose manners she does not approve, and when the latter makes any remarks threatens her with an iron. She gives Mr. Duff advice. He should no longer stand the tyrannical domination of his wife, and should find out for himself what is being discussed at the meetings of the suffragists. Alas! he cannot attend, as men are debarred. The good woman has an idea! She will lend him her clothes and he will go to the meeting. He accepts. The woman's clothes are much too large for him. Mr. Duff is very slender. They, however, fill up the waist with any old things they find handy and the cook takes off her wig and puts it on Mr. Duff's head. There is yet to do away with the whiskers, and although this is a great sacrifice on his part, with a few strokes of a razor he cuts them off. Mr. Duff, minus this ornament which heretofore revealed his sex, leaves for the meeting. Nothing is more laughable than the gathering of the suffragists. The orator, Mrs. Mary Talker, is dressed like a man. She is repeatedly interrupted in her speech by one of the persons present, and the latter is finally called upon to speak. Mr. Duff ascends the tribune and carries the audience to such a pitch of excitement by his theories, which are contrary to those of the suffragists, that he is obliged to escape, and jumps out of the window. Then begins a most exciting pursuit; every moment it seems that Mr. Duff is to be overtaken by his pursuers; he tries to explain, and in his excitement he does not perceive that he has reached the end of a pier, and falls backwards into the water. His wife follows. Fortunately, someone in a motor boat catches sight of the couple as they fall, and noticing the excitement of the pursuers, who hesitate to throw themselves in the river, he hastens to the spot and rescues Mr. Duff, who has fainted, and his wife, who is very much alive. The crowd cheers the man who has saved the couple from drowning. Mr. Duff is very sick in bed. He is surrounded by all the suffragists of note and his wife gives him some nourishment whilst one of the ladies reads something which will teach him quiet and resignation.
- Padre Dominguis, the village priest of a quiet little spot in old Mexico, has been on a visit to the daughter of his dead sister and is about to return to his charges. He is much surprised and more than a little pleased to find that his niece is in love with John Brown, a progressive American, who has settled among them, for the Padre is a broad-minded man and knows that Mexico needs the influx of American energy to make her a great country. A different feeling possesses some of the Mexicans, however, and Brown is particularly hated by Baptiste Matteo, a "caballero," who is infatuated with Anita, the Padre's niece. Finding that Brown is favored and fearing to have a personal altercation with him. Baptiste lays a trap to injure his rival. He seeks an isolated spot, where he knows Brown will pass, and ties a rope between two trees, just high enough to "garrote" a man on horseback. Brown returns from a visit to his sweetheart and is riding fast to reach his home. The trap is successful and the hated American is caught by the rope and thrown to the ground. He is stunned by the fall and Baptiste, who has watched from a clump of "mesquite," is satisfied that his "gringo" rival is dead. He writes a letter to Anita, to which he signs Brown's name, saying that he is leaving the country as he is convinced that Anita has been flirting with Baptiste and making sport of Brown. Anita receives this forged letter and as she is not familiar with Brown's handwriting and the latter fails to appear, she believes the letter to be genuine and yields to the ardor of Baptiste's persuasion that she shall be his wife. In the meantime, Brown has been found on the road by a fellow countryman, who takes the injured man to his plantation and nurses him back to health. Baptiste, while he has been successful in his intentions, is sorely troubled in mind and sees frequent apparitions of the man he thinks he has killed. Under stress of conscience, he journeys to the distant village of Padre Dominguis and, not knowing that the reverend Padre is Anita's uncle, he confesses the murder of Brown and asks for absolution. His mind is relieved by his confession, and he returns to his own village and makes preparations for his marriage to Anita. The latter writes a letter to the Padre, asking him to officiate at her wedding and the priest immediately departs for her home. Here he is introduced to the prospective bridegroom, and he is horrified to recognize the man who has so recently confessed to him a murder. He is torn with conflicting emotions. On the one hand is his duty to his dead sister's child, to guide and guard her, and on the other are his vows to the church he serves, to preserve the secret of the confessional. He dare not betray the fact that Baptiste is a murderer, but resolves to let the marriage take its course, hoping that he may eventually succeed in converting Baptiste to a life of righteousness that will atone for his crime. Brown, after a hard siege with death, in which he has conquered, thanks his benefactor and rides leisurely into the village of his sweetheart. He is shocked to learn, at her home, that she is on her way to be married. He puts spurs to his horse and dashes into the mission church just in time to interrupt the ceremony. Anita is overjoyed to see him again and he quickly explains the forged letter. Baptiste attempts to escape, but is stopped by the men of the wedding party, and the Padre continues the service with a change of grooms, while he gives thanks to God that his niece is spared from becoming the wife of a criminal.
