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- The beautiful Corsican girl, Marietta, has two ardent admirers, Carlo and Enrico, and it is quite difficult for her to decide which one to accept. She keeps both at a distance. The uncertainty is exciting the two fellows to such a pitch that their friendship gradually diminishes and one day Marietta surprises them as they are about to fight with knives as weapons. She is frightened, but her clever and convincing words induce the fellows to agree to an arrangement which she proposes for settling the matter. High up on one of the rocks where no man's foot has ever rested, an eagle has built a nest. Marietta decides that she will be the wife of the one who first brings her an egg from the nest. Carlo and Enrico are ready to start for the task and Marietta watches them swim through the breakers. Carlo, who is the better climber, arrives at the nest first and takes the egg out of it, but on coming back he forgets all precaution in his hurry, and with one false step misses his hold and falls over the steep rocks to the bottom where Enrico, who is left behind, is on his way. The latter takes the egg out of the dead man's hand and swims back for his reward. The wedding takes place and everybody is happy excepting Enrico, who cannot forget Carlo's tragic death. When the young couple are left together Enrico feels a little easier, but just as he is embracing his young wife the image of Carlo rises between them. Mad with fright and horror, Enrico rushes out of the house down to the sea, and the wife and the mother go to look for him, but they only find his body at the bottom of the rocks.
- An Englishman is in love with an English girl who has a friend married to a Frenchman. She receives a letter from the latter telling her of the great affection her husband has for his wife and stating that no one knows how to love like the French. The English girl sends her sweetheart to France to learn the art of making love. He sees many peculiar things in France which, he puts into practice on his return to England, but, strange to say, he wins out.
- Zuma, a gypsy girl, and a snake charmer, is purchased by a kindly-hearted Count and his wife. Zuma drives from the Count's home a woman friend of the Countess who flirts with the Count, and then comes the revelation that the faithful gypsy girl herself nurses an all-consuming love for her master. At a reception in the Count's home Zuma does her snake dance for the amusement of the guests. When the dance is done Zuma turns the fangs of the giant python into her arm, a pathetic victim to her human love for the Count and her dog-like devotion to the Countess.
- Harry Webb finds that for one occupying his station in society, the Bohemian life he is leading is not altogether commensurate with his limited income, and in consequence, when taken to task by his father, he decides at once to leave home. Accordingly he sets sail for South Africa. We next see him at the Royal Hotel, Durban, in company with a trader on the veldt, with whom he arranges to interest himself. Upon arrival in the jungles they camp for the night. The Zulus, fearful of the white man's invasion, warn the chief of the tribe, the prowling beasts of the wilds charge the little camp at night and carry away the meat provided for food. Harry is taken captive by the natives and tied in the hut. Making his escape he seeks refuge in a military hospital; same is attacked and burned. The life of Gen. Robert Wilson is saved by Harry's bravery, whereupon he enlists in the English army and is made a commissioned officer. The news is communicate to the anxious and forgiving father, and all is happiness.
- Episode 1: "The Mystic Message of the Spotted Collar" Zudora, 18, has a guardian, Hassam Ali, a disciple of Hindu mysticism. Hassam Ali was a fakir with a small caravan circus. Zudora's mother was his sister and the rope walker. Zudora's father remained in a small mining town where he prospected for gold. As the story opens Zudora, her mother and Hassam Ali, her uncle, are visiting the town of Zudora's birth and where Zudora's father is still prospecting. Zudora's father finds that the Zudora mine yields a wonderful run of gold. He becomes over-zealous and is killed in an explosion. He wills the entire mine, which is valued at $20,000,000, to Zudora, when she reaches her eighteenth birthday, and in the event of Zudora's death, going to the nearest heir-at-law. Zudora's mother receives information of her husband's death when she is about to ascend the rope and give her performance. She falls to the ground, and with a dying gasp turns over to Hassam Ali the guardianship of Zudora. Zudora reaches her eighteenth year. Hassam Ali has set himself up as a mystic, but his one purpose in life is to rid himself of Zudora, so that the mine will be his. He is also anxious to rid himself of John Storm, Zudora's sweetheart. He has kept from Zudora the information about her inheritance. He at last arrives at one plan that seems safe. Zudora has evidenced quite wonderful powers of deduction. He tells her that since she has always been so anxious to incorporate herself in his work, he will give her the next twenty cases he is called upon to solve. He says: "If you win, you may marry John Storm. If you lose on any one of them, you renounce him forever." Zudora's sweetheart is involved in a great case for the city. Opposed to him is one Bienreith, a prominent lawyer. The case is going well for John Storm. Hassam Ali decides that after eighteen years of waiting it is time to use heroic measures. He denounces Storm in front of Zudora, and then tells her about the twenty cases. The very first thing in the courtroom, Storm slaps the face of Bienreith, after a particularly insulting speech, and is invited to a duel that night. An hour later the newspapers are full of her sweetheart's trouble. Zudora rushes to his side and finds him practicing with a revolver. She plans to keep him from meeting Bienreith. She purchases a drug, and drops it in a glass of drinking water. Next morning the papers tell of Storm's disappearance. The great mystery of it is that Bienreith has been found dead in his room and the blame placed upon John Storm. Storm is arrested. Zudora rushes to her uncle and begs that this be her first case. When she goes to Bienreith's home that morning she finds the collar that he had worn when killed. It has queer markings on it. She studies the lines carefully, but can make no headway. Storm is formally charged with the murder. She reaches the courtroom just in time to say, "Stop, he is not guilty...," and falls into a faint. Hassam Ali and Burns, a confederate, watch as the girl recovers and explains that she has solved the mystery. Burns is placing a revolver, equipped with a silencer against her neck, when she turns suddenly and takes a pencil from his pocket to prove her contention to the court. She realizes, in looking at the mark, that there is a similarity between the markings of Burns' pencil and the markings on the collar. Court is adjourned. Zudora induces Burns to accompany her home. Under hypnosis he confesses to killing Bienreith. Zudora had placed two lawyers behind the curtains and they hear the confession. Zudora has solved her first case and Hassam Ali congratulates her. In the courtroom Zudora clasps Storm in her arms as the judge proclaims him free.
