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- Mrs. Casey, a pretty young widow is sought by O'Brien and Sullivan, who are rivals. Mrs. Casey shows a preference to O'Brien, who is the younger and better looking than Sullivan. Sullivan and O'Brien call on Mrs. Casey at the same time. They determine that neither would leave before the other, so both make love to Mrs. Casey while she is ironing. O'Brien unfortunately picks up a hot iron and Sullivan unconsciously places his hat on the gas stove. The hat catches fire, which compels Sullivan to rush from the house, leaving O'Brien and the widow alone. O'Brien takes advantage of his opportunity and he and the widow becomes engaged. Mrs. Casey goes to market, and, fearing O'Brien might call, she writes on a card, 'Wait inside," and tacks it on the front door. She is about to go when her black sash catches, and Mrs. Casey walks away without discovering that she has left the sash behind. A newsboy sees it and hangs it on a nail by the door. Then he looks at the card on the door and changes it from "Wait inside" to "Wake inside," pinning it on the sash. Immediately after his departure a dozen of Mrs. Casey's neighbors, passing by the house, see the ominous crape, think that Mrs. Casey is dead and proceed to pass the news about the village. Meanwhile a hobo, tortured by the pangs of hunger, has entered the kitchen of the dwelling and eats his fill. He then goes to the bedroom, and lays on the bed, pulls the sheet over his head and falls asleep. By this time Mrs. Casey's neighbors begin to enter the "chamber of death," carrying floral offerings. On seeing the still body underneath the sheet, they take it for granted that they are looking upon the remains of poor, poor Mrs. Casey. They pile the "bier" high with floral offerings and give vent to their grief. Meanwhile, as Mrs. Casey is doing her marketing, O'Brien and Sullivan are procuring marriage licenses. Sullivan, unable to read, gets a dog license, while O'Brien secures a marriage license. They then buy a bunch of flowers and proceed to the widow's. They view with alarm the black ribbon hanging on the door, and on entering the death chamber become wild with grief. The hobo continues to snooze peacefully. Mrs. Casey returns, struggling under the weight of a big basket. She enters her room, filled with mourners and creates a panic. Her profound amazement is not half so great as the terror of the neighbors, who think they are looking at Mrs. Casey's ghost. In the height of the confusion, the hobo springs wildly from the bed and dashes through the front door. The crowd follows and after an exciting chase, captures him and returns to the house. Explanations follow, and when the neighbors have recovered their composure, someone suggests that a wedding be performed on the spot. The flowers, the minister, the guests, the bride and groom are there, so instead of sad funeral bells, there are gay wedding chimes.
- Judson Brand, a powder manufacturer, is approached by the envoys of two warring nations, but before entering into a contract with Baron Von Halstyn, envoy for Gravonia, he sends his son, Marshall, to investigate the country's financial condition. Burghoff, Sashofen's envoy, is advised of a blockade and instructed to halt shipments of munitions to the enemy. Both envoys try to enlist the help of Jan Bernheim, a clever political exile from Gravonia. Out of revenge, she promises to aid Burghoff, but patriotism prevails and she goes over to Von Halstyn, although pretending to remain in the employ of Burghoff. Elinor, Brand's daughter, is engaged to Fosdick, a humanitarian propagandist, who opposes Brand's mercenary attitude in furnishing munitions. Burghoff allies himself with Fosdick, and together they hope to control the vote of the congressional committee against furnishing munitions. The committee is divided in opinion and the deciding vote is with Hayes, the chairman who favors the non-participating policy. Brand quarrels with Fosdick about the issue and forces Elinor, in sympathy with Fosdick, to break her engagement, when Fosdick refuses to renounce his principle. Jan induces Burghoff to give Fosdick a check for a thousand dollars "for charitable purposes." Jan secures the canceled check which the unsuspecting Fosdick has accepted, for evidence against him, and when Von Halstyn urges her to win over Hayes to their side, she does so by showing him the check, which she makes him believe was accepted as a bribe from Burghoff. Burghoff refuses to accept defeat and proposes to Fosdick the blowing up of the powder mills, but Fosdick refuses to listen, so Burghoff undertakes it alone unknown even to Jan. Brand's son, traveling through the war zone, finds their Brandite shells being used by both sides, and is so absorbed in commercialism that he is untouched by the evidence of suffering about him. Fosdick saves the life of a child belonging to one o£ the men employed by Burghoff to blow up the mills. Brand receives a favorable report from his son and he and Von Halstyn ride over to the mill to sign up the contract, accompanied by Elinor and Jan. Fosdick, in Burghoff's office waiting for him, answers the telephone and learns of the plot to destroy the mills within an hour. He tries to reach Brand only to find that he and Elinor have gone to the mill. Fosdick drives to the mills, and through his efforts the plan only partially succeeds; no one is hurt but Mason, the man who was on the job. Fosdick is found trying to put out the fuse and is accused by Brand of attempting to blow up the mill. Mason, however, clears him when he recovers and Von Halstyn and Jan are arrested by a secret service man who has been trailing them. Brand stubbornly insists that Fosdick is to blame for it all and vows he will sign the contract away. Then the final argument presents itself, his beloved son has been killed by a Brandite shell. Later Von Halstyn and Jan are deported. Burghoff flees the country and Fosdick and Elinor are united. Brand turns from the manufacture of ammunition to Red Cross work.
- A photoplay is wanted quick. The manager calls in the director to give him one in a hurry. The director shows him several scripts, but they do not suit; so the director is compelled to call the scenario writer to have a play written in an hour. The director summons his company and reads the play to them; then tells them to make up, while he gives his plots to the stage manager. Being weary, he falls asleep in a chair in the center of the stage and dreams the following: A young girl, employed in an office, falls in love with the head clerk. The boss is a black mustached villain, who is also in love with the girl. To make an impression he gives her his photo, which she throws with contempt on the table. He then tries to embrace her. She calls for help, when her sweetheart (the head clerk) comes to her rescue. At this juncture, the heavy man is not strong enough in the part and the director stops the play and shows him what to do. The play is resumed, the "heavy" throws the head clerk into a vault and locks him in, then embraces the girl, who repulses him and runs. The clerk by his superior strength batters down the steel vault door and escapes. The "heavy" pursues the unfortunate girl up the fire-escape to the roof, then to the water tower, where she defends her honor by beating him over the head with an iron rod. Fearing she has killed him she makes her retreat, only to be pursued by the villain. Rushing to the edge of the roof, she sees her lover, and calls him. He tells her to jump. She does so and alights safely in his arms. Undaunted, the villain, saying she shall not escape me, leaps six stories to the ground. Landing uninjured, he starts in pursuit. Here is where the detective takes up the trail, and after a long chase catches the villain. The stage hands, in setting the stage, allow a piece of scenery to fall upon the director, which awakens him from his dream.