- Winky Willy has a fit of laziness. He does not feel at all inclined to try to master the intricacies of a problem in arithmetic set him by his indulgent father. Why indeed should he go to all the mental stress involved in working out the sum total of so many pounds of groceries at so many cents per pound. A brilliant brain wave strikes him and we see the diminutive comedian in the grocery store. He presents the unadded bill to the grocer, stating that it represents a rush order. Willy insists that the bill be added correctly, and he returns in triumph to present the completed sum to his father's astonished gaze. Daddy is dumbfounded to see that his son has so cleverly worked out the problem, until the distracted maid appears, followed by almost the entire grocery store staff of clerks, who have come to deliver the rush order. At first inclined to give Willy a beating, his father eventually sees the humor of the situation and forgives him.
- Many times had the sheriff's son Jim been warned against gambling, but when in spite of these advices, he continues, and when he is discovered teaching the game to his little sister, Leone, he is disowned by a sad but stern parent. Twelve years later finds Jim in the association of men and women of the lower class, a gambler by profession. He is enamored of and more or less under the influence of a Mexican coquette. As he sits with her, Leone, now grown to womanhood and beauty, rides up to the tavern and inquires the whereabouts of a doctor, her father having suffered an injury. Jim, not recognizing his sister, determines to possess this new beauty at any price. He outrides her to the doctor's, who is also the deputy sheriff, and assaulting him, dons his clothes, and when Leone arrives, poses as the doctor. He accompanies her en route for the sick man's home, but does not go far before making his advances. Dismounting and forcing her into his arms, he imprints a kiss on her powerless lips, but is soon repelled by Leone's eyes. It is the first time the gambler has seen the eyes of a good woman since youth. His conscience is awakened. Meanwhile the deputy sheriff and real doctor has regained his senses and with a posse gives chase and captures Jim. They take him to the sheriff's house, where at first the old man is inclined to take the law into his own hands. But when the gambler makes himself known as his own son and begs his sister's forgiveness, the sheriff leads him into the house and explains to the boys that he will decide on proper punishment later. Having gained his father's forgiveness, the wayward son cares not what punishment the boys might exact.
- In this picture a poor mother who has only recently lost her husband finds it hard to find employment sufficient to provide her children and herself with food without ever thinking of such a luxury as toys. One day one of the children, a boy of twelve takes his infant brother out in a self-constructed vehicle for a ride. On the way he meets another little friend of his and they walk together. Suddenly one of them spies a sign near a house stating, "For Sale." He quickly removes it and reconstructs it to read "For Sale, a Baby." and places it on the little cart. They plan to buy toys if they can find a buyer for the babe. Soon a woman passes and arranges to buy the child. The deal is made and the child is given to the woman. The boys then buy toys and are about to go home when at the thought that the babe has been sold to satisfy their own pleasure and that the mother will give them a very warm reception, they become conscious stricken and return to the woman and tell her that they want the child back. They also leave with her all the purchases which they made and are glad to get the babe even though they will have to get along without the toys. The good woman is of a sympathetic nature and besides returning the babe, she also gives them the toys which they had bought. Then she goes to the children's home and brings necessaries for the mother.
- Scotty's only daughter, Ethel, was becoming gradually blind. Doctors made an examination, and concluded that an operation was necessary to save the girl's sight, the cost of which would be two hundred dollars. Scotty had not the required sum and to make things worse, lost his job at the factory. At this state of affairs, Scotty, determined to save Ethel from a bitter life, set out into the world to find work. His wanderings led him to an oil well, where a goodly foreman pressed him into service. It was not long before Scotty was sent out on a special job near the wells. Meanwhile, the foreman's little girl had started from her mother's side and wandered to dangerous ground near a cliff. Scotty saw the little one and risked his own life to rescue her. He climbed the treacherous precipice and carried the child safely to the wells. His heroic act was witnessed by the frantic mother through a surveying instrument. At the wells Scotty fell, exhausted, and was carried to the foreman's house. On regaining consciousness he told of his own little girl back home becoming more and more blind every day, and to save whom he was struggling. His tale struck deep into the hearts of the men, all of whom had witnessed his valiant deed. It was voted to lake a collection, and, with the foreman as the largest contributor, Scotty was enabled to save his daughter from a calamity shortly worse death.