- Zou-Zou is an intelligent French poodle, the pet and companion of a rich old bachelor who is the possessor of a large fortune but who is without kin to inherit it after his death. One day he makes his will, in which he leaves all his money to the person who will take his dog and care for him after his death. He then puts the missive into the pocket in the dog's collar. One day the unfortunate man is stricken and dies suddenly, and immediately the poor animal is turned out of the place without a friend to care for him. The dog wanders around the streets until he is spied by a little urchin who is returning from market with his poor old mother. The little fellow is so attracted by the animal that he pleads with his mother to allow him to take him home, and the kind-hearted woman finally consents, but is compelled to smuggle the dog into her apartments, as the laws of the house forbid the tenants keeping animals. One day the little fellow takes the dog out and. stopping to play a game of marbles with some of his little companions, ties it to a bench. Soon two men come along and noticing the pretty dog, they cut the leash and steal away with it. They ill treat the poor beast shamefully, and so the first chance he gets the animal makes his escape and starts out to find his new home, where he realizes that he is welcome. Arriving at the house, he bolts into the place, and the poor people are overjoyed to have him back again. Since the dog's departure the unfortunate family have had lots of trouble and are now being dispossessed for failing to pay their rent. They are just about to leave the house when the little boy spies the pocket in the dog's collar and opening it takes out the will. Upon reading the missive they are overjoyed and start out immediately to gel possession of the money. The last picture shows the happy family six months later, living in a pretty home and enjoying life without care or worry, and Zou-Zou, who is the good benefactor, has his place at the table and receives as much attention and kindness as one of the happy children.
- This is a scientific exposition of how the underwater world lives, showing the family affairs of the denizens of the aquatic world. It shows how they have to fight their way through legions of hungry enemies, how they make and wear armor that will render them teeth-proof, how these watery deeps are even more lawless than the streets of New York.
- One of the most interesting and strangest beasts in the world is the sloth, a descendant of the prehistoric creatures who attained enormous size and fed upon vegetation, having no means apparently of defending themselves. This film shows this strange creature, his appearance, his extremely deliberate method of locomotion, and his constant regard for his stomach. He is continually looking at the ground and apparently figuring where his next bite is coming from. A near relative of the sloth is the giant ant eater, a toothless animal armed with enormous claws with which it is possible for him to withstand the attack of the most ferocious of the jungle hunters, the jaguar. This strange animal feeds almost entirely upon ants and inasmuch as ants live in queer places in the tropics he is provided with a long slender tongue which he can insert into crevices of trees and other entrances to ant hills. Another strange creature coming from South America is the Matamata, a hideous but amusing turtle, which attains enormous size and is provided with a head which is so grisly that it must have been designed to frighten its enemies to death.
- Zip and his gang, over-confident under the protection of the ward boss, make game of the police department by waylaying every policeman they come across, and sending him back to his captain sans clothing and dignity. To this end, the star policeman concentrates his entire attention. He catches Zip in the midst of one of his insulting telephone calls and lands him in jail, adding insult to injury by stealing Zip's sweetheart. The star policeman's triumph is short lived, however, as the ward boss obtains Zip's release who now proceeds to make it harder for the police than ever before. Their reputation at stake, the policemen plan the capture of the entire gang. They dress up a dummy and place it on the end of a narrow pier, ambuscading themselves nearby. The scheme works but their capture is marred by the gang dumping them into the ocean. Seeing their plight the star policeman rushes to the rescue, his weight pushing the gang into the water, where their frantic efforts to save themselves bring joy to the hearts of the police.
- Marinka is the queen of a Romany tribe. With her people she camps on the estate of the wealthy Count Paul, The latter is struck by her beauty. He asks for the flowers she wears, and is told that if he wants them he must come and get them. On horseback they race through the forest groves. When he overtakes her and reaches for the flowers she bites him severely on the hand. Piqued and enraged, the count demands of the gypsies that she he made to apologize or else they will be expelled from his grounds. Coerced by necessity, Marinka with several of her band comes to the count's castle and none too graciously apologizes. The count chaffs her upon being afraid to come alone, whereupon she defiantly says she will return unaccompanied when the count's companions have gone. This she does. The count's ingratiating manners win the gypsy's wild heart. He struggles for a kiss. She is about to yield to this wish when she remembers the prophecy concerning her, that "whom shall first kiss Marinka, the unkissed, shall die before sunset and that upon her people shall come malediction and desolation." Outside is watching Baschir, a gypsy admirer, who, madly jealous, runs away to the tribe and tells that Marinka has delivered them unto the penalty of the fateful kiss. When the queen comes from the count's mansion she is seized by the gypsies and hurried away to imprisonment. She is condemned to death by burning at the stake. In the morning from his tower the count and his companions about to go hunting see the gypsy caravan hurrying across the fields. Wondering at this sudden departure, the count upon them trains his powerful field glasses. As his eyes rove the distant fields he sees Marinka tied to a post, and Baschir, torch in hand, pressing his profane lips upon the fated ones of Marinka of the prophecy. Dashing to their horses the count and his party gallop to the scene in time to save Marinka from the cruel forks of flame which all about her are stabbing redly. Her lips freed from the awful curse, the queen yields them to Paul in gratitude and love. Meanwhile the gypsies, to cut off pursuit, are destroying the bridges behind them. As Baschir wields his axe on the last planking his foot slips, and with the debris of the wrecked bridge he slips into the water to his death.
- Everybody behind the scenes is busy making up the clever danseuse. Midst her hustle to get ready she has time, however, to receive a valuable necklace from her stage Johnny, an English lord admirer. In her excitement to respond to her cue, she rushes from the room, dropping her pearl's in an undergarment, and returns to find to her alarm, that the jewels have disappeared. She consults the aid and ability of the famous detective, Zigoto. This noted sleuth commissions his two cleverest subordinates, Detectives Fuzzle and Summer. The former takes a map, on a bench under a side window of the theater, the other uproots everything and person in his search. In the meantime the lord buys the actress an exact duplicate. Summer spies him, mistakes him for the thief, and leads him as prisoner to the detective bureau. Fuzzle finds the necklace, which had been dropped from above as the maid was shaking out the undergarment. With his prize in hand, he also reports to the bureau, arriving simultaneously with his comrade. Surprise, joy, humiliation, all ensue.
- The daughter of a wealthy banker, on the eve of her marriage, is abducted and held for ransom. Zigoto is employed to rescue her. He traces the kidnappers and scales the wall of their stronghold only to roll into the chimney and thence into their very presence. After a hand-to-hand combat, Zigoto is bound. He liberates himself, however, and overpowering a woman member of the band, he takes her clothing and gains entrance to the weeping girl. She escapes by an improvised rope to a horse which waits in the grounds below. Zigoto follows her and vanquishes the chauffeur of bandits' automobile. Acting as their driver, he pursues the fleeing girl, who deserting her mount, launches forth upon a river in a rowboat. Zigoto and the two kidnappers follow in a motor boat. They overtake the girl and drag her to their craft. Then Zigoto shows his master hand. He throws the two kidnappers into the water and batters them with an oar. Zigoto restores the girl to her father and is properly rewarded.
- Calino is left in charge of a railway station, with predictably disastrous consequences.
