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- A convent organist escorts a young lady, who has been boarding there,home to be married,but complications ensue.
- In their sumptuous headquarters a small faction of the militia of the Kingdom of Ircania are conspiring to dethrone their King, Ircanus III, and they decide to act that night. It is Queen Maritza's birthday and the favored guests are assembled in the magnificent reception room of the Royal chambers. Toward evening they depart and the King retires to his apartment, but Oscar, his aide-de-camp, remains. Beneath her costly robes Queen Maritza hides a woman's heart full of love for Oscar. She invites him into her sitting-room and after spending some time together, he cautiously leaves her on his return to the headquarters. In the meantime the conspirators have collected a large force ready to attack the palace. Oscar hides behind a bush and sees them advance in boats. The faithful aide-de-camp immediately retraces his way to the palace and informs the astonished King and Queen. Oscar leads them from the palace and in an automobile they flee to safety. While King Ircanus and Queen Maritza are breakfasting the next morning, Oscar arrives with a newspaper account of the rebellion and decides to return and fight in the name of his King. In the land of exile the King finds diversion among boon companions, but Queen Maritza pines for her country and the presence of Oscar. As though her desire were answered, she receives a very encouraging letter from him, stating that the attitude of the people was becoming favorable to them, and that he was on his way to the King. Oscar arrives with some documents and promises to return that night. He is leaving the house when he receives a note from the Queen requesting him to see her before his departure. The King has just returned. In the early hours of the morning, from a pleasant evening, and while sitting in his study carelessly places his lighted cigar on the edge of his desk. He leaves the room shortly, unaware that it had dropped on the carpeted floor. Queen Maritza and Oscar, who are enjoying their last few moments together, are startled at the sight of flames. They are in a private room adjoining the house, from which escape was shot off by the flames. Oscar, realizing his compromising position, the firemen now ascending on a ladder to the balcony, makes for the burning house, but Queen Maritza with all her strength tries to restrain him. Rather than any suspicion darken the name of his beloved Queen. Oscar prefers death for himself. Locking her in the room, he rushes into the burning house and Queen Maritza falling in a swoon, is rescued by the firemen. Eventually King Ircanus III is restored to his throne, but Queen Maritza, her secret safely locked in her heart, can only offer tears and flowers to the one who sacrificed his life for her honor.
- Hoping to please her, some children give their grandmother an electric lamp for her birthday, but the elderly lady does not intend to put the old oil lamp in the attic and tells the young people that the object has a huge value for her.
- Raffles reads in the newspaper of the return by the police to the Earl of Essex of a valuable diamond. He determines to obtain this prize ; at the same Lime, another shady character comes to a similar resolve. Raffles writes to the Earl telling him he will come and take the diamond at 2 o'clock that night. Tapping the telephone wire, he overhears the message the Earl sends to a famous detective and lays his plans accordingly. The detective hails a motor-car and fills it with policemen, but on the way to the Earl's house it breaks down, and while everybody looks for the cause, the chauffeur, who is no one else but Raffles in disguise, goes off at express speed, and in one of his secret haunts, transforms himself into a creditable imitation of the detective and several of his confederates into policemen. Greeted cordially by the Earl, Raffles posts his men at various points and then lies down on a sofa to wait until 2 o'clock. An unexpected adventure occurs with the arrival of the other thief with two confederates, but Raffles and his men soon overpower them. The Earl thinks he has Raffles captive, and the latter leaves with his profound thanks-and with the diamond, which he has abstracted from the case when it was entrusted to him by the Earl's daughter.
- Courting a maid, and after marriage learning from her that she is in reality a widow and the mother of a son, Freeman becomes angered and refuses to live with his wife. Some years elapse, and one day the boy sees a motor car coming down the street at tremendous speed and in danger of being struck by a train which is not in view of the occupants of the car. Risking his own life, the boy stands in the middle of the street and by wild gesticulations stops the automobile, just as the train rushes by. The occupants of the motor prove to be Freeman and his mother, who accompany the child back to his home. Freeman's surprise is great to behold his wife, and having formed an attachment for her son, he effects a happy reconciliation.
