- As she is about to be hanged for numerous crimes and treacheries, Princess Petrovich reviews her life of almost unmitigated evil.
- The wicked princess ruins an ambassador, causes a son to kill his father, breaks up the boy's brother's marriage and is finally forced to stab herself by a valet whom she earlier had imprisoned. The ending title is "The wages of sin is death."—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
- Princess Petrovitch, the wife of a Russian noble, is consumed with a desire to live only for money and priceless jewels. For the love of money and illicit passion for her husband's friend, Count Zerstorf, she hands her husband over to the Russian secret police, after she overhears a conversation between him and a Japanese spy, and sees a half million rubles passed for important revelations involving the Russian government. After the arrest she takes the bribe money and leaves for Monte Carlo with the Count. Count Zerstorf loses the money and implores the Princess to sell some of her jewels. She refuses and the Count threatens to leave her. She then places poison in the Count's breakfast coffee. She tells the police that the Count killed himself following his losses at the gaming table. The Princess leaves for the United States. On board the liner she makes the acquaintance of Edwin Harris, the son of an American millionaire, and upon their arrival in New York the Princess invites Harris to dine with her that evening. His father and brother try to dissuade him, but he keeps the appointment. In the main dining room of the hotel the Princess is the cynosure of all eyes. Harris sees his fiancée, Marion Harding, who passes him by. Later she breaks off the engagement. Harris senior warns his son that he is taking the wrong path. There is a quarrel and the result finds the young man disinherited. Short of money, the Princess urges her lover to get more. He is in the act of rifling his father's safe when he is surprised in the dark by an unknown person, whom he fells. He returns to the apartment of the Princess and hands her the stolen money. He is arrested and learns that he has killed his father. Later he is convicted and sent to prison for life. In attempting to escape he is killed by one of the guards. Having lost young Harris, the Princess sets about to capture the elder brother, Mark, who has a wife and a little daughter. Through a ruse, she invites him to her apartment and soon has him in her toils. He leaves his family and installs the Princess in a pretty villa. A former servant in the Princess' Russian home attempts to extort money as the price of his silence. She agrees and tells him to call for it at night. When he arrives she has him arrested, telling the police that she surprised the intruder in the act of robbing her home. Thinking herself safe, she is suddenly confronted by the servant, who has escaped. Fearing his vengeance, she offers him her jewels and money. Frightened, she picks up a dagger. And as she is about to plunge it in his breast the servant grasps her wrist and buries the dagger in her own heart. Mark enters the room. Horrified, he is about to kneel beside the body of the dying woman, when he is apprised of her wickedness by the blackmailer. Without a word, he leaves the place.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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