- Two desperadoes plan to rob the pony express and their plot is overheard by May, the girl at the station. May rides after her sweetheart, the express rider, and overtakes him just as he is assaulted by the robbers. Holding the two desperadoes at bay, she picks up the express bag and dashes away to deliver it. At the relay station she warns the officials, who ride back to apprehend the robbers, while she continues her journey. Upon the completion of her mission, May returns to the wounded messenger, and when he recovers a happy wedding takes place.
- A wealthy manufacturer has two twin daughters. As a companion they have their cousin, a country girl, who makes the acquaintance of a vaudeville acrobat. When this undesirable relationship is discovered and broken by the manufacturer, the country girl meets and marries a young clerk, and the twins are sent to their Aunt Sally in the country while their father and mother are away on a trip. When a circus comes to the little town, they are much attracted by its tinsel display. The acrobat the girls met with their country cousin is now with the circus. He and his wife discover the girls and persuade them to join the circus. They become clever performers, and the acrobat rejoices in the distress their disappearance has occasioned their father, the manufacturer, who broke up his friendship with the little country girl. His hatred leads the acrobat into mailing a taunting, anonymous letter to the manufacturer. A clever detective traces the communication and the little girls are restored to their home and distracted parents.
- Mary Jane had nursed Black Bill's wife through a spell of fever and Bill was grateful with all the fullness of his rough nature. He sent Mary Jane a necklace and a note in which he promised on his honor to someday discharge his debt. It happened later, that one of Bill's horses was stolen. Bill and his friends found the thief, and were bringing him into town to a handy tree, when they passed Mary Jane, drawing water from the old well. Bill had a drink and Mary, in pity, raised the cup to the lips of Bob Ford, the horse thief, whom she had never seen before. He was in the stupor of despair and drank greedily, but with no sign of intelligence. Moved by a sudden womanly feeling which she could not classify, Mary Jane leaned forward, and in a great wave of sympathy, she pressed a kiss full upon the lips of the thief. The effect was like an electric shock to him. He raised his eyes and looked upon a girl who was fair and sweet. He, who had been about to die, felt the warm blood of energy and ambition coursing through his veins. Watching his chance, he slipped his bonds, felled one of his captors with a blow, ducked the shots of the others, and putting spurs to his horse, dashed madly to the cabin of Mary Jane for one more look before he died. She found him and secreted him in her bedroom just before the lynchers arrived. Her furious anger at their intrusion drove them out, but Ford had heard their conversation and knew that his presence there had endangered the good name of the girl he had come to love, so he quietly stole from the window and allowed himself to be captured in the timber. Mary Jane saw him being led to the nearest tree. She suddenly thought of the necklace and Bill's promise and dashed after him. Thus importuned, Bill lived up to his obligations like a man. He not only forced the boys to give up their "lynching bee," but he paved the way for Ford to leave the country with Mary Jane, knowing that she would make a man of him.
- Emil Kiznoff, of the German nobility, marries Stella, the pretty gypsy barmaid. On account of his social standing, Emil swears Stella to secrecy. He presents her with jewels and money and she, in a playful mood, reads his palm. She warns him of a mysterious blonde. He laughs at her superstitions, but that night he meets the blonde. She is a high society gambler, and in his new infatuation he neglects Stella. Gradually he becomes the tool of Madame Z, the mysterious blonde, and after losing all of his money to her, he pawns his wife's jewels. This money he also loses and is now fully in the power of the adventurous blonde. She forces him to steal a valuable diamond necklace and with the proceeds to accompany her to America. Stella later goes to America and becomes a Gypsy fortune teller. She is engaged for a reception at Mrs. Ardmore's. Emil and Madame Z attend the reception for the purpose of stealing and in a very dramatic scene Stella comes face to face with the couple and exposes them to the police.
- Dr. Arnold, a famous criminologist, disagrees with his associates concerning his pet subject. To prove his point, he disguises himself as a tough and goes into the slums to gather the necessary data. While in a low dive he makes the acquaintance of Luigi, an Italian criminal. Luigi is the cause of a brawl, ending in an affray in which Dr. Arnold and the Italian receive deep knife wounds. The injured men are removed to a hospital. The physician has lost so much blood that his life is despaired of. Luigi agrees to allow his blood to be transferred into Dr. Arnold with the stipulation that he be spared prosecution. The operation is performed and the doctor recovers. He becomes conscious that, with the Italian's blood, the criminal tendencies were transferred to him. He fights against the thought, but it masters him. To his horror, he finds on returning home one night, that he has stolen a costly necklace from a woman acquaintance. He consults a professional associate and they agree that the only method of saving him will be to perform another operation and inject into his blood a serum which will neutralize the effects of the Italian's blood. The operation is performed. The taint of the alien blood is found to be removed and he has the right of a good man to ask a good woman to marry him.
- Sherlock Holmes is in make-up a lifelike presentment of Conan Doyle's famous character. A Count, who feels that his end is near, makes a will in favor of his wife, and it is deposited in a safe. The noted criminal, "Dr." Morse, is masquerading as the Count's medical attendant, and determines to get possession of the will. He therefore takes a wax impression of the keyhole of the safe, sending the skeleton key to a woman accomplice who is nursing the Count. When the Count's death occurs, the nurse quickly secures the will and hands it to "Dr." Morse when he arrives in response to an urgent message. The loss of the will is soon discovered, and Sherlock Holmes is consulted. He observes an emissary of "Dr." Morse's outside his chambers, so gets a friend to go out dressed as himself (Holmes), thus throwing the watcher off the scent. The Countess meanwhile drives away in her carriage; she is pursued in a motor car by Morse and his confederates, captured after a valiant defense by her coachman, and taken to a lonely cottage. Here she is bound and placed in charge of a horrible little hunchback, whom Morse tells to kill her on the stroke of midnight unless other instructions are received. Then Morse goes to Sherlock Holmes' chambers, and makes a forcible entry. Holmes is there and holds him up. Morse laughs, and says if he is not back at the cottage in half an hour, the Countess will be killed. So Holmes lets him go, and accompanies him. A trap to kill him fails, and the Countess is saved from death. Morse escapes by throwing pepper in two police constables' eyes, but is captured eventually, through going out of bravado to Holmes' rooms.
- Lost film about the Gettysburg Address. Nothing is known about the survival status of this short film. It features the fourth live-action depiction of Abraham Lincoln on film.