- Zigoto takes fair Lizette to a smart country hotel. As the adoring couple sit under the arbor, Zigoto, the unconventional, does sword-swallowing feats with his knife, and when he eats his soup the dissonance drowns the singing of the birds. These eccentricities of genius and his unwashed appearance in general, cause the other guests to believe that Zigoto should dine in a stable. This belief, however, does not reach Zigoto's consciousness and he eats on with appetite undiminished. Those who had taken exception to Zigoto's conduct sally forth to the roadway. There sits a blind man peddling flowers. The spirit of skylarking running in excesses, they upset the blind man's stand and steal his dog. As the unfortunate man is groping blindly about for the flowers scattered on the sidewalk, Zigoto, with the gallantry of a chevalier, enters upon the scene. He learns of the cruel joke perpetrated upon the flower vendor and pursues the culprits. He overtakes them as they are having the time of their lives throwing the dog into the river and hitting him with stones upon the bump of reverence. He throws the principal offender into the water. The man accumulates so much of the liquid through the medium of his open countenance that Zigoto believes that the wet one may contaminate the water or drain the stream. Zigoto, with the nonchalance of a deep sea diver, plunges in and rescues the spattering mischief maker. He escorts the party back to where the flower vendor is still collecting his violated wares. Zigoto coerces the subdued offenders into giving the flower vendor full value for his buds. Accepting a small bouquet from the vendor as a proof of the vendor's gratitude, he marches back to the fair Lizette.
- Zigoto acrobatically drives a locomotive gone haywire, which runs through the city causing frenzied bedlam. One of Durand's burlesque masterpieces.
- A sensational detective story, founded on the romance of Leon Sazie. The noted criminal who terrorized all Europe is shown in these three Zigomar reels in a dramatic and intense struggle for supremacy with Paulin Broquet, the celebrated detective, who takes the two in the most varied and finest resorts. It is literally a chase through the entire continent, with Broquet now having the upper hand and again Zigomar in its possession. Zigomar is the leader of a band of men who persist in plundering rich and poor. They know Broquet is on their trail and set a trap for him. However, he escapes, and in the melee which follows, when he nearly captures Zigomar, the latter also flees. A wonderful feature of this production is the "Will o' the Wisp" dance which the noted dancer, Esmée, performs at a ball in the Moulin Rouge in Paris. The festival begins by a magnificent procession, in which the dancer is carried in a litter, bedecked with jewels. In the succeeding darkness, tiny flames light up and Esmée appears clad in white veils. She appears in the semi-darkness as a white apparition. Then the dance becomes gayer, the dancer turns faster, like a flower with changing colors, and finally sinks exhausted to the floor. There are effects of colored light in this picture that never have been seen before. Immediately following there is a scene of great contrast when Zigomar sets fire to the place and the scene ends in wild disorder.
- After a time of suspended activities, Zigomar attempted to rob the biggest bank in Paris; but in this he was frustrated by the detective. Swearing vengeance he tried to wreck the train upon which the detective was traveling, but one of the detective's spies got wind of it and warned him. Ascertaining that the detective was to make his journey by motorboat instead of by rail, Zigomar and La Rosario, at the point of revolvers, forced an aviator to carry them high up in the air, and, when directly above the motorboat, Zigomar dropped several explosive bombs upon the frail craft, blowing it into pieces and injuring the detective so seriously that he was placed in a hospital. When he was convalescent, Broquet received a letter of invitation from the banker, whom he had warned against the diabolical machinations of Zigomar, to come to his house and see how he entertained his guests. While there, the banker showed Broquet how he, by an ingenious arrangement of mirrors, was able to see the strong room of the bank. While they were looking Zlgomiir and his band broke into the strong room and began to loot the safes. By pressing a button, the strong room was soon flooded and the bandits captured.
- The next dastardly trick of Zigomar was to secure the safe which carried $50,000 belonging to the owner of the Grand African Circus, which he had won as a prize. He and La Rosario, disguised as servants, joined the circus and by the aid of a powerful elephant managed to get the safe to a manhole into which is was lowered to Zigomar and La Rosario. But it slipped from the ledge and soon sank out of sight in the mud. The case for the apprehension of the thief was placed in the hands of Paulin Broquet, and, disguised, he started to investigate. In the circus parade the next day he saw Zigomar and made a grab for him. La Rosario saw this, and, obedient to her command, her trained elephant took Broquet around the waist and hurled him to the ground. In the confusion Zigomar and La Rosario escaped.
- Paulin Broquet, the great Parisian detective, has brought the notorious bandit, Zigomar, to justice. Determined not to let the law punish him, he had taken poison in the Hall of Justice. Then he was brought to a hospital where he lay motionless and was visited by hundreds of persons. Among the visitors was a slender woman, dressed in black, who secreted herself in the hospital, and, when all the others had gone, went to the bedside of Zigomar and administered an antidote for poisoning. She was none other than La Rosario, the accomplice of Zigomar. Almost instantaneous with the administering of the antidote, Zigomar opened his eyes and sprang from the bier. They were about to leave the room when the surgeon entered to take a portion of the skin from the bandit's arm, which was all the great detective desired as a recompense for the capture of Zigomar. But he was quickly pounced upon, gagged and placed upon the bier where he was found the next morning by the detective. Later the bandit set a trap for the infuriated Broquet into which he unsuspectingly fell. When the detective was in this predicament, Zigomar offered him $250,000 if he would let him alone. Not acquiescing in this, Zigomar then thrust his captive into an iron cage where he would have starved to death had it not been for the timely rescue by his lieutenant.
- Marvelous views of the Alps, some of them being taken from a point as high as 15,000 feet. Most charming of all are the views of sunset and moonlight near the Matterhorn. This film will rank with the best that Kinemacolor has shown.
- A fancy of what might happen if the Kaiser's Zeppelin fleet should make an attack on New York is depicted. The Zeppelins are shown on their course across the sky as they come over the sea laden with bombs. The big city is shown darkened and the harbor lights extinguished, as all Manhattan Island holds tight and waits. A bombing aeroplane is shown, scout aboard, as it soars off into the upper air. There is a battle in the night-blackened sky. The Zeppelins are seen dropping their bombs of fire and explosive on the great skyscrapers of lower Broadway. The defending aeroplanes rush about. Then comes a hit. A Zeppelin is blasted to bits, burns in air and crashes to earth a cindered mass. Victory for the defenders.
