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- An old Indian legend tells of the supposed ability of persons who have been turned into wolves through magic power to assume human form at will for purposes of vengeance.
- When Indians attack a white settlement, a brave kidnaps a white baby to give to his wife as a replacement for their dead baby. The white mother goes to the Indian camp to look for her child and is captured by the Indians who plan to torture her. The settlers attack the Indian camp, destroying it completely and killing the braves, while the Indian wife returns the baby to the white woman and allows her to escape. The Indian wife mourns her baby at its grave, unaware of the destruction of the Indian camp.
- All the men in the neighborhood love Bess, the daughter of the Mayor of Rockville, but she treats them coldly. Among this number is Jack Dayton, a son of Old Ireland known as the "No-Gun-Man" and Lesparre, leader of the Coyote gang. Lesparre brings his gang to town, holds up the bartender, secures all the whiskey they want, then robs the bank belonging to the Mayor, who offers $5,000 reward for the return of the stolen property. Jack's great desire is to get enough money to send to his mother in Ireland, to pay for the cottage in which she lives; so he starts after the bandits unarmed, although he is urged to take a gun. In the meantime, Lesparre has also kidnapped Bess and taken her to a place in the hills known as Coyote Hole. When Jack learns of this, he redoubles his efforts. He allows himself to be captured by the bandits, and on being taken before the chief, tells him he wishes to join the gang, and the chief finally consents. As soon as everyone is asleep, Jack enters the room in which Bess is imprisoned, and helps her to escape. He then wraps his blanket about him again and goes to sleep. In the morning the loss of the girl is discovered and Jack is suspected, and is locked in the room in which Bess was imprisoned. He finds the money and papers hidden in the bed, watches his chance, attacks the two men who are guarding him, defeats them after a desperate fight and escapes with the money. He reaches the railroad and climbs on a passing freight train. The gang follows closely, and after a fight, Jack throws Lesparre off the train, He finally reaches Rock River, is acclaimed a hero, returns the money and papers to the Mayor, and receives the girl in exchange.
- Jeanne La Roche lives alone with her brother in the great northwestern country. Jacques is a ne'er-do-well and has fallen under the suspicion of the mounted police, two of whom are dispatched to arrest him for robbery. The stolen goods are found in his home. Jeanne is too young to be left in their lonely cabin, so she is taken to the post, where the wife of the proprietor welcomes her and gives her a home. Several years later, Donald McLean wins her for his wife. Meantime Jacques escapes from prison, eludes his pursuers and takes refuge in McLean's home. Recognizing him, Jeanne hides him until she has dispensed with the police, then carries food and drink and an exchange of clothes to him and bids him an affectionate farewell. McLean, upon returning, sees his wife in another man's arms. He shoots the stranger, leaving him for dead; locks his wife in the cabin and proceeds to the tavern to drown jealousy in drink. Meantime, Jacques, recovering consciousness, staggers off. Jeanne, angered by the unreasoning anger of her husband, disguises herself in an old suit of his, steals out through the window, discovers her brother has gone and follows his footprints. McLean, returning, finds both gone, apparently together, and starts after them. Jacques is taken care of by a friendly Indian and Jeanne finds refuge in the home of Cox. Mrs. Cox is touched by her story and has Jeanne in her arms when Cox enters. Cox, seeing the affection displayed by his wife toward a strange "man," shoots and wounds the girl. Explanations follow and Jeanne is given a home with them. Fully recovered, Jacques, with much money from a trapping trip, through the northern woods, grows reckless and returns to see his sister, only to find her gone. He makes his way to the tavern, where a poker game is in progress. He flashes his money and is followed and murdered by a half-breed. Suspicion falls on McLean. He is arrested and taken to police headquarters. Meantime the half-breed, sorely wounded in the encounter which proves fatal to Jacques, staggers to the home of Cox, confesses his crime, and tells of the arrest of McLean. She arrives in time to save him and all ends happily.
- A woman is in love with a dashing Army lieutenant, but her father refuses to consent to give him her hand. The daughter appeals to her father's patriotism, but when he fails to relent, declares her own independence.
- A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.
- Dr. Reid, a young American physician in the Philippines, risks his life in the cause of patriotism, and eventually wins the love of the girl of his choice. With the idea of developing in the natives in his community the spirit of manly citizenship, Dr. Reid requests the War Department to furnish him with a number of discarded Winchesters with which to drill the natives. His request is granted and he succeeds in getting together quite an enthusiastic company. Dr, Reid is not the only instructor in patriotism. Young Pauline Bush, a teacher in the Islands, has for some time been instructing her pupils in all that the American flag means to her. When she finds that Dr, Reid is also patriotically inclined, a bond of friendship is cemented between the two Americans. Bonita, one of Pauline's pupils, has for some time been deeply but hopelessly in love with the young doctor, and is very despondent when she sees the growing attraction between the young Americans. Her father wishes to join Dr. Reid's company, but because of his age is not allowed to do so. Dr. Reid, however, gives him a gun, which the old man becomes very fond of. Camped close to the settlement is a company of Spaniards, one of whom, through disorderly conduct, is stripped of his uniform and driven from camp. This renegade makes his way to the settlement and there encounters Bonita, the young native girl. Bonita's beauty attracts the renegade, who makes insulting advances to her. Doctor Reid witnesses the encounter and after a short, sharp fight with the renegade, he is sent about his business. The renegade, smarting under the drubbing he has received, vows revenge on the American, and when he discovers him drilling the natives, he hastens to the Spanish camp and informs the officer in charge that the American doctor is teaching the Filippinos war. The Spaniards hasten to the settlement and finding Bonita's father fondling the gun given him by the doctor; they decide to make an example of him. They seize the old man and drag him to a nearby wall, where they proceed to execute him, Bonita, who witnesses the shooting of her father, is wild with grief, and runs to her beloved teacher and tells her what has occurred. Pauline fearlessly rushes to the place of the execution, and furiously reprimands the two Spaniards who are standing by the body. They debate for a moment, then grab the teacher and attempt to drag her away. Dr. Reid, who is hunting nearby, sees the struggle and swiftly dispatches both soldiers. He hastens to Pauline's side and leads both girls away. Dr. Reid realizes the significance of the shooting of the old man and quickly gathers his little company together. They are not a moment too soon, for the Spaniards charge the settlement. The women and children hide at the school house, where they are at last joined by the men, fighting each inch of the way. A desperate battle is waged around the tiny school house and the doctor and his little band are more than outnumbered. Bonita sees the battle from a distance and hastens swiftly to the American camp and informs the officer what she has seen. The American troops hurry to the scene of the conflict and reach the schoolhouse just as the doctor, who has fired his last round of ammunition, is about to surrender. The Americans quickly drive the Spaniards from the field, but Bonita, who has followed, is shot. She falls, clutching the American flag which she has learned to love. Dr. Reid and Pauline find the young native girl and feelingly drape her remains with the silken folds of "Old Glory."
- With the opening of the story Richelieu pardons the Duke of Orleans and all his followers in the Languedoc revolt, save one. The exception is Adrien de Mauprat, because he seized a French town without his leader's orders. Richelieu advises him to lead his troops against the Spaniards and seek honorable death in battle. Julie, Richelieu's ward, loves de Mauprat, but notwithstanding her entreaties, the Cardinal is relentless; de Mauprat courts death on the battlefield. But now that he seeks death, it shuns him; instead of a soldier's grave, he wins glory. Julie has another admirer, Haradas, the King's favorite. Aware of de Mauprat's place in Julie's affections, he sets himself to bring discredit upon his rival. Later, Julie, at the King's request, attends court. She makes a deep impression upon the weak-minded, fickle monarch. A year after the departure of de Mauprat, Baradas and his followers conspire to murder Richelieu and seize the throne of France. At this critical time de Mauprat returns, famous in battle, sad of heart and loathing Richelieu. Thus he becomes a ready member of the conspirators. However, Richelieu hears of his arrival and of the conspiracy and has him arrested. In the meantime, Julie has returned from court and again appeals for de Mauprat's life. Thus, when de Mauprat is ushered into the Cardinal's presence, instead of hearing his death sentence, he is informed that he will marry Julie the following day. Hearing of this the King is violently angry: Julie is summoned to appear at court. Once there she is virtually held prisoner and her marriage is declared invalid. The false Barad is convinces de Mauprat that he has been tricked by Richelieu. De Mauprat swears vengeance and again joins the conspirators, all of whom sign a scroll addressed to the Spaniards offering to deliver France into their hands. From here the story develops with plot and counterplot. How de Mauprat discovers his tragic mistake in thinking the Cardinal has double-crossed him, how he manages, through a heroic effort, to save the old man's life, how de Mauprat falls into the hands of the King and is only saved by a master stroke of diplomacy on Richelieu's part, the death of the scheming Baradas and the final achievement of happiness for the young lovers, Julie and de Mauprat, makes up the essential points of the story.
- When bandits capture the wife of a US army lieutenant stationed in the Philippines, along with her lover, the choice is his whether to forgive.
