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A competently written picture that is very dramatic and quite fresh. The family's butler was a crook; he had just been employed. The family gave a dinner. Billy was one of the guests. He suspected the butler and had some slight grounds; but his host laughed at his fears. This situation is very convincingly developed. The story carries the attention unresistingly with increasing excitement to a thrilling climax in which Billy (Mr. Stepney) rushes out of the house after the butler who is making off with a grip full of jewels and the family silver, only to be himself arrested by the policeman on the butler's accusation. The cop handcuffs Billy and takes him back to the house, letting the butler, who had declared the grip to be full of jewels, to get away with it. This is very weak. It enabled the writer, however, to add some excellent humor which, in its proper place, would have been good. It also made possible an added episode, an automobile chase of the thieves, which wasn't wanted. The acting is good; the sets and photography fine. It is a good, desirable offering, in spite of its faults. - The Moving Picture World, July 6, 1912