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- A railroad telegrapher saves the mail train from being blown up by a gang of terrorists.
- Theodore Reibeth, a medical student, is introduced to Mlle. Aut Nissen in a moving picture studio where she is taking one of the leading roles. He is attracted to her by her unusual beauty and charm. Circumstances later make it possible for him to see her frequently at her home, and he falls in love with her. Mlle. Nissen is very fond of animals and has in her apartments a private collection of lions which she shows to him. Reibeth's graduation is at hand when he receives a letter from his brother telling him that through unfortunate investments their fortune has been lost. In this predicament Mlle. Nissen comes to his aid and lends him enough money to finish his studies, which he accepts and graduates with high honors. Later at a reception Reibeth sees Mlle. Nissen flirting with another man. He protests very strongly and the controversy causes a rupture which separates them. Years pass and he almost forgets the celebrated actress. His wedding announcement in one of the papers, however, comes to the attention of Mlle. Nissen who asks him to call. He does so and the old love returns. His faith in his former love is still so great that he allows himself to be blindfolded by her and led into one of the lower portions of the house. When he tears the blindfold from his eyes he discovers he is in the den of lions. With death in a terrible form almost upon him he manages to escape. Mlle. Nissen seeing him free makes her own life a penance for the tragic deed she had planned.
- Marauding Cherokees attack the cabin of Jacques Videau, at the edge of the settlement. One of the pioneers witnesses the attack and rides for help. He notifies Francis Marion. The latter heads the settlers who go to the rescue. The Indians set Videau's home afire. The family rush out into the open to escape from the flames. All are promptly slain by the savages, with the exception of Mary, Videau's ten-year-old daughter. The chief of the Cherokees makes her his prisoner. The arrival of the settlers causes the Indians to retreat. Later, they ambush the pioneers. A terrific hand-to-hand battle takes place. Marion's heroism inspires the settlers to victory. The young leader rescues Mary from the Indians. His heart filled with pity for the poor, homeless orphan, Marion offers her a home with his sister, Mrs. Sharp. Mary becomes one of the family. Ten years later, Marion, now a Provincial Congressman, returns home to find that Mary has grown into glorious womanhood. He falls in love with her, but because circumstances seem to indicate that Gabriel, his nephew, and Mary are in love with each other, he conceals his affection. Balfour, a young Tory, also loves the girl. Gabriel comes upon him in the act of forcing his attentions upon Mary and fells him. A duel ensues. Attracted to the scene, Marion interferes. Balfour's taunts cause Marion to take Gabriel's place. He disarms the Tory and orders him off. News of Cornwallis's landing at Charleston is brought to Marion. He immediately organizes a body of partisan troops. They adopt the first American flag, the famous rattlesnake design with the words, "Don't tread on me," underneath. Marion offers the services of his men to General Gates, but that arrogant officer, styling the sturdy farmers as a band of vagabonds, declines to enlist them. At the same time, Balfour organizes a band of Tories to ravage the patriots' homes. General Marion and his men become a thorn in the side of the British. The Continentals learn that a British force will shortly pass near their rendezvous at Snow Island. Sallying forth, they ambush the English and capture the entire force. Marion also learns that Gates has been defeated by the British and is being held prisoner at the red coat encampment, some miles away. Dashing into the midst of the British with his force, he throws them into panic and rescues the Continental officer. Returning to his camp in the swamp, the "Swamp Fox" invites his captives to dinner. To their amazement, the English officers learn that the meal consists solely of baked potatoes served on a pine chip. Cornwallis sends Colonel Tarleton, known as "The Butcher," to capture "The Swamp Fox." Balfour offers to aid Tarleton to capture Marion's home and camp. A friendly innkeeper hastens to the Marion home and warns Mrs. Sharp of the British approach. Mrs. Sharp, her daughter and Mary flee to the home of Mrs. Motte for shelter. In his anger at finding his quarry flown, Tarleton vandalizes the house. The man then hastens to Marion's camp with his soldiers, but warned, the "Swamp Fox" makes his escape. Tarleton proceeds to Mrs. Motte's home, where he makes his headquarters after driving the inmates, with the exception of Mary, forth. At Balfour's behest, Tarleton charges the girl with being a dangerous spy. Marion learns of Mary's imprisonment. Furious, he determines to attack Tarleton. Just at this time, he receives a small cannon as a gift from General Washington. The "Swamp Fox" surrounds the Motte home. Unaware that the ladies have been driven forth, he sends Gabriel forward with a flag of truce, requesting Tarleton to remove Mrs. Motte, his sister and children before he commences the attack. The little cannon bravely answers the fire of the heavy British artillery. Unaware that Mary is a prisoner in the house, Marion has one of his men set the place afire with burning arrows. Balfour sees that the Continentals will prove victorious. Entering the room in which Mary is confined, he tells her of his intention to kill her. Just at this moment, Marion and his men sweep the British before them in a desperate charge. Balfour is just about to slay Mary, when Marion and his men burst into the room. One of the men shoots as Balfour raises his pistol. The Tory falls dead. Two months later, the surrender of Cornwallis clears the south of the British. Marion writes his sister that he is about to return. Mary hears the news with delight. Marion comes home. Believing that Mary was in love with Gabriel, he strives to express his sympathy for her bereavement. To his intense surprise, Mary throws her arms about his neck. Knowing him too diffident to propose, the girl pops the question. For a moment the "Swamp Fox" is taken back. Then, filled with delight, he seizes her in his arms.
- Vain and ashamed of their poverty, Sylvia Gray, wife of unsuccessful playwright Henry Gray, elopes with Lennox, a wealthy young man, taking her daughter "Silvery" with her. The child is later taken away by Margy, an old servant, and brought up in another city. Lennox deserts Sylvia and she goes partly insane, finally killing him. Her daughter "Silvery" becomes an artist's model and falls in love with Vanveldt, her employer. Meeting Frankenstein, a hypnotist, whose wife Vivette is intensely jealous of him, Silvery falls under his influence. Meanwhile, Sylvia returns to Gray and finds he has become blind, with no recollection of the past. She uses her utmost endeavors to make reparation for the past in caring for him, and gradually his memory returns. He remembers he has received a large sum of money for one of his plays and hidden it. They find it and Frankenstein, who learns of the treasure's recovery, forces "Silvery" while under his power, to rob the old man. She is about to stab Gray when Frankenstein is killed by Vivette; the spell is broken and all ends happily in the betrothal of Silvery and Vanveldt and the reunion of Mr. Gray and Sylvia, who remorsefully and penitently admits the justice of all her punishment and determines that the past shall be forgotten in the happiness of the future.