- Spoony Sam is a veritable pest at Si Hawkins' farm, and the girls treat him as a huge joke. In a city cigarette factory there is a peach of a young girl, Fannie Fatima. She writes a note on one of the leaves of a book of cigarette papers, declaring she will wed the man who finds it. Spoony Sam happens to buy that particular paper of cigarettes. He sends Fannie a prompt proposal and she writes him that she will arrive in Farmers' Branch on Friday. When the eventful Friday rolls around Sam, hugging his secret, is dressed his best to go to the depot to meet Fannie, but his boss, Si Hawkins, commands him to stay at home and do the work. Sam stays, in disgust, and Hawkins goes to the depot in his wagon to receive a summer boarder, Miss Wiggins, an old maid of fifty, who spends her time in chasing anything that wears pants. Fannie missed the first train and did not arrive with Miss Wiggins. Hawkins takes Spinster Wiggins to the farm house, and the old maid's efforts to make love at the dinner table highly amuse the farmhands. Sam is still outside, hoeing, and has not yet seen Miss Wiggins. While feeling in Sam's coat pocket for some tobacco one of the farmhands discovers the letter to Sam from his "cigarette girl." Here is the chance to pass off Miss Wiggins as the cigarette girl. They hunt up Miss Wiggins on the front porch, tell her Sam is simply crazy about her, and one of the hands goes to get Sam. Sam hurriedly puts on his Sunday clothes, rushes out to the porch, is introduced to Miss Wiggins, and nearly drops dead from heart failure. In thorough disgust he flees in wild haste when Miss Wiggins embraces him. The other gives chase. The chase leads the crowd through a hayfield, where Sam is smoked out of a hay-stack, where he had taken refuge. With smoke-filled eyes Sam beats it for the railway track and speeds down the rails. Miss Wiggins, with some of the farmhands, boards a hand-car standing near and gives chase. But Sam out-distances them. The track leads him to the depot. The train has just arrived and there stands Fannie, bright and beautiful on the platform, helplessly inquiring for Sam. Not knowing Sam by sight she appeals to Sam, himself. The minute she shows him the letter he had written her, the recognition is instant, and they embrace just as the crowd on the handcar catch up with them. A minister happens to be in the depot, and amid much cheering, Sam and Fannie are made one.
- 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.
- A film about family secrets...and deathbed confessions.
- Bradford Stewart, a young American surgeon studying in Germany, is dining in Cologne with a German friend, Ritter Bloem, a philosopher and a patriotic German. The latter is called away by German officers, and on his return announces to Stewart that war has been declared. After Bloem's departure, Trapadoux, chief of the French Secret Service maintained in Germany, who has been listening to their conversation, accosts Stewart, claiming to be one of the German police agents, inspects his passport, and learns to which hotel he will go in Aachen, which is his next destination. Frau Schanne, the proprietress of the Holmer Hof, secretly maintains French sympathies, but her servant, Hans, is a German spy. In Stewart's absence from his room, Trapadoux brings Frau Schanne a package, the contents of which he instructs her to place in Stewart's baggage to avert police suspicion during their later moves. Upon his return to his room Stewart finds in his luggage a lady's slippers, silk hose and dainty lingerie. The door of his room is opened and Little Comrade hurries in, embraces him fondly and calling him husband. Outside the door Hans listens, perplexed and a little suspicious, but had he not seen the lady's garments in Stewart's belongings? Perhaps, after all, she is his wife. After making sure of Hans' retirement, Little Comrade explains to Stewart that she is a French spy fleeing from Germany with secrets stolen from the German officers with whom she has been wont to flirt in Alsace-Lorraine; that even now they are on the watch for her and that if she is brought back, death will be the penalty. Stewart consents to help her, and watches while she forges an addition to his passport, adding to his own name and description, the description of herself as his wife traveling with him. Together they pass the gauntlet of police inspection and board the train for Brussels. At the frontier the train is held up and all passengers inspected. The police inspector stationed there holds Stewart and his "wife" for the coming of a German' officer from Metz to identify Little Comrade. One of the French spies on the frontier summons Trapadoux, who comes in the guise of the officer from Metz, and after inspecting Little Comrade, states that she is not the woman spy they feared. In the morning they arrive at the Belgium camp, where they are welcomed, but a few hours later the Belgians muster in battle against the German invaders. Little Comrade and Stewart are wounded, and while Stewart goes for a stretcher for her, she is captured by a genuine officer from Metz, who takes her to German headquarters and denounces her as a spy. Bloem, who is in command is unable to persuade her to confess. When Stewart discovers Little Comrade gone, weak from loss of blood, he becomes unconscious for several days. Upon regaining consciousness he learns that Little Comrade has been captured, so he concentrates his energies on delivering to General Joffre the papers she confided to his keeping. In gratitude, General Joffre bestows on Stewart the ribbon of the Legion of Honor, but overwhelmed by his loss and weak from this last effort, Stewart is borne away delirious. At the German headquarters, Bloem finding Little Comrade obdurate, is about to pass sentence upon her when she begs him to send her last words of love to Stewart. Finding that Stewart is her lover, Bloem, whose life was once saved by Stewart, refuses to condemn her, claiming that there is not sufficient evidence, and sends her back to "her American husband." There follows a joyous reunion in the hospital between Stewart and Little Comrade.
- Dennis, a young man of questionable character, becomes engaged to Diana. One evening he betrays her and a few days later, Dennis drops dead. Later Diana goes to the country home of her aunt, the only mother she has ever known. Shortly after a boy is born to her. In the meantime her father dies suddenly, and she returns to her city home with her aunt, the boy posing as the aunt's adopted son. Later Diana marries and has a little girl. As the years go by the children fall in love. When the boy asks to marry her daughter, Diana confesses the truth to her husband, and is about to tell the children when her aunt discloses the fact that Diana's real son is dead, and that she had substituted an adopted child for her niece's son years before.
- Helen Ross spends her time reading novels. She has made up her mind to marry only a young man whom she can save from something or other, or one who can rescue her in some romantic way. Her father comes to her room and asks her to come down to meet Jack Wilson, a young millionaire. She refuses to meet a man in such a commonplace way. When her father insists she packs a bag and announces that she is going to their country home. Boss comes down, carrying an armful of Helen's novels, and explains that the girl is romance-struck. The young man shows Ross an invitation he has, to spend the week-end at his cousin's home. They shake hands, and he leaves for his cousin's place, which, as it happens, adjoins the country home of the Rosses. About a week after Jack's arrival the young people decide to give private theatricals, and assemble for a rehearsal. In the playlet they are giving the leading character is supposed to be a criminal, and the others guards, officers, Salvation Army, etc. At the last moment the man who is taking the leading part is called away, and Jack is urged to take the role. But he refuses. The boys then lay hold of him and force him into the striped suit. As they turn away for a minute he leaps to an open window, jumps through and dashes away, the boys dressed as guards and officers in pursuit. Helen Ross is just then sitting on the grass in the garden and reading, as usual. She hears shouts and, looking up, sees Jack's head over the fence. He jumps over and races in her direction. She decides to save him. As he is about to run past her she stops him and, pulling him down on the ground beside her, takes his head in her lap and hastily places her parasol over him. Just then the mock officers leap over the fence. As soon as they are gone Helen sits up, but Jack seems to have forgotten that he should get up, and continues to lie there. Helen angrily gets up, and his head bangs on the ground. He then stands up and, looking at her more closely, recognizes her as Helen Ross. She, however, does not know him, but believes him to be an escaped convict. She looks him over, and he being handsome, and also having saved him, she of course immediately falls in love with him. The end comes in the conventional way.
