- While playing pirates with her friend Billy, Marie, as Captain Kiddo, finds a strange cross in a book and uses it for their insignia. Marie's mother, a young widow, does not appreciate the forced attentions of Mr. Cross, a suitor whom Marie dislikes. When Jack Laird, a secret service agent looking for opium smugglers, meets Marie after thinking that her insignia is a clue, he teaches her to box, and she introduces him to her mother hoping that if she must have a father, it will be Jack. Jack demands to search Cross, whom Jack thinks is a smuggler, but Marie's mother indignantly says that Jack is insulting her future husband, and Jack leaves dejectedly. Marie, her mother and Billy go with Cross on his yacht. After Marie hides from Billy in a tank containing smuggled goods, she gets stuck. Billy tells Jack, and when Cross, really the smugglers' leader, sees Jack searching, he orders his men to throw the tanks into the ocean. Marie pokes her head through an opening and cries to Jack, who rescues her. To save Marie's mother from notoriety, Jack allows Cross to leave the country. Jack and Marie's mother then marry.
- Bored with each other's company, they decided to play pirates; Marie was to be captain and Billy, her playmate, was to be her assistant. They must find some sign to convey their secrets. Looking through a pirate storybook, Marie found a mysterious cross that denoted secrecy and this sign they adopted. Marie's widowed mother was constantly annoyed by Mr. Cross, who persistently forced his attentions. Marie detested Cross, but liked Jack Laird, a secret service agent, because he taught her how to box. In search of Marie, one day, her mother found her engaged in a pugilistic match with Jack. At first she became angry but, on being reassured by Marie what a fine fellow Jack was, she relented. This coincidence developed into a close friendship. Jack on the trail of some opium smugglers found a marked slip which he took as a clue. Suspecting Cross of being connected with the smugglers, Jack demands that he be searched. Marie's mother, becoming angry, informs Jack that he is insulting her future husband. Downhearted, Jack leaves. At Cross's request, Marie and her mother, accompanied by Billy, take a pleasure trip on his yacht. Marie and Bill determined to play hide and seek. Marie hides. Peeping through his hands, Bill sees Marie endeavoring to hide in a tank. Going in search of her, Bill returns and tells Marie's mother he is unable to find her. Cross has a search made, but to no avail. Broken hearted, Marie's mother returns home. Jack learns of the incident through Bill and sets out in search of Marie. From a cliff, Jack sees a tank floating. He dives into the water. At the tank he finds Marie waiting for him with outstretched arms. Later he discovers the real leader of the smugglers to be Cross. So as not to bring Marie's mother's name into notoriety, Jack gives Cross twenty-four hours to leave the country.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
![Marie Osborne in Captain Kiddo (1917)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGM5ZGRjNzEtODg2Yi00ZDM0LTg1OTItMDM1MzQzZWZhZmQ3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjA5MTAzODY@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR6,0,90,133_.jpg)