- Swift Wind, a young chief, loves Dancing Fawn. In their ramblings they, too, see white wolves, which is an object of fear and veneration among the Indians, and return to the village. The two are betrothed by the old chief, but old Red Nose, the medicine man, demands her hand for himself. The chief, fearing his magic powers, considers. Dancing Fawn runs away to her lover. Swift Wind is taught a secret by an old trapper, "If a trap is baited with an animal's own hair the iron jaws will never fail to catch it." The Indian decides how he will overthrow his rival. At his instruction Dancing Fawn cuts off a lock of hair from the sleeping medicine man. With it Swift Wind baits the trap. The next day a wolf is caught and as the Indians approach the trap the beast turns into the medicine man. The hand of the great father has proven his love again and Swift Wind and his sweetheart are united.
- Through the good offices of Detective Hayes, Miss Dennison, the one-time leader of the "Black 13," and in those days known as "Slim Jack," has become a reformed woman, and is now his constant and devoted companion and assistant. One day she is seated in the famous Marble Lounge of the Esplanade Hotel reading the morning paper when she is unpleasantly surprised by John Verden, a former associate, who is concealed behind the palm decorations, adopting a disguise. At once she suspects mischief, and watches. As Verden pulls out a pocket mirror, he accidentally drops a letter, and the moment he is gone Miss Dennison secures the paper, which contains the startling news that an attempt is to be made by the gang to steal the plans of the new-found "Million Mine" when the directors of the company meet on the roof of "The Esplanade," at 9 o'clock the same evening, to discuss proceedings. Realizing the importance of the discovery. Miss Dennison at once informs Hayes, who enlists sympathy of the hotel manager to gain access to the meeting, which he attends in disguise. The secret plan of the richest mine in the world is so small that it can only be read through a microscope, and whilst it is under the instrument, the waiter, who is none other than Corley, a member of the gang, causes a diversion by feigning a sudden attack of illness. Whilst the attention of those present is turned upon Corley, Verden emerges from under the table and removes the priceless plan from under the microscope. A moment later the chairman discovers the theft, and consternation reigns amongst the assembled officials of the company. Hayes arrests the waiter on charge of complicity, and the board of directors of the "Million Mine" entrusts the detective with the task of recovering the stolen plans. Hayes removes Corley in an automobile, but the gang obtain a motor lorry, and with this heavy vehicle crash into the detective's car to rescue their comrade. Not to be defeated, Hayes gives chase, but as he runs full pelt after the lorry is lassoed by one of the thieves and only escapes death by cutting the rope after he has been dragged some distance. Sorely injured he returns home to make a fresh start. Meanwhile, Miss Dennison receives a visit from Verden, who endeavors to persuade her to help the "Black 13." Miss Dennison, however, has done with the old life, and whilst she assents to Verden's proposition, she telephones Hayes about it, and informs him that she will follow Verden in the disguise of a Chinese paper seller, and will make chalk marks on the pavement from 45th street so that he may be able to pick up the trail. Miss Dennison succeeds in tracking down Verden, but unluckily is captured. Hayes arrives and rescues her by crossing a plank from the houses on the opposite side, helping them to jump from the window on to a passing bus. As the bus crosses a viaduct Hayes sees Verden below and makes a series of daring leaps in order to follow him before he is out of sight. Knowing that he is being shadowed, Verden enters a motor car and drives away, and believing he has shaken off his pursuer, enters Old Solomon's, the pawnbroker's shop, where the gang adopt their various disguises. Hayes is close upon his heels, now disguised as a customer, and when Verden leaves, Hayes tears off his disguise, and leaving the astonished Solomon behind, pursues his man. He is, however, too late, but Miss Dennison, his trusty lieutenant, has seen Corley, and shadowing him, discovers that he and Verden are off to the gold fields with the plan of the mine, and that they are going to dig the gold with the help of a band of Indians. She immediately communicates the news to Hayes, she herself pursuing the thieves on a motorcycle. Unfortunately for her, however, her machine runs away and plunges into a river. Dazed and hurt, she crawls to the bank and falls exhausted on the ground, where she is found by one of Verden's Indians. Verden has her locked in a hut and sets it on fire. Burning her bonds over a flaming beam, Miss Dennison escapes, and taking one of the horses tethered close by, makes off, hotly pursued by the Indians. An outpost camp gives her shelter, and a sharp fight ensues. The struggle goes in the Indians' favor until a scout breaks through the enemy's lines and fetches reinforcements from the next camp. The Indians are routed, and John Verden receives a severe wound. At the last moment, before the Indians beat a hasty retreat, Corley takes the plan from Verden's pocket, and mounting his horse, makes away. Hayes has arrived in the meantime by aeroplane and hears the story of the fight. He bends down over the wounded man, but Verden ironically exclaims, "Too late, Hayes, Corley's got the plan." The detective loses no time in mounting his monoplane again and giving pursuit, but Corley has come across a party of aeronauts about to make an ascent. He offers them $5,000 to lift him in thirty seconds. The aeronauts reply that it is impossible, as it will take another half hour to fix the basket. "Hitch on the horse instead," Corley cries, and the thing is done. Hayes, observing the ingenious escape, steers his aeroplane under the balloon and grasping the anchor ropes, swarms up to the living basket. A sharp struggle takes place between Hayes and Corley, and eventually both fall into a river below, from which they are rescued by the crew of a steamboat. The plan is discovered, and Hayes thus brings his third adventure to a happy and successful conclusion.
- Dennis McShane is driven by poverty to leave his home in old Ireland and seek his fortune in the "land of the free." He leaves behind his parents and his sweetheart Nora. With a heart full of hope, and very little else, he arrives in New York. The first day of his arrival, while walking uptown from the dock, he sees a sign in a saloon: "Porter Wanted." He asks for and is given the job, little knowing that the boss of the place is a notorious character named Black Louie, a keeper of several dens of vice. His henchmen, Lefty Logan and Blondy, have informed him that through a raid on one of his places, the inmates have been depleted, and that he must have new ones. Louis is at his wits' end when he chances to see a photograph of Nora that Denny had pinned on the wall of the storeroom. Learning that it is his sweetheart, and that he will send for her as soon as he has saved enough, Louie plants some money where Denny will find it. When Denny returns the money to the bartender, he is told that it is Louie's way of making a present. Denny is overjoyed, and sends immediately for Nora. On the day of her arrival, he gets permission to meet her at the dock. Louie and his henchmen follow and accuse him of having stolen the pocketbook that the policeman finds on him. While Louie is at the station house making the charge against him, Blondy and Lefty meet Nora, and under the pretext of taking her to the home of her lover, entice her to one of Louie's houses. Denny, in the meantime, with the aid of a newsboy, whom he had befriended, succeeds in establishing his innocence. He hurries to the wharf only to find that Nora has already left. The newsboy learns of her whereabouts and informs Denny, who, with the aid of a friendly cop, succeeds in rescuing her from the den of infamy. Louie is finally caught, and with his satellites, is given a long term in prison. Denny succeeds in getting on the force, and in a few years sends for his father and mother. The last we see of them they are in their own little parlor, celebrating the christening of their firstborn.