- Hinemoa was a Maori maiden of high rank and rare beauty, the daughter of a chief. She dwelt on the borders of Lake Rotorua in all the splendor of her father's camp. On the island of Mokoia, in the center of the lake, dwelt chief Whakaue. his three sons, and Tutanekai, son of the chief's wife by another father. Thus Tutanekai, bearing the ban of illegitimacy, was scorned by his stepbrothers, but treated as a son by the noble old chief. The three brothers sought the hand of Hinemoa in marriage, but she bestowed her love on Tutanekai, much to the brothers' dismay and to that of Hinemoa's parents, who forbade her to marry Tutanekai because of the blight in his birth. She refused to choose another, so a great running match was decided upon to determine who should win her. Tutanekai was the victor. In spite of which, Hinemoa's people still refused to permit them to marry. And to prevent any possibility of the lovers joining, Tutanekai was sent back to the island of Mokoia and all boats were removed from the lake. Every evening at dusk, Tutanekai, from his island three miles distant serenaded Hinemoa with his flute, and she, in her camp, was thrilled and encouraged by his notes of love, until at length she could bear the separation no longer. Shrouded by the night, she plunged into the frigid waters of the lake, and, guided by his flute, swam three miles to the island of Mokoia. Exhausted, she rested and hid in a natural warm bath and resorted to strategy to bring forth her lover, for to be found by any other man and taken into his sleeping hut, would have meant to become his wife, according to Maori law and custom. By a clever scheme she attracts Tutanekai to the bath and together they secretly entered Tutanekai's hut. The three step-brothers were enraged, but the old chief protected and honored Tutanekai.
- Lorna is a woman and she is all business when it comes to running the "L.L." Ranch and she has no trouble in handling it and the "boys" who work for her, especially "Jeff," her foreman, who gives her a hand. She evidently appreciates his services and thinks him a handy and pleasant fellow to have around, her "Runs" are the best in Texas. There is a question of title to her land. Finally the Supreme Court decides against her and she is obliged to turn the "L.L." Ranch over to Sir Reginald Coutts-Harcourt, in whose favor the decision has been made. He is an overbearing fellow and meets with the dislike of the cowpunchers, who despise him as much on Lorna's account as for himself. Lorna gives him respectful attention but repulses all his familiarities as she explains to him the boundaries of the place, its general workings and stock. After turning things over to him she buys a smaller ranch and starts in business again with fresh hope and ambition. Sir Reginald has very little use for a ranch and places it on sale with a local real estate dealer to whom he gives full power of attorney to dispose of it, little thinking that Jeff, who has suddenly come into possession of money through the sale of a mine in which he had half-interest, would be the buyer. "Sir Reggie" hates Jeff and Jeff returns the compliment and takes great pleasure in getting square with his Lordship through the purchase of the "L.L." The climax comes and Jeff has his sweet revenge. Just as the cowboys, who are "soused," decide to have a "necktie party" by hanging "Reggie," Lorna notifies Jeff by messenger of the doings of the "boys," and he hastens to get his deed of purchase and hurries to the "L.L." Ranch, where he finds Sir Reggie with a rope around his neck and Lorna pleading with the boys not to do anything rash. Jeff jumps off his horse, tells the boys to stand back, sows Sir Reginald his deed to the place and orders him to make himself scarce as soon as possible. The ranchers wave their hats and cheer when they know that Jeff owns the "L.L." Ranch in joint partnership with Lorna who agrees to become his helper for life.
- The little boy calls on an injured girl and dances for her because she cannot see him in moving pictures.
- Teria the daughter of Hoato-aru, one of the most influential chiefs of Tahiti, falls desperately in love with Jacques, a young midshipman of a French vessel which has dropped anchor off the island. She pleads with her father to secure Jacques as her husband. The French officers laugh in derision at the idea. So far does Teria's love go that the chief orders Jacques taken prisoner. He is brought before Teria, and through force and seduction accepts her proposal. Jacques comes to love Teria, but loyalty to his country demands that he return. At every attempt at escape he is outwitted by Hoato-aru's warriors, until at length the captain of the vessel sends out an expedition for him. At the very height of his love he is torn away from Teria, with only her last gift, a flower, with which to remember the sweetest experience of his existence.