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- Dick Blair, the idle son of millionaire parents being born with a "silver spoon in his mouth" like many another of the "Idle rich," abuses his opportunities and becomes in early manhood, a dissipated man about town. In spite of repeated warnings and also threats of disinheritance, he continues in the "pace that kills" until his father, realizing that unless the boy is thrown upon his own resources and made to feel actual want, he would go to an early grave, finally drives him from the home that had sheltered him since childhood, and orders him to make his own way in the world. His new life begins when he saves from drowning the daughter of a famous banker and modestly disappears after the heroic deed. In answering an application for a private secretary, he finds his employer to be the father of the girl whom he had saved from drowning. The daughter of the banker recognizes Dick as her rescuer and the banker takes a special interest in him. Dick's sterling qualities eventually win him a junior partnership with his employer and also the hand of the girl whom he rescued from a watery grave. Proud of his wife and the position in life he has attained, he calls upon his father and a happy reconciliation follows.
- A loutish husband neglects his patient, loving wife to enjoy a night on the town. When he comes home drunk and irritable, he mistreats her. Then he falls asleep, and has a dream that causes him to reconsider the way that he treats his wife.
- Brown & Robinson advertise for a stenographer and typewriter. The next morning an applicant puts in an appearance. The clerk greets her, but when he sees her face he is paralyzed. She is very capable, but extremely homely. When the heads of the concern arrive at the office they are introduced to the lady, and they are pained when they see her "phiz." As a business proposition she is all right; as an ornament she is a mistake. She manages to hold down her position with credit to herself and profit to her concern. At the end of a few months she becomes indisposed and asks for a few months she becomes indisposed and asks for two weeks' leave of absence, which is granted, with the understanding that she will provide a substitute. She sends her cousin to take her place, and she is a "beaut," who wins over the bosses and the clerk. They in every way try to make themselves agreeable. She accepts their presents, but withstands their invitations to dine and a night at the show. On the last day a very funny looking "sawed-off" and "hammered-down runt" puts in an appearance. She greets him as "honey," and introduces him to Messrs. Brown and Robinson as her husband. With crestfallen countenances they declare themselves "stung." At this climax old "funny face" returns. She is left alone in her glory, while Brown and Robinson go out for a nerve tonic and the clerk gets undercover to escape the agony.
- When her father becomes ill, a young woman takes over the telegraph at a lonely western railroad station. She soon gets word that the next train will deliver the payroll for a mining company. The train brings not only the money, but a pair of ruffians bent on stealing it. All alone, she wires for help, and then holds off the bad guys until it arrives.
- 19117mNot Rated7.1 (1.9K)ShortCartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style.
- Lola refused to marry Jean, son of the Gypsy king, and sought consolation in the woods each day. On one of these occasions, her tears were interrupted by the sudden moans of Frank Hathaway, a young American, who had fallen from his horse. Lola assisted him to the Gypsy camp, where his wounds were dressed and his horse's faulty shoes mended. It was love at first sight for Lola and Frank and they made a habit of meeting in their sylvan retreat every day. Jean once more pressed his suit, and, upon being refused, cowardly attacked Lola. Frank heard the screams and rushed to the Gypsy girl's assistance. After thrashing Jean, he declared his love for the girl and suggested that they marry in order that she might leave the camp where she was so persecuted. Frank took the girl home to his father, but that proud, haughty gentleman was sadly disappointed in his son's choice and vowed he would disown the boy if he married Lola. Frank let love take its course and soon gained employment on a ranch. Not long after becoming the happy father of a bouncing baby, Frank is taken ill and his father is sent for. The old gentleman, not yet having forgiven his son, still refuses to come. When, however, he hears of the stork's arrival, things take on a new aspect. The express is not fast enough to carry him to his grandson, and the child, all unwittingly, brings reconciliation and happiness once more to the estranged father and son, with the final recognition of '"the Gypsy bride."
- Enoch Arden, a humble fisherman, marries Annie Lee. He signs on as a sailor to make more money to support their growing family. A storm wrecks his ship, but Enoch swims to a deserted island. Annie waits vainly for his return.
- 191114mNot Rated5.1 (653)ShortA Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of George, his faithful Negro servant. After the officer is killed in an exciting battle sequence, George continues in his caring duties, faithful to his trust. Events continue to turn for the worse when invading Yankee soldiers arrive to loot and torch the widow's home. George saves the officer's daughter and battle sword by braving the flames.
- An extremely persistent young American, who is passionately in love, in attempting to pay court to his sweetheart is placed in many distressing circumstances by her very ambitious and domineering old mother. The young lady's father, a very resigned and submissive old gentleman, is in sympathy with the young American, but because of the mother's decided preference for the Count as her daughter's suitor he dares not offer any suggestion that may be construed as detrimental to the Count's courtship. The lover and his sweetheart make many attempts to see each other, but each time they are detected and their plans are thwarted. The maid, because of her persistence in assisting the young lady and her lover, is discharged. The mother then advertises for another maid, and the lover seeing the advertisement in the paper, costumes himself as such. Then, with his chum ensconced in a newly acquired wicker trunk, he makes his way to his sweetheart's home, where he is given the desired position of the maid. Losing no time in executing his plans, he discloses his identity to his sweetheart who immediately expresses her approbation. She is put in the wicker trunk and the lover, simulating drunkenness, creates a disturbance which causes his dismissal. As soon as the lover and the trunk containing his sweetheart are in the hall the chum who has secreted himself behind the screen, locks the family in the room. The lover and his sweetheart repair to the floor below where they meet the minister whom the Count had caused to be present for his own marriage, and realizing that they need go no further, they are married on the spot. The Count, the mother and the father appear on the scene just as the marriage ceremony is completed, the Count and the mother are so chagrined and crestfallen that they leave the room in disgust, the father remains behind rejoicing over the lovers' triumph.