- Marius goes into the lion's pit, taking his life into his hands to save the girl who has been brutally left to die by Marius' rival. When Marius arrives the populace arises as one man to honor him, but above all others Dacia, his pagan mistress, pays him greatest homage. However, the happiness of Marius and Dacia is short-lived. They quarrel and Dacia leans to Cassius, who is envious of Marius and his friend in name only. Marius soon tires of the quiet life in Rome and longs for the battlefield. While thus chafing under the restraint, he gets sight of Lygia, a Christian, while he is walking in the forest. Captivated by her beauty, he carries her off to his palace with wild passion. Dacia, the discarded favorite, finds Cassius a willing tool and conspires with him to spoil the beauty of the Christian. Lygia is abducted by Cassius and Dacia and thrown into the private lion pit. Marius is informed of the abduction by his henchmen and rushes in search of her. He arrives at the pit to see the lion snarling and ready to spring upon the girl. He thrusts his men aside and bounds into the pit. The lion springs upon him, but he forces it back with his sword. He lifts the girl to his friends above and then makes good his own escape. Later, Marius realizes that he has failed to make the girl love him. The scales fall from his eyes and he sets her free. He embraces Christianity, and his proud spirit finds rest.
- A framed inventor flees to England and catches a spy at Epsom.
- Brewster, a millionaire, and his daughter, Ruth, were out for a walk. Brewster stopped to shake hands with a friend, while Ruth loitered behind and played with her dog. The millionaire turned just in time to see his daughter driven away in an automobile. Hailing another he gave chase, but in vain. He engages Detective Byrnes, and shows him an anonymous letter he has received. The captors of Ruth learn of Byrnes' connection with the case, and devise a plan to capture him. Later three men in a car are detected watching Byrnes' house, and the detective suspects a trap. By a clever ruse he captures two of the crooks, and forces them to tell him the location of their den. He advises Brewster to meet the crooks at the place named in their letter. Disguised as one of the crooks Byrnes is successful in entering their den, but they were warned to be on the lookout by one of the crooks who escaped capture by the detective. As the daring detective enters the room a man springs from behind a door. The detective, on the alert, jumps back, only to fall into a trap. Leaving him, the crooks go to the appointed meeting place with Brewster. By means of a small pocket mirror the detective reflects the sun's rays and attracts the attention of two of his men waiting outside. At the meeting place Brewster is induced by the crooks to enter their car. As they are about to drive away a motorcycle with a chair attachment passes. As it passes the man in the chair, unnoticed by the crooks, drops a mysterious looking bag, from which a dwarf of a man wriggles, and climbs onto the back of the car. At the end of the ride the dwarf sends a note to the detective by means of a carrier pigeon. In the house where they take Brewster his daughter is shown to him, imprisoned in a small cell-like room. The crooks demand $10,000 for her release. Just as Brewster delivers the money, the detective and his men break into the room. In the scuffle which follows Barney Lee, the Master Crook, escapes. A thrilling chase ensues between the crook in his auto, and the detective on his motorcycle. A clever scheme to elude the detective fails. By means of a rope, which his chauffeur lowers from a high bridge, Barney Lee escapes from a motor boat. The detective arrives on the bridge and cuts the rope, and so foils the escape of one of Lee's accomplices. He then follows Barney Lee, who seeks refuge in the Eiffel Tower." The chase up the tower, and the crook, in desperation, climbing out onto the beams, is intensely thrilling, and then, retribution is meted out to the Master Crook, when his foot slips, and his body falls from the dizzy height. The detective recovers the money and restores it to Brewster. Ruth is delighted when Byrnes hands her the beautiful carrier pigeon which enacted such an important part in this thrilling adventure.
- In the first entry in the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, the night telegraph operator at Lone Point, relieves Benton, the day operator, several hours ahead of time, because he is caring for his sick child. Receiving an order to sidetrack a freight until the fast mail passes, Helen mounts a horse, takes a short cut, leaps from a fifty foot cliff into a river, catches up with the freight, leaps aboard the locomotive, and gets the engineer to stop just in time to avert a horrible wreck.
- Andrews, the telegrapher at Flint, a lonely station, receives a message ordering the operator at Crow's Landing to hold Fast Freight 3205 until the East Bound Passenger passes. Before Andrews can relay the message, he is stricken with fever. Annie, his wife, discovers Andrew's condition and helps him to their home near the station. The girl takes her husband's place at the key. She discovers the message which should have been relayed. Horrified, Annie desperately calls up Crow's Landing. Jamison, the operator at that station, is conversing with the crew of Fast Freight 3205 and does not hear the clicking of his receiver. Later, the freight pulls out. Delirious, Andrews knocks over the kitchen stove, setting fire to the house. Annie realizes her husband's peril. Torn between fear for his safety and duty's call, the girl hesitates. Deciding that the safety of the passengers demands that she stick by her post, Annie continues in her desperate efforts to raise Crow's Landing. Jamison finally receives the message. Its terrible import is revealed to him. The man sees an electric work-car on the siding. He commandeers it and dashes in pursuit of the freight. Jamison having received her message, Annie runs over to the house. Dashing through the flames, she rescues her husband. At the same time, Jamison overhauls the freight and gives warning. The freight backs up at full speed and reaches the siding just as the East Bound Passenger flashes by. Word of Annie's heroism reaches the ears of the president of the road. In recognition of her heroism, the officials build a house and present it to Andrews and Annie, to replace the one which was destroyed.
- When Boston Blackie, a tramp, arrives in a little town, the station agent refuses him food, but the man's daughter interferes and persuades her father to feed him. Later he is joined by Red and Slim, a couple of his crook pals, who plan a holdup of the station agent and ask him to join the plan, but just as the robbery is about to be pulled off, he discovers that the agent is Anna's father and refuses. Afraid he will interfere, Red and Slim tie him up and set off, but find Anna tending the station in place of her father, who is ill. The robbers think they have a cinch; they terrify Anna and proceed to help themselves, getting very drunk. They insult Anna, whom they have frightened but have not tied up, leaving her free, though unable to get out or to reach the telegraph key. Blackie rolls over to the track and lies in such a position that a passing train cuts his bonds. He hastens to the rescue, and after a big fight captures the crooks and turns them over to the constable. Next day he is rewarded by the agent, who secures him a place as a student freight "brakie" running out of town. Later Blackie is successful and in love with the agent's daughter. The two crooks have sworn vengeance against Blackie and while the latter is '"braking" the two crooks board his train at a lonely water tank and are discovered by Blackie, who fights them and cleans them up. Even thirstier for vengeance after being thrown off the train, they return to town and lay for him, finally planning to avenge themselves on him through Anna. The plan is to put her on a car on a grade and send her flying down grade to her death at a curve by the river. The two crooks lure her into the yards by a fake note purporting to come from Blackie, but Blackie returns in time to warn the girl. Dressed up in sunbonnet, Blackie goes to the car but is overpowered and the crooks start the car rolling down the grade, first setting the switch to throw the car over an embankment into the river. Blackie loosens his hands but the car is going too fast for him to escape, and he goes into the river with the car, but he crawls out unhurt and meets the girl, who has forced the two crooks at the point of a gun to ride her on a handcar in pursuit of the runaway cars. The two crooks are caught and Anna helps rescue Blackie.
