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- A story of pre-missionary Hawaii, woven around the ancient superstition of the Hawaiians concerning the shark god and its power over the lives of the people, and the love affair of a chief's daughter.
- A pretty Hawaiian girl is wooed by a sea captain who afterwards persuades her to marry him.
- The locale of the story is in France and the characters of the nobility as well as those of the half world who live by their wits. Camille is a woman who belongs to the latter class and her associates are of the Bohemian sort, actors, painters and literary folk, and her male friends are an old Duke, who showers money on her, and a Count who is her escort to places of amusement. Camille is beautiful, accomplished, and at the period of the opening of the story, is satiated with pleasure and her better nature asserts itself. She longs for something genuine, a love that is good and pure. Armand du Val is the son of a nobleman and theirs is an old and honored family. He sees Camille and falls in love with her, worshiping her at a distance. He calls at her house in company of a friend and the visit is most opportune. Camille has returned from the opera with the Count and he bores her with his coarse and unwelcome attentions. Armand is introduced and his frank, manly avowal of love comes like a revelation and is sweet music to her ears. For the first time in her eventful life she loves and is deliriously happy. There is a season of bliss for the young couple. Camille removes to the country and Armand is in constant attention until their dream is shattered. A sister of Armand is betrothed to a young nobleman and the father of the groom learns of Armand's infatuation for Camille, and breaks the news to his father. Camille is induced to break with Armand so that the young couple may marry and be happy and no scandal shall mar their bliss. Armand does not understand and Camille will not explain. Armand denounces her for a flirt. He creates a scene in a gambling house, hurling Camille from him brutally and throwing his winnings in her face. There is a duel with the Count, her former love, and Armand is exiled in disgrace. The dread disease, consumption, lays hold of Camille and she is in the throes of death with her beauty gone. Armand is summoned by his father and goes to Camille, but, alas! too late! She sees him, imprints one long loving kiss on his lips and expires in his arms.
- Music may have charms to soothe the savage breast, but the melting glance of a woman's eye hath charms to do the rest, that is, all the rest necessary to the capture of the savage, his enslavement and so on. And so it happened that Alice, the ranchman's daughter, caught and held in durance vile the heart of the new sheriff, Ben Humphries. The parents of Alice liked Ben and were pleased that he showed a preference for their daughter, but Ben's desperate efforts at love-making caused them the greatest amusement in the world. The girl wasn't a flirt, but she certainly did lead Ben a pace, and he danced to her every whim like a trained bear in a circus ring. Finally he sends her a note by a Chink telling her he must get an answer from her to his numerous proposals, and he fixes the place where, next day, she must meet him with the precious assurance. Alice decides to give in at last to Ben, for she loves him dearly, so she repairs to the trysting place. But, alas! he is not there. At a dance given by her parents in her honor, she flirts desperately with a handsome rascal, out of spite, and this man was Jack London, an outlaw, on whose account Ben Humphries did not show up at the trysting place. He had received hurried word to get after this fellow at the last moment, and he followed his duty. He had, however, sent her an explanatory note by the Chink, but the Oriental had carelessly thrown it in the fire. Ben had got to his man, but the bad man had gotten the "drop" on Ben good and proper, wounding and tying him to a tree. Thus it was that Jack London was at the dance, and Ben was not. But Ben came in "unexpected like," to the bad man in the midst of the flirting, and to the girl's surprise, the outlaw dove through a window, and the Sheriff after him. Then, what a chase, with Ben and the crowd in pursuit! He gave them all the slip but Ben, who got after Jack London hot foot, and got him for fair this time, after a thrilling fight, which would have proved disastrous for Ben had not Alice come up and helped things a bit by putting a gun to the outlaw's head. Still, she was angry with Ben, and no explanations would go either, but Mr. John Chinaman came along with the remnants of the note, which cleared Ben and gladdened both in a bear-like hug.
- This story deals with a westerner, who comes into a fortune left by his uncle in the east. One clause of the will provides, however, that the legatee must live in the ancestral house in the east, otherwise the fortune is lost. Bill Smith accepts the conditions and goes east, he is soon settled in his new house, surrounded by every luxury money can buy. But these things do not appeal to Bill. He longs for the free life of the prairie. Naturally he is much sought after, owing to his wealth and new position. He gains the clubs, attends balls and receptions, where the idle rich are wont to congregate. Still he is far from happy. One day at his club, Bill protects Edith Mason, a little flower girl from the insults of a half-drunken loafer. In the scrimmage the girl receives a blow. Bill takes her to her home in his auto. They soon become fast friends. Edith's mother is a consumptive. She receives a letter from her brother in the west telling her of his coming to New York to take her west with him, where it is hoped the climate would benefit her. Bill calls on Edith and is shown the letter. Much to his surprise he finds that the uncle is Pete Curley, his former friend and fellow cowpuncher. Bill shows Pete the sights. As the time for the departure of his friends draws nearer, Bill's longing for the west grows stronger. He realizes that his new acquaintances tolerate him because of his wealth. This he proves by a clever ruse. After bidding good-bye to Pete and Edith, in whom he becomes very much interested, he returns to his home of luxury. He is very unhappy. The call of the west is too strong for him to resist. He writes a note to his lawyers, relinquishing all claims to the estate and rushes madly to the station, just in time to gain the little party, as they board the train for the west.
