- A hypnotist turns a nice young woman into a raving lunatic.
- A murder is discovered by two men on the Streeter grounds. John Waring, out for his morning ride, is summoned. He orders the men to carry the body to the house. Nana comes along in a dazed manner carrying a revolver which she drops. She breaks down and loses consciousness. Harbison, a guest of the Streeter family, sees her fall and is about to assist her when she stirs and in a dazed manner leaves the river bank. The men carry the body into the house. Waring, leaving the house, is confronted by Nana, who asks if her aunt, Mrs. Streeter, lives there. He calls Mrs. Streeter, who cannot understand the girl's statement that she, Mrs. Streeter, is her aunt. Nana gives her a note which Mrs. Streeter reads. Then with much motherly affection she takes Nana, her dead sister's child, into the house. Harbison, who has just heard about the murder, comes in, and sees Nana in Mrs. Streeter's arms. He is much embarrassed and leaves the room, after Nana is presented as Mrs. Streeter's niece. John Waring visits the scene of the murder and finds a woman's black handbag, which he takes home. Upon entering the house he meets Harbison, who has also gone to the stream and found a gun, engraved "Nana." Nana has been very jealous of Waring. She is shown her room, and as she begins to unfasten her gown, she discovers the case of her handbag. Gaston Cheval, a hypnotist, is near trying to work his spell again on Nana. Finally Nana decides she will ask her aunt and leaves to do so. Gaston feels that he is accomplishing what he wants to do by hypnotism. Nana meets Waring outside her room, and sees him carrying her bag. Gaston again appears much more absorbed for he is influencing her. Waring returns to Nana after putting his bag in his room, and Nana shows much interest in him, he finally leaves, and Nana, who has been much smitten, pleads with him. Gaston gets his control, and she immediately turns into a raving fiend, dashes into the room of the murdered man, and hysterically laughs and cries until she hears a noise, which makes her leave and rush into her own room, where she drops exhausted upon the bed. That evening Harbison asks Nana to take a stroll. He tries to embrace her; they struggle. He shows her the Revolver marked "Nana," threatening to convict her of murder. Nana rushes madly into the hall, and fearing someone is coming, goes to Waring's door. Waring hears the noise and switches off the lights. He hides behind the curtains and sees Nana enter, take her handbag and leave. He comes out, turns on the lights and ponders. Nana enters her room, takes out her papers, and again Gaston Cheval works his spell, causing her to faint. He then forces her to rise and come to him. Harbison, wondering what to do, hears a noise, goes to the window and sees Cheval working a spell over Nana. Harbison leaves the window. Cheval hears the noise, sees Harbison upstairs on the outer porch, and flees. Harbison jumps to the ground and watches for Nana, who comes to where the supposed Cheval is. Harbison goes to her and shakes her to her senses. Police have been stationed upon the premises, watching for the murderer. When Cheval appears, they call upon him to halt, and when he fails to do so they fire and hit him. Waring and Mr. and Mrs. Streeter come out of the house, having heard the shot. Harbison leads Nana to them, telling that when her niece knew that he knew she had committed the murder, she tried to escape. Nana pleads innocent, but Cheval is brought upon the scene by two detectives, and he also accuses her. She emphatically denies accusation, but when the detective reaches out, she rushes inside, where, in a hysterical fit, she tells her story; how when she was a little girl her mother died, and she was put under her Uncle Gaston Cheval's charge, who later made her his subject in a side show. There she met Maurice Manon. When she was of age, she was to come into her inheritance from her father's mine, but both would divide her fortune. Nana overheard the plot and fled with her papers and a revolver for protection. They followed her and Maurice caught her. Cheval picked up Nana's revolver, and fired, missing her, but killing Maurice, Nana accused her uncle, but he put her under his influence, and also the revolver into her hand and sent her off. After Nana has finished her story, Gaston comes in, and knowing that the end is near, admits he committed the murder. Nana is exonerated. Later we find Waring waiting for Nana. They chat very merrily, planning for the future, as the picture fades out.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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