A good story by Richard Harding Davis, one of lively incident, but requiring too many subtitles to tell it. An office boy loses his job in a newspaper organization and recovers it by shadowing a suspected criminal who has lost one finger. We are not let into the secret of why the four-fingered gentleman was suspected of the crime, nor why this one in particular was suspected, there might be others similarly deformed, but those are mere details. The boy steals a cab in order to get the news to his office, and for this meritorious action he is given another chance. Probably many will remember with what delight they read this story by Richard Harding Davis when it first appeared, and probably if the truth were known, a good many who enjoyed it then have returned to it again and again since. It had that unexplainable quality which made it popular as soon as issued, and it has remained so ever since. In this Edison film the narrative is closely followed, and the picturesque portions are sufficiently emphasized to make them appear even more real than it does under the magic of Mr. Davis' pen. It is a story that lends itself acceptably to motion picture production, allowing opportunity for picturesque presentation. The work has been well done, and the film should prove as popular as the story has been. Further, it will stimulate interest in a type of story which should be even more popular than it ever has been before, a type which, like the film which reproduces this one, has elements of attractiveness beyond the ordinary. - The Moving Picture World, May 7, 1910
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