- Jack Dalton is a most admirable character. When Willie Burton meets with an accident and Jack comes to his aid and takes him to his home, and there meets Clara Burton, we feel that things are as they ought to be, in the coming together of these two. The advent of Bud Ahearn into the lives of these two is a stumbling block to their happiness. Ahearn tries to force himself on Clara in spite of her womanly protests. Jack Dalton intervenes and protects her. Bud has pals, and altogether, they are a bad lot. They decide to get Jack into their clutches. Unfortunately for him, he plays into the hands of the outlaws. While Willie and he are racing their steeds to try their mettle. Jack is swooped down on by Bud's confederates. Willie, who has seen the capture from a distance, dashes off for assistance. Jack himself has no idea of submitting so calmly to the machinations of his would-be rival, and maybe it didn't do one's heart good to see how his keen wit and indomitable pluck and bravery wins for him his release, unaided, from the clutches of the now thoroughly disconcerted scoundrel. Meantime, the happy-go-lucky cowpunchers have been informed of Jack's predicament, and with a whoop and a yell they are off for the rescue. That Bud meets his Waterloo goes without saying. Jack now stands higher still in the eyes of Clara. Thus comes to him a crowning triumph, and happiness for them both in the passing of Bud.
- "Rush the Indian Land Grab Bill through at once if you want to save them." Thus writes the agent of Arthur Smighting, the lobbyist. The Indians are sending a young chief with companion to Washington as representative before the President and cabinet, to secure justice and proper redress for the fraudulent barter of their lands, to which outrages they have been subjected, owing to their helplessness to prevent it. Smighting is very much perturbed at this possible hindrance which threatens to upset his apparently successful land fraud, and he immediately convenes a caucus at the capitol of those legislators of his brand who can be "approached" for the ultimate motive of securing the passage of the bill. To doubly ensure the accomplishment of his desire, he enlists the services of his family, in that he instructs his daughter to exert her charm over the young Indian so as to possibly keep him away from the object of his visit. Their efforts are successful and the young Indian is installed as a guest at the palatial home of the lobbyist. The young chief becomes enthralled at the beauty and charm of the girl and it is no difficult matter to make him dance attendance on her constantly. His task is an important one, however, and he manages to fulfill his mission in presenting his people's grievances at the capitol, and he so forcibly asserts the injustice of the enactment of this bill that the weaker element of the opposing forces are compelled to pause. They, therefore, arrange a conclusive meeting for the following day at one o'clock. The meeting is actually held at 1 a.m., and not at 1 p.m., as the Indian had naturally supposed. By this trick they lost what probably might have been averted had they been present at the essential moment. To clinch the situation, the lobbyist's daughter held a ball at their home in honor of the guests. In the midst of the dancing, however, an attaché at the capitol appears and apprises the Indian of the deception. Spurning the girl who tries to detain him he reaches the rendezvous only to find that the bill has been passed. He argues and denounces, entreats and implores his adversaries, but of no avail. Despondent and humiliated, he returns to his people. It had required this sudden change of affairs to bring as a shock the realization to the girl that she intensely loves the red man. Determined to undo the wrong perpetrated in the part she played, with earnest entreaties for the righting of wrong, she prevails upon them for a signed statement that will leave the Indians their land. Hurrying westward she arrives in time to prevent the summary death sentence being inflicted on the young chief by those whose cause he lost, through her machinations. Leaving the parchment with the tribe, she follows the young red man into the woods, and at his request to return to her people, she refuses. Finally he is overcome by her witchery and womanly love and her promise to become his squaw among his people.
- The scene takes place in the Canadian Northwest. The company, through its Factor, objects to free traders in general and to Fairfax in particular. Fairfax is fearless, and he defies the company, and continues to operate his free trading store. His wife, Marie, is alarmed and would have him go, but Fairfax stands his ground. Ungan, an Indian, owes the company money, and when he applies for more goods, he is refused. He goes to the Fairfax store and states his case, and Fairfax is willing to trade with him. The company's assistant watches them, and he, in turn, is watched by Marie. The assistant sends an Indian for the Factor, and some men, and they arrive as Ungan is leaving the store. The Factor again orders Fairfax to cease trading their guns, and giving them each a knife, sends Fairfax and Ungan down the long trail without food or drink. He orders them shot if they return. The faithful Marie returns stealthily to the store, and ties a number of provisions in a shawl. She also secures a rifle and provisions, and hits the trail after the two men. Fairfax and Ungan wander on until their strength gives out. They sink to the ground, and while in an almost comatose condition, they hear a squirrel cracking a nut. Fairfax throws his knife and kills the squirrel, and Ungan and he struggle for its possession, the Indian's savage nature claiming all of it. Fairfax weakens first, and as the Indian is about to knife him, Marie appears and calls, and the tragedy is averted. Ungan craves forgiveness, and with the food at hand, they have enough to travel to the next trading station.