- Helen, the telegrapher at Downing Junction, receives word that an engineer has been accidentally shot by a partridge hunter, and the runaway train will collide with the Eastbound Express. Helen jumps onto a nearby standing locomotive, opens it up full throttle, catches up the Express, warns the engineer of the impending danger, sidetracks the Express, and halts the runaway train in the nick of time.
- A member of a counterfeiting gang gives a forged note to his daughter. When she spends it on a dress the note ends up in the hands of the secret service, who then bring the entire gang to justice.
- Jilted by his sweetheart, Bob Fordyce, a Texas cowboy, leaves home and goes farther west. In San Miguel he gets into an argument with one of the followers of the Cibelo Kid, a notorious outlaw, who draws his gun and cold-bloodedly shoots him. When his mother and brother, Clay, hear of his death, the latter vows to avenge it, and, going to San Miguel, he also is wounded in an altercation with the Kid. He takes refuge at Doc Booth's ranch, and in order to make old man Booth give him up, the Kid captures Freda, his only daughters, and takes her to the outlaws' mountain stronghold, and there keeps her prisoner. The scenes are, by the way, very fine indeed.
- Jim Sherman, a Northerner, living in the South, joins the Federal forces. His heroic wife, Jane, and his baby daughter, Lillian, bid him a sad farewell. The Federal recruits are quartered some miles down the river, and there come tidings to the new soldier from his wife and little daughter, and he returns them a letter, which they open feverishly for news. He encloses a little letter for the child, and she is delighted. Immediately she laboriously starts out to send a letter to her father in reply. Just about this time a lot of Confederate officers, who are making a daring reconnaissance toward the Federal lines, drive into the yard of the Sherman home and take possession of the house. The mother is very much frightened at this invasion, but the officers are gentlemen, and are soon made at home. Lillian quickly makes friends with the men. The business of the officers, however, is urgent, and they soon dismiss the family from the room, get out a war map and as Lillian has returned and is playing on the floor with her doll she is allowed to remain in the room. They set her down from the table, where they have been showing her the map, and while she is apparently innocently playing with her doll, she is all ears, listening to their plans for the capture of the Federal camp, where her father is stationed. This plan is embraced in a message that Col. Mooney places in his hat. Lillian purposely breaks the head of her favorite doll, then shows it tearfully to Col. Sayles, who tells her to take it to her mother to be mended. She exits in presumable great grief. Once out of the room, she rushes joyously to her mother and explains to her what she has heard. The mother realizes the importance of the message, and when she invites the officers to lunch, instructs Lillian to get the note if possible, and make a copy of it. The child follows instructions, replaces the original in the hat that has been left in the front room, and afterwards gives her mother the copy. While the men are still at the table, Jane, the mother, rushes to the stables, secures a mount and quietly rides toward the Yankee lines. As the officers are weary from the hard riding, and wish to give the horses a rest, they take long leisure at the luncheon, but after a while time presses and they go back to the front room. Maj. Mooney, examining his hat and finding his message still there, is unsuspicious and sends the orderly to the stable to get their mounts ready. Meantime, little Lillian uses her wiles with such charm that the officers are loath to leave such pleasant company and resume their hard ride. When the orderly returns from the stable and reports "one horse shy," there is instant commotion. Until now the lady of the house has not been missed. There is a grand rush to the stable and the old hostler is threatened with death if he does not tell them who has taken the horse. He stolidly refuses to give the information, and they return to the house, questioning the child and threatening to cut off her ears unless she tells them where her mother is, but she simply laughs in the faces of the officers. They see questions are useless and as time is passing, decide at once to ride forward. In the meantime, Jane is speeding toward the Yankee camp with the information safe in the sole of her shoe. Eventually she comes to a bridge, where she sees a picket-post that will make her passage impossible. She deserts her horse and, running a distance through the woods, swims the stream a distance above the bridge. She reaches the Yankee camp and is led to headquarters with her news. Instantly there is a commotion in response. The entire camp is up in arms. Jim meets his wife, and is ordered to take personal charge of her. The Union soldiers take the bridge where the picket-post which blocked Jane's path is stationed and quietly advance on the general body, and the Confederates, instead of surprising them as originally planned, are themselves surprised and overcome. The Federal charge is quick and decisive. The Confederates retreat in disorder. The Colonel in command, out of gratitude for the valuable service of Jim's brave wife, gives him a three months' furlough to visit his home, where the Confederate coup was frustrated by the cunning of baby Lillian.
- At the Embassy Ball, Leona, daughter of Mr. Bryce, meets Tagisha, a wealthy Japanese. He becomes infatuated with her, but she refuses his advances. Mr. Bryce dies from grief and worry over financial troubles and Tagisha employs a spy to follow Leona, who, left destitute, becomes a model for Richard Manley, an artist. Later, she marries the artist and they go on their honeymoon to Japan, visiting Richard's friend, Harold Marsden, Consul to Tokio. Tagisha, after an unsuccessful attempt to stab Richard, follows them to Japan. As they are about to return to America on the steamer "Americus." /1 Tagisha, by a clever ruse, succeeds in kidnapping Leona. Her husband does not miss Leona, supposing her to be in their stateroom. Leona, although carefully guarded by Tagisha's spy, finally attracts the attention of a Japanese boy, throws him a Japanese coat given her by Harold, with a note appealing to whoever finds it, to direct the boy to the steamer "Americus." The boy arrives after the steamer has sailed. Harold sees him with the coat, reads the note, and after a terrific struggle with Tagisha, who is killed, he succeeds in rescuing Leona. Leona sails on the following day aboard "The Mikado," Harold sending Richard, on the "Americus," a wireless to that effect. "The Mikado" strikes an iceberg and is wrecked with a loss of many lives. "The Americus'' receives a wireless call for help from the sinking steamer and goes to the rescue. Richard knowing Leona is on that steamer, is nearly frantic. "The Americus" arrives in time to rescue some of the "Mikado's" passengers. Leona is missing and her husband is grief-stricken. Holding to a piece of wreckage, she is picked up by a Japanese fisherman and brought back to Japan, where she notifies Harold of her safety. He sends word to Richard, but he has left his old haunts, believing Leona dead. Leona returns to America, but cannot locate her husband. He has become a recluse. After six years he comes back and sees in the paper an account of a strange woman risking her life to save a picture painted by him. He decides to visit the hospital where she has been taken and there Leona and he meet, face to face. After the first shock and their recognition, they are soon clasped in each other's embrace.
