The Fielding Brothers, farmers, are served with notice of foreclosure of mortgage on their farm. George, the elder brother, is engaged to Susan Morton, who is also beloved by John Meadows, the wealthiest man in town. Meadows realizes the futility of his efforts to win Susan by fair means, and plans George's undoing and his own aggrandizement. George goes to Australia to seek his fortune, and Meadows, sure of success, selects the house for his bride, and ousts the present tenant, Isaac Levy, thus gaining the enmity of the Old Jew. Levy has been protected from Meadows' cane by George Fielding, and he now determines to protect George from the plotters. He rents an office next to Meadows, and through a hole which he bores in the wall keeps informed of their plans. Meadows' schemes are frustrated, and George returns with six thousand pounds to clear the home and claim his bride.
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