- Some startling incidents in the life of the Rev. James Caldwell, the fighting parson of New Jersey, the hero of the battle of Springfield, have been rescued for the first time from the oblivion of a century and a half, and are here presented by the Champion players with an adherence to historical veracity and correctness of detail that is truly wonderful. The Tories were bitter haters of the patriots, and many and horrible were the atrocities they perpetrated against them, but nothing did they do more infamous than the wanton, brutal murder of Mrs. James Caldwell, the wife of the fighting parson. The reverend gentleman had cost his lot with the patriots, for he loved his country and detested her tyrannical rulers' and we see in this film presentation what it meant, and what it cost to be a patriot in those days. We see the parson in the pulpit expounding the word of God, and there on either side of the hole boo, two blunderbusses, the huge pistols then in vogue. And ranged behind him, on the platform, a number of muskets, the old-fashioned flintlocks, terrible instruments in the hands of the clear-eyed, courageous, sharp shooting "Minute Men," as the unorganized patriots were then termed. The Tories and Hessians approaching one day, Mistress Caldwell went off to a neighbor's hard-by, taking with her her little girl. The fond father waved his beloved wife and child an affectionate adieu, little dreaming of the dark tragedy that was soon to cloud his life. But a few days had elapsed, the hold Sabbath had come, and the parson was in the midst of his sermon, when a messenger arrived telling him of the cold-blooded murder of his beloved spouse! Oh, the horror of it! What consternation in that house of prayer then broke forth! Men seized their weapons and rushed out following their parson's lead. Into the death chamber he came, followed by his faithful people, there to gaze on the still, cold form of her whose heartbeats once pulsated with warm and tenderest affection for him; then to see his little girl-baby by her mother's form, kneeling and weeping her very eyes out in the despair and anguish of her little soul! Oh, the agony of it all seemed too much for mortal eyes to gaze on! We wonder little after that to see the fierce charges of the patriots against their hated foes led on by their minister of God! We wonder little to see him, when the men ran short of wadding for their guns, rush into the church, when nowhere else could it be had, and grab up armfuls of hymn books, hymnals by the celebrated composer "Watts" and rushing forth to his men, cry out as he flung the hymn books among them! "Give them Watts, boys, give them Watts."
- In the first place Jim Baldwin has earned the sobriquet of Lucky Jim. Jim is a fine fellow, yet the sort that doesn't find favor with the boys. The ranchman's daughter, Bess, comes to the ranch and all the boys are introduced to her, except Jim. Later on the ranchman takes Bess out, accompanied by all the boys, except Jim. The boys laugh at him as they go out and he is left alone, but presently the girl returns for some reason or other, and in getting off her horse, hurts a foot or seems to. Jim picks her up in his arms and carries her off, Lucky Jim. Later on the girl's father is bitten by a snake. The boys run for a doctor, but Jim remains and draws out the venom with his lips. "Thus he saves the ranchman's life and wins his favor and a wife." Soon again, an old Indian is rescued from the clutches of a disreputable character by Bess. The gratitude is shown when he gives her gold and also the right to a claim. But Jim is also a sharer on this deal, accompanying Bess to the old Indian "dug-out." The latter gives him an equal interest with Bess, rightly judging that one day she'll be his squaw. "Thus, again, we see Lucky Jim, and how all things come to him." At the grave of the old Indian "In silent prayer kneel Jim and Bess, and comes old Bear Grease them to bless."
- Marianina is a daughter of sunny Italy, living with her old father, a shoemaker in the Italian colony. We see the old shoemaker pegging away at his shoes down in the cellar basement. A letter comes to Marianina from her lover in Italy, pleading to be sent for and protesting to her his undying devotion. She gets the money from her father and sends for her lover. In the meantime Giussepi, a foreman in a sweatshop, falls in love with the girl and desires to marry her; but while she appreciates his devotion, she is loyal to her sweetheart, Gambolio, in the far-away southern clime. Gambolio arrives in America, but when six months have scarcely gone by he proves himself a perfidious wretch to the girl who has been so loyal to him, flirting shamelessly with other signorinas. Mariana discovers this and vents her righteous wrath upon him. Then she casts him from her as she would a viper, and accepts the better man, the foreman Giussepi. A year later, Gambolio shows himself to be the scoundrel that he is. He tries to renew for himself the infatuation Marianina once felt for him. But she is a true wife and a noble woman and scornfully repulses the fellow's advances. The scoundrel foiled, swears vengeance on her devoted head. He steals her photograph and later boasts a conquest of the woman in the teeth of her husband. The lie is given the wretch with a dash of wine in the face, an immediate duello is here prevented by friends of both parties, but is later arranged for. At Giuseppi's home his faithful wife is made to suffer the agony of wrongful accusation on the part of her husband, but overhearing the arrangements, she decides a plan to prove her love for Giuseppi. Drugging his wine, she dresses in his clothes and betakes herself to the field of honor, and there she fights a fierce battle with her traducer. The latter is wounded dangerously, just as Giuseppi, who has recovered from the stupor, rushes on the field, and realizing everything in its true light, hugs Marianina to his breast.
- Henry Marshall and Bob Stanley are business rivals. Stanley and Marshall's daughter, Helen, are in love, but Mr. Marshall won't tolerate the match, because Stanley has practically ruined him by his business competition. However, Mr. Marshall has great faith in his superintendent, who is unsuccessful in his suit for Helen's hand. Helen is sent away to an expensive boarding school, but her father (unknown to her) is forced to mortgage his factory to meet the expense. At her departure, her father becomes totally blind, but he keeps the ill news from his daughter. Things go from bad to worse with Mr. Marshall until he is practically on the verge of bankruptcy. Finally it comes to the stage where he can't pay his workmen. Helen meanwhile has written Stanley that she is coming home on a vacation, but is keeping it secret from her father to surprise him. Upon her arrival she finds her father blind and the workmen on strike. To avoid serious trouble she (unknown to her father) hunts up Stanley and tells him conditions. For love of her, Stanley draws enough money to tide over Marshall's embarrassment. Helen suspects that Hardy, the superintendent, is not as honest as her father thinks him, so that night she and Stanley gain access to the office. They go over the books and find that Hardy has falsified accounts to the extent of $30,000. They confront Hardy and Mr. Marshall with the evidence. Hardy is arrested and a partnership is formed between the two business rivals, much to the delight of the lovers.