- A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
- Ole Johnson decides that he ought to marry. Decides to insert an ad. in the paper. He receives an answer from a Swedish girl in a town not far from his home. Ole answers the maiden's letter sending her a photograph of himself and requesting one of her's in return. Steena Iverson, the lady fair, is not the most beautiful lady in existence, and fearing to spoil her chances of marriage, decides not to send one of her photos but one of her mistress instead. Ole receives the photo and decides to pay a visit to Steena. Meanwhile the lady of the house, Mrs. Gaylife has been informed by her husband that he has been called away. Mrs. Gaylife intends not to be lonely during her husband's absence, so sends for another companion. They leave to spend a pleasant evening together. Ole has arrived to pay the promised visit to his unknown lady love. Steena allows him to enter, but Ole cannot see her face, which is covered by a veil. He begs and pleads with her to remove it, but she refuses. Confusion is heard outside announcing the return of Mrs. Gaylife and her vis-a-vis. Steena hides Ole in the closet as Mrs. Gaylife and gentleman enter. They are enjoying a quite tete-a-tete, when the bell rings outside announcing the return of Mr. Gaylife. Mrs. Gaylife tells the gentleman to go into the closet, but instead he hides behind the screen. Mr. Gaylife enters and embraces his wife and turns to place his grip and coat in the closet when she stops him, takes them from him and leaves the room with them. Husband becomes suspicious, turns and sees Ole's hat and cane, thanks he is wise, starts for closet when Mrs.Gaylife stops him. He accuses her and she having seen the friend behind the screen, goes to the door to prove him wrong. She opens the doors and Ole comes out. Husband demands an explanation. Ole tells him he came to marry Mrs. Gaylife, showing the photograph. Mrs. Gaylife tells him she has never seen him before. Steena has overheard the whole transaction and tells them he came to marry her. Ole gets one glance at Steena's face and makes a getaway. Mr. and Mrs. Gaylife embrace most lovingly and while they are paying no attention to him, Mr. Friend makes a getaway unseen by anyone.
- In the eastern part of New Mexico is locate the little mining town of Gatlach. There, however, we find an active mining camp dependent largely upon the famous Gatlach mine for its existence. Living in the camp we find Florence, who is loved by Jake. Florence, too, loves Jake. A new superintendent arrives to take charge of the mining property. The new arrival meets Florence and the man and girl fall in love. Discontent among the Mexican and half-breed miners develops. They mutiny, coming to the office making demands which the super promptly refuses and orders them from the place. The ruffians withdraw to arm themselves and then plan an attack upon the office and the death of their boss. Jake overhears the plot, and while he has no love for Harry, determines for the sake of Florence to save them. He rushes to the office and warns them just as the mob appears. They are pursued and finally take refuge in a narrow pass. With only one horse, escape for the party is impossible. Jake forces Harry against his will to take the horse and Florence and escape. They depart seeking aid, which is found in the shape of a troop of cavalry out scouting. Thus reinforced, they rush back to Jake's aid, but too late, he has fought his last fight and given up his life for those dear to him.
- A young girl working as a waitress at a resort for the wealthy is swept off her feet by a rich young gentleman, and before she knows it, she's pregnant.
- D'Artagan leaves home to seek his fortune. Armed with his father's sword and a letter to the Captain of the King's Musketeers, he rides forth boldly to face the world. At a wayside inn he arrives just in time to rescue a young woman from the clutches of several of the Cardinal's spies. He arrives in Paris shortly after and presents his letter to Captain de Treville of the Musketeers. Here he catches his first glimpse of the famous Three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, and decides to fight his way into the Musketeers. In leaving, he runs into Athos, who berates him for his stupidity. This is more than he can bear, even from a Musketeer, and a duel is arranged for one o'clock at the rear of the convent. Hastily turning from Athos he comes into violent contact with Porthos, tearing his cloak from his shoulder and disclosing his ragged jerkin beneath. D'Artagnan bursts into violent laughter at this unexpected disclosure and is challenged to a duel at two o'clock at the convent grounds. Upon reaching the street he spies Aramis chatting with two musketeers and decides to join them, when he discovers that Aramis' foot is resting upon a beautiful lace handkerchief. Wishing to ingratiate himself in the good will of Aramis, he calls his attention to the handkerchief. Aramis denies ownership, but D'Artagnan insists that he saw him drop it and, picking it up, hands it to him. D'Artagnan is again soundly berated for his stupidity; the result is another challenge at three o'clock at the convent. D'Artagnan has lost so much time quarreling that he finds it now time for his first duel. He hurries to the convent only to find all three musketeers waiting. Hardly has he crossed swords with Athos, however, when a company of the Cardinal's guards appear and attempt to take them into custody for dueling. D'Artagnan volunteers to fight on their side and is gladly welcomed. The fight proves a glorious victory for the musketeers, who gather up the swords of their fallen enemies and march triumphantly from the field, arm in arm with D'Artagnan, their sworn friend. They are all brought before the king, but when he hears of the odds against them he not only rewards them, but promises to make D'Artagnan a Musketeer.
- Jones is sick and a friend tells him he should go to a sanitarium and recommends Dr. Crow's Retreat. Accordingly Jones bids his wife good-bye and is off for his health, arrives and is received by Dr. Crow who promises great things. He is assured that he is in a very serious condition and must diet and train down, is shown his room, is disguised and writes his wife as follows: "Dr. Crow's Bug House. Dear Wife, This is no place for me; this is a dippy factory. I tried to leave but they won't let me out. I am to diet and train down; I can see my finish now. Farewell, Willie." Watching his chance, he makes his escape. Arriving at the quiet, peaceful home of the Joneses, he writes the Doctor the following touching testimonial: "Dear Dr. Crow, Your institution is a wonderful benefit to mankind. If ever I have an enemy who is seeking health, I will take great pleasure in recommending him to try your nut college. Affectionately, Jones."
- Jan Kruga and his daughter Meta live on a farm in the Transvaal. The nearest neighbor, Sir John Morgan, lives 20 miles away, and it is only on rare intervals that she ever goes even that far away from her isolated home. Toddles, a work elephant on her father's farm, is her only pet and in the first part of our story we see her befriend him from a cruel keeper. Hans, a neighboring Boer farmer calls and asks for Meta's hand in marriage. The girl is ordered by her father to accept Hans' attentions. She has been taught to obey and when Hans gives her a love offering, a huge necklace of beads, she meekly offers her cheek for the betrothal kiss. Sir John's nephew, Hirshal, comes for a visit from England and Sir John brings him for a friendly call on the Krugas. Meta's heart awakens at the sight of the handsome, young Englishman, and she returns Hans's necklace. The father, however, orders her to marry Hans, or never darken his door again. Meta refuses, and is driven away by the heartless, old man. She starts for Sir John's house on foot, is lost in the jungle, and attacked by a leopard. She defends herself with a large hunting knife and though badly lacerated gets away. In this condition she is found by her pet, Toddles, who has taken French leave of the farm after a severe beating. How the half-dead girl is carried back to her home by the elephant, the father's change of heart, and Hans' dismissal we prefer to leave untold.