- A gang of scheming burglars connive and scheme. One of the thieves comes across an announcement in one of the dailies to the effect that Mr. and Mrs. Starbuck have temporarily closed their home to spend a fortnight at Atlantic City. The burglars decide to rob the place. Three of the thieves go to the office of the chief of police. One is equipped with a moving picture camera and another with a tripod. They represent themselves as moving picture men, produce fake credentials and bluff the chief into giving them a license to operate and take all the pictures they desire. They select the Starbuck home. One burglar places the camera in front of the house, another climbs to the porch and then opens the window with the aid of a Jimmy. The place from top to bottom is ransacked and with their booty safely piled up the robbers depart in their automobiles under police escort. Of course, the police soon ascertain how they have been tricked. The burglars are soon caught and dealt with according to law.
- The Raven photo-poem tells the sad romance of Edgar Allan Poe, his beautiful, dying wife, and their bitter life of struggle for the recognition of genius. The poem is interpreted by the all-seeing eye of the camera and the success of the poet, in his great inspiration, is shown with beautiful scenic effects and a magnificently staged production exceeding our past successes.
- Cyril Van Cortlandt Hamilton, one of the wealthiest young bachelors in New York, has led a life of ease. He is engaged to be married to Marcia West, the daughter of an Army Colonel. While Cyril and Marcia are at a house party, news comes that the National Guard has been called into service. Cyril, a member of a militia regiment, not caring to be subjected to discomfort, declines to accompany his regiment to the border and resigns his commission. For this Marcia breaks her engagement, and accompanies her parents to the border, where Col. West is to take command of his regiment. Upon his return home Cyril considers his act and later enlists as a private in an Irish regiment and goes to the border. His society manners annoy the rough-and-ready men among whom he has cast his lot, and they proceed to make life miserable for him. Corporal Mallin especially loses no opportunity to bully him. Cyril wanders about by himself when not on duty, and meets Idiqui, a Mexican Indian, whose gratitude he earns by aiding his daughter, Rana, who has fallen and hurt herself. The Mexican bandit chief Navarete comes into camp. He has been educated in the United States, and has fallen in love with Marcia, who has refused him. He gets Mallin to steal one of the machine guns for him. When the theft is discovered Mallin accuses Cyril and Idiqui of the crime. Cyril and Idiqui are ordered to the guardhouse. The Indian attempts to escape to his daughter, whose condition is critical, and Mallin raises a gun to shoot, but Cyril overcomes him. Then, realizing that he has placed himself in a serious position and can hope for no leniency from Mallin, he deserts, Idiqui going with him. They set out afoot on the Mexican side of the river. Marcia has come across the river on her early morning ride and stumbles upon the bandits taking the automatic away. She is seen and captured, and Cyril and Idiqui, unarmed and helpless, follow in pursuit, to find out where she is being taken. Idiqui is struck by a rattlesnake, and Cyril cauterizes the wound. The Indian goes to warn the American troops, and Cyril goes on to the Mexican village, where the Mexicans are carousing in front of Navarete's house, where Marcia is held prisoner. Cyril draws the villagers away from the chief's house by setting the village on fire, and then enters the house in time to save Marcia from Navarete, killing the bandit. They escape. They are overtaken in the morning, and ensconced in a sand pocket put up a brave fight. When one cartridge alone remains, Marcia. now acknowledging Cyril's bravery, asks him to kiss her and then kill her with the remaining cartridge, to save her from falling into the hands of the Mexicans. He is about to do so when he himself is shot down. The bandits swoop upon the two, but are stopped by Col. West and a number of his men. A squadron of cavalry and a battalion of infantry also come to the rescue from different directions, cutting off the escape of the Mexicans. Cyril is lifted into Col. West's auto in a dying condition. By the blessing of Providence and his own vigorous constitution, Cyril recovers, and two months later, as he watches the return of the regiment with his beloved wife, Marcia, the men recognize him and discipline is forgotten while the marching troops turn to cheer him.
- This thrilling story of the days of '61 and '65 shows a scene in the woods and our hero doing sentry duty. His work has been tiresome, his strength is about given out and he sits down to rest. He falls asleep and is awakened by the general and a squad of soldiers, who come unexpectedly upon him, place him under arrest and march him off to the guardhouse. He is later brought to the general's headquarters, where he is tried for his laxity. The buttons are torn from his uniform and he is otherwise degraded and sentenced to be shot. In the guardhouse the man sits meditating over the fate in store for him. He is visited by the chaplain, who consoles him as best he can. As a last resort the prisoner determines to write home and have his wife intercede in his behalf. She succeeds in getting a reprieve in a thrilling manner.
- Harry loved Betty, and vice versa, but Harry was fearfully bashful. No matter how he tried, he never could muster up sufficient courage to propose, despite the fact that Betty always endeavored to help him out. An idea! He writes his proposal, and invents a sentimental code of signals. The letter reads: "If you will accept me, wear red roses; if you are in doubt, the pink. If you do not love me and reject me, wear the white." He then repairs to the florist's and purchases the three shades of roses, dispatching them by messenger to his lady's residence. The messenger, however, is a dime novel fiend, and while engrossed in the thrills of a harrowing story, loses the box of flowers which are picked up by another boy. A policeman sees this boy with the box of flowers, and as he cannot give a clear account he runs him in. In the meantime, the novel reader is in despair over his loss until a modern Good Samaritan seeing the boy in tears offers to help him when he hears his tale of woe. This well-meant generosity, however, twists the romance, for he procures white roses only. Of course. Betty thinking only of Harry, wears them. Harry takes it for a hint to "beat it," and for revenge decides to marry his cook. The real box arrives at the station house, where is encountered a wise judge, aye! a modern Solomon, who after investigating the details of the case, sends the officer with the flowers to the address given on the box and letter, thus averting a heart tragedy.
- Little Albert Mills, eight years old, reads in the paper the accounts of the abduction of children and holding them for ransom. He conceives the idea of playing the game on his little sister, Henrietta. He writes a note reading, "I have your children. Put four thousand dollars under the stone on front porch and I will bring them back. They are now hanging by the hair. Blue Beard." He then tells Henrietta to look the other way, and he takes her dolls out of the doll buggy and hides them in the garden. Then he places the note in the rural delivery mailbox at the front gate. A little later a young fellow brings an auto up to the gate and the children plead for a ride. After a little hesitancy he consents and the children are carried away to the park. Mrs. Mills misses the children and finds the note in the mail box. She takes the matter seriously, and gathering a lot of neighbors and a policeman, gives chase to the auto. Many accidents occur in the chase. Finally the kiddies are caught, the dollies are found, and it is due for little Albert to get a spanking, but mother pleads for mercy and the incident ends in a good laugh.