- A circus comes to a frontier town and pitches its tent, attracting a good audience of cowboys, soldiers from the nearby post and residents of the town. One of the soldiers falls in love with a pretty girl performer, the daughter of the manager, and succeeds in gaining the father's consent, after which he departs for a post farther west, to which his company has been ordered. With the circus is a troupe of acrobats, costumed as red devils. Just as the engagement closes, their manager receives a wire from a Western town offering him an engagement. The acrobats hail the offer with delight, especially pleased is the girl, because it will take her near her soldier lover, so the engagement is accepted. The picture now takes us to the military post where the lover is found with his comrades about the entrance of the stockade. A messenger appears with a letter from the girl, telling him of the coming of the troupe and that her father has agreed that they may be married immediately. This puts the soldier in high spirits and his comrades overwhelm him with congratulations and carry him into the stockade on their shoulders when he tells them the good news. During these events trouble has been brewing between the cowboys and the Indians. The latter have been caught in the act of stealing cattle and, in the fight that follows, one of them, the chief's son, is killed. For this the Indians take the war path. One of the Indians happens to be in town when the stage carrying the troupe of Red Devils, their manager and his daughter, starts on its journey with an escort of cowboys. This spy hastens to the camp of his tribe and the band starts out at once to prepare an ambush for the travelers. Lumbering along over the rough trail comes the old stagecoach, a real relic of pioneer days, with four horses swinging it around the curves with all the dash of the Wild West. Then a wheel breaks and the coach comes to a stop, while the occupants pile out to see what the trouble is. While they are inspecting the damage the Indians come upon them; there is a general scurrying to shelter, except one daring fellow who boldly perches himself upon the top of the coach as if he were inviting the Indians to "pot" him. One of the cowboy escorts manages to get away at the beginning of the scrimmage with a message from the girl to her lover at the fort, which happens to be the nearest point from which succor can be obtained. For some time the Indians continue their fire from ambush, but when all the visible defenders have been disposed of they rush the coach with the purpose of finishing them. Just as they seem about to overwhelm the survivors the troupe of "Red Devils" springs out of the coach and hold the Indians spellbound in open mouthed wonder at their marvelous tumbling. While these events are happening, the messenger arrives at the fort and soon a troop of cavalry is on the way to the rescue. Alternate views of the "Red Devils" holding the Indians in awe and the soldiers racing over the trail carry the interest to a high pitch. Now the acrobats are about exhausted from their efforts and would give up, but the girl and her father rush out and encourage them to keep going. Then one Indian, evidently not to be fooled by the antics of the "Red Devils," springs out and harangues his braves. This breaks the spell and the attack on the travelers is about to be resumed when the soldiers come dashing up and scatter the Indians. The ruse of the "Red Devils" has been successful and the scene closes with the girl clasped in the arms of her soldier lover.
- In the beginning we have an elopement of a rich man's son and an Indian girl. With the consequent train of events leading up and subsequent thereto, they are as follows: First in due season, a little papoose. Then the august presence of the noble Chief Dark Cloud, the wife's father, coming upon the scene spells misery for the couple. The boy, shamed and wretched by the appearance of the old chief in his incongruous garb, half savage, half civilized, quarrels and flees, deserting his squaw. The scene now shifts to the west. After a lapse of years, the maiden and her child are back in the tribe of their ancestors. Here, too, comes the recalcitrant lover, husband and father. Driven from the east through misconduct, a fight in a western barroom almost costs him his life. Escaping on horseback by a hairbreadth, he is subsequently found by his own child and later nursed back to life by his Indian wife. Then comes his return eastward. But the manner of his return is most surprising and unexpected. The cowboy chase, the fight on horseback, the fall from the back of a wildly dashing horse. All these are startling bits of realism, clever expositions of daring and deviltry. The story is most remarkable.
- In her father's tailor shop, a young girl shares the meager morsels of bread with her little brothers and sisters, while their old father toils on the bench, striving to earn a scanty subsistence. The constable serves notice on him to pay his rent or get out on the morrow. Outside the shop the poor man's daughter is sweeping when an automobile happens to pass by, carrying the owner of the house. The daughter of the rich man is so impressed with the beauty of the poor girl that she tells her father she would like to employ the girl as her maid. By his daughter working for the rich man the rent is paid. While working at the rich man's house, the poor girl falls victim to the wiles of the son of the millionaire, and in making appeals to her mistress to have justice done her for the heinous crime, she is driven out at a reception by the rich man's son. The job is finished and the tailor expires. Another tailor, accompanied by the rich youth, appears at the squalid tailoring shop for the suit. The young scion is startled by the girl he has ruined and offers her money. She refuses and he betakes himself to the grand reception, leaving misery behind him.