- As six priests are in prayer in the Temple of Buddha, a band of marauding coolies sweep down and annihilate them. The last priest to die, perceiving that the coolies are taking the sacred eye of Bnddha, a precious stone, curses the stone and exclaims that the possessor of it shall die. He then passes away. The coolies arrive at the desert, where they begin to quarrel about the emerald. One by one they die and the surviving coolie grasps the stone and runs away with it to the jungle, where fear and excitement make him a madman. Casting the stone into the air, it hangs suspended, and, as the maddened coolie falls dead upon the ground, the stone descends upon his breast, where it is found by a caravan of merchants, one of whom appropriates it. The merchant goes to the bazaar at the English barracks, at Cawnpore, India, where he sells the stone to Sir Hugh Wheeler and his niece. Just as the transferring of the stone has been completed, the merchant is seized with an attack of fever and dies. Several days later, as Sir Hugh and others are admiring the stone, a dispatch comes to him bearing the news that the fanatical Sepoys have thrown down their arms and deserted, having been told by a Buddha priest that they are being defiled with greased bullets and that he had better prepare for immediate defense. Nana Sahib, a treacherous man, offers his assistance to Sir Hugh, which is gladly accepted. Back in the temple the High Priest Djalma sees in a vision Sir Hugh and his niece admiring the stone with the sinister Nana Sahib standing in the background with upraised knife. He makes a passionate vow that he will devote his life to regain the stone. When Cawnpore is invested. Nana, who had promised to take care of the English troopers, the invalids, the women and the children, fails to keep his promise and the troopers are killed, while the women and children are hustled into the old barracks. This also is seen by the High Priest Djalma in a vision as he stands before the idol of Buddha in the temple. The Sepoys, having been defeated by the advancing troopers of General Havelock, avenge themselves by slaughtering the women and children. A Hindu woman with a white baby escapes. In the temple the high priest throws incense on the brazier, and again in a vision he sees the Hindu woman give the baby to a Sepoy coolie who is in a boat, he having escaped after having looted the bodies of the dead and found the emerald. The old priest makes a solemn vow that the baby boy shall grow up and reclaim the stolen eye and that he shall adopt the boy. Twenty-five years later the emerald, after having passed through many hands and each time causing a calamity, finds its way into the possession of Colonel Van Alston, his wife and daughter, Nellie. The High Priest Djalma, now an aged man, realizing that his days are numbered, calls the little boy he adopted years ago, now known as Afga, the White Priest, and makes him swear that he will devote his entire life to the restoring of the eye of Buddha. Afga promises and the old priest passes away. Taking his ball of crystal he concentrates his mind upon it and sees in it Nellie at a reception with the emerald around her neck. That night, as Afga throws incense on the brazier, he sees in the smoke that rises, Nellie, admiring the emerald and gently refusing the proposal of a suitor. She suddenly falls in a trance, in which she sees Afga and the idol of Buddha with the missing eye. Recovering her senses again, Nellie becomes very ill and the doctors advise a change in climate. Just about this time the colonel is ordered to take his regiment to Cawnpore, India. In taking in the sights of that city, they eventually come to the Temple of Buddha, where Nellie meets Afga. Nellie continues to be sick, and one of her attendants, a native coolie, seeing the emerald about her neck, goes to the head of his sect and tells him of the emerald. He is given silken cords with which to hang Nellie. Meanwhile, Afga calls upon the colonel and asks to cure his daughter. He is given permission, and almost simultaneously with the laying of his hand upon her brow, she gets well. That night in the temple, Afga sees in a vision Nellie being maltreated by the coolie thus. He goes at once to her rescue and transforms the leader into a dog. The rest slink away in mortal fear. He takes Nellie home and leaves. The next day Nellie goes to the temple and is taken before the idol of Buddha. Pointing to the eye socket Afga tells her of the story of the emerald. Impulsively she gives him the precious stone, and immediately after it is placed in the socket it flares fire. They then go to the colonel, the history of the young man is told, and he is recognized as Nellie's accepted suitor.
- In order that his daughter, Pearl, may become better acquainted with her fiancée, Robert Law, Mr. Jeffries, a wealthy man, has sent them in his private yacht for a cruise in the South Sea. Robert takes his servant, John, along. Jeffries has just received a letter from his daughter stating that they were leaving Cuba and that she thought his suggestion of taking the trip to become better acquainted with Robert was a good one. Hardly had he finished reading this letter before one of his clerks brought in a newspaper telling of the wreck of the Mary Anne, the boat in which the young people had sailed. The paper advances the theory that all were lost. Jeffries is stunned by the blow and does everything possible to find out if there were any survivors. On an island in the South Sea a piece of wreckage is thrown upon the beach, clinging to it are three people, Robert, Pearl and John. As time goes on Robert neglects the girl more and more and she learns to rely upon John for everything. Several times John has discovered a strange creature watching them and the three begin to think that the island is haunted, as they can never get but a glimpse of the phantom. One night the phantom slips into the primitive hut in which Pearl sleeps and tries to take the girl away. John hears her screams and rushes in and frightens the intruder away. He tracks the creature to a cave and they have a fight. John finds that the phantom is really an old man, half crazed from the solitude and in the fight which follows, John throws the old man over a cliff. John sees a cave nearby and wandering in he finds a chest full of gold and silver. John realizes that with the wealth he has, he has an equal chance to win the girl, but in the greed for wealth, which follows, he forgets everything but the sight of money. He is recalled to the present by the arrival of Robert and Pearl and he tries to hide the chest of wealth. The old man, however, had not been killed, but only stunned, and he makes his way back to the cave. John tells Pearl that she belongs to him now and attempts to carry her away. He and Robert have a fight, during which John is knocked out. Pearl then realizes that she has been deluded in John and has cared for Robert all the time. The old man then returns and lays claim to the chest, which John thought was his own. The story ends happily when a passing vessel sees their distress signal and takes them off the island.
- The Apache Chiefs and Sub-Chiefs, Naitche, Ketena, Tahchilsa and others, come to the reservation barracks and demand liquor. They are very angry at the refusal given, and Lieutenant Davis, in charge, is apprehensive of trouble. The Apaches return to camp and make the squaws brew tizwin, their native liquor. A scout sees the effects of the brew and notes the braves in full war paint dancing. The scout reports to Lieut. Davis, who sends Second Lieut. Clark, with a troop of cavalry, to stop the warlike preparations. The troopers go to the Indian camp and the chief is informed that his tribe will be punished if he is not careful. The Indians show their resentment plainly and Chief Mangus's squaw would shoot Clark but for the interference of Mangus. After their departure, the squaw fires the braves on to action, and they start out to exterminate the Pale Face upstarts. They fire a pioneer cabin, kill the man and take the woman off. Clark reports to Davis, who leads a troop to the Indian camp and confiscates the tepees and takes the squaws prisoners. Mangus's squaw, Huera, being amongst the number. The Indians swear a terrible oath of vengeance. From their mountain retreat they descend cautiously to the reservation barracks and Chief Mangus climbs the brush stockade and rescues his squaw, Huera. An Indian climbs a telegraph pole and cuts the wires to destroy communication. Davis deems it advisable to call for reinforcements. He finds the wires are cut. He determines upon an immediate attack and rides after the redskins. The Indians see them and plan an ambush. They see the troopers enter a pass, which leads to a sandy plain. The Indians race across the mountain path, enter the plain and bury themselves in the sand. The Cavalry comes along and falls into the trap. The Indians rise from the sand on every side and annihilate them, and all that is left the next day are the naked bodies of the dead troopers.
- At the time the play opens the .Southern army is harassing the Unionists. The Northern spy force is augmented and Grace, whose brother, Harry, is already in the secret service, joins it. She meets Harry and together they take a coach to the Southern town they have selected to spy upon. A prominent colonel in the Southern army deals with dispatches, and it is this man that Grace investigates while Harry awaits events. The colonel has a sweetheart, May, and Grace manages to got an introduction to her at a ball by purposely tearing her dress and appealing to May for help. This leads to an acquaintance with the Colonel, and she practices all her woman's wiles and fascinations upon him and he is impressed with her. Grace learns that important dispatches are to be forwarded and plots to get into the colonel's house. She manages matters cleverly, and contrives to have her carriage break down before his residence. The colonel endeavors to get rid of her, but she stalls him off until the arrival of May, when he has to hide her in the next room. May comes to warn him about Grace, for she is suspicious and her woman's intuition tells her that Grace is there for no good. The colonel tries to defend Grace, who gets a chance to change the dispatches for false ones, but drops a letter by mistake, and escapes by way of the window, giving the dispatches to her brother. May sees the letter of commendation from the North. A servant has seen Harry. The colonel rides off after him. He catches up with him as they ride into the battlefield, and in a hand-to-hand duel Harry is killed by the colonel, who is himself mortally wounded by a stray bullet. Grace returns to Washington and receives compliments and rewards. She returns to her home with a clouded conscience, and while sitting looking at her reward, the specters of Harry and the colonel appear and beckon her. She is forced to go with them, and together they appear on the battlefield and they show her their own bodies, and slowly they fade away and their specters enter their dead bodies. She comes to and staggers to the stairs to get assistance. She faints and falls down the stairway and dies.