- This story first takes you to Misslimeri, a little Sicilian village, and into the home of Don Ruggero, a wealthy landowner. Don Ruggero is an iron-hearted man and strongly prejudiced against the lower classes. His son, Corrado, a young fellow, loves Rosalia, a shepherdess, but Don Ruggero has always refused to allow their marriage and to recognize little Vincenzino, their child, as his grandchild. Finally to destroy all Corrado's hopes, he discharges poor Rosalia from his farm, where she had been employed for many years. Even the sight of her departure with Vincenzino in her arms does not soften him. Rosalia is the very ideal of the Sicilian beauty, and Capt. Altieri, an officer in the service of the Dominators, the Bourbons, admires her immensely, but all his approaches are strongly repulsed by her. Don Ruggero and his son have for a long time conspired to free their motherland from the hands of the Bourbons, and when they receive news of the arrival of Garibaldi, who had sailed with only 1,000 soldiers from Quarto, near Genoa, to fight for the freedom of Sicily, they leave their village to join him and the other conspirators. The rendezvous is at Plana del Greci, where they find Garibaldi just starting out to conquer Palermo. In the meantime Capt. Altieri steals from Rosalia her little son, hoping thus to succeed in his vile scheme, and starts out to join the Bourbons' headquarters in Marineo near Corleone. Colonel Bosco, the commander-in-chief of the Bourbon army, entrusts Capt. Altieri with an important message to be delivered to the almost doomed Palermo. Altieri starts out, and on his way meets Rosalia, who implores him for the restoration of her child. Upon the sight of her, he forgets his important mission and drags her into an uninhabited house, where he has concealed Vincenzino in an upper room. The little boy, hearing the cries of his mother, rushes down to save her and drops some ashes into the eyes of her aggressor. Taking advantage of his instantaneous blindness, she steals the message Altieri had with him and runs away to Garibaldi's headquarters. Her courageous act meets with high approval from Garibaldi, and wins for her the consent of Don Ruggero to her long-delayed marriage to Corrado.
- The story opens with Count Gaston seen on the deck of a boat as a deckhand. Before him passes the vision of his early infatuation for an actress who prompted him to leave his wife and child and follow her to America. She eventually leaves him for another and he returns to his native land and sinks to the lowest rungs of depravity, in which condition he is found by a friend and advised to make peace with his wife. Naturally, his advances are repulsed. His daughter, having grown up, is put in a boarding school, where Gaston goes to implore the Padre, an old friend of his, to allow him just one look at his child. It is arranged that he should take his place in line on Easter Sunday, when a dinner is to be given to the poor, but he must not reveal his identity. The Padre tells him he will know his daughter by a golden cross which will hang about her neck. The child has become fast friends with a little orphan and, on Easter Sunday, when all the other children are passing with their presents, the little waif sits alone and disconsolate. In a beautifully touching scene the daughter takes the cross from off her neck and places it on that of her little friend. Gaston, not having seen his daughter through all these years, naturally mistakes the little orphan for his own flesh and blood. He meets the child regularly after this, until one day she fails to appear, having been taken violently ill. The poor man, in distraction, is finally admitted to the sick room and his grief on seeing the poor child suffering in its last throes is pitiable. The Padre realizes the awful mistake that has been made, but dare not break in on the poor man's misery to tell him the truth. After the death of the child the truth of the situation is gradually brought home to the man, and the wife, realizing that he has suffered, relents, and all is forgiven.
- The Count of Liverac, a descendant of a very noble family has been so reduced in circumstances that he can only call his title and his good looks his own. During this critical period he receives a visit from a certain Mr. Griffard, a gentleman burglar by profession, who knowing well the count's financial difficulties makes him a proposition that if, by his aid, Liverac succeeds in marrying Fernanda, the young and beautiful daughter of a rich banker, he, Griffard is to receive $250,000. In a fit of depression, Liverac signs the paper, accepting the terms. Griffard immediately starts to work his schemes, and manages to have Fernanda's horse which she rides each morning doped. Consequently, there is a runaway, and Liverac, through his gallant rescue, becomes acquainted with Fernanda and her father. After a brief courtship the Count marries the banker's daughter. The honeymoon trip of the young couple is interrupted upon receipt of a telegram informing them that the old banker has been attacked with a mysterious illness, thus necessitating their immediate return. This is another part of Griffard's plan but Liverac is unaware of it. Little does he realize that this human bird of prey is cunningly waiting to seize his victim. The banker dies, and the count, who really loves Fernanda is very happy. Unfortunately, this is of short duration, for Griffard, thinking the time now ripe, pays him a visit demanding the money promised him. Liverac succeeds in ridding himself of his tormentor after promising to go to him the following day. He takes his wife to the home of some friends living in the country, but even there he is menaced by the claws of the vulture. At last he determines to secure the com promising papers from Griffard, and calling at his home he succeeds in doing so, but he is again outdone by his persecutor. Pushing a little button on his desk, Griffard informs his men in an adjourning room and when Liverac is about to leave, he is seized, securely bound, and locked in the cellar. He is then informed that within an hour his wife will no longer be in existence. Taking Liverac's car, Griffard and his men start for the country where Fernanda is staying. Meanwhile, the count vainly tries to loosen his bonds. At last he sees a lighted candle and burns the ropes which bind his hands. He also sets the house on fire, and is almost suffocated with smoke, when, with an almost superhuman effort, he at last breaks open the door and gets into the open air. Finding his automobile gone he has almost given up hope, when looking up to the heavens, he sees an aeroplane about to descend. Rushing to the spot, he promised the aviator $500 if he reaches the house before the auto All is now ready and they start on their journey. At first, there is no sight of the auto, but at last it appears a mere speck on the horizon. Little by little they gain on it until they are directly over it, and soon they leave it far behind. The count finally reaches his wife, and taking a revolver they go to a room in the cellar, where, with the doors barricaded, they await the arrival of Griffard and his band; they are not held in suspense long. The sound of fire arms alarms the police and they arrive at the scene Just in time. Griffard and his men are no more. Liverac, who has been wounded, recovers quickly under the loving care of his wife, and as the fairy story ended, they lived happily ever after.