- Mr. Hamilton was left a widower with a son whom he expects to continue the business in case of his death. He fell in love with a widow, whose sole ambition was to inherit her husband's fortune. He had, however, in his will left the bulk of his estate to his only son, Harry. Upon the merchant's death, the widow was deeply chagrined to learn that her expectations had not been realized. She determined to break the will and planned to carry out her intention. The unexpected visit of a tribe of Gypsies in the vicinity of their homestead, gave her the golden opportunity, which, however, ended disastrously to her. The "beauty" of the tribe was "Zelda," the fortune teller, who had become the wife of Emanuel, the villain of the tribe, at an early age. Harry becomes deeply impressed with Zelda and was encouraged by his stepmother in making clandestine appointments. Her designs were apparent as she succeeded in arousing the fierce jealousy of the unprincipled husband. Emanuel upbraids his wife, and threatens the life of her pale-faced admirer and finally surprises them in one of their secret tete-a-tetes. The young fellow endeavors to explain his interest in her and his reason for befriending her. All to no avail. He assaults the boy, and thinking he has killed him, makes his escape. Zelda gives the alarm and two farmers whom she notifies of the assault, come upon the scene and are soon joined by an infuriated mob who vow vengeance on the murderous Gypsy. He, in the meantime, has fled to the Hamilton homestead, and brushing the butler aside, begs Mrs. Hamilton to save him from his imminent danger. She now refuses to secrete him and thus shirks her compact. The mob are seen coming into the grounds. He pleads with her for his life. She still refuses. He seizes her and in the struggle forces her to the balcony railing. The crowd below with shouts suppressed upon their lips, gaze horror-stricken as they sway and are finally flung to the lawn below, an inert mass. The boy, who was only stunned in the encounter with the Gypsy, recovered sufficiently to reach the scene, hoping to save the life of the wretched Emanuel, too late. He comes upon the tragic scene, as his stepmother's body is borne away. Zelda shudders at the sight of Emanuel and is led form the scene by the equally afflicted admirer. Thus each party to an unjust intrigue paid the penalty that is so often meted out to the "wicked of heart," and the stepson remained free to make Zelda's life one of sunshine and happiness.
- Zeb keeps the General Store in a little country town and he and Zeke have been lifelong friends. They are a couple of cantankerous oldsters but there's a flash of youthful fire in their veins and this in their veins and this is fanned to white heat by the appearance of Mrs. Marion Clayton, a fascinating widow whose physician has prescribed an entire rest from all social duties and retirement to a country town. Mrs. Clayton finds the awkward flirtations of Zeb and Zeke a relief from the monotony of novel reading and accepts Zeke's invitation to go buggy-riding. This is a blow to Zeb who hustles to the city and buys a second-hand automobile. That wipes Zeke's eye but the stubborn wreck of what was once an auto balks. Zeb climbs under the machine in the most approved motor fashion and Zeke sits beside the widow and tinkers with the steering gear. He starts the auto and then commences a wild ride with Zeb pursuing in Zeke's buggy. Zeke wrecks the auto and then drives the widow home in the buggy, winning there and back. Zeb threatens to sue Zeke for the price of the wrecked machine and his damaged feelings, and the old friendship bids fair to be broken up when the widow gets word that her fiancé is about to arrive from abroad and her physician will permit her return to the city. It's a stunning blow to Zeb and Zeke, but Zeb tears up the bill for the auto and over a couple of cigars, "Five centers, the best in the cast," they talk over their love dreams. Anyhow the widow was a corker and it was worthwhile.
- Zebidiah Jackson and Zachariah Johnson, two colored missionaries, who have been sent out by the African Mission Society, arrive at the African port and start for the interior. They sit down to rest when some Zulus happen to see them. The Zulus chase Zeb and Zack, capture them, and drag them by the feet to the king. The king decides to eat them, but as one is not quite fat enough, they are to be held for a few days. The king appropriates the coats and hats of the two and is quite taken with a pair of specs belonging to one of the unfortunates. While he is trying to decipher what they are, the missionaries make a bolt for liberty. They are, however, recaptured and put in a cage and guarded by several Zulus. Having some tobacco, and wanting to soothe their nerves, they decide to take a chew. While they are so doing, the guards see them, and thinking that the tobacco is something good to eat, they take it away from Zeb and Zack and eat it. Naturally they get terribly sick. A Zulu, who, happening to pass the cage and seeing the condition of the guards, rushes to the king's hut and bursts in while he is in conference with the counselors. After the Zulu tells his story the counselors decide that the two men are evil spirits and should be rid of. The medicine man is informed and all the tribe is assembled at the incantation. When this ceremony is over they march off to get the missionaries. When they arrive at the cage they are astonished to find that Zeb and Zack have charmed the guards who were placed on duty to replace the sick ones, and have persuaded them to let them out of the cage. This was accomplished by singing the popular song, "Everybody's Doing It," and dancing the trot. When the king and the tribesmen arrive on the scene they are at first inclined to be angry, but the harmonious singing of the missionaries, accompanied with the peculiar movement of the body performed by Zeb and Zack, has the same effect on all, and the two captives lead the Zulus on a joyful dance through the village. While the Zulus are all engaged in the song and dance, Zeb and Zack make their escape to the beach, where a yawl from a ship lying out at sea has been put in for water. They tell the sailors of their plight and the good-hearted seamen take them in the boat and all hurriedly pull out, glad to escape with their lives.
- Zeb had lived all his life in Sprucetown, and was utterly untainted by any knowledge of the rest of this wicked world. But Zeb's wild, untrammeled soul sought utterance in the divine realm of music. Zeb practiced on the trombone. When a bill poster came to town and began posting announcements of the coming visit of an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company, Zeb hailed him as a fellow servitor of the arts. With a descriptive announcement sheet of the "glittering galaxy of talent," soon to "grace the boards" of his native town firmly clenched in his hand, Zeb reclined against a hay-stack and mused on the future glories he would win with his trombone. In a short time he fell asleep. it seemed to Zeb that in some inexplicable manner he had become a member of the "glittering galaxy of talent." Up the street came the stately parade with Zeb at its head, blowing fiery music on his instrument. And after that there was the exhilarating scene in the village Opera House, wherein the world's greatest trombone player played a thrilling solo to the accompaniment of tremendous applause on the part of the entire audience. But alas for mortal greatness. At the very climax of Zeb's success, when he was playing sad, symbolic music to heighten the dramatic pitch of the exciting play, the stage caught fire. Water was hastily thrown on the blazing boards and Zeb awoke to find himself soaked through by a gentle summer shower which had come up unexpectedly as he slept.
- Zaza is a music hall star in Paris. She meets Bernard Dufrene and a flirtation develops into an intense love on her part. She is in despair when she discovers that he already has a wife and child. To visit them and announce herself as the mistress of the husband and father is her first idea, but the charm of the child restrains her. She cannot strike the blow and passes off her visit with an improvised excuse. She dismisses Bernard and returns to the stage, where she gains real fame as a dramatic artist. Once more he seeks her, but again the memory of the child saves her to her better self. Moving Picture World 1915.