- The day that Dr. Hall's lighting patents are issued he learns that his pretended friend, Schatte, has received patents on the same device. Dr. Hall attends Schatte's demonstration and learns that his ideas have been stolen. Schatte sells his patents to the electrical combine and gets a large advance. Dunn, Hall's assistant, has been selling his employer's secrets to Schatte. Dr. Hall discharges all his assistants, not knowing which one betrayed him, and advertises for a new one. Mrs. Hall after pleading with her husband is allowed to become the assistant and while working with her husband in the laboratory she is blinded by escaping current. She becomes totally blind. Dr. Hall, later, while conferring with his financial backers, telephones his wife, and while doing so conceives the idea of constructing a seeing telephone or "tele-photophone." Schatte tries to get a further advance from the head of the electrical combine, on his stolen invention he has sold and is told that he cannot get more money until he invents something epochal. He is shown the clipping describing Dr. Hall's "tele-photophone." Dunn demands more money from Schatte and Schatte has Dunn arrested for blackmail. Dunn, convicted and sent to prison, exposes Schatte in the court room and Schatte is later expelled from the electrical academy for his trickery. Dr. Hall is perfecting the tele-photophone and wires are strung between his villa and laboratory for the first public demonstration. He telephones home to his wife and can see his wife and children through the tele-photophone. Schatte by crooked means gains control of the electrical combine and attacks Hall through the press. Dunn escapes from prison by a daredevil feat and makes for Dr. Hall's home. Schatte, intent that Hall's demonstration must fail, tampers with the wires. The guests arrive for the demonstration. An electrical storm comes up. Dunn makes for the Hall home and Schatte on top of the telegraph pole attempts to cut the wires. Mrs. Hall becomes frightened at the storm and while she and her children sit huddled in the front room of their home the children see Dunn peering through the glass door. Mrs. Hall telephones her husband and a realistic demonstration is seen of the tele-photophone. Dr. Hall over the telephone sees Dunn trying to gain entrance to his home. Just then lightning strikes the wires, hurls Schatte from the telegraph pole, killing him, strikes dead Dunn on the front porch of the inventor's home, and the current running into Dr. Hall's laboratory stuns the inventor. Dr. Hall recovers, however, and later gives his tele-photophone, the sensation of the age, to the world.
- Judith, daughter of a criminal, has been placed by her grandmother, a nurse, in the cradle of Edna, the little Duchess of Burville. The real heiress is brought up as a singing girl at a rough inn, kept by the old evil-faced nurse, Roxana. In the twenty-five years that pass, the false Duchess manifests the strength of heredity, her father's evil tendencies coming to the front. Judith falls in love with Lord Norman, a poet, and in his honor gives a ball at the magnificent Burville Castle. The poet, however, does not reciprocate her affections. Later he bears Edna, the singing girl, on the street. He is startled at the resemblance between Edna and the Duchess of Burville. Enchanted by her singing, he trails Edna to her home and then starts wooing, which is even carried to the point where the poet dons the clothes of a workman in order to be near his sweet singing girl. Roxana is pressed for money by a confederate, and Roxana in desperation goes to the false Duchess and explains to her the secret of her birth, and demands money as a price of silence. Judith tells her to come later. In the evening the confederate grows more furious in his demands, and not trusting Roxana out of his sight, he insists upon Edna being sent to the castle for the hush money. Edna received by the false Duchess, who decoys her which she falls into the absence, the grandmother into an altercation. There is a fight and the lamp is upset, and the house is set on fire. Lord Norman, seeking Edna, comes in and finds the café smothered in smoke. Going upstairs into the flames he encounters a form upon the floor, and thinking it to be Edna, he struggle down the stairs with it. It is Roxana, who, dying, confesses that Edna is the real Duchess, and that she had been sent to the castle. Hurrying away to the castle, Lord Norman demands to see Edna. Judith's actions convinces him that she has been put out of the way. He accuses her of the crime. Under his fiery denunciations, Judith shows him where Edna had been dropped into the sewers underneath the house, and down into their murky depths goes the lover. He finds Edna stunned, but otherwise unhurt by the fall. They make their way to freedom. Meanwhile, in the castle, Judith, overcome by remorse, has ended her wicked life. Edna is restored to her rightful position, there to enjoy the love of he who had loved her as a humble street singer.
- Brandt, a defaulting cashier, hiding in Lone Point in his effort to throw detectives off his track, cuts the wires of Helen's telephone to prevent her from calling for help, binds and gags her, and boards the outgoing Limited. Freed by Detective Sheridan, the two of them get into a gasoline speeder standing on the sidetrack and pursue the Limited. Knowing he is to be captured, Brandt jumps off the train and is killed.
- Members of the Norwegian cabinet have trumped up charges against their ambassador in Berlin, whom they want to get rid of. The ambassador has secured a certificate copy of the evidence of the "fake" charge. He is visited by the Countess Helgska, a spy, who pretends to be his friend, and she steals the papers to prevent the exposure of the cabinet members. The ambassador discovers the loss and gets Detective Burnes to work on the case. The ambassador faces trial on the morrow, and unless he can refute the charges, with the evidence he has secured, he will be ruined. Burnes gives chase after the countess, who is escaping in an automobile. She throws off her pursuer by assuming a disguise and changing from one automobile to another. The detective halts the first car and by bribing the chauffeur picks up the trail. The countess is on her way to the railway station. Arriving, she telegraphs the foreign bureau that she has the papers and they should have a special train ready to take her to the Helger Danske decks, from where she will resume her homeward journey. Burnes arrives at the station in time to see the train pull out. He reads the countess' message in the telegraph office. He wires ahead to his men to waylay the special and hold the countess. There is but one route to the Helger Danske decks and he is sure of getting her. In the meantime Burnes, by a short route, reaches the ferry. She fools the detective by assuming a disguise and gets her special train. The detective attempts to follow her, but she loses him. He takes a cab to the scene where his men are awaiting the special train. The train is held up, but the countess escapes from the rear, through the underbrush. Burnes arriving, finds the bird has flown and in the meantime the countess has bribed his driver and rides away in his cab. Burnes improvises a telephone in mid-air and phones for an aeroplane, which is the quickest way to catch the countess. He flies away and arrives at the Helger Danske decks, where he changes roles with a stoker. The countess walks into his arms when she enters a tugboat which is to take her to the steamer. On board the Helger Danske, Burnes enlists his fellow worker to help him get back the "fake" evidence. Together the men go aloft and Burnes, peering into the countess' cabin, sees her with the papers. His helper gets a lifeboat ready and Burnes, entering the cabin, attempts to get the papers. The countess struggles and he pulls her to the deck, where he finally gets the papers. The lifeboat is lowered and the detective and his man escape. The countess is beaten and must proceed to report failure. In the meantime the lifeboat sinks, and the men after a struggle in the stormy sea, are washed ashore. Burnes has but a few hours to return the papers, as the trial will be held. He rushes back and safely delivers the "fake" charges that will clear the ambassador.