- Percival Smith kisses his wife affectionately good-bye and makes his departure. On the outside of his home he flirts with two fair dames and follows in their wake. He catches up with them at the park, and neglecting to proceed to his office he enters a café. He starts to flirt with a waitress and his newly-made lady friends take umbrage and depart in high dudgeon. He continues to pet his fair Priscilla until the manager takes him bodily and flings him into the street. He picks himself up, adjusts his anatomy and betakes himself to pastures new. A pretty chorus girl is leaving the stage door of a theater. The gay deceiver approaches her in a mincing manner. She rebuffs him, he persists, she flaunts away, he follows fast. Around the corner they go and she tells a cop, and into this copper's brawny embrace comes rushing the gay Lothario. But the deceiver sprints away and thus escapes. Next a janitor of buxom form comes under his observation, but when he assays to touch her, she meets him with a bucket of water. The next day at his office we find him feeding chocolates to his stenographer, whispering to her softly and printing luscious kisses on her lips. Suddenly his faithful spouse appears. In a rage she rushes home and engages her house-maid's services. An hour later, her startled husband learns over the phone that his home has been invaded by one of his own species. He rushes home and discovers a personage seated in his wife's lap. He summons a policeman and then he courageously smashes the high hat from the bead of the affinity. The hat flies off and from beneath rolls a mass of hair showing the features of his maid. A feeling of revulsion comes over him and be then swears off.
- The Grim Reaper goes after the soul of a drunkard.
- William Caldwell loves Eleanor Caines and Eleanor loves William. Eleanor's love grows daily, and when the marriage knot is at last tied her life's happiness seems completed. But alas! The husband, subjected to adverse fate, falls in our estimation, though he still seems heroic to his faithful wife. Driven to an extremity, he finds himself brutal in his conduct toward his wife. Her opposition to his unreasonable demands causes within him a submerging of his love for her and he becomes violent. They then part. William Caldwell goes out west to retrieve, if not redeem himself in his own heart and soul. He did gain the mastery over his body, but the worm which dieth not gnaweth at his very vitals. His partner thought him the best, the truest and bravest of men, for his conduct now well merited that belief. And what of Eleanor? She was driven to the last ditch of despair. She strove hard to eradicate the image of her once glorious idol from her heart. She sank into the depths of poverty, then, hearing from a long-absent brother in the west, she drifted thence and to her fate. She arrived at her brother's place during his absence, but his partner was there to receive her, who was no other than William Caldwell. The brother comes in on the scene unexpectedly. No time is left for either to calmly explain or for proper consideration of the course to pursue. But by a glance and a cautioning look they agree to let the brother and partner remain in ignorance of the tragedy in their lives. Thus thrown into an unexpected propinquity the smoldering fire of the divine spark soon bursts forth into flame. Their old love is again renewed, but now freed from the carnality which first surrounded it, it becomes hallowed and life is again sweeter, brighter and better.
- A young boy is terrified by nightmares he has of strange animals.
- Reckless friends, the inviting bottle and late hours have been the means of ruining many a youth, and especially one who is an only son. Arthur Kane is just such an only son, but fortunately his father turns him out of the house in time to save the boy from further degradation. His mother furnishes him with the means to go out west, trusting in spite of all, in his promise to make a man of himself when away from his evil associates. Dressed in the height of eastern fashion, Arthur affords considerable amusement to the cowpunchers as he alights at a small cattle station out in Montana. He doesn't mind this, though, for with his athletic training he feels quite capable of holding his own amongst them. Learning the location of Judge Lawson's ranch, he at once applies for a job. More in a spirit of fun than because of actual need the Judge places him in the charge of his foreman. The eastern lad soon wins the good-will of his fellow cowboys, and especially does he prove attractive to the Judge's daughter, Ruth. They soon become constant companions, and that fact arouses the ire of the jealous foreman, who goads the easterner until his patience is beyond control. The climax is reached when the surly foreman pours some hot coffee down Kane's back. It takes but an instant to make a wreck of a bunkhouse, and when the Judge hurries in he finds his foreman and new cowpuncher engaged in pummeling each other in the midst of a wrecked room. Roiling with rage, he discharges poor Kane and severely reprimands the foreman. Packing his grip, Kane is soon on his way in search of a new job, and when nearing a crowd in the street he learns that the Sheriff has been held up and robbed by a notorious outlaw, who has bound him to his horse and sent him back to town. The Sheriff resigns his position and returns the star (his badge of office) to the Judge. This is the psychological moment to make good and young Kane embraces it. Hurrying back to the Judge, he demands a chance to earn the Sheriff's star by capturing the outlaw. The Judge agrees and young Kane prepares immediately for the venture. Borrowing a girl's outfit from Ruth, the Judge's daughter, he puts it on and is soon cantering along the lonely road. Sure enough he is held up by the outlaw. Spurring his horse, he leads the bandit a merry chase. The outlaw eventually overtakes him, and reaching out, seizes the supposed girl about the waist and swings him onto the saddle. It doesn't take Arthur long to pull the outlaw's gun from its holster and hold it to his head, and in that position the tenderfoot brings the desperate outlaw into town and thereat wins the Sheriff's star. Of course, incidentally, he captures the Judge's daughter, Ruth. And that is how the tenderfoot made good.