- Betty Gibbs is given the position of librarian of the little village library. As soon as she is installed the library becomes very popular. Among those who come is Robert Prentice, a high school teacher, and he and Betty quickly become interested in each other. Betty's brother has recently enlisted in the army and is at a post near the village. Corporal Cutler, coming across Jack Gibbs while the boy is supposedly off duty, is abusive to him and finally irritates the boy so that he knocks the officer down. The seriousness of this offense is great and Jack does not know how badly he has hurt Cutler. He therefore deserts and goes to find Betty. He comes into the library during the evening hour, and, in an agony of terror, tells Betty what an awful thing be has done and begs her to help him escape. She takes him to her own room and leaves him, only to find that Prentice has come in to talk with her. She goes back to her room and shuts Jack into her closet. This is not effective as she realizes if a search is made he will be quickly discovered. How is she to save him? The way occurs to her. It must be at the cost of her own good name. Coming back to the reading room she sees that the soldiers are approaching, the members of the village library committee with them. She tells Prentice to follow her and she leads him to the door of her room. Then she tells him to go into the room. He expostulates but she urges him in, telling him to stay there until she calls and shutting him in, she goes to face the search party. To the corporal's questions she gives evasive replies. When he starts his search, she resists. At the door of her room she fights against their entering, but the door is opened and Prentice stands revealed. The library committee stands aghast and Betty hangs her head in what looks like guilty confusion, while the soldiers, thrown off their scent, retire. Betty dashes into the room, slamming the door after her and throwing herself into a chair, bursts into tears. Jack, still in the closet, hears Betty's sobs and comes out. She urges him back into hiding, but he will not go. Then Prentice, opening the door, sees Jack and for the first time understands. He tells Jack of Betty's sacrifice. Jack immediately starts to go and give himself up, but Betty clings to him. At this moment the corporal reappears, followed by the judge and the minister. The corporal demands Jack's surrender. He gives himself up and explains what has happened, thereby clearing Betty's name. Her sacrifice softens the corporal's heart, who forgives Jack and the picture closes with a brief showing of the love of Betty and Prentice.
- The story takes place three years into the future. Events represented take place in 1914, when supposedly there is a war between the united European states and the United States of America. The hero is commissioned to fly over the enemy's fleet in a war aeroplane and destroy them. This he does by dropping bombs. He is then told to spy upon their land forces, but his aeroplane is brought to earth by a portable gun of the enemy that shoots directly into midair.
- Hi Judd, poet, postmaster and philosopher, is the sunshine of the village, a veritable doctor of happiness. His right arm the little world of the village leans on, the kind words he scatters broadcast reap their harvest of love for the old postmaster and the verses he writes (sometimes when he should be working) proclaims him the wit of the village. And because of the verse writing Mrs. Judd is often discouraged. Hi confides in his daughter, Bess, that he often stands in awe of Mrs. Judd when she catches him pencil in hand, with the woodpile untouched and the chores not done. But Bess is consoling and when Hi is not around she makes a collection of the verses and sends them on to a great newspaper. Theirs is a peaceful life that must have its dramatic climax and it all descends upon them at once. Jim Skinner, an unscrupulous, grasping old miser, holds the mortgage on the house and also has designs upon Hi's position as postmaster. Then the bank fails and shadows hang low. In the meantime drama is stirring within their home. Bess who had thought she cared for Hal, the station master is under the spell of Sam who has come from the city to be the new ticket agent. Hi, dubious of his character and regretting his daughter's change of heart, before it is too late, finds a picture of Sam, his wife and their baby. Hi recognizes in the wife, Belle, the long-missing daughter of Mother Wilkins, a widow of the village whose home has burned and who would have suffered privation had it not been for the generosity of Hi. He sends for Belle, making her believe the money and message come from Sam and when Sam is confronted with the wife and baby he sees there is nothing to be done but face the unexpected situation. The mortgage is due. Heartbroken, they are preparing to leave the little home when word comes from the newspaper: "Verses accepted, send them as fast as you can write them." Thus ends the story. Hi, with his $500 check from the newspaper pays off the mortgage, the future holds its promise; Mother Wilkins is happy with her daughter and the little baby, and Hal and Bess are engaged to be married.
- The adventures of Max Linder, some based on real events, some fictional, as he travels by ocean liner from France to America.
- John Bunny and Henry Shayshall are attacked with "amoritis" the moment they step into Amander Witherspoon's boarding house. Henry falls in love with Flora Finnee, the "star boarder," and makes up his mind to impress her with his belated affections. He timidly places a box of perfume in front of her door. Flora simultaneously is inspired with a similar desire. Pandora, the maid of all work, sees the boxes at the entrance of Henry's and Flora's rooms. She cannot restrain her inquisitiveness and opens them. She hears someone coming and in her confusion, places Flora's gift on the doorknob of Amander's room and the box which Flora had sent Henry in front of John's room. This creates jealousy and confusion when Amander shows Flora the beautiful present she has received from John, and John shows Henry the gift with which he has been presented, as coming from Flora. The cause of the trouble is finally traced to Pandora, and to make sure, Henry and Flora decide to confirm their suspicions. They place a box filled with mice where it will come under the notice of the maid. This arouses her curiosity when she sees it. She cannot refrain from investigating, opens the box, freeing the mice, which causes her to give vent to a series of screams that brings everybody to the scene of the commotion. Pandora is "caught with the goods" and the landlady summarily dismisses her. Flora and Henry are united in love's consoling embrace and bid a "day-day" to the mischief-maker.
- This story deals with two girls who were exact doubles, the one an unscrupulous maid, and the other, Jane, a young lady of high social standing. The maid takes a valuable necklace from her mistress and leaves for the railroad station. Jane, who has just returned from a long visit abroad, receives a note from her fiancé's mother, inviting her to pay them a visit. She arrives at the station at the same time the maid appears in her flight. The loss of the necklace is discovered and a detective engaged by the owner. In the maid's room he finds clues which establish a suspicion already formed, and he hastens to the station to arrest her. The maid and Jane meet. The former's confederate comes in and informs her of the approaching officer, and she then notices the striking resemblance between herself and Jane. In her haste to seclude herself, she picks up Jane's handbag instead of her own. The detective arrives and arrests the protesting Jane, who does not know what to make of the proceeding, but the officer is doubly sure that he is right when he picks up a hand-bag and discovers the missing jewelry. While Jane is being led off to prison, her sweetheart, Jack, hastens into the station. The maid has just read Jane's note, found in the hand-bag, when Jack rushes in and takes her in his arms, thinking she is Jane. The maid, anxious to lose her identity, keeps up the illusion and accompanies Jack to his home. At police headquarters Jane implores the sergeant to take her to Jack's home for identification. To this the officer finally consents, and a detective is sent with the unfortunate young lady. The maid's treachery is disclosed and she is taken to prison, while Jane receives a belated welcome from Jack and his mother.