- The "Quarter Breed," known as "Wolf," was an outcast from civilization. In the last town he was in the sheriff issued a warning to his brother sheriffs in adjoining counties telling them to beware of the "Quarter Breed," as he was a thieving no-account. He wanders into the town of Sparks Canyon and enters a saloon. He is seen by the sheriff, who recognizes him. The sheriff orders his deputies to watch the Breed. The sheriff receives a letter from his sister Flossy, stating that she is on the way to visit him. The Breed joins a game of cards and is caught cheating. The men threaten to lynch him, but the sheriff's cooler judgment prevails, and the Breed is driven out. The sheriff's sister arrives at the railway station and boards a stage for Sparks Canyon. The driver has been indulging in drink and on the way becomes jolted from his seat. The horses run away. The Creed sees the runaway stage and stops the horses. The girl is very grateful for this brave deed and persuades him to drive the stage to its destination. Upon his arrival the Breed is greeted suspiciously, having been run out of town, but when the girl explains, everyone greets him with cheers. The girl has made a strong impression upon the Breed and his habits change from that time on. He is given a position as stage driver through the sheriff's influence. In the days that follow the Breed loves the girl more and more, but keeps this from her. Jim Glass, a stranger, arrives in town, and presents a letter to the sheriff proving him to be a brother of an old-time friend of the sheriff. The sheriff takes the boy in and treats him as one of the family. Jim and Flossy become very much attached to each other. A short time later the Breed gets an opportunity to propose to the girl. She rejects him when she tells him that as he is only a half-breed, she can never marry him. The Breed's manner changes. He takes to drink and loses his position as stage driver. A new driver is assigned to the stage, and is told by the superintendent that on his next trip he will have charge of the pay money for the mines. Flossy goes to the railroad station to do some shopping. The new stage driver is too weak to overcome the temptation and tells a pal about the gold shipment. He and his pal persuade the Breed to participate with them in the hold-up. When the stage leaves the station, the Breed gets inside. The other partner drives ahead of the stage to prepare for the hold-up. Just as the stage leaves, Flossy enters. The Breed is very much surprised to see her. In the girl's presence the Breed's manner changes again and better qualities prevail, and instead of joining in the hold-up, he prevents it. He knocks the driver from the stage and takes his place himself. Arriving at the point where he is to meet the other member of the party, he shoots him, and the money is delivered safely at Snarks Canyon. Everyone is surprised to see the Breed in charge of the stage, and when the girl tells of his bravery in bringing the money through, everyone greets him enthusiastically. In recognition of his brave service the Breed is assigned the regular night run on the stage. The sheriff takes him in his home and on their arrival Flossy and Jim are discovered in a love scene. The Breed's real noble character comes forward and with great emotion he tells him to take the girl as she is too good for him and his only place is to drive the stage, that in the future he will be friends to them and watch over their happiness.
- Molly lives with her grandfather, and rules him, as well as the lumbermen of the camp, with an iron hand. She roams the woods, gathering herbs, and grateful are the lumber- men, for she makes the herbs into lotions to heal all their ailments. Richard Foster comes to the mountains for a rest. He makes Molly's acquaintance, and soon they are inseparable companions. Godfrey Livingston and his wife come for a visit to the mountains and discover that they know Richard slightly, and so renew the acquaintance. The wife, a vampire type, lays siege to Richard's heart, and this causes her husband to become jealous. Molly sees the two together, and thinks that he loves the pretty woman. But Richard is missing Molly's companionship and will not succumb to the wiles of Mrs. Livingston, until she, desperate, purposely slips into the water and when he has his arms about her kisses him. The husband happens to see this, and shoots Richard. The two think he is dead, and, at her suggestion, return to their camp and prepare to leave. Molly comes upon the still form of Richard. She runs to the camp for aid, and some of the men go back and fetch Richard to her cabin, where she cares for him. Near Richard's body Molly finds the heelplate of a man's boot. Richard raves continuously about the Livingstons, so she goes to their camp and finds that the plate belongs to Livingston's boot. She tells her grandfather and the lumbermen, and they overtake the Livingstons on their way to the train. The men start to string him up, when Richard, regaining consciousness, stops them, telling the men that it was an accident. So the Livingstons are allowed to continue on their way, and Molly finds happiness with her lover.
- A deserting soldier encounters a wagon train of settlers. When they are faced with an Indian attack, he risks court martial to return to the Army post for help.
- Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly couple from their poor home. Whereupon he empties his own and Colin's purse, pays the Beadle, and then resume their journey. Overcome with the pangs of hunger, they "lift " the purses of a couple of corpulent monks. For this breach of law both Villon and Colin are arrested and thrown into prison. They succeed in overpowering the turnkey and, assisted by Colin, who insists that his friend don the clothes of the turnkey, Villon makes his escape. Colin is tried, convicted and hanged. At the foot of the gibbet, Villon's farewell to the swinging Colin is interrupted by the entrance of the Chevalier do Soissons. Villon resents the knight's tirade against the corpse of Colin. Fight ensues and the crafty vagabond slays the knight, using as a weapon a great stone. The rich purse, armor, etc., of de Soissons proves too strong a snare for the impoverished Villon, who quickly changes habiliments with the dead knight, props the body against the gallows and then continues on his way to Paris. Philippa de Annonnay, the fair ward of the Chevalier Bertrand de Pogne, is held prisoner in an inn. Villon chooses this inn wherein to satisfy the cravings of hunger. Here he meets de Pogne. From her window she sees the entrance of Villon and determines to appeal to the strange knight. An animated discussion between Villon and de Pogne is interrupted by a scream from Philips. Villon starts to climb the stairs to the gallery of the inn. De Pogne bars the way and a terrific battle with swords ensues. The fight continues up the stairs and toward Philippa's window, through which the girl reaches as the fight continues on the balcony and stabs de Pogne, who falls to the floor below, dead. Villon conducts Philippa safely to her castle, then resumes his journey to Paris. Having dissipated the proceeds of the de Soissons adventure, Villon hies himself to a garret, where he spends his time in courting the muses. Louis XI, the "Prowler," determines to test the loyalty of Villon. To this end, the king hies himself to a dungeon in the Bastille, causes the arrest of Villon, then offers that worthy his freedom if he will help overthrow the king. Villon indignantly refuses to purchase his freedom at such a price. Whereupon Louis reveals himself to the poet and presents Villon with a bound copy of his (Villon's) manuscript, which was the first book to be printed in France. Then Louis knights him, bestowing upon Villon the title Chevalier des Loges.
- Black Wolf, a brave, wants Whispering Water to be his squaw. Whispering Water is afraid of this taciturn Indian and refuses. He tries to carry her off but is stopped by another Indian, Brave Heart, and there is a savage light in which Black Wolf is worsted. He appeals to the chief to banish Brave Heart. The young brave has his arm bound, is blindfolded and cast out. He wanders about and falls into a deep hole. Wally is visiting his sweetheart Milly. He rides away, and bearing the Indian's cries goes to him, releases him, attends to his wounds and, putting him on his horse, takes him back to camp. Sometime later Wally and Milly's father go hunting, and Black Pete calls at the cabin. He is a lawless man without respect for anyone. He kisses Milly and would pay her further unwilling attention when Brave Heart, fishing near at hand comes upon the scene and worsts the bad man. Black Pete goes to the Indians, presents the Chief with a rifle and interests him in his revengeful project. He leads a band of Indians to the cabin, seizes Milly and has Brave Heart thrown over a cliff. The Indians then set fire to the cabin and dance around it. Brave Heart's fall is broken by some bushes. He climbs up the cliff and unseen runs off to the trapper's camp, where he finds Milly's father and Wally. The whole outfit mounts and rides to the rescue. They reach the charred cabin, find the trail of the fleeing marauders and pursue them. They come up with them at nightfall, surround the camp, ambush the Indians and kill a number of them. Brave Heart hunts for Black Pete and in a hand-to-hand fight kills him and takes Milly in triumph to Wally, who folds her in his arms.
- The Lamb is one of these gentle young men who spend their lives looking after the affairs of others and in the meantime lose all the best that is the heritage of the young. This particular Lamb is devoting his life to his invalid mother and in his spare moment editing a weekly paper. The citizens of the small western town deride the editor and his paper. But there are two persons who have faith in him, and they are the Woman and his mother. He loves the Woman deeply, but would not propose marriage because he deems it would be unjust to saddle an invalid upon a young wife. After an absence of five years, the Wolf, a husky mountaineer, who is sure of himself and devoid of the finer instincts, visits his home town. He had an old love affair with the Woman. He again renews the suit for her hand. She is captivated by his masculine force of character and accepts his proposal of marriage. They are married and the Wolf takes the Woman to his hut in the mountains, where he is the agent between a stage line and a mining company. The monthly payroll money for the miners is delivered to him by the stage company and he turns it over to the mining company. The Woman learns of her mistake in marrying the Wolf. He is all the things she least suspected, a brute, an egotist without sentiment, or love for her. In the meantime the Lamb's mother dies. Nursing this sorrow and the hopeless love for the Woman, he goes into the mountains in search of solitude. He falls in with a band of outlaws and at first is a visitor among them. Word travels to the village that he has actually become an active member of the band. He becomes a marked man, shunned and ostracized. He then determines that he will afford the village people cause for their fear and hatred of him. He becomes an outlaw and grows as coarse and as hardened as he was previously gentle and refined. The Wolf decides that as he is now thoroughly tired of the Woman, he will steal the payroll money left in his keeping and leave her. On the night set for the theft the Woman is alone guarding the money. The Lamb also has decided to steal it and he arrives first and is admitted by the Woman. He recognizes her as his first and only love, but she does not recognize him. To quiet her suspicions he lays his revolver upon the table. Presently someone outside is heard tampering with the lock. Each thinks the intruder a confederate of the other. The Woman covers the door with the Lamb's revolver. A masked man enters and she shoots and kills him. It is her husband, the Wolf. She then recognizes the Lamb and with the new light that comes into her face and into his face, it can be seen that in the future a different, better life is in store for each.
