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- Addicted to the drink habit, Jim Gregson goes west with the brother of the girl he loves. He hopes to overcome his degrading weakness and to make his fortune. His first experience in the western village is with a typically rowdy set of miners who insist on annoying a preacher in his sermon. He jumps in and with hitherto unknown spirit quiets and overawes the crowd. The preacher, grateful, prevails on him to continue his preaching the Gospel to the rough westerners. His weakness soon returns and overpowers him and it is only through the untiring efforts of a dance-hall girl, who has fallen in love with him that he is saved from a terrible fate. She finds a letter of the girl in the east, asking Gregson to reform and come back to her, and uses it to reform him and make him go to his truly beloved.
- John Ware, the author, to prove his contention that all women are curious leaves cans filled with the smoke from his own cigarette at the homes of the women of his acquaintance in the town where he and his pal have spent the summer, writing on the packages that they are not to be opened and that they will be called for that night. Every woman opens her package, but realizing that a joke has been played on her, each one refills it with smoke from any sort of tobacco she can find. Betty, John's sweetheart, recognizes the smell of the smoke in her can as belonging to the writer's own cigarettes, so she lights one she has been keeping as a souvenir of him. The author, on opening Betty's can, thinks that he has at last found a woman without curiosity, and asks her to marry him. She consents, but feeling that she has been deceiving him, interrupts the wedding to confess. The author forgives her and the ceremony proceeds.
- Irene Latham, daughter of the cashier of the Newton Bank, is loved by Bob Emery, the receiving teller, and Ralph Benson, the paying teller. Irene favors Bob and they are engaged to be married. Maddened by jealous rage, Ralph's main thought is to ruin his successful rival. Bob receives a letter from an old friend, offering him half interest in a mine if he will invest $1,500. Having seen this letter, Ralph takes a package of the bank's money, places half of it on the sidewalk and conceals himself behind a ledge. He sees Bob pick it up. "Spike" Lacey, a burglar, steals Ralph's coat. In the pocket of which he has seen Ralph place the money. "Spike" is accidentally shot, falls in a cave, and dies. Part of the money is found in Bob's trunk and he is arrested and sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. Time passes. Irene becomes the wife of Ralph Benson. Bob escapes from prison. Driven by hunger, he makes his way into the home of the Bensons. With a drapery he binds the arms of the woman in the chair, not knowing it is his former sweetheart, Irene. In her struggles to free herself Irene upsets the lamp. When Bob realizes the house is on fire, he dashes through the flames and carries the woman to safety. Bob and Irene recognize each other. Just then her husband and father arrive and Bob flees. Jenkins, the bank watchman, goes hunting and wanders into the cave, where he finds the skeleton of "Spike." In the pocket of Benson's coat he finds the stolen money with the Newton Bank wrapper still about it, Ralph confesses his guilt, is arrested and shoots himself with "Spike's" revolver. Bob is pardoned and marries Irene.
- Ernest Morton, a young man of wealth and position, finds after marriage with his wife, that she does not wish to have children. Learning that the great wish of his wife is to be unfulfilled, and discovering one day his wife in an admirer's arms, Morton divorces Helen. Time passes and he meets and loves a girl with the instincts of motherhood strong in her. He marries her and when a child is born, his happiness is very great. Helen, on the other hand, finds, after a time, that the man for whom she gave up her husband is only a drunken degenerate, and life grows sadder and sadder, until she discovers that she is to have a child. In characteristic cruelty she is deserted by the father of her unborn child. After the birth of the child, she overhears the doctor say that she must die. Forcing strength, she takes the baby to the home of her first husband, and leaves it with a note in the automobile waiting outside the door, asking that he keep it, and returns to her room, unknown and alone, to die, while the happy wife of the man who had loved her first took her child to her heart.
- Martha and Ruben, living in the same house, are harboring a mild hatred for each other. Martha goes out one night followed a few minutes later by Ruben, who goes to mail a letter. As Ruben has no key he puts a broom against the front door. Martha returns and shuts the door, locking Ruben out. Ruben returns, not knowing Martha has gone out, and believes there are burglars. He calls the police and Martha, hearing them, opens a window, runs from the house to obtain police assistance. The two squads of police meet in Martha's room, where matters are explained, while Martha and Ruben give each other a "good night" kiss.