- Among the various freaks of the side show are the strong man, Herculo, and the beautiful Circassian maid, Yum Yum. Herculo showers his attentions on Yum Yum, and she, greatly admiring his handsome figure, accepts his ardent wooing. Their spooning during business hours, however, conflicts with the notions of the show manager. He is forced to give strict orders for the regulation of their conduct in public. Now, Hamus, a broken-down actor, whose acting days are plainly all over, arrives via the railroad ties with his grip. He is awfully hungry. Spotting the mess tent of the side show, he tries to steal a handout, but is discovered by the irritated chef. Poor Hamus is roughly handled until the manager, arriving to straighten matters out, sees how skinny Hamus is. He immediately recognizes Hamus' value as a living skeleton, if added to his collection of freaks, and makes a proposition. Yum Yum, attracted by pity for poor Hamus, urges him to accept, so they shake hands on it. Yum Yum's actions arouse fierce jealousy in Herculo. But these actions of his only cause the Circassian maid to turn all her attentions to Hamus and Hamus, in his seventh heaven, reciprocates. Then Herculo, enraged, starts a riot, in which he decidedly gets the worst of it, and which the manager has a hard time quelling. Finally Herculo, recognizing that he must use other tactics to win back the heart of Yum Yum, places a photo of a woman inscribed "Your loving wife" among the effects of Hamus. Yum Yum finds the photo, and sure that Hamus is false, throws him over and returns to the exultant Herculo again. Humas' protests of innocence are useless. He pines away at a great rate, becoming thinner every day. The manager sees this and doubles his salary, making the other freaks sore. Then a woman with ten children come to see the show. It is the woman of the fatal photo. She sees Herculo and recognizes him as her long lost husband. The kids clamor about him yelling "Papa." Yum Yum, in disgust, collapses in the arms of the happy Hamus.
- "Inky" Ames, theatrical press agent, through a fictitious story makes it appear that Anitra St. Clair, an actress, is the long lost daughter of Theodore True, the copper king. True accepts the actress as his daughter, and they, in answer to a telegram from Bud Haskel, representative in the west, decide to go westward immediately to inspect a newly-discovered copper mine. Bud Haskel is, incidentally, volunteer "school master" to the flower of a gypsy camp, Romany. The girl is loved by Zinga, son of the gypsy chief. Upon her father's threat to wed her to Zinga, Romany seeks the help of Bud, who aids her to escape. Zinga suspects Bud of conniving at Romany's escape and follows him constantly. Irking under the restraints of her new life, Anitra decides to give her former gayeties a whirl and finds in True's nephew Hobart, a willing assistant. She incurs the enmity of "Inky," who resolves to put True wise to the fact that the actress is not really his daughter. Romany, with the broader knowledge of life imparted to her by books, turns to her new world with keen expectancy, and is glad to receive Bud again at her first party. That same evening Romany discovers Hobart at his uncle's safe, but does not discover the fact that Hobart has extracted money from the strong box. Determined to make True see that he is being imposed upon by Anitra, "Inky" seeks out Bud Haskel, telling Bud that the actress is not True's daughter, and that he ("Inky") has cooked up a press stunt to advertise the show she was in. Zinga's persistent shadowing of Bud to uncover Romany's whereabouts succeeds at last. One development is that Romany writes a letter to True stating that she has been grateful to True and Haskel for their kindness, but that she must leave the True home; that she is broken hearted. Romany is then suspected of taking the money from True's safe, but after Anitra's deception is exposed to True, Hobart confesses to his uncle that he (Hobart) is the guilty one. Bud discovers Romany's whereabouts and persuades her to return to True's mansion. Bud also secures Zinga's release from prison, where he has been confined upon Zinga's assurance that he has a revelation to make to Mr. True. The gypsy tells True that Romany is really True's daughter; that when the girl grew up Zinga wanted her for himself. That the gypsies named her Romany. True is happy in the recovery of his daughter, and Bud and Romany plight their troth.
- A young man gets arrested after a drunken night. Sentenced to 30 days in jail, he tells his wife he has to go to Mexico for a month.
- Tom and Mabel were sweethearts, but Tom did not seem to get on in a business way, so Mabel started him for the West. Tom blew in his little stake before leaving, and arrived out West broke and discouraged. There he fell in with two crooks and with them laid plans to hold up the pay wagon of the construction camp. Meanwhile, a hobo got off a freight and strolled to the camp in search of work. He needed only a chance to reform. He watched the men place a stick of dynamite and leave, and too late, saw Tom, crouched down in the danger zone, gun in hand, waiting for the pay wagon. There was a terrific explosion and Tom died. Hurrying to the scene, the hobo donned Tom's clothes and papers, secured work, took Tom's name and prospered. Worrying over the absence of her intended, Mabel and her father visited the construction camp. They asked for Tom and his namesake, now clean shaven, handsome and prosperous-looking, responded. There were explanations and a visit to the grave. "With him I buried my failures," said the other. In the days that followed, Mabel found she still wanted the name of Tom, and eventually married him.
- Returning from his inauguration, Lincoln, with the sounds of the acclaim of the populace still in his ears, and realizing in a moment of loneliness the emptiness of his life, dreams of Ann Rutledge, over whose grave he has said, "My heart is buried here." As he sits in front of his fire with the soft glow of the flickering light on his strong, kindly face, his mind wanders hack over the years until he sees again the little tavern room in Rutledge, with Ann and the simple, rude frontiersmen. Lincoln enters the tavern room and hands Ann a book; it is a grammar. He has promised to help her perfect herself in her education. Then comes McNeill, who calls Ann away, and who, down by the riverbank, proposes to her and gets her consent. When Lincoln is told of her engagement he fights down his great longing for her in the knowledge that she is happy. McNeill is called to the east to attend to his mother's inheritance, and Ann is left disconsolate at his departure. She turns to Lincoln, as always, for comfort. The months pass and bring no letter from McNeill. Finally she does hear from him, and learns that he will never return. Again she turns to Lincoln in her hour of sorrow and he comforts her. The following spring, her faith in men restored, she responds to Lincoln's devoted love, and consents to become his wife. Illness soon comes upon her, and in spite of all Lincoln can do to help her, she gets weaker and weaker and soon realizes, as do her friends, that her days on earth are numbered. Lincoln to himself frames the words, "It might have been so wonderful; it was meant not to be." The end comes, and Lincoln in spite of his manly strength can hardly bear his grief. Again his mind reverts to where he sees himself standing out in the snowstorm by her grave, with head bowed low, and an expression of great love on his sad face. The soft light of the log fire gleams playfully on his countenance as his old servant tiptoes in and looks a moment lovingly at his master, but quietly goes out again without disturbing his sleep.
- Terence O'Rourke an adventurer, has been courting Princess Beatrix long enough to ask her to marry him, but he realizes that, with no steady income, he has no right to propose. Then, the Pool of Flame, a huge ruby that adorns a statue of Buddha, is stolen, and officials in Rangoon offer Terence $500,000 to find the jewel and return it. In tracking down the gem, Terence must outwit such longtime adversaries as Chambret, Princess Karan, and another of Beatrix' suitors, Duke Victor. Finally, Terence manages to complete his mission, and then, with his fortune assured, he ends the long wooing phase of his romance with Beatrix and marries her.