- D'Artagnan having discovered that the girl he has rescued on his way to Paris is none other than the Queen's confidante, Constance, loses little time in becoming better acquainted. The Queen has a secret love affair with the Duke of Buckingham and as a token of her love, she gives him a set of twelve diamond studs. Richelieu's spy, Milady, discovers this and at once reports it to the Cardinal. He sends Milady to steal the studs and persuades the King to give a state ball and ask the Queen to wear the diamond studs, which he does. As soon as she hears this request she writes a note to Buckingham, but finds she has no messenger whom she can trust. Here Constance comes to her aid. The Queen gives her the note and also her handkerchief as a token and she leaves to find D'Artagnan. He is not far away, so she tells him his mission, gives him the note and handkerchief and bids him God-speed. Richelieu's spy has overheard their plans and hurries to report the matter to the Cardinal. He sends the spy out on the road ahead of D'Artagnan with instructions to prevent his reaching Buckingham. D'Artagnan in the meantime has confided to his comrades that he is on a dangerous mission and all three decide to accompany him. The spy manages to leave D'Artagnan's three friends disabled, but our hero arrives safely at Calais, where he finds the port has been closed. Buckingham's boat is about to lift anchor. He forces the Captain of the port to have him rowed out to the ship, where he meets Buckingham and finds that Milady is also on board. Milady manages to cut off two of the diamond studs and hurrying out of the cabin jumps into D'Artagnan's boat, and is rowed ashore, realizing that Milady has taken them they hastily call for a boat to go ashore, but Milady has taken the last one, so there is no way but to swim. Taking two valuable studs from Buckingham to replace the stolen ones, D'Artagnan leaps through the port and swims ashore. He wins the race to Paris, arriving in time to have the two studs set and delivers the twelve intact to the Queen, who generously rewards him by giving him a valuable ring and also his heart's desire, Constance.
- Nobody knew he was a convict when he returned from prison and began a ceaseless search for work, to keep the bodies and souls of a wife and child together, until a former guard recognized him on the street and "tipped off" his record to the very man who had just employed him. After that they knew him everywhere he went and he gave up in despair. Besides, the baby was sick and there wasn't a penny in the house to buy food or medicine. Finally desperation got the better of John Rance and he went out to steal. An accident in the street swerved him from his purpose and he forgot his mission while he saved a sweet little girl from the jaws of death. Then he hurried home to tell his wife about it and wait for midnight. John did not realize how close he was to the old prison cell when he heard a stern voice call out, "Hand up," nor did he seem to care much until he heard the maid in the house he was trying to rob telephone for the police. Then he begged for mercy as he thought of his starving wife and sick baby. His wild pleadings awakened the household. A little golden-haired tot of five came running in to find her papa standing over a masked man, holding a shining revolver. When the mask was removed and she saw his face, John Rance cried like a baby when he heard the little one tell her father he was not a burglar but the man who had saved her life that very day. Do you think Jack went back to a cold and cheerless cell? Not on your life. The kid's mother hid him away until the police came and went, without their man, then somebody gave him a chance, with money to back it up.
- (Reel One) Amelia Sedley, accompanied by Miss Becky Sharpe, returns from boarding school. Becky is a natural born flirt. Bashful Joseph Sedley falls desperately in love with her. He takes her to Vauxhall Gardens, where he makes an ass of himself, is very much ashamed, and refuses to keep his appointment with Becky the next day, sailing for Scotland to escape her wiles. Amelia, with her gentle sweetness, hands Becky a letter from Sir Pitt Crawley, requesting her to repair to Queen's Crawley at once. The next morning, bright and early, she takes her departure to enter Sir Pitt's household as a governess, where she meets Rawdon Crawley, youngest son of Sir Pitt, who falls captive to her charms, bringing upon himself the displeasure of the whole Pitt family. He, notwithstanding, marries Becky. (Reel Two) After their marriage, Becky Sharpe and Rawdon Crawley take up elegant lodgings at Mayfair. Rawdon, who is a captain in the English Army, is resplendent in his uniform. They are visited by their military friends; Captain Dobbin is there with Amelia Osborne and her husband, Lieutenant Osborne, who is fascinated by Mrs. Crawley. A week later they sail for Brussels. At Brussels they attend a ball given by the Duchess of Richmond, at which Becky meets the Marquis of Steyn and where they receive notice of the Battle of Waterloo. All is excitement and the others are soon on their way to the field of action, where Lieutenant Osborne is killed. A month after the battle, Becky Crawley turns to the ensnaring of Lord Steyne, who with crafty and villainous intent, lays siege to the overthrow of Captain Crawley in order that he may continue his alliance with his wife. Crawley gets heavily in debt at the gaming tables of Lory Steyne, is unable to pay and the unscrupulous Steyne throws him into prison. (Reel Three) Colonel Rawdon Crawley writes a note to his wife to raise money to secure his release. She replies falsely that she is sick but will implore Lord Steyne to show Rawdon leniency, signing herself, "Yours affectionately, Becky." Colonel Crawley, in despair, sends to his brother for assistance. Pitt hastens to his brother's succor. Rawdon immediately goes to big wife's apartments and finds her with Lord Steyne, whom he throttles, and leaves Becky forever. Major William Dobbin marries Amelia Osborne. Amelia and Major Dobbin learn of Becky's downfall. They visit her in her misfortune and find her dissipated but unconquered. She refuses aid from Mr. and Mrs. Dobbin and is left by her friends to her own waywardness.
- Harold Brandon, a young broker, seeks rest and recuperation in the mountains. He is welcomed into the home of David Lewellyn, whose daughter, Gwymeth, takes upon herself the office of nurse and companion to the invalid. He is attracted by the athletic beauty and wholesome nature of the girl, and it is not long before they grow very fond of each other. She accompanies him in his strolls, and whenever his strength fails she is at his side to administer to him. He grows stronger every day, and at the end of three or four months he returns home, physically a strong man, morally a weak one. He promises to Write Gwymeth, but the fact is, he is engaged to a girl in the city and soon forgets the girl of the mountains and all his fair promises. Six months later Harold marries the society girl. A friend of his wife extends an invitation to her and Harold to spend part of their honeymoon at her mountain home. Harold has never told his wife about Gwymeth. They visit the mountain home of their friend, located in the same region as the Lewellyns. Harold and his wife, taking a long ramble through the mountains, are overtaken by a storm and lose their way. Night fast approaching, he goes in search of help. Unexpectedly he finds himself again in the home of Gwymeth, to whom he appeals for assistance and begs her to save his wife. Notwithstanding her indignation, Gwymeth goes out and brings his wife safely to her home and shelters them for the night. On the following day she directs them to their friend's home and scornfully rejects all recognition of her kindness, reflecting upon the perfidy and weakness of man's moral cowardice.