- At the Hotel Unrest there have been numerous thefts made by a man masquerading in women's attire and a reward of $25 for his capture is posted in the lobby. Sniffins, one of the bellboys, makes up his mind to win it. Among the arrivals on the 4:26 train are an old maid and her cat and a young married couple. Through a porter's stupidity, their suitcases get mixed, but the mistake is not discovered until the young husband has a violent sneezing fit in his room. Wifey opens one of the suitcases, and finds it contains woman's apparel. She insists her husband put on the flannel wrapper which he does and then their telephone rings and she is told a friend of hers is waiting to see her downstairs. Giving hubby a bottle of medicine, which he agrees to take, she goes down to see her friend. Not finding a spoon in the room, hubby phones for one and Sniffins brings it up. The husband, realizing his costume is a peculiar one, hides in the closet and tells the boy to come in. Sniffins sees the woman's apparel in the suit case and catches a glimpse of hubby in the flannel wrapper. That is enough; he tells the clerk that he has discovered the burglar. Then the pursuit starts. They go from room to room, collecting the occupants, even the old maid and her cat. Finally hubby is caught and about to get a "beating up" when wifey appears and the tangle is unraveled.
- This is a story showing the adventures of a tramp who dreams he finds an old lamp. There suddenly appears before him a genie who says that he is the slave of the lamp and anything that he desires, as he is now possessor of the lamp, he will procure for him. After many delightful adventures the tramp awakens to find a policeman standing over him.
- When Henry Howland, the great philanthropist, feels his health failing, he makes his will and entrusts it to his nephew, Walter, to file away in his private safe. Impelled by curiosity, Walter opens the will and discovers that his uncle has cut him off with a mere pittance, leaving the major portion of his estate to charity. He cleverly forges a new clause to the will, and is in the act of substituting it for the original when surprised by his uncle. After a heated argument, Howland dies of heart failure and Walter, panic-stricken, carries him to his own room and notifies the coroner. Later, Walter accompanies Gladys Brooks, with whom he is in love, to the retreat of a Hindoo mystic, a crystal gazer, who bares Walter's life while in a mesmeric trance. Fearful of arrest, Walter escapes from the room and eludes the detectives put on his tracks by the district attorney, who is a rival suitor for the hand of Gladys. After a time he returns and makes a clean breast of the whole affair. The district attorney seeing that Gladys loves Walter, and that Walter is sincere in his desire to start life anew, calls off his detectives and allows the couple to catch the Montreal express.
- Hope Adams, a country girl had the misfortune to inspire love in the hearts of two men. Richard Lester, one of her suitors was a man of the world. In his love affair the great obstacle was John Morris. Morris was a big-hearted fellow. Richard went to New York, where his exceptional capabilities enabled Mm to arise to an excellent position with a manufacturing concern. His success, however, brought him but little real happiness. His heart was back in the little village with the girl he had left behind him. John had not been successful. The factory where he was employed closed, and his hopes of marrying were shattered. Richard now saw his chance. By securing John a place in his firm, he removed his rival from the eyes of the girl. John assumed his new duties and Richard offered him the hand of friendship. One evening while dining at a fashionable café, Richard introduced John to La Sylph a cabaret dancer. John, momentarily forgetful of his betrothed, became infatuated with the performer. At the office Richard intercepted Hope's letters thus widening the breach. He took a photograph of the unsuspecting John with his arms about La Sylph. Then he paid a visit to his home town, and showed the faithful one the picture. It only awakened her jealousy. She spurned Richard's repeated vows of love and determined to go to the city, find out the real truth about her lover, and save him from himself. Neglect of business caused Richard to lose his position and John was advanced to the vacant place. The unemployed lover accidentally met the girl on her visit. He plotted to completely undo John. He telephoned his rival saying that La Sylph was very ill and had sent for him. John received the message as he was leaving the office with money to meet the factory payroll. He decided to stop but a moment at the dancer's apartments, then to go on with his work. When La Sylph saw him she was overjoyed, but denied having sent for him, and begged him to bear her company for a few moments. Richard in the meantime escorts the weeping Hope to the actress's apartment, and unseen by John or Sylph he noiselessly opened the door and showed Hope her lover in the woman's arms. On the way out Richard recognized the payroll satchel, opened it and stole the money. Hope did not know what to do. Richard showed her the money and begged her to flee with him. She refused, but he felt confident that his evil work would have the desired effect, so told her that if she changed her mind, he telegraph to Albany, where the message would reach him on the Montreal Express, and he would wait for her. When John was ready to leave La Sylph he discovered the theft, and accused the dancer. He rushed out, only to be confronted by his faithful sweetheart, lurking in the hallway. She upbraided him. He begged for forgiveness. Hope remembered that Richard had a large amount of money in his possession, and she suddenly rushed away from John and telegraphed Richard to wait for her at Albany, resolving to get the money back and save her penitent fiancé. John surprised by her action, followed her. At Albany the rejected lover took her away in an automobile, closely pursued by the now-jealous John. As John's machine overtook his rival's he leaped from one to the other while both were at full speed. A struggle took place. Richard escaped and slid down the steep side of a precipice on a rope; John followed closely. Both fell, Richard being seriously injured, while John landed safely. He found the missing money in the pockets of his prostrate rival. Forgiving the wrongs he had suffered at Richard's hands, he carried him back to the automobile, and sent him to a hospital. John and Hope were happily married, and after the wedding was over they received a telegram from Richard, wishing them happiness and asking pardon for the past.