- The story opens with an old couple in the evening of life, sitting by the fireside reminiscing the happenings of their younger days. How the young man had left his country home to seek work in the great city, and after many days of wandering had found employment as an office boy in the same office with the young lady. How she had taken an interest in him and before many days had become more than friends. Then came the climax which caused them to realize their true love for each other. The employer tried to force his attentions upon the young lady, and the office boy, hearing her cries of distress, had rushed into the private office and rescued her from the brute. Shortly after they were married, and now are at the end of a perfect day, sitting quietly at the fireside.
- A tribe of cavedwellers battle for survival against the dangers of a prehistoric world.
- Effie marries an honest farmer, rejecting a suitor from the city. Years later he returns and tries to persuade her to run away with him.
- Bashful Willie Wiggins courts Jane Brown, the village belle, but after nearly wearing out the sofa cannot find the courage to pop the question. Jane finally resorts to the old ruse of jealousy. That night the village folks of Mudville are scandalized to see Jane in the arms of a stranger silhouetted against the window shade. The whole town rises up in protest, and Willie, backed by the minister, demands an explanation of Jane. She guiltily denies the impeachment and the crowd, calmed by the dominie, disperse, but Willie camps on the doorstep to catch his "rival." Jane during the night regrets the scandal her little trick caused and flings the dummy she used into the well. Willie sees this and is horrified, believing it is the body of his rival, whom Jane has murdered. Frantic with excitement, he arouses the whole village. The indignant mob rush to Jane's home in their nighties and drag her forth dramatically. The sheriff goes down the well, and of course Jane has a good laugh on them all when the dummy is hauled up. Willie now realizes the depth of Jane's love and pops the question right then and there.
- Grinde is a junior partner of a pottery firm. An old chemist, Benjamin Lord, discovers a formula for glazing pottery that is designed to revolutionize the industry. The chemist's grandson, David, takes a sample of the new process to Grinde, who says he will give it consideration. He delegates his foreman, Mole, to steal the formula. Mole kills the chemist, and he and Grinde frame an explosion to conceal the crime. After David refuses to sell the formula, Grinde and Mole lock him and his sweetheart in a vault with poisonous gas. Grinde then tries to kill Mole, who knows too much, and take over the firm from his elderly partner at a directors' meeting.
- When young schoolteacher Mary Adams is out of the classroom, she dreams of the days when the world was peopled by knights and beautiful ladies in distress. She is so imbued with the spirit of romance that when a strange young man rescues her from a street ruffian, she idolizes her hero, picturing him as a regular Sir Galahad. Mary's rescuer is Jim Anthony, a mechanic with inventive talents. Embittered after his invention is stolen, he becomes a burglar. Knowing nothing of this, Mary falls in love with him and marries him. He's a product of the slums, and in his wandering he has lost track of his mother. When he finally learns that she's living in the Carolina mountains, he persuades Mary to go with him to visit her. He takes with him a bag of jewelry, the plunder gained in his recent robberies. They find Anthony's mother living alone in a hut. The old woman has become a wretched creature. She fails to recognize her son, who asks for a night's shelter for himself and his wife. While unpacking, Mary discovers the jewelry and confronts Jim, who confesses his crime. Horrified, Mary orders Jim from the room, locks herself in, and goes to sleep on a couch in the main room. The old woman finds the jewels and her cupidity leads her to try to kill the man she doesn't know as her son. Mary finds Jim unconscious from his wound and hurries to the village for medical aid. She keeps away from him, and on his recovery he returns to the city and makes restitution of the stolen property. A reconciliation is brought about several years later.
- Young Jamie loved a lassie and she loved him. His love was strong but his purse was weak, and so he went to sea to make his fortune with which to claim his lassie as his bride. The good ship "Ben Lomond" bore him away, and while he was on the seas the lassie's father had his arm broken, when the gypsies stole their cow and the mother of the lassie was taken sick. They were poor folk and the lassie was obliged to spin and weave, keep the house, care for her father and nurse her mother. "Auld Robin Grey," a friend of the family, generous and true, aids them in the time of their need and kindly bestows his beneficence whenever he can do so without pretension or obtrusion. He likes the father and the mother, but he loves the daughter. He asks her to marry him. Her parents favor good old Robin Grey, but the daughter still loves Jamie, and she cannot give heart and hand to another. Men must work and women must weep, but it seems the poor lassie must do both, for it is not long before there is great sorrow and excitement among the town folk. The ship "Ben Lomond" is announced as wrecked, with Jamie and all on board lost. They try to keep the news from Jenny, but bad news travels quickly, and despite Robin Grey's efforts to have the shock come to her as gently as possible she sees the bulletin posted on the outside of the ship chandler's and is supported from falling by her faithful friend Robin. Giving up her Jamie as gone to a watery grave, she is urged to marry Robin Grey, while her heart is at the bottom of the sea. Robin proves a good husband and she tries to be a good wife to him, although she does not love him. Like one from the dead Jamie escapes the wreck and comes back to claim Jennie's hand and heart. She can scarcely believe she sees aright, and she is not easily convinced that her Jamie is alive and talking to her, and when she does realize it she tells him she is the wife of "Auld Robin Grey," and he is a good man and she will do her best to be a faithful wife to him. Jamie and she kiss and then part from each other, to go their own ways as their consciences direct.
- A darkey finds it impossible to keep his feet still whenever he hears the sound of music. Sam is enticed from his home by hearing the sound of mouth harps played by two of his friends; out of the window he comes. He then gets a job to carry a trunk, an organ-grinder starts his feet a-going; he gets a job as waiter, the orchestra does the balance. Then he becomes a porter, the Dutch band finishes him with this position; then a barber, an artist's model and other positions, from all of which he is promptly fired because he can't keep his feet still when the strains of music float in the air.
- The Charnocks, a wealthy landowner family from Virginia, take their yacht on a cruise to the South Pacific. The yacht catches fire near a desert island, and while John Sr. dies in the fire, his wife and son make it to the island, where she soon dies. Twenty years later Katherine Brenton, a wealthy young woman, is on a yacht trip in the South Pacific with playboy Valentine Langford, testing her theory that men and women can have platonic relationships under any conditions. When Langford makes a pass at her she knocks him out and flees the yacht for a nearby desert island--which happens to be the same one that young John Charnock was stranded on 20 years earlier. They soon find each other. Complications--and an earthquake--ensue.
- To obtain an increase in his income from his wealthy uncle, Charles Shackleton must stop his wild bachelor ways and marry. Charles proposes to Lucy Norton, but her father refuses his permission. Undaunted, Charles tells his uncle he has married and receives his increased allowance. A year later the uncle announces an upcoming visit, and Charles begins a frantic search for a temporary wife, offering Jane, the maid, five hundred dollars to play the part of Mrs. Shackleton. Secretly married to William, the butler, Jane undertakes the role without her husband's knowledge, causing him much confusion and jealousy. When the uncle demands to see "the baby," Jane snatches one from an unsuspecting washerwoman, who later catches the uncle with her child and calls the police on him. Further complications lead to Charles' pleading proposal to Lucy and then finally to the truth, which leaves everyone satisfied.