- A young musician who had been hired to play the violin at a reception, saw and fell in love with Marion Hayes, the daughter of a millionaire. His love was returned and when her father tried to separate them, they decided to elope. About one year after their marriage, the mother died leaving the father with a little girl baby. Then the father became paralyzed. Though it cost him the keenest pang, he sent his child to her grandfather, preferring to tread the path of poverty alone. Sixteen years later the child, now a beautiful young girl, happened to be in a music store when an old and decrepit man came in to sell some of his compositions. They were rejected and the old man was leaving the store when the girl stopped him, bought his compositions herself and giving him her card, told him she would buy any that he might write in the future. The musician looked at the card, noticed the name, questioned the girl and found she was his own daughter. She was equally delighted to find the father she had never known and their delight was made complete when her grandfather gladly received her father into his home.
- May Read is the daughter of a wealthy widow. May has been blind from childhood, but bears her affliction bravely. While her mother is out of the house one day, the building catches fire. The cowardly servants forget May and run out of the house. The blind girl, unable to help herself, would have perished had it not been for the bravery of Frank Larson, who fights his way into the house, and carries May into the street. But in so doing Frank is disfigured for life. The young couple fall in love and the mother consents to their marriage, as Frank, outside of his physical affliction, is an eligible man. Two years later, when the couple are possessed of a child, their family physician finds that he can restore May's lost sight. Frank consents to the operation, although he fears that, when May sees, the sight of his scarred face will lose him her love. After the operation, which is successful, the doctor warns May not to remove the bandages, as it may mean that her sight will be lost again. But the desire to see her baby and her husband are too strong. May removes the bandage, and finds that her child is as beautiful as she had expected. Then she glances at her husband, who is standing in the strong light. It blinds her, and she never sees again. But she knows that her baby is all she hoped it to be, and she believes her husband looks as she had pictured him. So despite her great affliction, she is thoroughly happy.
- The action opens in the humble home of Betty Hampton, whose mother is very ill. Tom Driscoll, a typical "Green Mountain Boy," to whom Betty is engaged, brings her the coat of his new Continental uniform, to have the buttons changed, when they are interrupted by a hail outside. Hastily hiding the coat, lest it be seen by some enemy of the cause, they are much relieved to find that their caller is none other than Ethan Allen, the leader of the Green Mountain Boys. Allen has just received word of the battles of Concord and Lexington and decides to take steps to aid the revolt against Great Britain on his own responsibility. He imparts to them his plan to capture the British strongholds on Lake Champlain, the first one to be Fort Ticonderoga. He and Tom go to a well-known glen in the woods, having sent Neshobee, an Indian scout, to call in all the leaders for a council. This meeting results in their eagerly following Allen's lead and they depart to collect their followers. Allen, Tom and Neshobee are on their way to the village when they come across Betty, who is being annoyed by several of the soldiers of the fort. Quickly putting them to rout, they send Neshobee home with Betty and continue their way to the meeting place. Arriving home, Betty finds her mother in a very serious condition. She sends Neshobee for a neighbor, who, upon arriving, says a doctor is needed at once. The only doctor in the neighborhood is at the fort, so Betty goes to him, taking Neshobee as escort. She is ushered into the Commander's presence while the officers are banqueting and all more or less the worse for liquor. She states her errand, and while the doctor has gone for his kit, they attempt to make her drink the King's health, which she indignantly refuses to do. Arriving home she finds her mother has passed the crisis safely and at once resolves to tell Allen of the conditions at the fort and urge him to attack at once. Allen upon hearing her news, decides to attack at once without waiting for reinforcements and, gathering his men about him, eighty-three in all, they silently make their way across the lake. Creeping silently up the steep slope to the fort they overpower the sleepy sentinel and enter the fort unmolested. Beating upon Captain De La Place's door, Allen rouses him out of bed and when the sleepy commander opens the door, he finds himself confronted by Allen, sword in hand, demanding "Surrender, in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!" and his stronghold in possession of the Green Mountain Boys. He surrenders the fort and without firing a shot, the American heroes gain possession of the strongest fortification on Lake Champlain, together with all the stores of munition and cannon, a great number of which were afterward used to drive the British out of Boston. Allen leads Betty out before his men and publicly thanks her for her share of the night's work which is echoed by cheers from the men, while she blushingly hides her head on Tom's shoulder.
- Poor Major Wright was feeling thoroughly out of sorts, for of late, Hiram Ciders, the town constable, seemed to be making considerable progress in his courtship of Miss Judith Mullen. But could the Major have read the wealthy spinster's feelings aright, however, he would have found no cause for alarm, for so busy had the good lady been in looking after her niece, Flossie, that she had found little time for aught else. Not that "auntie" had any objection to Dick Morgan, as her niece's suitor, but she considered the girl too young to wed. Indeed, so closely did she keep watch on Flossie, that Dick, coached by the girl's governess, determined to put an end to their stolen meetings by boldly proposing for his sweetheart's hand. To Dick's consternation, "auntie," wishing to frighten away the young man altogether, pretended that she believed he was proposing to her, nor did she dismiss the boy until she had given him two very uncomfortable hours. Dick's turn for revenge came, however, when he met "auntie's" two admirers, and told each that the other had just proposed to the fair Judith. The result was a quarrel, ending in Major Wright challenging Hiram Ciders to a duel. Dick and James Hurley, who had been asked to act as seconds, had no intentions of having any bloodshed, and therefore carefully extracted the real cartridges from the combatants' revolvers and replaced them with blanks, then, sending a note to Miss Judith Mullen of her admirers' intentions, mentioning the time and place, they calmly awaited the appointed hour. Not so, Hiram Ciders, for Major Wright was far too good a shot to permit him to be calm. Nevertheless, owing to James Hurley's vigilance, the shivering constable was unable to slip away, as had been his intention, and was led pale and trembling, to the "field of honor." While the backs of the group were turned, he made a wild dash for liberty, so that when "auntie" arrived, she found only the hardy old Major. And so pleased was that lady at her hero's gallantry, that she promptly accepted him then and there, and Dick instantly seizing the favorable moment, was at last overjoyed to receive "auntie's" consent to his marriage with her niece.