- La Rue, an author, is in love with Grace Ellis, who refuses to marry him. Ethel Rutledge, La Rue's secretary, has an unfortunate affair with Gerard Weir, but discovers in time that he is an adventurer. La Rue marries Ethel and they are happy until Weir again crosses the woman's path and shows her a mysterious document which causes her to keep him in her home, masquerading as her cousin. Later La Rue discovers the deception and asks an explanation of Ethel, but through fear of Weir, she will not explain. Through an odd chain of circumstances Grace Ellis discovers what the document is that Weir is holding over Ethel's head and tells La Rue of it. Years before Ethel had been tricked into a mock marriage with Weir but had discovered it in time. Weir had doctored a hotel register to make it look as though she had been his wife and this was the document he was holding over her. Weir is killed, and Ethel is once more folded in her husband's arms.
- Herr Dill and Monsieur Pomme, veterans of the Franco-Prussian War, had been great friends for a number of years, but at the breaking out of the European war, they immediately became bitter enemies, as did their respective wives. Dill's son and Pomme's daughter, however, were too much in love to allow the war to interfere with their happiness, so are married on the quiet. In the meantime their fathers are engaging in many heated arguments about the war, and are sending each other newspapers containing vivid accounts of the victories won by their respective countries. To get the German's "goat," Monsieur Pomme attires himself in his old soldier uniform and struts up and down in front of the German's store, shouting "Vive La France." This proves too much for Dill, who appears at an upper window with a barrel of sauerkraut which he empties upon the Frenchman's head. Later, he also dons his uniform and parades past Pomme's door, yelling "Hoch der Kaiser," whereupon the Frenchman squirts the contents of a bottle of seltzer in the German's face. They then decide upon a duel, the weapons to be a dill pickle for the German and a loaf of French bread for Pomme. In addition, they each arm themselves with a sword. Returning from their elopement, the young couple discover that their fathers' swords are missing. Becoming alarmed, they summon the police and arrive on the scene just as their parents are about to start a duel. A ducking from a nearby fire hose promptly serves to dampen their ardor, and the appearance of a newsboy with an "extra" announcing "Peace has been declared and the United States is named Mediator" reconciles the warring families. All adjourn to Dill's house, where the young folks' marriage is hailed with joy and the American flag is voted as "being good enough for them."
- A costly gem is stolen from a Hindoo idol and brought to America. Introducing numerous startling incidents, including an auto wreck and a leap for life.
- Adolphus Brown, a traveling salesman, arrives at the town hotel about 10 p.m. Tired after a hard day's work he starts right for bed. The brilliant bellhop shows him his room, but forgets his grip. Brown goes down to the lobby, but upon his return gets into the wrong room. He undresses and is about to get into bed when a woman walks in and starts delivering a suffragette address, not knowing a man is present. Brown makes a try for the closet, but is caught in the act by the woman, who notifies the hotel staff. While the woman is downstairs giving the alarm, Brown jumps into bed feigning sleep. When the hotel staff arrives at the room, they apparently waken Brown from heavy slumbers and when accused by the woman he points to her head and says, "nobody home." The woman is taken for one demented and Brown enjoys a good night's rest.