- Francis Benedict is called away on a business trip to Chicago, leaving his young wife in New York. His friend, Norman Reynolds, offers to look after her and entertain her during his absence. After his departure we see the Benedict library about midnight. Dugan, a burglar, enters through a bay window and floors the butler with a blackjack. Dugan ties and gags the butler and then carries him into a closet. He is about to begin operations on the wall safe when he hears an auto horn and conceals himself again behind the window curtain. Mrs. Benedict and Reynold return to her home from the opera and Reynolds, intent on winning her love, extracts the cartridges from a revolver in a drawer in Mrs. Benedict's library table and puts them in his pocket. Then he puts the revolver back and shuts the drawer. Meanwhile, Dugan, having seen Norman extract the cartridges from the revolver, decides to queer his game. So he removes the revolver from the library drawer and substitutes his own loaded weapon, putting the unloaded pistol in his pocket. Mrs. Benedict returns to the parlor with Norman, who now begins to make love in earnest. Mrs. Benedict fights him off and runs to the desk and pulls out the loaded revolver. When she points the revolver at Norman, he, believing it to be unloaded, only laughs at her. To save her honor, she pulls the trigger. Norman drops to the floor mortally wounded. Dugan opens the window and disappears. The butler believes the burglar shot Reynolds and tells the police of the assault. Mrs. Benedict is thus saved from dishonor and the public disgrace of a murder trial.
- John Stockton, the sheriff, and his brother, Frank, are in love with Anna, and Frank wins her hand. Frank and his bride are in their new home, and he sets his rifle up against the wall. It slips to the ground and is discharged, hitting the woman. Knowing the impulsiveness of the westerners, especially in the case where a woman's death is concerned, Frank hides in the hills, leaving a note telling of the accident. The mob starts in pursuit, but the sheriff, fearing a lynching, holds them back and himself goes after his brother and brings him back. Frank is protected and is given a fair trial, in which he is exonerated.
- Marion Summers, in love with Curlew, comes to the notice of Gordon Barnes, who is much impressed with her. Curlew is intimate with Mamie We Voux. a demimondaine. When he informs her of his engagement to Marion, Mamie is very angry at being thus cast aside, and determines to make trouble. She, accordingly, brings Curlew's true character to the knowledge of Marion, who orders him out of the house. Marion, to get away from it all, accepts a friend's invitation to join a party on a yachting cruise. Barnes happens also to be one of the party. Marion thinks continually of Curlew and for that reason has no more than a passing interest in the gentlemanly Barnes. A storm arises and the yacht is wrecked. The only survivors are Marion and Barnes. They are cast upon a desert island and Barnes constitutes himself a guardian of Marion in the barren wilderness. He constructs a rude shelter, which they occupy, and both daily scan the horizon for a ship to take them back to civilization. Curlew hears of the loss of the yacht with all on board and is much affected by the news, for he really loves Marion Summers. The lonely pair remain upon the island for two months without a sign of an approaching sail. Barnes learns to love Marion, but she will have nothing to do with him. Finally one evening, being unable to control his passion for his beautiful companion, Barnes seizes Marion and covers her face with feverish kisses, against which she is unable to defend herself. When he again approaches her she seizes his knife and threatens to do him injury if he repeats his actions. Marion from that time on develops an intense hatred for Barnes. Months roll by and finally Marion informs Barnes of a life that is to come. Marion's hate continues to grow after the child is born. Barnes begs to be allowed to hold and fondle the baby, but Marion repulses his every advance with scorn. Curlew, meanwhile, leaves on an exploring expedition and by chance they land on the island of which Marion, Barnes and the baby are the only inhabitants. Marion is planning to kill Barnes, but at the last moment realizes she will be afraid to be alone, and controls her hatred. Curlew discovers Marion and tries to question her, but she is silent. She makes an appointment to meet him that night, however, and leaves him mystified. Curlew keeps the appointment, but Marion does not come. At last she sees Barnes holding their baby in his arms and is torn with conflicting emotion; whether to flee with the man she believes she loves, and to tell him of the child, or to turn to the man who has forcibly made her his wife. Marion keeps her appointment later and Curlew finally begs her to come with him. She tells him that if her campfire is left burning it shall be the sign to him that she will leave the island with him. Curlew accepts the ultimatum and watches for the appointed signal. Marion, returning to their little camp, has a struggle with herself. After waiting for some time, Curlew seeks her out and tries to force her to come with him. Barnes appears and the two have a hand-to-hand struggle. Curlew's companions join in the fight and Marion, desperate and realizing that, after all, it is Barnes she loves for the man that he is, runs into the hut and returns with their baby. Curlew, at sight of it, leaves abashed. Later, Curlew sends Marion a note, promising to care for her and the child if she will keep the appointed signal and leave with him. She hands it to Barnes. He expects that she will accept, but she only smiles, then deliberately picks up the loose earth and smothers the camp fire. Then, turning to him she gives herself into his arms.
- The story is laid in a little western mining camp, Waycross Gulch, where, at the opening of the photoplay we find the widow, who at the death of her husband has been left with five children and a hitherto worthless claim, known as the little Family Mine. The widow's husband had had confidence in the ultimate worth of the mine, and his last request had been that the widow stick to the claim and work it. Among the denizens of the camp is Jack, a gambler, an unpolished diamond, who in his rough way has asked the widow to marry him. She, admitting that she cares, has refused him on the ground that he is a gambler. And now at last the claim pans out rich, and the news of the widow's good fortune leaks out. Two of the roughs of the camp decide to jump her claim, and with the assistance of a besotted "city clerk" draw up a paper purporting to show that her claim, through a re-survey, is a part of theirs. They are about to put their scheme into effect when Jack turns up opportunely and puts them to flight. How the schemers were rounded up and brought to justice by Jack, the sheriff and his posse is vividly told in the remainder of this picture story.
- Unable to stand her husband's drinking habits and abuse, Mrs. Allen is forced to leave him. The sheriff gives her shelter, and the next day her child is born. The sheriff celebrates the arrival of the little stranger at his home in typical western fashion. A week later Mrs. Allen dies, her husband watching her last moments through the window. He leaves the locality and eventually becomes a bandit. The sheriff adopts the motherless babe and she grows to womanhood, protected and beloved by the hardy men of the camp. Her wedding is made a big celebration, and Allen, returning, sees the guests and follows them, planning to hold them up. He is led to the same window through which he saw his wife die, and realizes that the girl is his own child. Overcome with remorse and regret of his misspent life, he staggers away vowing to thereafter follow the path of honesty.
- Giannello was the son of a goldsmith, who had been commissioned to set some jewels for Monna Biancaone, one of the great ladies of Pisa, and mother of the beautiful Vanna. Father and son set out together to take the jewels to the lady. Vanna is gathering roses and loses her ring. Gianello finds it for her, and she binds up his hand, which has been torn by the thorns. From that day the young people think of nothing but each other, though their station in life is so far apart. Vanna, however, is betrothed to Sir Guido Colonna. Gianello, divining that another will gather the sweet flower, climbs the wall of the palace to see Vanna once more. He is surprised by some of the palace retainers and taken for a thief. He is led into the presence of Vanna and her mother, and the young girl identifies him as the goldsmith's son and asks to have him taken back to his father. This is done, Gianello protests to his father that he is not a thief, but says that no one shall ever know his secret. His father is angry and determines that his son shall become a soldier. The captain of a band of adventurous soldiers is glad to accept Giannello as a recruit. The goldsmith's son makes a willing soldier. Pisa in the meantime is rejoicing in the marriage of Vanna and Sir Guido. But their happy days do not last long. The Florentines move against the Pisans and Pisa is invested for a long siege. The siege lasts a long time and the people of the city are nearly starving. At last Guido is forced to send an envoy to the Florentine general to beg tor peace terms. Prinzivalle, as he is now known, is none other than the goldsmith's son, Giannello, who has become commander of the Florentine forces. He dictates the following terms: "Pisa shall have peace and victuals only if Monna Vanna comes to me this night bringing the fairest roses in her garden." Vanna accepts the terms for her people's sake. In the meantime Prinzivalle has sent the food supplies to the city. The signal of acceptance of the terms glows from the tower of Pisa, and Vanna comes to the tent of the general. They talk together and at last Vanna recognizes in him the son of the goldsmith. He tells her that Pisa is already fed, and she gives him the roses she has brought. Vedio, his lieutenant, comes to warn him that the Florentines are furious and are coming to arrest him. Vanna promises him that Pisa will save him out of gratitude. He goes with her. But Guido proves unworthy of his noble wife. He refuses to believe in her innocence and Prinzivalle is sent to the dungeons. Here Vanna joins him, declaring that Guido's outrageous words severed the tie between them, and that she is free to follow her heart. Vanna unlocks the door and they leave together.