- The pride of the Kosgroves of Virginia is indeed gratified beyond measure when General "Stonewall" Jackson and his staff accepts the proffered hospitality so effusively tendered by them. The young and only son of Widow Kosgrove has enlisted and is about to join his company when the General takes a new flag from the hands of his mother, sister and wife, and presents it to the young husband as a memorial of trust. With a light heart and joyous tread, the pride of Kosgrove Manor marches away with the army. Heavy service is encountered and at the terrible slaughter at Henry House, the deafening din of the cannon's roar, the proximity of the bursting shells from the enemy's works, the deadly havoc wrought and the loss of life utterly unnerve and terrify the lad, who deserts the field at the height of battle and skulks home. Against the unavailing protests of his family, the boy will not return, and to preserve the untarnished name of Kosgrove, his beautiful young wife dons a uniform and musket and regains the regiment in time to march with them to Winchester, Va. Desperate fighting ensues, and the Blues capture an important position. Their commander mounts the bulwark and seizes the Confederate colors, but for the instant, and is downed by a bullet from the young wife's musket. She saves the flag, but falls beneath the avenging bullets of the officer's men. Her body is brought home and with a last look at the corpse of his courageous wife, Kosgrove undergoes a complete regeneration, and he re-enters the service with a vow to never return without capturing a Union flag as a trophy. "Stonewall" Jackson was routing the Federals and advancing on Winchester. With Jackson's permission the boy heads a body of brave southerners, and retakes the position lost by the Grays and stoutly maintains it, replacing the Union Stars and Stripes with the Southern Bars that his martyred wife had saved, thereby being commended by Jackson. Then they brought him home too, but the war was over. His life, too, was extinct, and with a smile of reverence he entwines the both colors in his stiffening fingers. With a last glimpse at his country's banners, he departs this world, and his soul flees to join that of his wife before the Bar of Righteousness and the Stars of Love.
- Charles Wilson, on his way back to the ranch with the payroll for the boys, is suddenly stopped by highwaymen. The cowboys of Circle C Ranch, returning from a spree, dash down upon the surprised outlaws. Headed by Wilson, they chase the outwitted bandits into their very home. The wife of the leader of the gang is mortally wounded by a shot fired from Wilson's gun. Feeling that he is indirectly responsible for the death of the mother. Wilson promises to adopt and take care of her baby girl. Wilson's wife also swears to be a mother to the child. Sixteen years later Kate, the adopted girl, starting out for a canter through the woods, is kidnapped. Upon the failure of Kate's return home at her accustomed hour. Wilson goes in search of her. Discovering her horse riderless, he follows the trail that soon leads him to the kidnapper's cabin. Stealing into the place, he is horrified in discovering that the man is Kate's own father. He makes known the truth to both of them, and gives the girl her privilege of choice between himself who has taken care of her, and the man who had deserted her. Without a second's hesitation, the girl leaves the cabin under the protection of Wilson.
- In no period of American history was romance in its most imaginative form outdone as in the days of the Revolution, and of all the heroes of that epoch, the name of none stands out in bolder relief than does that of General Francis Marion. The very mention of his name made the stoutest hearts quake and sent consternation into many a camp and bivouac of the British. In a wonderfully realistic manner, some of his many striking performances are reproduced in this most remarkable story of "Marion's Men." The "Swamp Fox," as the cruel and crafty Tarleton dubbed him, is portrayed with a rare fidelity to historical truth. Some of the incidents of his career, graphically depicted, are here interwoven with his startling feats at the fall of Fort Watson, in April 1781, and the great victory won at Eutaw Springs, which was fought in the same year. The companions of this wonderful genius were akin to him in many respects. Here, for instance, his right bower in his dare-deviltries was a bishop of the church, who on occasion donned the purple robes of office to minister its functions, and then doffed them again for "the belted sword and the cocked hat." Then the woman, the loyal, true-hearted women of that period of trial and suffering, are here shown in all their fortitude.
- Bess Allen does not know whether she loves Ben Crosby or Joe Darnton, and when they call and propose to her at the same time, she laughingly refuses both of them. The rest of the cowboys, led by Bess's father, give the boys the laugh, and to conceal their mortification, Joe asks Ben and the crowd to adjourn to the bar and wash down their disappointment. Ben returns when he deems it opportune and renewing his offer of proposal to Bess follows it up with impetuous zeal. He will not take no for an answer, but seizes her and kisses her passionately. The girl struggles ineffectually and indignantly strikes him across the mouth. Regaining the mastery of his feelings he humbly accepts his dismissal and takes his leave, unconsciously clasping in his hand a strand of ribbon which he has torn from her throat in the embrace. Returning to the saloon he is charged by Joe of having taken undue advantage by sneaking off to renew his suit. A word test ensues which results in a fistic brawl. Thinking he had killed Joe, Ben decamps to the wigwam of friendly Indians, where he remains in hiding. Bess's father, incensed over the fight about his daughter, informs her of it. Having become aware of the reality that with the blow she had struck Ben, she had actually loved him, Bess now repairs to the saloon filled with alarm. Instead of finding Joe dead, she is confronted with fresh accusations from all the cowboys including Joe, and with disgust, and outraged pride she returns home. In a spirit of revenge Joe entices her to a shack with a decoy note purporting to come from Ben and then compels her to fight for her honor, which she indeed does as only honest, hardy women of the west can. However, she is no match for the man, and at the crucial moment smashes the window with a keg and leaps from the second story into the arms of Ben Crosby, the man she loves. Ben has been warned of the machinations against her by his Indian friend who scented mischief brewing and brought him to the rescue. Fearing the result of his deed and having truly repented, Joe comes out of the shack to give himself up expecting to find Bess dead from the fall, but when he is apprised of the true situation, he humbly begs pardon of both her and Ben which is granted by them, for these big-hearted folk of the west do not harbor a grudge no matter how severe the provocation. Bess's father and the cowboys arrive also and escort the young pair home amid the cheers and firing of guns, and poor, repentant Joe joins them with tears of happiness because of being forgiven by all.