- George Waring becomes infatuated with Miss Lowe and his wife divorces him, While driving, Miss Lowe's horse runs away and she is heroically rescued by Dick Watts, a handsome youth who falls in love with her. Miss Lowe, attired in bridal gown, is about to marry Waring when Watts rushes in and tempestuously exhorts her not to marry Waring, and as she has really learned to love Watts she accedes to his wishes. Waring is furious at having his bride snatched from his hands at the very altar, but resigns himself to his fate. Watts marries Miss Lowe, and, alone, seeks his fortune in Alaska. Meantime Mrs. Waring has met a childhood sweetheart, Paul Durkin, a soldier of fortune and a gambler, marries him and drifts to the Alaskan gold fields. Watts makes a rich strike and prepares to return home, but meets Durkin who fleeces him. He attempts suicide, and is found badly wounded by Mrs. Durkin, who nurses him back to health, and, touched by his story, persuades Durkin to give back the gold and sends for his wife. When she arrives Mrs. Durkin learns that she has befriended the husband of the girl who wrecked her home, and struck by the humor of the situation bursts into hysterical laughter, in which she is gradually joined by the motley crowd of picturesquely attired mend from many lands, forming a tableau of irresistible humor.
- Wild Flower follows her banished lover, Gray Fox, into the wilderness. Her departure is witnessed by Silver Fawn, who mistakenly thinks Wild Flower is stealing her fiancé. Silver Fawn sets out in pursuit and jealously attacks Wild Flower. They fall into the river but are rescued by Gray Fox.
- A young artist is a great lover of the beautiful, and has a natural horror of anything repulsive. He fails in love with a girl who satisfies his artistic requirements. The Girl's father, a worldly wise inventor, does not approve of his daughter's choice. He realizes that the young artist has many limitations, and doubts if he will make his daughter happy. The girl, when told of his fears, at first laughs them to scorn. Then she begins to doubt herself. Finally, a chance comes to test the father's theory. There is an explosion in the laboratory, and the girl, in trying to save her father, is badly injured. The artist hurries around to the house, and finds that the girl he loves is disfigured for life. She offers him his freedom and returns him his ring. The young man is not of the stuff of which heroes are made. His love cannot survive the loss of the girl's beauty. He takes the ring and hurries away. And the fears of the father are proven. As time rolls on the artist finds that he cannot forget the girl he once hoped to wed. Gradually he forgets her beauty, and thinks more and more of her character and mental attributes. Humbly he returns to the house, and again pleads his suit. At first the girl repels him, finally she consents to take him back. She is heavily veiled when they meet, but she does not raise the veil, neither does be ask her to. Her physical appearance is of no importance he tells her, and so far as he is concerned, this is the truth. For he is no longer the artist, he is the sincere lover. Still wearing her veil, but her beauty regained, the girl accompanies him to the altar. When they return to his studio, the veil is lifted, and with a radiant smile she goes to his arms.
- It is no easy matter for a girl to deliberately face three hardened burglars of the worst type and to calmly contrive to hold them in the house until their captors arrive. She discovers that the burglars are about to enter the house, she steals downstairs to the telephone and 'phones to the station agent of the railroad of which her father is President, and orders out a special engine and wrecking crew to come to her aid. Then she succeeds in a very effective and feminine manner in detaining the burglars in the room downstairs without disturbing her sick mother in the least. This scene is intermingled from time to time with views of the engine and the wrecking crew tearing down the track at sixty miles an hour. At last three long blasts from the steam engine give her warning that the house is surrounded by men. In the next instant she is in the arms of her father, while the dumbfounded burglars are confronted by a crowd of blue coats and the dirt-begrimed men of the roundhouse. She has done her heroic work well without disturbing the mother, who has been kept in ignorance of it all and who is sleeping peacefully.
- This is a Biblical drama performed 3317 years B.C., a picture of the destruction of the world by a flood. The Lord, observing the wickedness of the world, decides to destroy it. He instructs Noah to build an ark, or boat, in which her and his three sons, his wife and their wives take refuge. He is also told to take into the ark two of each of all living creatures. Noah does as he is told; the rain descends upon the earth, covering it with water, and the people are destroyed, but Noah, his sons and their families are saved. After forty days of inundation the water subsides. Noah sends out a dove from the ark; it returns with an olive branch in its mouth. After a short period the ark rests on Mount Ararat; Noah releases all the inmates from the ark; he and his sons and their wives build an altar unto the Lord, make sacrifice and offer up prayer and thanksgiving for their deliverance. The Lord sets a rainbow in the sky as a promise that he will never destroy the world again with a deluge.
- Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a girl who lives in his building.
- A staged Wild West kidnapping goes awry when the cowboys accidentally capture an actress who uses her acting skills to turn the tables on them.
- Tom Owen and Mae Darcy have a very quiet wedding, wishing to avoid all notoriety for the present and intending to surprise their friends by the announcement later on. But their friends "got wise" somehow and when the young couple finally arrive at the railroad station, they find a crowd there ahead of them and they are duly dealt with according to the latest rules laid down for the accelerated departure of bride and groom. A year slips by and we find Tom wrapped up in business pursuits and careless of manner towards Mae. And Mae quietly grieves over his neglect. Then a former sweetheart of Tom's, Belle Stuart, sends them an invitation to a ball, where Belle proceeds to monopolize Tom to the utter disregard of poor Mae. Left all alone she sits and broods over her misfortune, and then she meets the famous poet, Claude Jones, who entertains her most pleasantly with his talk and his ability as a dancer. Tom finally thinks of his wife and goes to where he left her, but she has gone. He at last discovers her in the conservatory in conversation with the poet. It is his turn to feel jealous and he does so and going rudely over to the couple he informs Mae that they must go home at once. Before they go, however, she invites Claude to call upon them. Soon Claude accepts her invitation and calls, finding her alone. In the midst of their tete-a-tete, Tom arrives at home and orders Claude to vacate the premises at once. Tom and Mae have their first quarrel, and it is a good one. Tom then decides to keep close watch upon her and rigs up a bell so that it will ring in his den every time the door opens. Well, it works all right, only he is kept busy rushing into the room merely to meet the maid or the postman or somebody other than Claude. He then gives up and after another interview with his wife, he secretly writes Claude a letter, informing him that as he loves Mae and Mae loves him, that he, Tom, will surrender all further claim upon her. When Claude arrives he is received most cordially by Tom, who proceeds to pour out his blessings upon the pair and leaves the room. Mae is completely mystified, until Claude shows her the letter and proceeds to press his suit. She, taken entirely unawares, begs for time to think it all over and he goes out to purchase her some flowers. Tom, seeing him leave, telephones Belle Stuart and makes an appointment with her. Mae overhears him at the 'phone and breaks down completely, weeping as if her heart would break. Then Tom leaves the house. Claude, shortly after this returns and attempts to present Mae with the flowers, but she has had enough of him already, and, ordering him from the house, throws his bouquet after him. Tom's conscience will not permit him to keep his appointment with Belle and after wandering aimlessly about his club, he returns home to find his little wife curled up in his den, hugging his dressing gown, trying to forget her troubles in slumber, Tom's heart is touched, his old love is reawakened and taking her in his arms, she opens her eyes and twining her arms about him, they forget all their former doubts and troubles in their present happiness.
