- Young lord of Whitehall Manor, Sir Anthony Elliott, becomes secretly engaged to Elinore Vane, but she marries his brother Paul. Resentful Anthony, decides to go to America, Nina Desmond, whom he earlier rescued from a fall, asks to go with him, but he refuses. Nina overhears him also refuse Elinore, whom Paul mistreats. After Nina sees Elinore stab herself, she threatens to accuse Anthony of murder unless he takes her, but still he refuses. The morning after Anthony is sentenced to hang, he is found dead in his cell. Five years later, Paul, living with Nina in Monte Carlo, hopes to get money from the manor's new tenants, Mrs. Edgerton, a wealthy American, and her daughter Dolores. After Dolores sees a mysterious gondola, she discovers Anthony living in a secret room. He explains that while in jail his mother gave him a potion which made him appear dead. After Dolores tricks Nina into writing a confession, Anthony professes his love for Dolores.—Pamela Short
- Sir Anthony Elliott, an artist, is secretly engaged to Elinore Vane. At the same time that Anthony gets a letter from his brother, Paul, that he is coming to London for a visit, Elinore gets word that her friend, Nina, is to pay her a visit. The arrival of the two guests is marked by a festive event. Paul, who has been in the military in India, produces a ring which he says was given him by a dying Indian. The ring contains a vial filled with the sleep of death. Lady Rosamund, mother of the young men, allows the ring to be placed on her finger. Subsequently, while the four are out on a mountain climbing trip, Anthony rescues Nina, who has fallen over a cliff and caught on a protruding snag. In consequence of the rescue, a strong friendship is engendered between Nina and Anthony. On the other hand, as warm a friendship has arisen between Elinore and Paul, much to Anthony's discomfort. Upon questioning her as to whether she has told Paul of her engagement to his brother, Elinore tells Anthony that she has not mentioned it to him. Rather than cause a breach in the family, Anthony countenances the love affair of Paul and Elinore, and they are married. In a short time Paul becomes a gambler. In his bachelor apartments in London, Anthony is visited by Nina, who admits her great love for him, and implores him to take her to America with him. She sacrifices all her pride in the manifestation of her affection for him. He repulses her, however, and hearing Elinore approach, directs her quickly into the next room. Elinore enters and tells Anthony how unfaithful Paul has been to her, and asks him to take her to America with him. Anthony refuses flatly. Elinore then uses invective language, and a paper knife, which Anthony has been handling, stiffens in his hand. Nina gives a startled scream from behind the door where she has been watching through the keyhole. She decides to get even with Anthony and accuses him of the murder of Elinore. Anthony is accordingly sentenced to death for murder, and is found dead in his cell the morning after the trial. Lady Rosamund leaves part of the Castle to Dolores Edgerton and her mother. One evening, Dolores sees a gondola in the lake near the Castle, and curious to know who is in it, she investigates and discovers a secret compartment under the Castle, occupied by a man, an artist. She tells no one and visits the place several times. Eventually, Anthony, for it is he, tells her how he was given the sleep of death by Lady Rosamund in the prison, and how he was awakened and rescued after prison physicians had pronounced him dead. Dolores, now in love with Anthony, through a stratagem, gets a confession from Nina that it was Elinore who killed herself, and Anthony is once more a free man.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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