- Aeneas and his companions, flying from the destruction of Troy, are stranded on the coast of Africa and captured by Amazons, and brought before Dido, Queen of Carthage, who is greatly struck with the bearing of Aeneas; finally choosing him as her husband, and rejecting the offer of a neighboring king. War follows, Dido's army is defeated, and Aeneas, obeying a vision, secretly embarks with his friends for Rome, leaving Dido to confront the angry populace.
- Aissa is the beloved wife of a famous lion tamer, and they live together very happily with their little daughter, Firuli. A terrible incident occurs which breaks up the happy family. One night during the performance the husband is mortally injured by the lions. To his deathbed the tamer calls his wife and she promises to always cherish his memory by not re-marrying and to dedicate her life to their little child. The widow decides to leave for America with her daughter. During the voyage on board the ship Firuli, who is playing with her doll, accidentally drops it and the Count Boris picks it up. Through this Aissa becomes acquainted with him and very soon they are the best of friends. It is with much regret they part at the end of the voyage for the count now loves her deeply. Shortly after her arrival she receives a visit from a manager offering her a good contract and while considering she is handed a note. It is from the count expressing his love for her and inviting her to a ball that evening. This influences her to refuse the offer made by the manager. Aissa, her mind now occupied with new end pleasant thoughts, pays little attention to Firuli. She leaves the child crying and attends the ball, where she receives flattering attention. Smilingly she listens to the proposal of the count, and when he leaves her in a little side reception room to wait for him while he bids farewell to his guests. Aissa, very much exhausted, falls asleep. What dreams she has; the lions having burst open their cage and wild with their freedom have rushed into the room where her little daughter is sleeping alone. They jump across the bed smothering her child, and then from his picture hanging on the wall her dead husband steps out returned to life and madly wrestles with the infuriated lions. With a yell Aissa awakens and freeing herself from the arms of the count, who has returned at her scream, she rushes home to find her beloved child quietly and happily sleeping in her bed. Taking her in her arms she fervently vows never again to leave her.
- Silhouettes of elephant and jackdaw juggling letters.
- This is a bitter satire on the officials in a small place. A pair of legs is seen sticking out of water by a fisherman; he does nothing, but with immense fury summons aid, who in turn do nothing, but go for more help. At last there are men, women, gendarmes with drawn swords, a fire engine and even the Mayor, all gazing. Their united courage drags the body out only to discover it's a tailor's advertisement.
- Henry Roberts, a theatrical critic on the Dally Record, one of the largest and most influential newspapers in the country, is a man wholly without principle, using the power his position gives him to further his own interest. One of the persons powerless to combat with his influence, is Helene, a beautiful actress entering upon her career, and whose ambition causes her to endure his attention, she being aware that he can ruin her career if lie so wishes. While attending a reception one evening, she meets Oscar Payne, a rising young poet of great promise, but who is of a reticent disposition and tries to avoid public attention. He is asked to read some of his poems, but consents only at the request of his mother, whom he idolizes and the persuasion of his old teacher, Louis Miles. This gentleman had once been a great dramatist, but at the present time in so greatly reduced circumstances, that he is forced to appeal to Roberts, the critic for financial aid, which is promptly refused. Roberts' jealousy being aroused by the rising fame of the young poet and his attentions to the actress, makes frequent and unjust attacks on the character and poems of his rival, through his influence in the press. The crisis is reached when both men meet at Helene's apartment and a violent quarrel is avoided only by the promise of the young girl to give her hand to the one writing the best comedy, she being confident that Payne will be successful. Payne soon finishes his comedy and, with the assistance of Helene, is enabled to read it for approval to the editors of the paper on which Roberts is critic. The play is highly commended. Roberts, however, is unable even to start his comedy and as a last resort, seeks the aid of the old dramatist. Ignorant of the fact that Louis Miles is Payne's old teacher and friend, he asks him to write his comedy for him. This the dramatist refuses to do and immediately informs Payne of the plot. The information is received at a most opportune time, as the now thoroughly enraged Roberts has determined to ruin the careers of both young people. They, however, devise a plan whereby they hope to outwit their persecutor and win success for themselves. Louis Miles gives the unsuspecting critic the comedy Payne has written, but which he, Roberts, thinks was written for himself. Thus the comedy is produced and is a great success. Roberts appears before the curtain in answer to the call for "Author" and is accepting all the applause. Suddenly Louis Miles jumps on the stage and publicly denounces his deception. Roberts is hissed off, and Payne, the real author, receives great ovation. The last fall of the curtain discloses the actress and the poet in a fond embrace.