- Zanetto was a miserably poor but decidedly beautiful traveling musician, who, in the medieval days, lived by way of hand to mouth, making himself useful with his song and melody at receptions of all kinds and subsisting on what little money they paid him for his tuneful services. One evening as he had fallen asleep from exhaustion underneath a large window of a castle, Zanetto had a vision in which the most beautiful young woman was pictured to be his wife. At the departure of the stars and the early fall of the morning dew, Zanetto's dream was rudely interrupted, but to the height of his delight did he notice a sedan chair with a sleeping valet on each shaft. He began to realize that this equipage was the property of the wealthy Marquis who lived in the castle under the windows of which he had passed the night. Spurred on by the vision that dazzled his dreams, Zanetto decides to play a trick and get inside the sedan chair. He pulls the string which makes known the fact that the occupant desires to be conducted to his morning's destination. As fortune would have it the poor poet musician is conducted to the home of the beautiful Phyllis. As he alights from the equipage the valets realize their mistake, but it is too late inasmuch as the beautiful creature before them refuses to allow Zanetto to leave her presence. The young maker of melodies sings and plays his way to the lady's heart, much to the discomfiture of the old Marquis, who, after discovering the loss of his equipage, made all haste to reach the side of the fair Phyllis before his rival could reach there. Seeing that he is very likely to be outwitted, the Marquis offers his fortune and his title if she will be his wife. However, Phyllis has taken a deep fancy to Zanetto, and responds as follows: "What means fortune and title when compared with youth. No, no, I shall marry my minstrel love."
- Wrestling champion Zablitzky believes that the deference paid him is due to his own great personal charm and imagines that every girl is in love with him. One girl does lose her heart to the great big mountain of muscle and foolishly sends him a note after seeing him win a championship bout. She says that she will be on a certain bench in the park the next afternoon at three, wearing a white chenille dress. Being a wrestler and not a clerk in a dress-goods department, the wrestler has not the least idea in the world what a chenille dress looks like. He knows from his admirer's letter that it is white. Consequently every pretty girl dressed in white who approaches the park bench about three o'clock is the object of his attention. The first girl has her face hidden by a parasol. When Zablitzky accosts her he finds to his dismay that she is extremely homely. Fortunately his cheap-sport friend Squid happens along, and the wrestler unloads the unprepossessing female on the much-disgusted Squid. Zablitzky has led them some distance from his rendezvous, and he hurries back to find his charmer. The next two girls in white resent his attentions, and then poor Zablitzky is between two fires. Two pretty girls in white appear, and each takes a seat near him. Squid in the meantime has put his ugly girl on a car and jumped off just as the conductor was closing the safety gates. He arrives and insists on having one of the two girls in white. Zablitzky is unable to get rid of him and finally lets Squid toss up with him to see which gets which. Squid's girl runs away, and Zablitzky has trouble keeping his little friend from stealing the girl he has won by the toss. The girls Zablitzky accosted return with their "gentlemen friends." These Zablitzky has no trouble in putting to flight. The wrestler is getting along famously with his new girl, who is the one who sent the note, when his wife appears. She is a frail little woman, but she goes after Zablitzky like a tornado. What she does to him makes her the wrestling champion of the world. When she has cleaned up the park with him she introduces him to the baby carriage she has been pushing and starts him toward home pushing the carriage. There is a final fight when the girls and their admirers and some followers and even a policeman appear again. Mrs. Zablitzky doesn't wait for her husband to get into action; she seizes the policeman's club and disperses the crowd. Then she starts Zablitzky on his way again.
- Yusuf, the Corsair and pirate, the dread of seven seas, is shown in life size as he stands on a boat in the water, scanning the horizon. An assault is to be made on a Turkish harem. Yusuf is summoned and takes affectionate leave from his wife, both promising that if death takes one the other will soon join. Life at the harem is presented in all its glory. Yusuf gains admission in disguise, and once on the premises he discards his disguise, and at a signal his cohorts swoop down upon the guards. A desperate battle ensues, and owing to force of numbers the pirates are victorious. Yusuf himself, however, is taken prisoner. The intelligence is taken to his wife, and when alone she proudly carries out her part of the death compact, using a stiletto upon herself. One of the inmates of the harem releases Yusuf and after disposing of the outer guard he makes his way back to his rendezvous, where he comes upon the lifeless form of his wife. With the stiletto used by her he concludes his existence, and in the throes of death clasps her dead body to his own.
- Karl Jensen and his wife arrive in San Bernardino, Cal., direct from Sweden with a letter of introduction to Orvel Yorksen, foreman of the Darnell and Imhoffen Lumber Yards. Being of the same nationality Yorksen is moved to do what he can for Jensen and accordingly sends him with a letter to Camp No. 1 of the lumber company. Jensen arrives and obtains a position from the foreman, who installs him and his wife in one of the vacant log cabins. The Big Swede, as he comes to be called by the men, strikes a jarring note when he refuses to loaf along with the others and drink with them. His little wife strains every nerve to make the rough cabin comfortable for her big husband, who leaves early in the morning and returns late at night, the only real hard working man in the camp. Their evenings are spent with Swede Larson, one of the lumbermen, who gives them instruction in the language of their new country. In this way Jensen is enabled to overcome the great difficulty experienced upon his first starting to work. Jones, camp foreman, is much given to the red liquor and at sight of Jensen's little wife is filled with unholy desires. More than once he tries to force his attentions upon her, but she succeeds in repelling him. Finally, he becomes so strenuous that she tells her husband, who promptly responds by seeking out Jones and delivering him a punch upon the jaw, thus winning his eternal hatred. Jones tries many plans to discredit Jensen and even sends Yorksen in San Bernardino a letter charging Jensen with drunkenness and idleness, the two very things of which he is the least guilty. Yorksen, not believing this charge against his countryman, decides to investigate and arranges for a tour of inspection of the company's camps. Fearing Yorksen's visit may unearth the truth, Jones sees he must get Jensen out of the way. By his careful arrangement, a tree falls on Jensen severely injuring him and rendering him unconscious for several days. Jones takes this opportunity to again force his unwelcome attentions upon Hilda, Jensen's wife, and a terrific struggle ensues. Jensen gradually recovers consciousness. Jones is about to overpower the little woman when Yorksen arrives. Jensen, drawing a revolver, wings Jones, who flees into the woods at the sight of his superior. All comes out right and Jensen and his wife learn the joyful news that the Big Swede will be appointed foreman of Camp No. 1.
- The picture shows Yunnan-Fou, the capital of the Province of Yunnan. It is a flourishing commercial city, and has a population of upwards of 100,000. The market place is filled from daylight to dark with a busy crowd of merchants and buyers. Yunnan-Fou is a walled city, intersected by canals. The quaint East Gate is also shown. It is the principal entrance to the city. Women dealers in silk rags are encountered on almost every street. Then the market for old iron, knick-knacks and jewelry and the shop of a thread merchant are pictured. Next we see Yunnanese horsemen who use sturdy native ponies of great speed and remarkable powers of endurance. The film ends with the picture of the women of Yunnan-Fou, who, like all Chinese women, care nothing how much they suffer provided they can make their feet small.
- An old sailor is seen spinning a yarn to a number of boys. The scenes accurately depict a small seaport and life in a fishing hamlet. Fired with enthusiasm, two of the boys take a rowboat and row to a distant island to search for treasure. They land at the coral island and explore the caves. In the meantime the boat drifts away. The boys are in despair. The scene changes to the hamlet, where the mothers are frantic. The old sailor is appealed to, and scours the sea with a telescope. He spies the boys and a boat is manned. The rescue is affected. The mothers at the landing embrace their children amid great rejoicing.