- The emigrants are seen fighting the hordes of redskins. The hero rides to the settlement for help and engages in a thrilling duel with pursuing Indians. The settlers swoop down on the unprotected Indian village and burn it up. The savages seeing the flames, hurry back and fall into an ambush. They are attacked from the rear by the emigrants and from the front by the settlers. In a wild scene of carnage the surprised Indians are mowed down by the hail of bullets, horses and riders falling in tangled masses.
- The proud Senora is approached by Lieutenant Farnsworth and is given a blank record to sign and record in order to make good her landed property. The Senora tells him that the land was granted to her by her king, and that she will recognize no other authority. She throws the blank document into a drawer. Farnsworth meets the Senora's daughter, Tonia, and tells her that land grabbers are abroad, and impressing upon her the importance of immediate action. The land grabbers arrive and their leader, one Tierney, stakes the property, and sending the document to be recorded by an accomplice, Kane, he installs his band of ruffians in the hacienda. Tonia gets away and tells one of her servants, Felipe, to delay Kane, and this he does by means of offering him a drink, then another one. Tonia fills out the blank entry and rides to the fort, where Farnsworth tells her they must beat Kane to the recorder's. Kane, half drunk, suddenly realizes the trick being played upon him, and after a struggle with Felipe, he gets away, mounts and rides to the recorder's. He gets there just a little ahead of Farnsworth and Tonia, but his drunken condition impedes him and Farnsworth beats him in a fight whilst Tonia gets her document of possession filed. They proceed home and find that Tierney and his associates have terrorized the men and women and have put them to indignities. Farnsworth has ordered troopers to meet him at the hacienda and the ruffians, unable to produce any authority, are soon disposed of. The Senora, humbled by the experiences she has gone through, is glad to install Farnsworth as their protector, by granting him the hand of Tonia.
- Rita's parents leave her seated comfortably on the porch, but before they have been gone long, Juan, a Mexica, joins her. He offers demonstrations of his affection, to which Rita objects. When he becomes too persistent she slaps him. This, from Rita, he might have pardoned, had not Dick, her sweetheart, at this moment arrived and added the final indignity of a kick. Juan feels he is justified in thirsting for revenge and leaves the two lovers. He goes then to a shack where are some of his associates. To these friends he tells the tale and engages their services to help him punish Dick. Meanwhile Rita and her sweetheart start for a stroll through the palms and it is here the Mexican and his companions see them. They hide and when the two unconscious lovers come near they grab Dick. The strong effort he makes for freedom is useless; he is soon overpowered and dragged away. The Mexican lingers behind long enough to triumph over Rita and then follows his captive. For a moment her brain refuses to act, but she soon braces up and goes in search of help. She rushes to their stable and hurries the half-breed to Dick's assistance. She shows the trail to her companion and together they follow it. When Juan reaches the shack, he, with his friends, make merry and enjoy Dick's fruitless endeavors to loosen his bonds. The Mexican seats himself before the door as a guard, and at Rita's instruction (for she has located the shack) the half-breed stuns him and then dashes off with Juan's horses. Rita loses no time in freeing Dick, but Juan, who soon recovered from the blow, has warned the other Mexicans that they have been found and they all enter the shack. Any further trouble they might cause is avoided by the timely arrival of Rita's father, whom the half-breed brings to the cabin.
- Charles Massey is scheming to get possession of rich mining claims owned by Kingman Vane and which adjoin Massey's in Mexico. Massey and Jack Wilson, a mining engineer, are suitors for the hand of Gladys Vane, daughter of Kingman Vane. Massey is assisted in his plotting by Ricardo, a Mexican, and his scheming has succeeded to a point where Vane's income has been seriously affected. Gladys loves Jack, but when he asks her to marry him she is forced to put him off because she knows her father would object. One day a telegram comes from Vane's mine in Mexico, saying that the Mexicans have forced the superintendent to flee for his life. Vane is nonplussed until Gladys suggests that Jack take charge of the mine. This Jack consents to do, and Massey is pleased, because he now sees an opportunity to rid himself of his rival. At Zuracca, Ricardo arranges to have Jack lured into a new tunnel where a charge of dynamite is about to be exploded. The plot is foiled and one of the perpetrators confesses, who is the instigator. When Bob learns of the Mexican's confession he wires his father, suggesting he come to Zuracca. Massey insists on accompanying Vane and Gladys and writes Ricardo to hold up the train, capture Vane, Gladys and himself and hold them for a big ransom, which would be the mine. The Mexican, whose child Jack saved, reveals this plot to Jack. The telegraph wires being down. Jack starts to ride to Caspro, on the American side, to summon the rurales to prevent the kidnapping. He is pursued by the Ricardo gang and his horse is shot from under him. He escapes to where Mexican laborers are operating a steam shovel. He throws the pursuers off his track by jumping into the steam shovel bucket as it bites into the embankment alongside him. One of the mounted Mexican chases him. He jumps up back of the Mexican, hurls him to the ground and rides like the wind for the rurales. Jack notifies the rurales. They get trace of the Mexicans and a running battle ensues. Massey is wounded as is Ricardo, and the latter with his dying breath brands Massey as the one who is behind the trouble. At last the mystery of the trouble is solved.
- Bored with the ranch, Buck's girl goes off to the city and gets involved in a brothel. When Buck brings a herd of cattle to town, a streetwalker lures him to the house just in time for him to save his girl from Martin.
- After a quarrel with his wife, Mary, Bob Adams leaves her, taking with him their little girl, Ethel. In order to conceal their identity, he dresses the girl in boy's clothing. Bob and Ethel finally drift west, the girl still passing as a boy. Ten years go by and Bob secures work on a ranch, and the foreman becomes strongly attached to Ethel. Her sex is discovered, and the foreman falls in love with her. The cook is discharged, and the foreman goes to the city for another. Mary's search for Bob and Ethel has taken her west, and the foreman meets her at an employment agency, where she is seeking work, and engages her. That evening, when the men come in for supper, Bob and Mary meet, and a reconciliation takes place. Ethel marries the foreman, and the happy family is shown two years later, with Bob and Mary delighted over their little grandchild.
- Patsy is the daughter of an old circus veteran, and has been a part of the circus since her mother's death. Her father is not satisfied for her to grow up with a circus and arranges to send her to a boarding school. Patsy does not fall in with the idea and goes to her old friend, Bucky O'Connor, the veteran clown, for advice. He sympathizes with her, but refuses to intercede. Kelly's manager, Anton Fischer, has loved Palsy for a long time, but she does not care for him. Overcome with his passion, he tries to kiss her, but is prevented by the arrival of O'Connor. Patsy is finally sent to school. Patsy finds her new life hard and to ease the longing, gets a horse to ride each morning. She is seen by Bruce Barker, a young playwright, who manages to get an introduction to her and they become fast friends. One day a circus is billed in the town and she accompanies Bruce to see it. The familiar sights so work upon her memory that she determines to run off and join her father's circus. Bruce proposes to her, but she is filled with the new thought and rejects him. Fischer then determines to get control of the show and then force the girl to marry him to save her father. By many crooked deals he gets the show in bad repute and lends money to Kelly from time to time. He arranges to have a crowd of roughs break up the show the next night. Patsy arrives in the town where they are, the day before the big fight arranged by Fischer is to be pulled off. She pledges her old friend O'Connor to secrecy and they arrange to tell her father next day. However, one of the girls falls sick and Patsy takes her place. She is recognized by her father and he starts to go to her but the fight breaks out at this point and he is mixed up in the melee. Through the strategy of O'Connor the company is saved. Barker follows the girl and arrives in time to frustrate an attempt of Fischer's to get the girl in bad and then play the hero. He follows the show unknown to the girl and saves her from many misfortunes. Fischer determines upon a last attempt to rid himself of the rival and get the girl at the same time. He notifies the girl's lover to meet him at the lion's cage. planning to leave the door open, but the note is lost. He accidentally leaves the door open and is chased by the lion himself. Barton gets him in a tight place and tells him that if they don't promise to leave the circus and turn over the mortgage he has, that both of them will be killed. The frightened wretch promises and for a few months it looks as if both would be killed in the end, but the resources of Barker finally win over the brute and they are saved. Barker buys the show and Fischer leaves. Barker turns his purchase over to the girl and is about to leave, when she calls him back and tells him that she doesn't care for his show without him. and the story ends with a happy reunion under the "big top."