- The Duke of Harrington, who is engaged to the Baroness Rauxel, a millionairess, is in financial difficulties, and is beset by his creditors for immediate settlement of their claims. In agony of mind, he cannot conceive how his honor can be saved, until he recalls a dangerous and daring "Fire Act," which he witnessed years ago in India, and which he thinks might be turned to good account as a music-hall "turn." Disguising himself, he secures a two months' contract to perform such act, at a salary of £1,000 per month, under the pseudonym of "The Great Unknown." While signing the contract he is introduced to Lola Vandissen, an actress who evinces great interest in his forthcoming performance. The first night arrives, and the thrilling "Fire Act" is received with tremendous ovation from both audience and members of the company. The identity of "The Great Unknown," however, remains a secret, and he continues his attentions to the Baroness, who, hearing of the wonderful performance, asks him to take her to the theater to witness it. He cannot refuse, and conducts her one evening, but arranges with an attendant to call him away on "business" just before his turn is due. This is done, the "Fire Act" is given, and he returns to the Baroness. While behind the scenes, however, he is a witness of Lola's jealousy, who creates a scene when she discovers her fiancé in the act of kissing another artist. "The Unknown" calms Lola's temper, and her interest in him is further aroused, until she determines to discover his identity. She encounters him entering his dressing room without his disguise, but he eludes her, although she waits for him to emerge after his act. It is apparent, however, that Lola and "The Unknown" are attracted to each other, although Lola creates another scene with her fiancé on account of his attentions elsewhere. One night, during the performance of the "Fire Act" there is an accident to "The Unknown" apparatus. The theater catches fire, and in the panic which ensues, and which is most realistically portrayed, a performing baboon, which has been continually tormented by Lola's fiancé, breaks loose from its cage. The "Unknown," seeing the animal at liberty, takes refuge in the corridor of the theater, from where he is a witness to Lola's fiancé being overcome by smoke, and falling senseless to the ground, and to the baboon, who has been trained to use a knife, finding him and instantly stabbing him to death, afterwards escaping through a window. Lola, who has previously been rescued from the flames by "The Unknown," rushes along the corridor and discovers the dead body of her fiancé. She is horror-stricken and falls on her knees, staining her dress with his blood. She is discovered by the other artists and attendants, and promptly accused of the murder, and although "The Unknown" is aware of the actual culprit, he is afraid to speak for fear of betraying his identity and thus jeopardizing his engagement with the Baroness. Lola is brought to trial. "The Unknown" engages the best known counsel to conduct her defense, and, by an irony of fate, is chosen as foreman of the jury. The day of the trial arrives, and the court scene is in harmony with the gorgeous staging of the whole production, magnificently represented. Evidence is given that Lola was found beside the dead man's body, and that her handkerchief and dress were besmeared with blood, while several witnesses testify to the scenes which aroused her jealousy at the theater. Notwithstanding all the efforts of the Duke, she is found guilty, but before sentence is pronounced, the Duke's conscience triumphs and he asks to be allowed to speak. Amid breathless excitement he explains how he, the Duke, is the famous "Great Unknown," and tells the court how he witnessed the murder by the Baboon. Among the audience in the court is the Baroness, his fiancée, who, at his explanation, leaves the court in disgust. The verdict is reversed, Lola is released, and on the following morning she is seen entering her rooms accompanied by the Duke. She thanks him for saving her life, and tells him of her intentions of going abroad. This the Duke will not hear of, and instances his devotion in having announced his identity in order to save her life. Lola needs little convincing of the depth of the Duke's love for her, and the story ends with the lovers in close embrace.
- A crook seeks to marry a girl by framing her for forgery and smashing her benefactor's bank.
- A doctor discovers a new serum, which when used right by any physician, is a preventative of madness.
- Erickson, an inventor of high explosives, manufactures a compound for the U.S. Government, but will not sell the secret of its ingredients, as he wishes his family (which consists of a son and daughter) to still benefit by his formula in case of bis death. The daughter, Lillian, is in love with one of the clerks in the War Department, who is in reality a foreign spy. Another country tries to buy the explosive, but Erickson's patriotism will not permit him to sell it. To prevent the secret from perishing with him at his death, he starts to write out the formula, but Lillian's sweetheart, Brack, watches what he is writing. This is seen by young Erickson, who orders Brack from the house. Lillian protests until told what he had done when she, too, denounces her lover. The inventor, to safeguard himself and family in case of his death, writes out the formula in a way that only his children will be able to read it. It is placed in an envelope and sent to the War Department with the instruction that it is only opened in case of his death and in presence of his family. Brack learns of this and at the instigation of his chief hires two cracksmen to open the safe and secure the formula. The inventor dies suddenly, and the cracksmen are interrupted in their work by a messenger sent to secure the formula. They capture the messenger and steal the envelope. Brack takes it to his superior and when the latter opens it it is found to contain nothing but a diagram of some bottles and a blank sheet of paper, with the instruction on the envelope that the key is in the desk drawer. Young Erlckson, judging that they will return for the keys, lies in wait for them. He captures them just as they climb in the window. On obtaining the envelope Eriekson, Jr., is as much mystified as they were for the key (which is a real metal one) has a tag on which is written "burn diagram." While he and his sister are puzzling over this, his cigarette accidentally lights the blank sheet of paper. It burns in a peculiar manner and leaves an intricate design which, when fitted over the diagram of bottles, gives them the formula.
- Wildemar, a man of wealth and influence, has been robbed of a pearl necklace worth many thousands of dollars. His secretary, who has been the only man in the room when the robbery took place, is accused of the theft and arrested. Nick Winter, the great detective, is called to unravel the case but cannot find any proof that the secretary has had anything to do with it. He has an inspiration and has himself appointed as secretary to Wildemar. Wearing a disguise that prevents Wildemar from recognizing him he discovers that his employer is in great need of money. He also finds out that Wildemar has put in a claim for insurance on the stolen necklace. While in the library Wildemar gets a letter from one of his friends enclosing ten thousand dollars. He is called out for a few minutes and when he returns he discovers that the money is missing. He accuses the new secretary and to save himself Nick Winter has to tell who he is. They go out of the room for a few minutes and when they return they find that it has been upset and that several articles are missing. Nick is invited to stay for dinner and while attempting to carve the chicken runs across the pearl necklace basted within the fowl. They all leave the table and rush to the butcher around the corner but he knows nothing of it. As they are talking to him a woman customer comes in and complains that she has found more than she ordered in a cake. Investigation reveals the great detective's pipe, one of the missing articles. Winter is again momentarily stumped but seeing a box move in the yard he rushes out and discovers underneath a sewer opening. Winter leaves his hat and coat above while he descends to investigate the mysterious underground chamber and when he returns after having found nothing he discovers to his amazement that both his hat and coat are gone. They return to the house where the first thing that confronts Winter in the library is his hat and coat. As he stands deeply thinking of the many mysteries they have encountered the lights are suddenly turned out and Winter has a happy thought. It leads him a merry chase through, over, around, between, up, down, and into some of the most amusing places and incidents imaginable. But he gets there, lands the culprit and unravels the mystery. Who is the culprit? That's the question and before you find out you will have enjoyed a laugh feast that will make you feel like an optimist of the first water.