- Dorothy is beloved by Dick and Paul, who are both persistent in their attentions. Dorothy is apparently unable to decide between them and is quite perplexed. She has been impartial in her favors, but the young men press her for an answer. She is walking alone when she passes the residence of a fortune teller and is possessed of a happy thought. She will consult the seeress as a way out of her dilemma. She goes in and crosses the palm of the delver into the past and future and is enlightened. Dick sees her enter the house and, surmising her mission, gains admission to an adjoining room by bribing the woman in waiting. He hears the instructions of the fortune teller, who informs the girl that if she will rise at midnight, descend the stairs in her sleeping robe, walk a certain number of steps, turn the required number of times, and hold a candle to the mirror, she will see the face of the man she is destined to marry. Dick is made acquainted with this by listening at the keyhole and is elated. At midnight he gains entrance to the home of Dorothy by adopting heroic measures, climbing the porch like an ordinary burglar. Paul discovers his actions and, under the impression that Dick is about to circumvent him in some way, summons a policeman and they enter the house. In the meantime, Dick clad in his stocking feet, has taken a position near the mirror to await the coming of Dorothy, who soon puts in an appearance. She follows the instruction of the seeress to the letter, with Dick, jubilant, imitating her movements. She gazes in the mirror, and the fortune teller builded better than she knew, for the face of Dick is photographed on the mirror. Dorothy turns and is too quick for Dick, and his little ruse is discovered. The humor of the situation dawns on the girl and, of course, Dick is forgiven for his deception, just as Paul and the policeman break into the scene. By bribing the officer, Dick turns the attentions of that worthy on Paul and the copper marches off with the lover who lost, and there is a pretty scene in which Dorothy and Dick are the principals. Dorothy pleased at her choice and Dick radiantly happy at the result of his little strategy.
- Robert Wainwright, arriving in the Argentine Republic to look after his father's business, finds himself in a hotbed of revolution. Stopping at the home of Don Arana, foreign minister to Rosas, the tyrant, he meets and falls in love with Bonita, Don Arana's niece. Bonita favors the rebels and through Wainwright's love for her, wins him to their cause. He communicates with General Urguiza, the rebel leader, but the messenger is intercepted by Tirzo, Rosas' spy. As Tirzo also aspires to the hand of Bonita, he schemes to get Wainwright out of the way, and insinuatingly suggests that he leave the country at once. Wainwright arranges for passage on the first ship leaving for the north, but contrives to escape, after the vessel leaves port. He returns to Don Arana's home, meets Bonita and acquaints her with his plan to join the rebels. She makes him a present of Mephisto, a wonderful horse, and suggests he change his name to Alvarez. Wainwright, now a rebel under the name of Captain Alvarez, so distinguishes himself that he becomes the scourge of the Federals. He is commissioned by General Urguiza to get in communication with Don Arana, who is secretly in sympathy with the rebels, and arrange for the capture of a convoy of a million in currency dispatched to the Federal forces. Captain Alvarez and Don Arana are arranging for the delivery of the convoy when the house is surrounded by the Federals through the work of Tirzo. Captain Alvarez is captured and led off a prisoner. Tirzo remains and promises Bonita to save Alvarez's life is she will marry him. She is about to consent when word comes that the prisoner has escaped. Alvarez returns to Bonita's home, fearful that harm has befallen her, and promises to return again at midnight to make sure of her further safety. Alvarez returns to his command, and captures the million in currency and is on his way to keep his midnight appointment with his sweetheart, when he hears Tirzo plotting with a band of gypsies to kidnap Bonita. Alvarez arrives at Don Arana's first, waits for Tirzo, who comes alone, and in a fight kills the spy whose body is carried off by the gypsies. A band of Federals intercept them, recognize Tirzo, and rush to Don Arana's house, where they capture Alvarez, and he is to be shot at sunrise. In the meantime the Federals are defeated and Rosas, the tyrant, flees for his life. Alvarez, by a trick, induces the Federals guarding him to flee. The rebel forces arrive opportunely, and all ends happily in a picture emblematic of the birth of a new republic.
- Seventeen-year-old William Sylvanus Baxter has fallen madly in love with young coquette Lola Pratt. After he has spent all his money on the fickle girl, she runs off with an older man. Now heartbroken, William contemplates suicide until May Parcher, a friend from childhood, visits him and decides to fall in love with him.
- As the freight pulls in, Easy Ed clambers down from his side-door Pullman and takes a seat under the water tank. Feeling the need of food be takes it away from an Italian and is chased by the whole gang. He clambers up the fire escape of an exclusive hotel and finds himself in the room of Archibald Nasturtion, who mistakes him for his eccentric millionaire uncle, who goes about as a tramp. With his sweetheart, Elsie Allcush, Archibald takes his uncle out to dine. Ed finds a hair in the soup and goes back to the kitchen to discover its origin. It belongs to the French chef and a riot ensues. The party happens out to attend a dance, where the real Uncle Ed appears. The hobo uncle is set upon by all the dancers and in escaping, finds himself in the room of Imogene Hey, spinster, who has determined to become a vampire. She tests her amateur wiles on the tramp until he screams for help. Leaping out of the window with the old maid vampire on his trail. Easy Ed plunges into the lake to escape. At this point the hobo wakes up and finds the train crew has turned the water pipe on him.
- We have produced in remarkably clear detail every stage in the development of a fly, following which we have shown the terrible unsanitary conditions prevailing in a large city. For example, scenes showing garbage by the ton either lying or being dumped into the streets; women nursing babies practically on top of garbage heaps; children wallowing in prevailing squalor, and so forth. In the same connection we have produced a series of interesting scenes showing our dangerous and horribly unsanitary neighbor, the push cart peddler, and with flies swarming about his products which rapidly decompose by the fierce heat of the sun.
- Two members of the Never-Drop Aero Club claim that they can reach the moon by the aeroplane. They get an astronomer to get his telescope out and see how the conditions are on the moon. He comes on with a big telescope and looks through it, finds everything in fine condition from earth to moon, so the party start out. As they rise and turn upside down then right side up, they start on their journey to the moon. They pass over a busy city, knocking down buildings and chimneys. After passing over the city they come in contact with the planet Saturn. Bump it, encircle it, and then on their way to the moon they ride through the air and see an old man coming out of the planet Mars. The anchor on the aeroplane accidentally catches the old man by the neck and carries him off. The old man tries to get away, and he sees Halley's comet coming along and he grabs hold of the tail of the comet and goes away. One of the men in the aeroplane sees him and takes out a lasso. With a couple of swings he catches the old man around the neck and drags him behind. At last the moon is reached. The man in the moon opens his mouth and they all go in. The party drop from top of the moon all in a heap. They get up, look around and a large bird comes in and lays an egg larger than itself and flies off. The travelers put the egg on a fire, which is burning nearby. The egg cracks and a lot of little birds are hatched. Suddenly a strange animal comes on the scene and eats the little birds one by one. The animal fills up and bursts. Another enormous crazy-looking animal comes out of the cave and chases the men off the moon into the sea.