- Hamilton, a victim of paralysis and owner of a menagerie where animals can be bought, sold and exchanged, has a superintendent under his employ who is in love with his elder daughter, Grace. She loves him, too, but unknown to her father. One day while putting an animal through some stunts the trainer is caught and Hamilton is taken with a stroke at the sight, this being his second attack. He realizes that the next attack will probably mean his end, and he thinks, too, that by selling he will rid his daughter of the superintendent. He sells the menagerie, but keeps his pet animal, a wild and vicious lion, which he takes to his private residence and places in a barn. Some time later his little daughter, Blanche, is playing around the grounds of his home when young George, the superintendent, happens to spy her and asks her to take a note to her sister unknown to her father. Blanche consents, but in trying to deliver the message, she is stopped by her father, who takes it from her. The father is very angry. He locks Grace in her room and the mother, going on a visit, takes Blanche with her, leaving her with her aunt, who lives a short distance away. The father then decides that he will have the animal meet George that night, instead of his daughter, thinking that that will keep the superintendent away for good. He then turns the animal loose and waits for the arrival of George, but in the meantime Blanche runs away from the aunt's and arrives home and is confronted by he animal. Father, seeing this from the window, is attacked with the third stroke of paralysis. George arrives in time to save little Blanche's life. Grace breaks away from her room, helps rescue her little sister, while her mother tends to her father. Between George and Grace they manage to fight the animal back into the barn. They return to the house and all are reconciled.
- Elsie's father dies, leaving her a ranch in the west. She goes to visit her property, and the foreman, Jim, arranges to meet her at the depot with a buckboard. As she alights from the train, Red, a desperado, insults her and is thrashed by Jim. Red rounds up his pals, attacks Jim and Elsie, binds Jim securely in the buggy and escapes with the girl. Jim manages to turn his back to the horse, with his hands tied behind him, and guides him at a furious gate to the ranch. The cowboys go in pursuit and Jim grabs Elsie off Red's horse while galloping at tremendous speed. Red and his gang are thoroughly beaten and driven away, and Elsie impulsively rewards Jim with a kiss.
- Harry is thrown out of town and on his way across the desert meets a minister and his family; when the man is killed in an Indian raid, Harry takes care of his little daughter, later puts on the minister's frock and reforms a town.
- Reed and Rosson are owners of the Yellow Aster mine. They have taken out enough gold to make the final payment, which is due. Both brothers love the same girl, Pauline, but she prefers Reed. Reed saves an Indian, Eagle Eye, from the drunken taunts of a half-breed, and the latter swears vengeance. The half-breed knows that the gold is ready for the final payment and decides to steal it. With the aid of his pal, a rustler, he kills the watchman and escapes with the gold. Then he kills Eagle Eye and puts the gold sacks near him. The Indians, thinking the white men have murdered their brother, plan an attack on the mine. Pauline's faithful Indian girl servant learns of the proposed attack and warns the miner. The attack is made and Rosson rides for help. He returns with the cavalry as the miners are making their last stand, and, after a hot fight, the Indians are driven away. The half-breed and his pal in the meantime, have camped in the desert. When the half-breed is asleep his pal steals the gold and rides away. He is bitten by a rattlesnake and decides to risk discovery as a thief and rides to town for aid. A miner meets him and the rustler, now delirious from the poison, confesses the murder of the watchman and the theft of the gold. The miner is honest, and, after the rustler dies of the bite, carries the gold back to the mine just in time for the final payment to be made.
- There is a little slavey working in an English boarding house. She accidentally discovers the "swag" of a couple of crooks one day, but dismisses the event from her mind, owing to the kindness which the men have shown her. Kelly, the detective, locates the two crooks at the boarding house and, to watch them, he secures a room next to theirs in the same house. In making up the detective's bed one morning, the slavey comes across his revolver and handcuffs. She divines that he is there to cause trouble to her friends in the next room. Later, the detective corners the crooks. The little slavey, however, facilitates their escape. Five years later we find the slavey in a magnificent suite of rooms occupied by herself and the two crooks, whom she befriended. Under their direction she has gained the sobriquet of "Mv Lady Raffles." Reading of a fashionable wedding to take place and of the many beautiful wedding presents, "My Lady Raffles" decides to turn them to her own account. She and her friends visit an antique shop, where they select a handsome cedar chest. The proprietor returns from the rear of the shop to find the two men alone. They order the chest sent to the address where the wedding is to take place. Detective Kelly is invited to the wedding as a guest, but incidentally to guard the many valuable gifts. After the party is over, he alone occupies the room, which is in semi-darkness. He has a premonition that all is not right. All at once the lid of the cedar chest, which is among the gifts, begins to rise slowly. Kelly watches and sees a white hand emerge. This mysterious hand travels about among the gifts selecting the most valuable. Overcoming his surprise, Detective Kelly seizes the hand, which is all he can see in the gloomy room. He draws his revolver. It is accidentally discharged. His captive escapes in the confusion. Kelly, however, has had time to observe that the hand bears a peculiar birthmark between the thumb and first finger. Cudgeling his brain he recalls that the little slavey in the boarding house of five years before had just such a mark. Outside the house, "My Lady Raffles" makes good her escape in the automobile. Detective Kelly pursues in his machine. As previously arranged, the crooks are met by a car coming in the opposite direction. The girl leaps into the other machine and speeds back toward the scene of the crime, thus eluding the detective, who follows the machine containing the two men. Kelly locates the house occupied by the crooks and by a ruse, admits himself. "My Lady Raffles", meanwhile, had returned. Detective Kelly proceeds to place her under arrest. She asks permission to put on a skirt, as she is only clad in a little black velvet suit with bloomers. This is granted by Kelly. She steps behind a curtain. A moment later the detective hears a sound of a panel sliding to. He hears a machine outside and rushes to the window. From the speeding car "My Lady Raffles" throws back a kiss to the outwitted detective.
- "Davy" Crockett, whose motto was "Be Sure You're Right, Then Go Ahead." Story opens with Davy's home. Next we see Blake and Anna, who arrive to have saddle girth mended. Davy a backwoods man mends girth, while the young lady reads a poem of young Lochinvar to him. They fall in love with each other. Later Davy sees storm arising, and follows them. They are about to be lost in the storm, when Davy rescues them from the wolves, after finding them exhausted. Later is shown where Anna is about to be married on the lawn of her Father's house to Blake, whom she now hates, when Davy rides in, grabs Anna, pulls her on the horse and rides away to a Country parson's house, marries Anna, takes her home to his own cabin, and says, "Mother, I have brought you a daughter."