- The daughter of a wealthy merchant is kidnapped, and after being cruelly beaten is forced to beg and turn the proceeds over to her mistress. Aside from abuse freely administered, she is almost starved to death. A little boy, a fellow captive, takes compassion upon the poor unfortunate girl and shares his crust with her, for which, when detected, he gets his share of abuse. One day as the party passes the home of the little girl she is recognized by her mother, but the latter drops into a faint, and when she recovers no trace can be found of the girl or her captor. One evening the master and mistress after eating supper indulge in too much liquor and a quarrel results. The woman is beaten and lies on the floor in a stupor. By means of an improvised rope the boy makes his exit through a window, taking the girl with him. The two now seek the home of the girl and manage to reach there without difficulty. Joy reigns supreme in the home at the return of the child, and when her story is told and the identity of the boy disclosed the parents are so grateful to the little hero that they promptly adopt him. Splendidly rendered and highly interesting throughout.
- Orphan Mary Wade is the ward of a family of farmers who keep her busy with drudgery. When Mr. Jenkins, the head of the household, makes advances to Mary, she flees to the city with her dog Zippy and lands in court for imitating a beggar who pretends to be blind. Harry Disbrow, a young millionaire in court for drunkenness, takes Mary home to his family, who take her in as a servant. Mr. Disbrow, a trust officer, has a partner, Horton, who has been stealing from the firm and who wishes to have his daughter Maud marry Harry to minimize the consequences of his crimes. Desperate to shore up his business, Disbrow demands that Horton reveal the whereabouts of certain securities, which fall out of Horton's pocket during the course of the confrontation. The struggle between the two men is resolved when Mary crashes a vase over Horton's head. Taken to the heart of the Disbrow family, Mary wins Harry's affections as well.
- Three jolly "old sports" are enamored of the same comely dame, one Mrs. Lightfoot, who is immensely amused at the situation. She keeps the three on the verge of distraction, by showing absolutely no preference. The fact that a young lieutenant is billeted at the home of Mrs. Lightfoot is a source of disturbance to the trio. They bribe the maid to carry on a flirtation with the young officer, and keep him away from madame. Apparently the maid is carrying out her part of the programme, and the three, rid of the common enemy, resume the quarrel among themselves. One of the old fellows accidentally falls asleep on a bench, thus bringing down upon himself the ridicule of Mrs. Lightfoot. The other two engage in violent warfare, and the victor, sheathing his sword, approaches his fair lady, overflowing with confidence. Alas! He is abashed to behold Mrs. Lightfoot advancing beside the dreaded officer, whom she proudly presents as her "future husband." The three rejected suitors become very dejected, and in their universal sadness decide to become friends once more.
- Big Ben from the Bar N Ranch called often on Margaret. As the two were inseparable, it soon became known that they would soon marry. This news greatly displeased Bill Higgins, who promptly set about to make trouble. He wrote an anonymous note and attached it to Ben's saddle, saying " She don't love you. She was with Bill Higgins all day yesterday. A Friend." When Ben found it he frowned and tucked it idly into his pocket. This happened regularly thereafter. If Ben had been a trifle older he might have smiled derisively, but he didn't. Youth and jealousy are old acquaintances and so Ben made his visits shorter and shorter. One day, lonesomeness overcame him and he sent the notes in a bundle to Margy. She read them and promptly burst into tears. Then, with true Western suddenness, she hurried into the house, where she told her brother all her trouble. The later only smiled, but looked more serious when he caught Margy loading a big six-shooter. He told Bill to watch out for himself and ceased further to trouble himself. But Bill was more wise. Carefully unloading the bullets, he substituted blanks and when Margy later threatened him he only smiled. And then Ben rode up, utterly miserable and determined upon an understanding with Margy. This was easily obtained to the vast satisfaction of everyone concerned, but Bill Higgins.
- Lord Golden wishes a portrait of his wife by the eminent artist. He introduces the young artist to his wife and discovers that they had known each other before. As the picture progresses the young people feel their love revive. They part in honor and dignity, but their hearts again relive the past when they shared their crusts in bohemia and plighted vows that were to be broken by ambition plus jealousy. So she passed from his life to become a great lady, while he gave himself over to ambition and became a great painter, but: "Each life'3 unfulfilled, you see; / It hangs still patchy and scrappy. / We have not sighed deep, laughed free. / Starved. Feasted. Despaired. Been happy. / This could but have happened once / And we missed it, lost it forever." Robert Browning.
- An employer loves his stenographer, but she finds that her heart belongs to the young cashier. The elder man tires in many ways to force the girl to accept his love, but she withstands them all until finally Age bows to the superiority of Youth in affairs of love, and he finds his consolation in making the young couple happy.
- Harold Harcourt, a well-to-do young sculptor employs Elena, his wife, as his model, and she lends inspiration to many beautiful pieces of statuary. But a few years later, while striving for the Great Prize, a statue of "Youth," he finds Elena lacks that indefinable "something," which spells Youth. Without regard for her feelings he frankly tells her she is too old, and when Ione, a vivacious and ideally formed young girl visits them, he sees in her the perfect model for his greatest work. The inevitable follows, and Elena, her heart breaking, watches the growing fascination of her husband and Ione, while he exhibits only coolness toward herself. Julian, a former suitor, comes into her life, and she is about to run away with him, when a sight of her husband's marvelous statue stays her. Instead, she goes away alone after leaving a note for her husband saying she trusts in his sense of honor to save the situation. His conscience awakened, he makes honorable amends, smashes the work of art he has created, in expiation, and secures his wife's loving forgiveness.
- An old marquis, who is in love with a pretty maiden many years his junior, happens one day to meet the latter out strolling with a young man who seems to be very much in love with the gentle miss. The old fellow becomes infuriated at the effrontery of his hated rival and drives the latter from the side of the young lady, after which he (the Marquis) follows the girl to her home, where he keeps a close watch lest the youth should return and steal his adored one. Finally the young man puts in an appearance, and as he is trying to see the young lady, the suspicious old Marquis confronts him, and with the aid of some of the servants, overpowers the youth and carries him away to an old deserted tower, where he is bound hand and foot, locked up and left to his fate. A little shepherd hears the distressed youth's cries and gives the alarm, which is responded to by some of the unfortunate fellow's companions. They go to the tower and liberate the prisoner, who, undaunted by his harrowing experience, starts out again to meet his lady love. He is successful, and the girl consents to run away with him, but as usual, the old Marquis is on the lookout and starts in pursuit of the fleeing pair. The latter lead the old fellow a merry chase into a remote part of the wood, where the crowd of friends are waiting to see the young couple get fair play. Just as the old Marquis is about to attack his rival the crowd of young men come forth, and seizing the old fellow, carry him to a large water tank and throw him in and as he flounders around helplessly in the icy water, the happy young couple make a quick departure.