- After a severe storm in the Alps a party of guides discovers a deserted infant lying in the snow. They carry the child to a peasant woman who agrees to bring it up with her own little son. The only clue to the baby's identity is a gold locket engraved with a regal monogram, and it is not until twenty years later that the truth is discovered. Then Ivan, Grand Duke of Slavonia, learns that the girl is his own niece who was reported lost in a snowstorm, and he sends Count Thurnia to bring her back to Slavonia. The girl, Clarissa, has married Boris, the son of her rescuer, and learning that the Duke wishes her to abandon her humble husband, she refuses to go with Count Thurnia. Whilst Thurnia is in the cottage Clarissa's husband returns home, and the woman, not wishing him to know of her high birth, hides the Count in an attic. Boris enters with a stranger who he has saved from the snow, and the unknown reveals himself as Captain Gergius, a Slavonian officer who is carrying dispatches through Slavonia being at war with Greria. Boris promises to help the Captain and lends him a suit of clothes. Then they leave the cottage door together. Count Thurnia who has overheard their plans decides on a treacherous plan to remove Boris from his path. He hastens to the camp of the Grerian Army near and betrays Boris to the soldiers of Greria. There is an exciting chase through the snow, and Captain Sergius, exhausted, gives the dispatches to Boris to deliver. Boris escapes, but Sergius is captured and executed, although because of his dress and the fact that he carries no papers, the soldiers believe him to be a peasant. Thurnia returns to Clarissa and tells her that her husband has been killed, and the woman, for the sake of her child, agrees to accept the Grand Duke's offer. She becomes a member of her uncle's household, but although surrounded by every luxury, is always unhappy. Thurnia, who is badly in need of money, presses her to marry him, and when she persists in her refusal, engages a desperado to kidnap Clarissa's child. He then tells Clarissa that unless she allows him to announce their engagement she will never see her child again. Meanwhile, Boris, after many adventures, returns to his mountain home to find it deserted. He tries in vain to trace his wife, and, brokenhearted, obtains employment as a boatman on a river in Slavonia. By a turn of fate Boris is able to save his own child from the hands of Thurnia's hireling, and there follows a happy reunion between husband and wife. Count Thurnia takes his own life, and the clouds that had settled over Boris and Clarissa are dispelled forever in the sunshine of happiness.
- Frederic de Peyton-Reuter had known riches all his young life, and like his father before him, became an enthusiast over curios. It was while visiting a curio shop that he met the proprietors niece, Miriam. He had gone there to have an ivory fan repaired. Fangbone, the shrewd Russian proprietor, knew that Frederic was fascinated with his niece, and for that reason delayed repairing the fan. It was a bright brisk afternoon, when Reuter called for the fan in his fifteenth trip; he had learned to love Miriam. Irtski, an enemy of Fangbone and a member of a black hand gang, steals cautiously into the merchant's private office and prints an insignia on the broken fan leaf, which means "death." Reuter, as we said before, called at the shop for his fan and to see the pretty Miriam. There was a shot, and as he turned about he saw the lifeless body of Fangbone falling to the floor. Miriam cried to her lover to leave at once, and when the police entered, they found her sobbing her heart out, over the death of her uncle. The revolver was found at her side and she was accused of the murder. Hyde, the famous detective, is engaged to solve the mystery by Major Ales Monro, Reuter's counsel. The detective gathers all the evidence, arranges a plot and finally captures the real murderer. Miriam is exonerated and Renter claims her for his own.
- The old millionaire had a son and a niece. The son had well nigh broken the old millionaire's heart by his extravagances, while the niece was all that any man could desire. After many attempts to reform the son, the millionaire finally made his will leaving everything to the niece and urging her to do what she could to reform the son. The document was drawn in the office of a lawyer and it happened that his clerk was a friend of the son. The clerk saw the chance to make some money and proposed to the son that the will be suppressed. The son accepted, the clerk acted and when the millionaire died the lawyer could not find any will, although he had carefully deposited it in his own safe. Under the circumstances the son inherited everything and the niece was turned out into the world. One of the servants, who dearly loved the niece, was the old housekeeper, and although she loathed her new master she remained at her post, being convinced that there had been crooked work and declaring that she will expose him. Fortune played in her favor and the plucky old woman recovered the document in an extremely novel way. She turned it over to the lawyer at his suburban home and was followed by the crooks who were, however, unable to overtake her. During the night they tried to steal the document from the house, but the lawyer was alert. In the shuffle that ensued a lighted lamp was upset and the house was soon in flames. A brave fireman came to the rescue, however, and managed to save the will, which turned the good niece into a wealthy woman and made the reckless son dependent upon her bounty.
- Silas Sterling, a member of the coast guard at Niles, Maine, when a young man, picks up a ship's emergency raft that drifts ashore from a wrecked vessel. Upon the raft is found a six-month-old girl baby. Silas carries the baby to his home, and, no one having been found to claim her and rather than see her enter the foundlings' home, he prevails upon his mother to adopt her. A few years later, Silas has a friend, Captain Dayrell, who sails away on the "Nancy Lee." The time for him to return is at hand when, in place of his trim little schooner entering the harbor, there arrives for the captain of the coast guard a telegram, stating that Captain Dayrell has been lost with all on board. Silas accompanies Jonathan, captain of the coast guard, and they depart to break the news to Mrs. Dayrell. The shock kills her. She leaves behind a fourteen-year-old son. The grief of the son affects Silas, and he gives him a home beneath his own roof. Ten more years have turned, and we find Hetty, the girl picked up from the ship's raft, growing into young womanhood; and Richard, Captain Dayrell's boy, a young man, and mate on board the "Mary Jane." One day Richard sails away. Silas notes at the parting the sad light that came in Hetty's eyes. Richard returns from his voyage, and asks Hetty to marry him. Hetty refuses, producing before him visions of herself being saved from the sea, and a vision of him clinging to his dead mother and of Silas gently taking him away, while saying, "Your home shall he my home.'* She tells Richard that they both owe it to Silas, saying that if he should ask her to marry him she must do so as a duty. Later as Silas arrives on the scene she tells him that she loves Richard only as a brother and that she will marry him. Dejected. Richard leaves, and Hetty and Silas are married. A year later, Richard's ship strikes a rock as he is nearing port in a bad sea. Rockets are fired from the ship, and the coast guard answers the summons. Through the glasses Silas sees that it is Richard's ship. The crew tries to launch the boats, but it is impossible. However, as the vessel is dashed toward the rocks, they succeed in forcing a line into the rigging and landing some of the crew. As Richard takes his place on the line the vessel strikes again. His hold is broken and he falls into the sea. Later, Silas is searching the sea with the glasses, and makes out Richard clinging to a bell buoy at the mouth of the harbor. He reaches Richard in time to save him. Upon reaching the shore, Hetty forgets herself and lavishes all her attention upon Richard. In the meantime Silas had endorsed a note for a friend. The note is not paid, and Silas is forced to sell the mill left him by his father to meet the debt. Thus he brings his wife and baby to poverty. Silas meditates, and being too old to make a fresh start, decides to leave, and leaves Hetty to Richard. Captain Fox is leaving port on a voyage to the Arctic Sea. Silas ships with him. The party reach the ice fields, and one day the ship becomes jammed in the ice flow. The food gives out, and Captain Fox calls for men who will dare cross the ice in the hope of bringing relief. Silas goes, but on the sixth day he falls between an ice crevice and loses all his provisions. Days later the ship sends out a searching party, and they find Silas dead. Later the ship frees herself from the ice field and Captain Fox sets sail for home. He tells Hetty of Silas and his end. A year later a pretty little wedding takes place in the quaint little fishing village church. Hetty and Richard are led to the altar.