- The story opens with an Indian village, the home of Big Bear, the son of the Sioux chief. The government agent, impressed with the brightness of the lad, persuades his father to permit him to be sent to a military school. The cadets, perfectly disciplined, are shown in their trim uniforms, drilling on the parade grounds and the young savage is introduced into their midst. Ten years serve to convert the slender boy into a stalwart man, who graduates with the rank of lieutenant, and is assigned to Fort Reno. He arrives in a stagecoach and reports for duty to Col. Garvin. The officers and their families are at dinner when the colonel introduces the new officer. Lieutenant Big Bear is made to keenly feel barrier of race, as his pleasant acknowledgment of the introduction is met with coolness. Soft-hearted Ethel, the colonel's daughter, noting the man's mental anguish, impulsively comes forward and gives the lieutenant her hand, with a gracious word of welcome. The old Indian chief is advised of his son's coming, and attired in all the glory of paint and feathers, so dear to the Indian heart, visits Big Bear. An affecting scene takes place as the father and son meet again, and the old chief fondly caresses the gold trappings of his son's uniform, and proudly admires the shining brass buttons. The actions of the chief are the source of much amusement to the other officers and the women of the post, who watch the pair from a window and mimic the actions of the chief. Indignant at their narrowness, Ethel runs out and asks Big Bear for an introduction to his father. Capt. Haines has been an ardent wooer of Ethel, and he resents the friendly interest she has taken in the Indian. He is infuriated when he sees Big Bear in pleasant conversation with the girl while the lieutenant is waiting to speak to the colonel at his quarters. Haines waits for Big Bear and warns him from speaking to Ethel. The Indian resents the insult, the men engage in a terrific struggle. Haines is being badly thrashed by the powerful Indian when he draws the revolver from Big Bear's holster and attempts to shoot him. The weapon is knocked from his hand, but the shot attracts other officers who pull the contestants apart. Haines dramatically accuses Big Bear of having attempted to kill him, and points to the Indian's revolver with one cartridge exploded. Big Bear is court-martialed and found guilty of assaulting a brother officer, and is ordered publicly disgraced and dismissed from the service. The ceremony is most impressive, as the shoulder straps and side arms of the lieutenant are torn from him, in the presence of the whole regiment. Big Bear packs his belongings into his trunk, including his saber and uniform, and departs. With tears in her eyes and quivering lips, Ethel alone bids the lieutenant good-bye, and as he clasps the hand of the girl and sees the sympathy and friendship in her face, his whole heart goes out to her. With the taciturnity of his race, however, he does not betray his feelings, and with a hand clasp he bids her adieu forever. Big Bear is given a warm welcome by the tribe, and his father and mother. His civilian's attire is noted, and when the Indians hear the story of his disgrace they are filled with rage. The government has been negotiating with the Indians for their lands, and, a few days later, at a meeting with the colonel at the fort, the old chief denounces the pale-faces and their methods, and threatens trouble. After his departure, the colonel, knowing that a terrible Indian war is inevitable, sends a courier to Ft. Custer, apprising the commander of the situation, and telling him that the women of Ft. Reno would be sent to Ft. Custer via stage coach, under escort, for safety. The courier is shot from his horse by the Indians, who find the letter but are unable to read it. Big Bear has been persuaded by his father to don the war paint, and to join in the fight against the whites, when the letter is brought into camp. He interprets the message and the old chief immediately determines to massacre the escort and capture the women. Instantly Big Bear realizes the terrible danger Ethel is placed in, and, alone in his tent, he racks his brain for a scheme to save her. A vision of her soft eyes looking tenderly at him as she bade him good-bye comes to him, and he resolves to sacrifice his life, if need be, to save her from harm. At the fort the women are placed in the coach, and, accompanied by a picked detail, start on the journey to Ft. Custer, a larger and safer structure. As the Indians leave the camp to ambush the soldiers, Big Bear, by a ruse, stays behind, and rushing into his tent, tears the Indian feathers from his head and dons his lieutenant's uniform. Buckling his saber about him, he examines his heavy army pistols, and, leaping on a horse, starts out on his hopeless mission. As the stage coach reaches a valley, the surrounding bushes and trees become suddenly alive with Indians, and a volley marks a trail of death among the soldiers. Lashing their horses, the troopers endeavor to escape, and a running fight ensues. Behind a hill the last stand is made, and huddled together the little band fight for their lives. Galloping along, Big Bear comes upon the body of the company bugler, and picking up his instrument, makes his way to the crest of the hill. From this advantageous position, hidden by the bushes, he deliberately picks off the redskins as they approach close to the stagecoach, Coolly and calmly he makes every bullet tell. Amid the terrible excitement and thunder of riflery, the crack of his guns is not noticed. With the clothes practically shot from his back and hanging in shreds, a trooper suddenly darts through the line of Indians, down the hillside, and plunging into the river at terrific speed the horse turns a somersault. The wounded rider clings to the saddle and the noble animal gallops to the fort. A word, and the bugle call rings out and the brigade is mounted and hastening to the scene of battle. Meantime the little band is in a desperate predicament. Big Bear has seen the escape of the soldier, and knowing that every second is golden, he puts the bugle to his lips and the musical blasts of "The Charge" cause consternation among the Indians, who think the soldiers are at hand and hurriedly retreat. They soon discover their mistake, however, and return to the attack with redoubled fury. The few minutes' respite, however, have saved the doomed people. Creeping up from the foot of the hill an Indian works his way to the back of Big Bear. Taking deliberate aim he sends a bullet crashing into his body. Mortally wounded, the lieutenant leaps upon the Indian, but is soon dispatched. As the troops arrive and charge into the ranks of the Indians a thrilling scene is enacted, but the redskins are broken up and scattered, and ignominiously run for their lives, pursued by the relentless soldiers. The last scene shows the still form of the lieutenant in the twilight, the man who was despised by the white people with whom he had cast his lot, and who met his death at the hands of his own race, "unwept, unhonored and unsung," his heroism unknown even to the girl for whom he gave his life. They met. A far something in the soul of the girl responded to an indefinite something in his. And the greatest blessing and the greatest bane of earth melded with and became her being, a heedless, headless love. Then he tired of the jesting imitation, of the eternal squalor and the dreary denial, and longed for the convenient comforts and luxuries of his other life. He told them he was going to work elsewhere, and the girl's heart filled with an instinctive but indistinct fear and foreboding, interpreted by a great, glistening tear. Type was never so cold and bold and cruel as that which told her, a few weeks later, of his marriage to millions. A great sob arose from the desert of her soul to mock the lying promises of man, and her heart bowed to a sorrow as solemn as midnight, as profound as death.
- Fulfilling a promise made to his mother on her deathbed, Dr. James Gibson finds his sister Pauline who has run away after giving birth to an illegitimate child. His sister's mind has snapped and Gibson takes his sister and his baby niece home with him. The years pass and the niece has grown into a beautiful woman while her mother is kept locked in a room that the young woman is forbidden to enter. Gibson and his wealthy neighbor, John Morris, are both interested in hypnotism, and one night the two men conduct an experiment by hypnotizing Gibson's niece. Pauline sees Morris from her window and recognizes him as the man who deserted her after fathering her child. One night she escapes from her room, takes her daughter's shawl, and stabs Morris to death. Returning home, she touches her daughter's hair, leaving blood stains on the sleeping girl. Morris is found murdered, the young girl's shawl is found near his body, and his blood is found on the still sleeping girl. The niece is arrested and convicted of murder, but Pauline is found dead in her room clutching a watch taken from Morris, and the young girl is cleared.
- In rendering assistance to a wounded Cuban, Inez Lopez, wife of Dr. Lopez, a loyal Spaniard, learns the secret of the source of Cuban ammunition. Gen. Simmons, a soldier of fortune, fighting for Cuba Libre, hears the confession, and knowing Inez will make use of the knowledge, Simmons summons several of his men and makes Inez a prisoner. She is taken to Simmons' luxurious quarters at the outskirts of the city. Dr. Lopez, who has for some time been very abusive to his wife, is, at this time, absent from home, having gone on one of his periodical visits, presumably to confer with Gen. Linares, but in reality his journey is actuated by a desire to see "the other woman," Dolores, a sensuous Cuban. Simmons visits Inez's prison nightly, and on each call he attempts to make love to the beautiful girl. She scorns his advances, much to his amusement. On one of his visits he comes to the assistance of an old Cuban woman who is being robbed by a band of Spaniards, and in the melee Simmons receives a wound in his arm. When Inez realizes that he is wounded she betrays for the first time that the handsome, reckless soldier of fortune has attracted her. She dresses his wound and at her gentle touch Simmons' first real interest in the woman is aroused. He feigns faintness and as Inez bathes his forehead her fingers linger in his thick, dark hair. He opens his eyes suddenly, and they hold each other's gaze with awakened understanding, to the imprisoned woman's aid. Simmons has, in the meantime, received orders to move the ammunition to the front, and pays Inez a last visit, telling her she is now free to leave her prison. As they are about to part the American troops arrive and after battering down the door, rush in. and seize Simmons. Inez in agony, realizing that her note has brought about Simmons' disgrace among the Americans, suddenly decides to defend the soldier of fortune. She steps laughingly forward and declares that there must be some mistake, as she is a willing prisoner. The American officer, with a covert sneer, leaves and Inez and Simmons say farewell. Simmons wished Inez to stay at the quarters, but telling him she can return home, sadly takes her departure, while Simmons rides away to the front. Slowly returning to her home, Inez sees her husband and the Cuban girl in an affectionate embrace. She realizes his duplicity and exits sorrowfully. Simmons, who has reported to the American general, is ordered to learn the movements of the Spanish forces. He visits a native drinking place, and finding the doctor and several of his cronies in a state of intoxication, Simmons plies the doctor with drinks and learns of the defense of San Juan Hill. He is about to depart, when a number of Spanish soldiers ride up to quench their thirst. They find that the intoxicated doctor believes Simmons to be one of their men and has told Spanish secrets. Simmons escapes and the Spaniards return just as Dr. Lopez, resenting his interference, has shot and killed Andreas, a lover of Dolores, who objects to the doctor's rough treatment of the Cuban girl. Dr. Lopez retreats through a rear door, holding the Spaniards at bay, and after a running fight with them, succeeds in making his way to his own home, where Inez, realizing the seriousness of his wounds, with gentle sympathy administers to him. She goes for assistance, and while away the Spaniards find him, and after locking him in the room, they plant dynamite to blow the beautiful home to atoms. Inez, who has returned, pleads for her husband's life, but is led away just before the explosion. Dr. Lopez sees the preparation for dynamiting from the window, and the agony of fear mingles with the extreme agony he is suffering from his wounds. He falls praying across the couch as the explosion takes place. Simmons shows wonderful courage daring the battle of San Juan Hill. The wavering columns of men fight their way up the side of the hill toward the San Juan Block House, steadily advancing under the burning sun. They reach the top at last and the Spanish flag gives way to the Stars and Stripes. Simmons, who is wounded in the engagement, is assisted home by two of his men. He finds no comfort in the luxurious quarters, for he misses the presence of the girl who shouldered dishonor to save him. He does not know that even while he is longing for her, Inez, finding her home a smoking ruin and her husband dead, has turned instinctively to him. She slips in as he mourns for her, and with a great love shining in her eyes, drops to her knees by his side. With wonder and love, Simmons, the soldier of fortune, claims his mate. -- Moving Picture World synopsis
- Accused of stealing the annual report of the Great Western Railroad, thereby blocking a big deal, Dick Olney is discharged in disgrace by Matthew Montague, president of the road. Dick, a young man of good breeding, became an underling in the railroad office when his father lost his fortune. The president's daughter, Marjorie, knows this and is interested in Dick. Hodges, the president's secretary, is jealous. A money lender's note falling due, Hodges steals the annual report and sells information in it to the opposition road. To clear himself he throws suspicion on Dick. Dick saves the life of Marjorie and her mother, and Montague wishes to reward him. Dick pleads for reinstatement to prove his honesty. Montague decides to give him another chance. Dick becomes suspicious of Hodges, and Jimmy, the office boy, learns that Hodges and a money lender, Gentry, are plotting to buy land through which the Great Western extension must pass, and to sell it to the railroad at a big price. When President Montague leaves on his special train to buy the land, Hodges and Gentry drug him. Dick discovers the conspiracy after the train leaves and he and Marjorie begin a mad race in her auto to catch the special. When the auto breaks down Dick gallops forward on a horse, hoping to flag the train at Charing Crossing. But he reaches there too late. The horse stumbles and falls on the track and Dick is pinioned under the animal. A freight train is rushing upon them. A motorcycle officer saves Dick's life, so Dick borrows the motorcycle and he rides from an embankment onto the freight train. The train stops and Dick explains the situation. The engine is uncoupled and speeds after the special. The special arrives at Sanger Station. Hodges remains with the drugged president, while Gentry goes to buy the land. When Dick reaches Sanger, Montague is revived and sees Hodges' perfidy. Marjorie comes up in her auto and Dick, Marjorie and Montague race madly to the farm and block the sale in the nick of time. Gentry tells of Hodges' part in the conspiracy. Dick then marries Marjorie, as his future is assured.