- This subject deals first with a woman who has lost her husband. Her two boys are now her mainstay and support. These boys are aged respectively 6 and 8. They sell papers and give their earnings to their mother. The elder of the boys is inclined to be wild and one day be is arrested for craps playing and is sent to a reformatory. He escapes from the institution and returns to find his mother is dead and his brother gone, the younger brother having been taken in charge by a Catholic priest. Thirty years now go by and we witness several stirring scenes of contrast in the lives of the brothers. The elder is dissolute and follows the career of a burglar; the younger has been raised by the good priest who closed his mother's eyes, and, following the trend of his bring up, has become himself a priest of God. One day, the burglar is hotly chased and we see him dash into the church wherein his brother, the priest, officiates. The latter answers his appeal for protection and goes out, locking the door, shutting it against the minions of the law. Later, the wounded man discovers, through a large picture of the mother on the priest's wall, that his savior is his own brother. He is dying now, and, exhorted by the priest, asks forgiveness of God for his sins. The priest gives him absolution and the repentant sinner passes to the throne of God. The mother appears in a vision blessing her two sons. The one just departed for realms of bliss and the other, a holy minister, who still lives to fight for righteousness.
- You have undoubtedly heard of the Abernathy boys, Louis, nine, and Temple, six years of age, respectively. There is not a newspaper in the country which did not give accounts of their daring ride on horseback from Oklahoma City, Okla., and their arrival in New York in time to take part in the great reception in honor of the homecoming of Col. Theodore Roosevelt. They traveled no less than 2,500 miles on horseback; a feat which older men have not been able to excel. They have taken leading parts in a story of the real wild and woolly western type which will arouse your enthusiasm, which will bubble with excitement and interest. It will undoubtedly be considered the greatest sensation of the year and the best tonic for box-office receipts. The opening scene shows Frank's ranch house, where many cowboys are "killing time," indulging in their sports. Soon one of the boys arrives from the post office with a letter for Frank from his sweetheart, Grace, informing him that he should meet her at the station, as she is coming to spend her vacation at the ranch. Frank leaves the ranch and arrives at the station in time to see his sweetheart insulted by a Mexican. The western blood boils within him. He has a fight with the Mexican, but finally leaves with his fiancée in a buggy for the ranch, tying his own horse to the back of the vehicle. The Mexican swears vengeance. He secures the co-operation of another Mexican and both pursue Frank and his sweetheart. They shoot Frank in the arm, and snatching the girl from the buggy, they escape with her. Poor Frank would have bled to death had not the Abernathy kids made their timely appearance. He is unconscious when he is found, but he is revived sufficiently to tell his story. Immediately little Temple starts to the ranch for aid, while Louis vows to pursue and capture the Mexicans. Quickly does Temple find his way to the Three Forks post office, where more than a dozen cowboys are lounging around. He utters only a few words and they take in the situation in a moment. They mount their bucking bronchos and with Temple in the lead they are off in pursuit of the culprits. The scene now changes. The girl is trying to gain her freedom from her captors. It is like a thunderbolt from heaven when the Mexican hears, "Throw up your hands." The desperate Mexican is about to draw his gun and shoot at Louis, but the kid is too quick for him, and shoots the gun out of the Mexican's hand. Singe-handed does the young lad overcome the burly and contemptible Mexicans. Suddenly, at a distance, during this commotion, little Temple in the lead, is seen approaching at daring speed with the cowboys. They lasso both Mexicans and drag them from the scene. Grace is soon restored to her lover, and the cheers and congratulations showered upon the two young lads will make your heart feel good. You are so much enthused that you would like to go over to the boys and, slapping them on the shoulder, say, "Congratulate you, boys, for your heroism." This picture finishes by showing Louis and Temple with their mammoth Teddy bear, which was presented to them by Col. Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders at their reception.
- Through a series of trifling mishaps, Katherine Crosby meets three strangers in her far-off western town. Her father being a prosperous ranchman, had entrusted her education to an eastern boarding school, and from which she had new been at home but one week, when the ranch life monotony is broken by this all-important turn of events. In descending the slippery stairs of the general store, she accidentally trips and falls, sliding to the bottom with marked celerity, where she is helped to her feet by Samuel Stuart, a traveling salesman. Thanking him for his assistance, she also tenders her card upon his request for permission to call and ascertain her state of health. He had scarcely left her when up strides I. Rutherford Ford, banker from the east, and picks up her fallen packages and hands them to her. A few verbal courtesies are exchanged and he also receives her card. Turning the corner, she is saved from a snowball attack of an urchin by the timely interference of William Hoadley, cowpuncher and faddist. A third card is then presented with the proverbial invitation. In each instance, the man avails himself of the opportunity, and all three call and present their cards the same evening. Kate is equal to the occasion, however, and at their departure each man considers himself the favored one. A week of calling and receiving serves to embolden the three suitors, and on this particular snowy afternoon, while lounging in her window, Kate becomes the recipient of three proposals of marriage. To each is appended a request for an immediate answer. Smiling and happy, this gay young woman falls asleep crowing over and fondling her proposals as a child does a toy. She dreams, married in turn to each of her admirers, her experiences are harrowing, gay environments in hand with intrigue and tears, a house of squalor with privations, hunger, brutal treatment, and then driven forth homeless, alone and uncared for! She awakes, but so startling are the after-effects, that she destroys the proposals with a solemn vow to ever remain single. Years after, again we look in that window and see her with her only companions, her dog, her cat and her parrot; also the sole connection with the past, which is a box containing the torn-up proposals.