- Gray is a scout. He and his wife are traveling West with other settlers and soldiers. It is Gray who has the tragic fight with the Indian, which results in the loss of his memory. Gray slinks away into the mountains, attended by the sister of the Indian he fought, who has taken a fancy to him. Later, this squaw falls in love with Gray and guards him jealously. Time passes on. Gray's wife, Grace, forgets him in the good time she is having at the Fort flirting with the officers, and in particular with Lieutenant Lloyd. He proposes to her and she, thinking her husband dead, accepts. Time comes when miners and others complain of a bad man who throws rocks at them and seems impervious to their shots. Soldiers are sent to get this fellow, but he manages to drop from a tree upon a prospector and escape. Many times the soldiers and miners try to get him, but fail. Grace's wedding day arrives. She and Lloyd walk in the woods. Lloyd returns to the Fort for a few moments and it is during his absence that Grace comes face to face with the famous 'Mad Hermit,' her husband. She backs off, horrified. When Grace goes, the squaw approaches Gray, whose memory is returning through the meeting with his wife. Gray returns to his cave to gather his wits and the Indian follows, angered. Grace seeks her room in terror. She takes a revolver and goes into the woods again to kill the man who once loved her. She fails when Gray comes upon her suddenly; she returns to the house and starts to dress for the wedding. That night Gray follows and enters her room. Alone, he is confronted with Lloyd, and a terrific fight ensues. The squaw, furious with jealousy, sees a shadow from the outside and shoots. Lloyd staggers into the room to lift Grace, but is pushed aside by Gray, who tenderly lifts the woman and starts away with her, laughing wildly at Lloyd and the assembled guests.
- A spy saves the foreign secretary's daughter from drowning, photographs a secret treaty, and is shot down by his pilot fiancée.
- Red Eagle is thrown by his horse and injured. Settlers westward-bound pick him up and nurse him back to health. Red Eagle leaves for his own habitation, promising that he will someday reciprocate their kindness. A year later finds them in their permanent homes. Baby Early is left with her grandmother, while the other members of the family are at the round-up. Early seeing an Indian steal two of their horses, gives the alarm. In a thrilling chase the Indian is captured, but after a good beating is let go. Bad Indian, seeking revenge, kidnaps Early. Red Eagle, a member of the same tribe, recognizes Early and decides to restore her to the settlers who had saved his life. Bad Indian sets upon him and in the struggle is killed by Red Eagle, who escapes with Early. Ten years pass. Early has grown up as the adopted daughter of Red Eagle. Roy, an artist from the east, meets Early and falls madly in love with her. Red Eagle tells him the life story of Early and how he came to adopt her. On his way back east, Roy stops off at a wealthy rancher's home. The sight of the rancher's old frame wagon inspires Roy to relate Red Eagle's interesting story. Curious to see the girl, the rancher and the artist set out for Red Eagle's cabin, where in a heart-touching scene the father and long lost daughter are reunited. Roy readily obtains consent to marry Early, and so the story ends happily.
- A two-reel mystery story which holds the attention from start to finish. The detective traces the owner of the hand which stole the valuable papers. Lady Curtin, wife of the minister of justice, stole the papers to satisfy a blackmailer.
- A thieving native tribe lure a settler and his daughter to the front of their home with trinkets while other natives steal the horses from their enclosure. The settler sets out to organize a posse to recapture his stolen horses.
- Anna is cruelly treated by Jepson, her father, who is the leader of a gang of whiskey traders. The girl is compelled to accompany the gang upon one of their trips to the Hopi reservation. The commandant of the post learns of the gang's activities. Captain Clark and a body of soldiers are sent to break up the traffic. The troopers come upon Jepson and his men. The criminals are beaten after a desperate battle, and their wagonload of whiskey blown up. Anna begs Clark to take her to the fort, where she will be free from her father's cruelty. Jepson's gang and the Hopis plan revenge. By a clever ruse, Captain Clark and his men are sent on a wild goose chase. That evening, Jepson drives into the fort with a wagon laden with casks, declaring that he wishes to surrender. Later, Anna learns that this is part of a devilish plot to massacre the depleted force at the post. Stealing away, she hastens after Clark and his men. At a signal the Hopis emerge from the casks, in which they have been hiding. Throwing open the gates of the stockade, they admit a force waiting outside. A terrific battle takes place. The commandant and his men are penned in one of the buildings. The criminals set fire to the house. Clark and his troopers return in the nick of time. A hand-to-hand fight ensues. The whiskey traders and Hopis are slain to the last man.
- When Dick, an aeronaut [sic] is wrongly accused of shooting Dan, a trouble-making, quarrelsome cowboy, Helen aids his escape on the outgoing Black Diamond Express. The cowboy's friends pursue the train, Helen takes to the air, heads them off, rescues Dick in the nick of time, proves his innocence, and rescues him from a lynching mob. At the final fadeout, Helen refuses marriage proposals from both Dan and Dick, preferring to pursue further hazards of her own next week.
- Young mechanic Walter Johnson has invented an automobile attachment that will revolutionize the trade. Williams, for whom he works, desires to purchase it, but his superintendent Slawery prevails upon him to allow the idea to be stolen, then discharge Johnson. Slawery has so enmeshed himself in Williams' affairs that the latter can hardly call his soul his own. Williams' daughter is in love with Johnson and overhears the plot to steal the invention and on Slawery's exit, upbraids her father for listening to such a scheme. She sees Johnson and tells him of the plot. Johnson is discharged the next day, and Slawery hires a sailor, Admanson, to steal the blueprints of the invention. Admanson then starts to blackmail Slawery. telling him that he will reveal all if he is not well paid. Slawery defies him, so Admanson tries to regain the blueprints from Williams' house. Williams hears someone breaking into his library and confronts Admanson, and in the subsequent struggle Williams is killed. Johnson has been meeting Grace clandestinely, and Slawery accuses him of the crime. A strong circumstantial case is made against him, as he had been seen leaving the house at the time of the murder. Grace's physician uncle secures a piece of the glass that Admanson broke from the window to open it. In doing this he cut his hand and a microscopic examination that the doctor makes shows that the blood adhering to the pane is from a man suffering from Kala Azur, an incurable Asian disease. The doctor, believing in Johnson's innocence, advertises that he has a sure cure for the dread malady. Admanson answers the ad, and the doctor charges him with the crime, and on being taken to the district attorney, he confesses all. Johnson is released and Grace welcomes him.