- The Camp of Pinon had sprung into existence overnight. A prospector seeking the elusive metal had overturned something that glittered and the news spread fast and the population came in overnight. Ballarat Bob is the owner of a gambling establishment. Bob's reputation for fair dealing is known throughout the country. Clem Hardy, a victim of the gold fever, arrives in the mining camp, accompanied by his wife, Josephine, and their child, Peter Boy. They stake a claim near the camp of Dr. Bleeker, Chuck Walla Bill and Bob, who are palling together. Clem's first visit, after staking his claim, is to the gambling hall. As Bill and Doc approach their home they see the new neighbors. The child's crying gets on their nerves and when Bob arrives Bill is in a towering rage. They decide that the noise is unbearable and Bill, as a committee of one, goes to the tent to remonstrate. Bill enters in anger, but one glance at Josephine calms him. Clem, angry at the intrusion, hits Bill and knocks him out. Bill starts to retaliate, but, seeing Josephine, retreat in fierce anger. He returns to his friends and tells them of the incident; they decide that there is nothing to be done. The next day, as Bob is returning from the hall, Peter Boy is playing in the road. Bob snatches the child from death underneath the oncoming stage, but the child receives a minor injury to his hand. Doc is nearby and hurries out with his medicine case. Bob is especially thanked by the woman, and immediately the two find interest in each other. Josephine then confides to the friends her ambition for the youngster to become a doctor. Clem at last makes a rich strike of gold and at once starts on a career of gambling and drinking. At first Bob bars Clem from his tables on account of his family, but realizes if he does not take his money someone else will. Bob revokes his rule in Clem's favor. Josephine has come to look upon Bob as partly responsible for Clem's condition, and she believes that Bob encourages the latter to play. Clem loses everything and when he has left, Bob takes Clem's money from the safe, goes to Josephine and gives it to her. He then meets Hardy and threatens him with an awful death if he does not brace up and treat his wife and child decently. Bob then leaves and returns to the hall. Later on Clem finds that Josephine has received the money and accuses her of playing with Bob on the side. He strikes her down and leaves for the hall to find Bob. He picks a quarrel with Bob, but for the wife's sake the latter holds his hand. Clem snoots him through the hat. Peter Boy is ill and Dr. Bleeker goes to visit him. Clem sees their shadows on the wall and thinks that Bob is there with his wife. He shoots through the tent and Doc falls. Bob comes running to the spot and Clem wounds him in the shoulder. Then he jumps into his wagon and drives furiously away. The whole town rides after him. On the edge of a cliff he is lassoed and wagon and all fall headlong down the side of the steep incline and Hardy is killed. Bob is left to comfort Josephine, and tells her that someday, when he has made something more than a gambler of himself, he will come and claim her.
- John Dayton is shot by George Willis in a saloon quarrel. The deed is seen by Arline Marsdon, who gives Willis money and a marked timetable, whereby he escapes and goes further west. Mrs. Dayton is determined to bring the murderer to justice and engages the services of Craig Burton, a detective. Burton collects the evidence and by means of a pierced ace of spades, a handkerchief and the marked timetable, he tracks Willis to the edge of the desert. Willis is made aware of the detective's presence and hits the desert trail. He is followed and shot by Burton, who revives him and brings him back to justice.
- Two more Camorra outrages take place and the lieutenant of the Italian squad is notified to act at once, or his station will be the target of the newspapers. He gets two detectives and together they fix a frame-up on Marisco Napoli, a right-hand man of the Camorra Chief, Basista, who, being a shrewd man, has so far been able to elude the police. They "plant" him by slipping a gun in his pocket, which offense carries a five-year term in New York City. He resists; they beat him up, take him to the station and put him through an eighteen-hour third degree to try and make him "squeal" on the rest. He stands firm, and is helped to do so by the appearance of Gracia, the Lieutenant's daughter. The Camorra hold a meeting and plan the best how to get Marisco free. They decide to grab Gracia, which they proceed to do, and send the Lieutenant a note reading: "We got the girl. If Marisco don't go free she will suffer the consequences." Therefore the father's hands are tied in fear that the Camorra will fulfill their threat. Marisco is in the hospital (from the beating he has received) and reads of Gracia being missing. As she came to his aid in the third degree and brought him flowers in the hospital, Marisco decides to rescue her. He plans carefully and makes his escape. Marisco goes to the Camorra Lodge, presents himself and demands the release of Gracia, but in the meantime the Chief, Basista, has fallen in love with Gracia and refuses to turn her loose. The two fight with stilettos, in accordance with the lodge rules. Marisco wins, goes after Gracia, and as he brings her out, the meeting has divided and a battle royal is fought. Gracia and Marisco get into the upper hall, and the fight swings with them onto a two-story building. A very thrilling fight takes place, the Marisco faction winning. Marisco returns Gracia to the Lieutenant, and of course is placed under arrest, the Lieutenant telling him that he will do everything in his power to get a pardon for him. Marisco curses him and his pardon, and says he will settle with him when he gets out, if the Camorra spares his life.
- The mother is dying. She commends the care of her younger son, Bill, to his eldest brother, Jack, who accepts the trust. Jack is steady and trustworthy and has his hands full with his well-meaning but harum-scarum brothers. The boys go west and obtain employment on Circle C Ranch, where both fall in love with Milly, the ranchman's daughter. Jack proposes to Milly, but it is made clear to him that the girl is interested in Billy. As soon as Jack sees this he accepts the situation sorrowfully. The cowboys go off to the roundup, leaving Jack and Bill in charge. Bill and Jack go riding; they see the Indians drinking and scent trouble. It becomes necessary for one of the boys to defend the pass in order to let the other carry a warning to the cowboys. They draw and Jack so arranges it that Billy may get away. The Indians give chase and divide up, one lot going to the ranch and the other chasing the boys. Billy warns the cowboys and they get to the ranch in time to rescue Milly and her father from the burning cellar in which they have taken refuge. The Indians are repulsed and Jack's body is found and all recognize how faithfully poor Jack kept his trust.
- Bull Carter, the range boss, snatches the book of poetry away from Rand Cleburne and throws it contemptuously on the floor. Rand jumps up angrily and demands that Carter pick up the book. Carter refuses Rand reaches for his gun, but Carter knocks him down. Rand falls against the Chinese, who is peeling potatoes. He grabs the knife and slashes Carter. Then he dashes out of the house, and mounts Carter's horse. Carter leads a posse in pursuit of Rand, and the next morning decides to call upon Jim Harper, the sheriff. Rand reaches the foothills. His horse slips and falls into the canyon below. Rand saves himself, but loses his gun and hat, but struggles on until he becomes delirious in the maddening heat. Finally a rainstorm saves him from a horrible death. He goes to Harper's cabin. Having seen Harper leave he enters in search of food, when a young woman appears. Rand crawls into the kitchen through the window and begins stuffing whatever food he can find into his shirt. He starts to leave when there is a crash. Looking back, he discovers a baby has upset the lamp and set the room on fire. He dashes to the rescue. Lucy, the sheriff's sister, now rushes in, and is almost hysterical in her gratitude. He accepts her offer of supper. Lucy discovers that his is not the outlaw, but decides to aid him. The posse ride back to the ranch, but Carter goes with Harper to his cabin. Rand is trapped. Lucy hides him in her bedroom, where the baby is asleep. Then she helps Rand to escape by prying some boards from the side of the house. The noise of this operation is drowned by the storm. Rand promises he will visit Lucy as soon as it is safe for him to do so. Moving Picture World, October 27, 1917