- Little Riding Hood leaves home with a basket of goodies for grandmother, who lives on the other side of the big woods. On her way she meets the wolf, who proposes a race between them to grandmother's hut. The wolf arrives first, of course, and after chucking grandmother under the bed, gets into the old lady's nightclothes and waits for Little Red Riding Hood. He is about to eat the little girl when the woodmen arrive and slay him.
- Fritz Grenshaw was an ideal husband and very much in love with his young wife, Irene. But his disposition was such that he did not show many of those little attentions and caresses which women love. After a while, Irene decided that she was a neglected wife. She wrote to her husband's father complaining of Fritz's neglect. His father thought over the problem and then had a bright idea. He packed his grip and in due time arrived at the home of his son and daughter-in-law. There he told Irene of his scheme and she entered heartily into it. When Fritz come home he found his father very attentive to Irene. At first he took no notice of this, but father's attentions increased at an alarming rate. Finally Fritz remonstrated. Then he became angry, then suspicious, and at last very jealous. He told father right there in pretty strong language what he thought of his actions. Things were getting pretty serious when father and Irene revealed the whole scheme with the result that Fritz and his wife "lived happily ever afterwards."
- Margaret Luther Abercrombie, missionary to Egypt for the American Tract Society, is accompanied by her nephew, a handsome young man of twenty-five. Among her converts, Miss Abercrombie shows more than common liking for a young orphan girl, beautiful of face and figure, whose mercenary guardian is negotiating with a soulless Jewish slave-trader for the sale of the girl. Clifton meets the girl when he calls to escort his aunt to their lodgings and is struck with her wondrous beauty. An old duenna, Leota's faithful friend and companion, has overheard the guardian and the slave-trader bargaining for the girl and has warned her to be on guard at all times. Leota, overcome with anxiety, determines, as a precaution, to dispatch a note to the American, giving him the name of the slave-trader and asking him to search for her should she suddenly disappear. Ayhasa delivers the note returning just in time to see Leota hurried away by the Jew and his men. When Clifton is informed of the girl's plight he goes at once to the Jew's slave market and there finds a sale in progress. Leota being among those soon to be placed on the auction block. Soon the auctioneer comes to "the fairest in all Egypt" and Clifton determines the best and easiest manner of saving Leota is to bid the highest and buy her himself. A wealthy Nabob in the crowd ensuring permanent peace at Double Trouble Ranch, evinces great interest in the girl and Clifton finds a worthy rival to the bidding. But his American blood was up and he forced the Nabob to retreat under fire of his reckless advances and Leota was turned over to Clifton as his own property. The Nabob decided to show the young Yankee upstart an Oriental trick he did not know. While out walking with Miss Abercrombie, Leota was suddenly seized by strong men and hurried away. The frantic missionary communicated with her nephew and told him what had happened. Clifton felt he knew who was responsible for the girl's abduction and straightway went to the Nabob's palace and demanded her release. He was thrown into a dungeon for his pains, the Nabob personally escorting him there. Leota sinks to the floor, drawing the cross, given her by the missionary, from her bosom and prays to the Christian God. An old retainer in the palace, noticing the cross slips to her side and whispers that he too is secretly of the same faith and that he will help her. Keys are stolen from the eunuch in charge of the dungeon and Clifton is released. While Miss Abercrombie spirits Leota away, the young American literally fights his way out of the palace, through the streets and down to the harbor, where the women have preceded him, and there he finally secures protection on board an American steamship bound for the United States. Leota became a dutiful and lovable wife and the loves her "Aunt Margie" next to her handsome husband, both of whom sacrificed ambition and their chosen calling that she might be saved from a life of misery and shame.
- Two staid judges, Hay and Holt, are close friends. They have but one child each, an attractive daughter. These old fellows are very dignified and old-fashioned in their ideas, and they guard their girls with jealous care. Two young men of the town are enamored of those pretty girls and pay court to them. They are both surprised in their love-making, by the judges, who angrily order them from their houses, thereby humiliating the young men in the eyes of their sweethearts. The boys swear to get even. They determine to humiliate the judges. So they enlist the services of two gentlemen of shady reputation. The old codgers are enticed from their houses, carried off to a lonely shack in the woods, their beards are shaven off and they are dressed in the garb of children. Frightened half to death by their experience, the old fellows are turned loose to make their way back home as best they can. Their experiences are most amusing. The matter gets into the papers next day, but the names are withheld pending further investigation. Now the boys have them on their hips and threaten to reveal their names unless they give their consent to their daughters' marriage. Of course, the boys win, much to the gratification of the girls and the chagrin of the two crusty old jurists.
- Aida, daughter of the King of Ethiopia, having fallen a prisoner into the hands of the Egyptians, is given as a slave by their king to his daughter Amneris who, captivated by the grace and beauty of the unknown maid, takes her into favor. Radames, a young captain of the king's guards, loved by Amneris, suspecting a rival in her slave, swears to be avenged. Meanwhile war is again declared between Egypt and Ethiopia and Radames, appointed leader of the army by the High Priest of Isis, is invested with the sacred arms and departs to fight the Ethiopians who, headed by their king, have invaded Egypt. Radames defeats them and returns victorious, followed by the prisoners, among whom is the king himself, disguised as an officer. Through the intercession of Radames the prisoners are set free, with the exception of the king who, being recognized as Aida's father, is detained with her. As a reward for his great services Radames is given the hand of the Princess Amneris. The Ethiopian king in his captivity, having noticed the mutual affection existing between Radames and Aida and finding that they have a secret meeting place near the Temple of Isis, forces Aida to obtain from Radames the plan by which the Egyptians are to attack the Ethiopians. Radames incautiously reveals the plans to Aida, but is overheard by Amneris and the High Priest, who are in the temple and who suddenly appear and accuse Radames of treason. He is brought to judgment and condemned to be buried alive, but is visited by Amneris, who offers him pardon from the king if he will renounce Aida forever. He refuses and goes bravely to death. He enters the tomb and as the stone is being slowly lowered, he discovers Aida by his side. She had entered the tomb and has come to prove the depth of her love by sharing his fate.
