- A poor Russian girl's beauty leads her unscrupulous uncle to bring her to the United States. There he is going to sell her into a marriage with a rich old man she has never met. But her lover, an returning immigrant visiting Russia from the U.S., sails on the same ship. When they arrive he learns, to his surprise, that the American police, unlike those of his native country, are not oppressors of the poor, but friends that will aid in securing the release of his beloved Maria.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
- Marfa, belle of a Russian village, lives with her aunt and uncle, a scheming pair who are seeking to marry her to a rich, but ugly, old peasant. She loves a young fellow who once rescued her from a pair of ruffians who sought to kidnap her in their sled as she was dragging a heavy bundle home through a snowstorm. Jan is poor and finds no favor in the eyes of the covetous couple. But he is sure of Marfa's love as he goes away to make his fortune. Col. Gregioff, the governor of the district, is attracted to the girl, but when he forces his attentions on her as she is busy with the washing she knocks him senseless with a club. In a driving rainstorm the girl and her relatives flee from the village to escape the wrath of Gregioff. Revived by his men, the colonel goes at once to the home of the family. Only the aged and crippled grandfather is there and, as he recognizes the intruder as the man who had eloped with Marfa's mother fifteen years before, only to desert her, he feebly seeks revenge. Gregioff easily brushes him aside and goes out into the highway, where a lightning bolt strikes him dead. Meanwhile Marfa and Jan have been reunited on a ship bound for America. Again the scheming pair, now determined to make a rich marriage for the girl in California, intervene, and in San Francisco Jan loses track of them completely. In despair he runs into a friend of the voyage who tells him the others have gone to Los Angeles. In the latter city a rich bargain has been made for Marfa's hand. She escapes, but her ignorance of the language is fatal and she is brought back. Jan sees a rabbi on his way to perform the ceremony and follows him, but is refused admission to the house. While he is obtaining the aid of the police Marfa is tortured into submission and is about to be married when help arrives. The conspirators are bundled off to jail and Jan and Marfa face the future together.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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