- Jones is so stingy and grouchy that he cannot bear to see anybody else happy. He mistreats his wife, his son and his horse. He opposes his son's marriage, and refuses to give his wife any allowance. At last, she informs him that she is ready to split their belongings and go on her own way. He testily agrees. Even the chairs and tables are sawed in two. But the couple are stumped when they come to divide the baby. Then it comes over Jones the sort of man he has been. He consents to his son's marriage and gives his wife all of five hundred dollars which he has inherited from his uncle.
- A patriotic poem embellished with animated illustrations. As the stirring verses of this poem are shown on the screen they are followed by the pictures of the waving flag, now the stars, now the stripes, each illustrating the intent of the text; the ending verses heading views of marching troops with the flag in the foreground. In closing, the scene depicts the soldiers raising the flag to the top of its staff, where it is shown unfurling its folds to the breeze in the final close-up.
- The joy of living disappeared for Bob Sands when his baby brother came. Not that his parents purposely neglected him, but of course, the new baby claimed most of their attention. When Bob played noisily, he was warned not to wake the baby and was made to play far from the house. Expecting sympathy, he tells his playmate, Hilda, about the new arrival. Hilda's maternal instinct was aroused and, much to Bobbie's disgust, when she is taken to see the baby fondles it with great delight. Hilda as the proud possessor of a child's auto. So later when Bobbie offers to give her 25 cents and his baby for the auto, she gladly accepts his offer. Unseen, Bobbie manages to take the baby from the house and the trade is made. Mr. and Mrs. Sands are frantic when they discover the baby gone, and Sands hurries out to inform the police. Mr. and Mrs. Crane are also the parents of a new baby, and Crane is so joyous that when the doctor presents his bill he gladly pays it, although it leaves him with only one dollar in the world. He tells his wife to make the money go as far as possible. Mrs. Crane buys some potatoes from a peddler, who gives her a quarter with other change for the dollar. She puts the money carelessly on the table, then with the baby on her lap starts to peel the potatoes. The baby shows distress, and Mrs. Crane, seeing that the quarter is missing, thinks the baby has swallowed it. She hastily wraps the baby in a white shawl and sends her husband with it on the run to the doctor. Mr. Sands, on his way to the police station, sees Crane running with a baby. As his baby also had on a white shawl, he takes Crane for a kidnapper, takes the baby from him and beats him up, As Sands is on his way home with the wrong baby, Hilda, who has the baby with her and has been spending her money in the candy shop, comes out of the shop and puts the baby on the stoop while she opens the bag of candy. Crane, in pursuit of Sands, sees the baby in the white shawl on the steps and, thinking it is his own child, hurries with it to the doctor. Mrs. Crane finds the missing quarter and hurries to the doctor to prevent an operation. She arrives in time, but faints as she is presented with the wrong child. Mrs. Sands' joy turns to sorrow when her husband presents her with the wrong baby. She is hysterical and Sands 'phones for the doctor. A few explanations and the doctor understands how the mix-up occurred. He soon straightens out matters and everyone is happy except Bobbie, who expects to be punished for his misdeed, but his parents realize that he is only a boy and resolve in the future to treat him with a little more consideration.
- Ella Merry loves Mr. Loveland, a magistrate, but cannot get her father to smile with favor upon her lover's suit. Soon after, Mr. Merry receives a letter from an actress asking him to take her to his country residence. He does so, and soon the two are enjoying an hour's courting. Meanwhile Mrs. Merry has learned of her husband's escapade and that he is not, as he led her to believe, holding a meeting for the Protection of Young Women. She hastens to the summer residence, but is forestalled by three tramps. The latter are just facing Mr. Merry's revolver when news is brought that Mrs. Merry is coming. The tramps are forced to each seize a bundle of papers, the actress gets out of sight, so that when Mrs. Merry appears, it is to find a meeting for the Society for the Protection of Young Women in progress. She withdraws, when Mr. Merry finds that one of the tramps has got the revolver, and he has to pay for the men to keep silence. He is just "cleaned out" when the police raid the house and drag them all off to the police court. Here, all except Mr. Merry, are remanded, while Mr. Loveland, for he is the magistrate, concludes a bargain with Mr. Merry, whereby all are satisfied.
- Horse thieves stealing four horses from the Bar Y ranch are seen by one of the cowboys, who gives the alarm. The ranchman and cowboys give chase. The horse thieves ride through the woods and coming into a small clearing, almost run over a small party camping. They would have run the party down had not Young Wild West pulled the leader of the horse thieves from his horse, and then knocked him down, when he started to draw his gun. Not knowing that the four men have stolen horses with them, Wild West lets them go. They are hardly gone when the ranchman and his men appear. Wild West leads them in the direction taken by the horse thieves. They lose the trail in the woods and return to the camp. The ranchman invites them to the ranch for a few days and asks their aid in running down the horse thieves. They accept the invitation, and packing up, they leave for the ranch, where on arriving, they are made welcome. In the meantime the thieves arrive at their house in the woods and hide the horses. The leader swears to get even with Young Wild West, so dressing like an old hunter, and putting on a false beard, he goes to town alone. He is overheard talking to a man by Young Wild West, who has ridden to town with his sweetheart, Arietta and her girl chum. Wild West stops when he hears the voice and after making sure, pulls the beard from the robber's face. The man, however, manages to escape. Wild then gives chase, followed by the two girls. The, horse thief reaches his pals on the edge of the wood and they watch Wild West coming, and decide to steal his sweetheart as she passes since she is far behind the others. Wild and Mabel pass the place where the thieves are, thinking the man they are after is ahead, and when Arietta passes, one of the men rides out and pulls the girl from her horse, and turning, dashes into the woods. Wild West, hearing the cries of the girl, turns and gives chase. But again the villains get away and reach their house first, but Wild West sees them from a clearing and is about to enter, when he sees some of the men come out and walk towards the place where the horses are hidden. Wild West is about to untie Arietta when one of the villains appears, and is soon at Wild's mercy. A desperate fight ensues between our hero and the gang leader. Mabel returns with the cowboys just in time to capture the entire band of bad men.