- There is a young actor who finds himself out of an engagement and who is persuaded by a quondam friend to try a vaudeville playlet which he has written. Our hero invests his money in scenery and other paraphernalia and engages a leading lady. The next set is the rehearsal under the direction of the author of the playlet, which is comic. Then comes the real struggle for our hero to obtain a footing. He must have the necessary try-out, a trial week is a small out-of-town theater to prove the value of his new act. Then follows the first day. The act does not go very well, as it is for from brilliant. The audience is very much bored, so much so that in despair the manager rushes back from the front of the house, rings down the curtain and invites the young people to pack up their things and depart without ceremony. But being players, they are not downcast for very long. They decide that the set which proved so bad as played seriously would be very funny if they produced it in the broadly burlesque fashion, and plucking victory from disaster, they rearrange the act and appear before the same audience. And in the meantime out of their joint trials and tribulations a little love story has grown, and they find that the try-out has been a success for them in more ways than one.
- An elderly carpenter is told by a doctor that his wife is seriously ill. Soon afterwards, an insensitive shop foreman lays him off from his job because of his age. Unable to find work, and with his wife's condition getting worse, he soon becomes desperate.
- Little Dorothy's sister has two beaux, Mr. Fresh whom she dislikes and Mr. Backward, a bashful fellow, whom she decides is the man for her sister. The pranks the little girl plays on Mr. Fresh bring his courtship to a quick finish. The fun increases when the little girl tries to get the bashful beau to propose to her sister. Finally she hits on a scheme and writes to Mr. Backward that her sister loves him something awful and talks about him in her sleep. Backward encouraged by the letter visits his sweetheart but little Dorothy has to bring the two together through a very funny trick.
- A circus comes to a frontier town and pitches its tent, attracting a good audience of cowboys, soldiers from the nearby post and residents of the town. One of the soldiers falls in love with a pretty girl performer, the daughter of the manager, and succeeds in gaining the father's consent, after which he departs for a post farther west, to which his company has been ordered. With the circus is a troupe of acrobats, costumed as red devils. Just as the engagement closes, their manager receives a wire from a Western town offering him an engagement. The acrobats hail the offer with delight, especially pleased is the girl, because it will take her near her soldier lover, so the engagement is accepted. The picture now takes us to the military post where the lover is found with his comrades about the entrance of the stockade. A messenger appears with a letter from the girl, telling him of the coming of the troupe and that her father has agreed that they may be married immediately. This puts the soldier in high spirits and his comrades overwhelm him with congratulations and carry him into the stockade on their shoulders when he tells them the good news. During these events trouble has been brewing between the cowboys and the Indians. The latter have been caught in the act of stealing cattle and, in the fight that follows, one of them, the chief's son, is killed. For this the Indians take the war path. One of the Indians happens to be in town when the stage carrying the troupe of Red Devils, their manager and his daughter, starts on its journey with an escort of cowboys. This spy hastens to the camp of his tribe and the band starts out at once to prepare an ambush for the travelers. Lumbering along over the rough trail comes the old stagecoach, a real relic of pioneer days, with four horses swinging it around the curves with all the dash of the Wild West. Then a wheel breaks and the coach comes to a stop, while the occupants pile out to see what the trouble is. While they are inspecting the damage the Indians come upon them; there is a general scurrying to shelter, except one daring fellow who boldly perches himself upon the top of the coach as if he were inviting the Indians to "pot" him. One of the cowboy escorts manages to get away at the beginning of the scrimmage with a message from the girl to her lover at the fort, which happens to be the nearest point from which succor can be obtained. For some time the Indians continue their fire from ambush, but when all the visible defenders have been disposed of they rush the coach with the purpose of finishing them. Just as they seem about to overwhelm the survivors the troupe of "Red Devils" springs out of the coach and hold the Indians spellbound in open mouthed wonder at their marvelous tumbling. While these events are happening, the messenger arrives at the fort and soon a troop of cavalry is on the way to the rescue. Alternate views of the "Red Devils" holding the Indians in awe and the soldiers racing over the trail carry the interest to a high pitch. Now the acrobats are about exhausted from their efforts and would give up, but the girl and her father rush out and encourage them to keep going. Then one Indian, evidently not to be fooled by the antics of the "Red Devils," springs out and harangues his braves. This breaks the spell and the attack on the travelers is about to be resumed when the soldiers come dashing up and scatter the Indians. The ruse of the "Red Devils" has been successful and the scene closes with the girl clasped in the arms of her soldier lover.
- Mary Crosby is the daughter of a well-to-do villager who dislikes her sweetheart, John Howard and refuses his consent to their marriage. The couple elope and Mary's father swears that he will never forgive her. John loses his position and becomes seriously ill. Mary goes to her father to plead for help for her husband who the doctor says cannot recover unless he is taken to a warmer climate. The old man refuses and drives her out. Later the distressed girl wife re-enters her own home and takes from her father's desk a sum of money needed to help her husband. Her father enters and in the midst of cursing her he falls dead of apoplexy. Horror-stricken the girl puts back the money just as her mother enters. Imagine the poor girl's remorse when she returns to her home and finds that her mother has left money to help them. John recovers and when the father's will is read it is found that he has left a handsome sum of money to the daughter he has disowned.
- The daughter of the general manager of the telegraph company becomes interested in telegraphy and calls at the office every day to get her lesson in the art. Morton, the operator, who teaches her, loves her from the first and this love soon begets an answering emotion in the girl's breast. In response to an invitation from his sweetheart Morton goes to her father's office to meet her and accompanies them to dinner. What is his surprise to find the office empty! He doesn't know that within the great safe vault behind the massive door closed and locked by a careless employee, is the General Manager and his daughter, suffocating in the rapidly diminishing air; nevertheless he learns the awful secret, and how he saves them from a frightful death by his sweetheart's knowledge of telegraphy, provides a dramatic situation seldom if ever equaled in motography.
