- A young girl is reared on a desert island by natives and led to believe that she is a goddess. One day an outsider comes to the island, and persuades her to accompany him to preach about the kindness and love she has experienced. She agrees, but she's soon confronted by the problems and travails of the "outside" world.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
- To further their interests, three powerful millionaires have brought Celestia, a beautiful girl, up to believe that she has been sent from Heaven to reform the world. After meeting Tommy Barclay, son of one of the millionaires, she has started her work of reform, meeting with success. A huge strike is in progress in the Pennsylvania coal fields. Tommy also at work on reform, becomes involved in this strike and a wife of one of the leaders falls in love with him. She succeeds in getting him into a compromising situation and the husband tells the miners Tommy is a spy. They are about to hang him when Celestia, who has gone to the striking town to try and prevent violence by her presence, rescues him. Tommy Barclay is elected leader of the striking miners. He and Carson and Gunsdorf visit the mine stockade to try and make some agreement with Silas Kehr, the mine owner. Arriving there, through Gunsdorfs fighting spirit they get in trouble and are locked up, Gunsdorf and Carson handcuffed, in a room. Celestia is also locked in a room. The fight between the miners and strikers begins, Kehr urging his men on. Freddy, the ferret, finally makes his way into the stockade by climbing onto one of their supply wagons, concealing himself in a potato bag, and thus being carried through the gate. Hiding in a barrel, a bomb is kicked near it and he is blown near the window in which Celestia is looking out calling for help. He breaks down the door and rescues her. Meanwhile Gunsdorf, growing impatient, starts banging on their door, and breaks it down just as Freddy is trying to get Celestia away. There is a happy reunion between Celestia and Tommy. Celestia stops the firing, speaks to the miners, telling them about the big corporation, etc., and the men become so enthused with her plan, that cheering and shouting, they send for Kehr, who arrives and hearing her plans, tells her that he will agree with the suggestions if the other millionaires do. Sends telegram to Barclay, and Barclay, Blackstone and Semmes immediately start for Bitumen. Arriving, they hear the plan, and immediately agree with it. Celestia elects Barclay as the head, and starts canvassing for him, all over the country. Everywhere she is greeted with good will, and her preaching listened to with eagerness and great interest. At Eastern Junction, Tommy, taking the stand against Celestia, tries to the best of his ability to preach against Celestia and her cause, but the people leave him, and become interested in what she is saying. Mary tells her story to him, how Celestia is a fraud, imposter, etc., and he believing, goes to her car to tell her so. He finds Stilleter, who has found his passion for Celestia becoming more and more violent, and has hypnotized her to make her love him. Tommy breaks in and breaks the hypnotic spell. Stilleter leaves angry, watches the car from behind a nearby tree. Celestia pleads with Tommy that she is very tired and he exits. Stilleter returns, hypnotizes her, telling her to meet him at five oclock, and follows the orders of the driver. Celestia falls asleep. Meanwhile Mary meets Mrs. Gunsdorf, induces her, through her desire for the big diamond ring, to enter the car and try to kill Celestia. Freddy, watching over Celestia, on steps of the car, sees her enter and catches her hand just as she is about to commit the crime. Celestia sends him away, speaks to Mrs. Gunsdorf, makes her see things in the right light, and forgives her. Mrs. Gunsdorf, meeting Mary, denounces her. Her angry voice is carried to Tommy, and he comes forward, demands to hear the rest. Mrs. Gunsdorf tells him. Mary, angry, pleads with him. He expresses a desire never to see or speak to her again and leaves her. Celestia tells him of Freddys rescue. They are interrupted by the alarm clock ringing the hour of five. Celestia pleads an engagement. Interrupted by the entrance of the chauffeur, Tommy and Freddy follow Celestia and the driver to the car, where they trip the driver up. Tommy takes the wheel and Freddy jumps in the car after it has started. Tommy determines to show her the heaven she came from. Stilleter follows in a hired car, the driver having told him of Tommys intentions. Stilleter manages to arrive at the cave first, and later hits Tommy on the head with a rock, knocking him unconscious. He grabs Celestia by the hand, dragging her off. Her cries for help are overheard by Freddy, the ferret. He rushes to her rescue. Stilleter, about to show her the crystal, to hypnotize her, is knocked over by Freddy the ferret. Stilleter loses his glasses, without which he cannot see a thing. Freddy learning this, picks them up and throws them away, telling Stilleter to find them. In his search for the glasses, Stilleter steps on a large rattlesnake and dies from the snake bite. On his death, the power he has had over Celestia leaves her, and she sees everything clearly again. Tommy and she leave with Freddy to reveal the scheme to the people. Arrived in the city they read of the big meeting and speech of Barclays at the Gardens and rush there. Celestia is greeted with cheers. Barclay, Semmes and Blackstone sneak off. Celestia confesses, and Gunsdorf, infuriated, leads the people who are mad with anger on to kill the three rich men. Celestia and Tommy start for Gull Isle. Freddy warns the three men, who hastily prepare to leave. The police are unable to stem the infuriated rush of the people as they try to force their way to Barclays home. The crowd fights their way in to the home of Barclay, where the three men with Freddy have taken refuge. The three men escaping from the room, are seen by Gunsdorf, and the mob. Gunsdorf shoots and kills Semmes. The other three escape in Barclays car. Gunsdorf shoots and kills Blackstone, as he is about to get into the car. The chauffeur gets up speed and, overtaken by the motorcycle cop, is stopped. Freddy knocks him over for interfering, and they escape. Gunsdorf hires a taxi, and pursues them. Arrived at the railroad station where Freddy and Barclay get on a train, followed by Gunsdorf. They hire a boat, or launch, to take them over to Gull Isle. Gunsdorf knocks the boatman out, and takes his place. He attacks Barclay on the boat, is thrown overboard by Freddy. Barclay goes in after Gunsdorf, who gets a hold of him, strangles him, and they both drown together. Tommy and Celestia arrive on the island, welcomed by Parson Smollett. Freddy arrives in his boat and tells his story. Tommy gives him a good round sum, and he and his family start a small store. Mary Blackstone, giving her wealth to the poor, enters the hospital as a nurse, and Mrs. Gunsdorf devotes her time to charity. Time heals all wounds, and Tommy and Celestia are happy on the island. -- Moving Picture World synopsis
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