- Jack and his party are camping near the Mexican border, and while riding near the camp, he saves Mr. Rice, the owner of the Silver Dale Mine, from the hands of ruffians, who had been hired to take a certain document from him by Don Pedro, owner of a rival mine and a villain in heart. With the aid of this document, Don Pedro hoped to gain possession of the Silver Dale Mine and drive Mr. Rice from the town, but the arrival of Jack in the nick of time saved the day, and Mr. Rice returned to Jack's camp as they were about to move on to the town of Silver Dale. Arriving at the camp they are surprised by the bad men, who try to make a raid in order to get the papers. The villains are beaten and return to their master, Don Pedro, who flies into a rage and insists that by hook or crook he must have the deeds. The leader of the villains asks for one more chance. The old Don hits on a plan and unfolds it to his hirelings. He writes a fake message to Mr. Rice to come at once to the mine, and gives it to the villains. They bribe a boy to deliver it to Mr. Rice. The boy does so, and Mr. Rice hands it over to Jack, who is in the office with him. They decide that it might be a hoax, but they can do no better than go over to the mine and see, so giving strict orders to the bookkeeper to keep a close eye on everything during his absence, he and Jack leave and are no sooner gone when the three villains enter, and overpowering the bookkeeper after a terrific struggle, they find the paper they are looking for in the safe and lose no time in getting away, As they are leaving they are seen by Jink's two partners, who give chase. Mr. Rice and Jack on the way to the mine are surprised to see the three villains go by chased by his two partners. They join the chase. On returning to town with them they see Don Pedro and his two friends. So, hiding behind a tree, they send the leader of the villains out in the center of the road at the point of their guns and the old Don, riding up asks for the paper that he ordered him to steal. Jack rides out and captures him and his party. The prisoners are handed over to the Sheriff and taken away to jail. The deeds for the mine are once more returned to the mine owner.
- Young Wild West and his party approach the Mexican border, and, believing themselves to be miles away from any town, they stop at a deserted house and there celebrate the Fourth of July. Pedro, the owner of the property, is informed that strangers have taken possession of the premises and immediately goes to dislodge them. Wild West pays the Mexican and orders him away. Leaving the Chinese cook in charge of the house, Wild West and his followers go to town. Entering a dance hall, they noticed a display of flags; the Stars and Stripes beneath the Mexican banner. Wild quickly changes the position of the flags and a big rumpus follows. The Mexicans are defeated. Pedro and his men swear to be revenged, and, accordingly, they swoop down upon the deserted house to rob the Americans of all their belongings. Wild West arrives in time to save the Chinaman from the hands of the marauders, while Pedro manages to slip away. Still bent on revenge, Pedro abducts Young Wild West's sweetheart. Arietta, who, after many thrilling incidents, is restored to her friends, while Pedro and his gang are railroaded to prison.
- Young Wild West, on his way to a mining camp, saves an old miner from the hands of three bad men, who are trying to rob him. The old miner is very grateful. Wild West and his party camp for the night near the old miner's cabin. The bad men also camp in the vicinity. Feeling that they have been bandied roughly by Wild West, they go over to Wild West's camp to get satisfaction, but they get a good trouncing instead. The old miner overhears the bad men plotting to shoot up the camp of Wild West that night and he hurries to the camp and informs the party, who thank him. The bad men sneak over to Wild West's camp and getting above it, start a fusillade, which is returned with interest by Wild's party. The next morning Wild leaves for the nearby town. On crossing a dried-up stream Wild discovers gold. They quickly dismount, put up their tents again and start to wash out the gold. One of the bad men passing, sees Wild West's lucky strike and hurries back to the camp. The leader of the gang has a plan to get the gold and hurries back to town. They hire a few loafers out of the barroom to go back and help them overcome Wild West and his party. They start for the party's camp. But Wild West, who has left the camp to take some samples of gold to town, sees them coming, and drawing into the bushes, overhears their plans and at once goes for the sheriff. The party washing the gold see them coming, and knowing their inability to light the larger force, they run to the old miner's cabin for shelter, and are just in time for the bad men to come up and open fire at them. Suddenly those in the cabin stop firing, for they spy the sheriff and his men, led by Young Wild West. The bad men rush toward the cabin, and are caught between two fires. Thoroughly beaten, they are captured and led away by the sheriff.
- Ike Bowers, the foreman of a small cattle ranch, is also a cattle rustler, and he and three companions share in the profits of the stolen cattle. Ike even steals cattle from the ranch where he is employed. Wild West and his party stop at this ranch and hear about the ranchman's losses. He soon comes to the conclusion that the foreman is the guilty party. The ranchman's daughter and Arietta, Young Wild West's sweetheart, go for a ride. Over the range they look down in a canyon and are surprised to see the foreman and two men driving four of her father's herd of cattle along. They follow them and see them enter the hiding place. Unfortunately the girls' horses make a noise; the cattle rustlers hear them, give chase, capture the girls and bring them back to the canyon. There they tie them to a tree. At an opportune moment the ranchman's daughter becomes free and runs for help. On the road she runs into Young Wild West and his pal, who are out looking for the cattle thieves. Sending his pal back to the ranch for help. Wild West takes the girl on his horse as she shows the hiding place of the rustlers. They go back again to the road in time to meet the cowboys coming. Wild West leads them to the rustlers' rendezvous. A long and exciting chase follows. Finally the bad men are rounded up and handed over to the sheriff. Arietta jubilantly returns to the ranch with her hero, Young Wild West.
- Young Wild West arrives in the town of Big Echo with his party and makes an enemy of the Mayor of the town, because he will not buy drinks for the crowd. The Mayor and Wild West fight and Wild West shoots the gun from the Mayor's band to teach him a lesson. A short while after. Wild saves his cook, a Chinaman, from the clutches of the sheriff, who had arrested him in mistake for a thieving Chinaman. This action of Will's incurs the enmity of the Sheriff. The Mayor and Sheriff, with two accomplices, have been robbing the town and been letting their positions shield them. They had planned to rob the Golden Giant mine on the day that Wild West and his party arrived in the town. The Chinese cook overhears the plot in the saloon and hurries back to the camp to tell Wild West. They decide to lay low and capture them later. Meanwhile, the robbers, headed by the Mayor and the Sheriff, make their way to the mine and, with the help of the night watchman, who belongs to their gang, they carry the gold away and hide it in an old shack in the canyon below. The next morning the news spreads that the mine has been robbed and the superintendent of the mine, hearing that Wild West is in town, sends for him. The Mayor and Sheriff arrive at his office at the same time that Wild West puts in his appearance. The superintendent gives them what information he can and tells them he will take them to the scene of the robbery. The Sheriff and Mayor object to Wild West going, but the superintendent's suspicions have been aroused and their objections are useless. They arrive at the scene of the robbery and question the night watchman, who breaks down and confesses all. In the meantime, the Sheriff and Mayor have sneaked off and are making their way to the shack. Wild and two of his men, with the superintendent and his sweetheart, follow them and Wild, climbing to the top of a high cliff, sees Jack in the distance and knows he is on the right track. He and one of his men go to the canyon, while one man goes to town for help, leaving the superintendent and his sweetheart behind. The Mayor and Sheriff, who have been hiding close by, hold up the remaining two. Outside, the posse joins Wild and he leads them toward the shack. The men inside realize their safety lays in flight, but after a few short chases, the four are captured. Wild returns the gold to the superintendent and receives his thanks.