- Annie remains faithful to her husband, Enoch, even though he's been lost at sea for many years. Finally her grown children convince her to marry Philip, her former suitor. Enoch is rescued from the deserted isle where he has been stranded, and returns home. He discovers Annie's new life, and decides not to interrupt her happiness.
- Too fat for comfort, and fearing an increase in avoirdupois, Bunny purchases a Vapor Bath, guaranteed to make the fat thin and do the trick with neatness. In his anxiety to make a trial of the bath he forgets to lock the library door. He places a newspaper on top of the enclosure, and with his head protruding like a turtle, he tries to read the news of the day while he is taking off weight. The door blows open and the draft sweeps the newspaper off the top of the bath. In his efforts to secure it and his fear of the maid entering the room he finds himself in a pretty fix. He is moving about like a sandwich man when a sneak thief enters, and finding our fat friend helpless, proceeds to help himself to Bunny's clothing, containing his coin and jewelry. Giving Bunny the laugh, and gracefully bidding him a fond farewell, he closes the door and leaves. The thief had scarcely taken his departure, when Fatty's wife comes in with two lady friends and again he is an object of ridicule and laughter in the eyes of the visiting ladies, very much to his wife's embarrassment. Finally escaping from his predicament, he proceeds to make junk of the vapor bath and consign it to the woodpile.
- An ensign on a submarine boat has a love affair with the daughter of a lieutenant--his superior officer. The scene is laid in the U.S. Navy and a genuine submarine boat was placed at the disposal of the director in the filming of the picture. The young ensign loves the daughter of the lieutenant and his love is returned. The lieutenant has other aspirations and tells the young man to win his stripes before he will consider his suit. The lover is not crestfallen as he is ambitious and the girl is willing to wait. A French army officer also loves the girl but, while he is favored by the father, the girl despises him. The lieutenant receives a message from naval headquarters commanding him to take charge of the submarine boat on a cruise and to further instruct the ensign in his duties. Prior to his going abroad the ensign kindly shows the Frenchman, his rival, over the boat. The villain, anxious to avenge himself on the young man, steals the valve handle off the mechanism which controls the buoyancy arrangement when the boat is submerged and carries it away. The lieutenant boards the boat and she goes on the educational cruise. There are many scenes of the evolutions of the boat and she finally sinks to the bottom. The officers watch the gauge but find themselves powerless to rise, owing to the tampering with the mechanism. They are suffocating for the want of air and are doomed to die like rats in a trap. Then the young ensign shows his mettle. He proposes that his shipmates shoot him through the torpedo tube and he will swim for assistance. He is shot through the tube, against the wishes of the lieutenant, rises to the surface and swims for it, summoning a submarine boat tender. The boat is anchored over the submerged craft and the emergency expedient is resorted to with success. Air is pumped into the receptacles and the vessel arises and the crew is saved through the heroism of the young officer. The Frenchman is suspected of the trickery and is punished. The ensign makes good and the lieutenant removes all objections to his marriage to his daughter.
- Bill McCurdy, an outlaw, brings his second wife, a refined woman, to [his] ranch. Here, they meet Pat McCurdy, a brother of Bill, who reprimands Bill for his duplicity. The shock is too much for Bill's second wife and she collapses. Meanwhile, Pat has informed Bill's first wife of her husband's wrongdoing, and together they ride to Bill's ranch, where they are told that the doctor who attended her has escorted her to the home of her friend, the U. S. Marshal. A few minutes after the arrival of the doctor and Mrs. Mary McCurdy, Pat and Bill's first wife come upon the scene. Bill is about to shoot his lawful wife when the outlaws stop him and lead him away. The doctor and Mary plight their troth and soon are married.
- Mrs. Glendon, proprietress of Hotel Glendon, as businesslike and sensible as she appeared, was still a woman and, therefore, curious. In vain Nell had protested with her for examining the Howard's things, but Mrs. Glendon, feeling confident that father and son would remain downstairs to play a game of cards, went smilingly forward in her tour of inspection, until Mr. Howard's step sounded in the hall. With a spring, Nell succeeded in getting into the closet, which divided the Howard's rooms, and, slamming the door, left poor Mrs. Glendon to brave it out as best she could. But panic was in the air, so finding herself alone and all means of escape cut off, Mrs. Glendon hastily crouched behind a settee. Nell had intended making her escape through Bob Howard's room, but, as she looked through the keyhole, she beheld the young man comfortably smoking a cigar, So donning a coat and hat which she found in the closet, the girl waited until the old gentleman had turned out his light. Then, creeping softly out, she made a dash for the door and succeeded in gaining her own room unrecognized. Mrs. Glendon attempted to follow suit, but her exit was cut off by Mr. Howard springing from his bed and locking the door, so she was forced to retreat into the closet. From here, she might have later on adopted Nell's method of escape, had the girl not dropped a coat-hanger, in her haste, and sent Bob scurrying to the office to tell the boys of the "burglar" in their closet. Armed with various weapons, the party crept cautiously up to Mr. Howard's room, where the recent commotion seemed to have taken place, but that gentleman absolutely refused to open the door until he was warned that they would break it down. This reluctance on Mr. Howard's part was entirely misconstrued, when Mrs. Glendon was taken from the closet in a fainting condition, and it was only his nimbleness of foot which enabled him to keep ahead of his pursuers, as down the stairs and around the hotel they ran. At last he succeeded in dodging them, and again sped upstairs, only to mistake Nell's room for his own. It proved, however, to be Nell, who, seeing a man under the bed, fled downstairs and brought up the crowd. But no sooner had they dragged him out, than she recognized the old gentleman and hurriedly informed her mother that they must now make a clean breast of the matter. And, although somewhat uncomfortable for all concerned, it proved an excellent lesson for the proprietress. Nothing could again induce her to meddle with a guest's belongings
- In this characteristic story of the south we are taken to the heart of the pine forests where the chief industry is the gathering of the pitch from the pine trees and its distillation into turpentine. Throughout the pictures the various stages of the industry are shown. The story centers around a young southern girl who has two lovers, both employed in the turpentine camp. Of course, she loves but one and the discarded suitor attempts to discredit his rival by having a negro to open the main vent and allow the turpentine to go to waste. His deed is worse than he anticipated, however, for the turpentine takes fire and the still is partially destroyed. As was intended, the finger of suspicion points to the girl's accepted lover and it would doubtless have gone hard with him had not the negro met with an accident and confessed as he was about to die. So the real culprit is run down and punished and the lover of the girl is freed of suspicion and wins his bride.