- The aristocratic parents were opposed to the obscure clergyman, and only reluctantly assented to his attentions towards their daughter. On a certain day, in their beautiful suburban village, a daring robbery was attempted and one of the culprits took refuge in the rectory, the clergyman's home. In chasing the robbers, the girl's father found a robber's mask on the steps of the rectory but could not gain entrance thereto. His suspicions were aroused, and finding that the old gentleman, whose home was entered, had been wounded, he got the vestry together, he called on the clergyman for an explanation of the "mask mystery," or the latter's resignation. During the controversy, his eyes lighted on a revolver with one chamber discharged. Slipping away, he sought the wounded man's home, and borrowing the bullet, which had been extracted from his wound, he found that it filled the revolver. He now confronted the young clergyman with this double proof of knowledge of the affair. The latter refused to utter a word, saying his lips were sealed by "the seal of the confessional." The young girl now demanded a clean breast of it or to cancel their engagement. His only answer was that under the seal he was protecting "a brother." He didn't tell her that it was her brother whose confession he had heard and who was now on his way west, to grow up a better man. After the break, the clergyman, upheld by his Bishop, went to a western mission. The boy, in the meantime, had become a ranch foreman, and was soon to marry the daughter of the ranch owner, whose life he had saved from bandits. The happy sequel was to find fruition in this marriage, to which the young man's parents and sisters had been invited. All are now present. The priest arrived to officiate, but the father and daughter pointed the finger of scorn at him. But the bridegroom stepped forward and exonerated him, at the same time confessing his part in the affair. Father and daughter now appeal to the priest for pardon. The daughter would throw herself into his arms, but it is too late. He had taken the vow of celibacy. His bride was the Church. He then tied the knot for the happy couple.
- One of the brightest examples of true patriotism was exhibited by a woman in a most remarkable manner during the Civil War. The heroine was Barbara Frietchie. It occurred in the town of Frederick, Md., where every household was divided in its sympathies. George Mason, whose mother was a Frietchie, was an ardent Unionist, but his brother William was strong for secession. Virginia Iredale loved George, but her sentiments were opposed to his. This gave William a footing with her which he strove to improve by every means in his power. It was about the time of General Lee's prospective invasion of the North. In accordance with that idea. General Stonewall Jackson had turned the faces of his men northward. Everywhere in Maryland he was acclaimed with joy, though not so vociferously as further south. Jackson met with no hostile demonstrations, though thousands were so inclined. In the big town of Frederick, there was not one protest against the Confederate invasion, but stay! there was one, a dear old lady of eighty years, whose great big loyal heart led her to do an act of heroism that was sublime! Jackson, at the head of his hosts, entering Frederick that balmy September day, beholds the starry flag floating from a modest brick dwelling. Others have seen it, too. A score of muskets belch forth as one shot and the Stars and Stripes hang by a cord from the shattered flagpole. In a flash the window is raised, framing therein an aged but sweet face. A pair of feeble hands grasp the broken pole and once more the Stars and Stripes defiantly flutter. Then are uttered those well-remembered words: "Shoot if you must, this old gray head, but spare your country's flag." The butts of a hundred muskets leap to the shoulders of the Gray Coats, but the next instant the stentorian tones of brave General Jackson ring out: "Attention! Who touches a hair of yon gray head dies the death of a dog!" Then with a salute, he and his men marched on. Barbara Frietchie belonged to history. This glorious act decided Virginia Iredale as to her course in love and politics. Virginia thought she loved her Southland more than the Union, but when she saw the old flag waving in Aunt Barbara's hand, she knew at once where her real sympathies were, and as a result of this decision, her fair head found a resting place on the broad and manly bosom of George Mason.
- George Monroe and his son and daughter, after settling themselves in the ranch house that they had secured for a couple of months, decide to take a stroll through the little old western town and see the sights. This is what the inhabitants thought and that is what the Monroe family wanted them to think, but their object is to size up, as it were, their prey, for this respectable-looking family of father, son and daughter, was nothing less than a family of card sharks who had come from Denver for the purpose of fleecing the cowboys. The girl, tall and beautiful, acts as the magnet to draw the victims to the ranch. They were successful. The most constant visitor and heaviest loser in their gambling den is Wilson Moore, a handsome young cowpuncher, and the support of his widowed mother and his little sister Aggie. Belle Monroe leads him on until the poor fellow is head over heels in love with her and firmly believes that his love is returned. She plays with his affections while her father and brother rob him of his money. Belle often takes a hand with them and it is while playing opposite him at the table that she is suddenly made aware of the startling fact that she is really in love with the man she has been fooling. The shock of the discovery unnerves her and she wants to leave the game, but a stern glance from her father and an exclamation from her brother brings her to her senses and she, with hysterical laughter, continues the game, winning all of Wilson's money. Meanwhile the widow Moore is grieving over the actions of her adored son. She is unused to his leaving her every evening as he is now doing and his daily drawings from the strong box where their money is kept, alarms her. Being present when her son receives a letter from Belle's Indian maid, she reads the request from the Monroe's to come up for a big game, she decides to put a stop to this ruining of her son. Hurrying to the ranch of the card sharks, she is admitted to the presence of the girl. With tears streaming down her old cheeks she implores the young woman to give her back her son. Her pleadings are not in vain, for the love that is consuming Belle needed only such fuel as this mother's love and the two women unite to save the one man. Lowering her Indian maid from the window she tells her to go for the cowboys if she can't find Wilson before her father and brother get him. At this moment she hears them coming and secretes the old lady just as the three enter the room. With an assumed gaiety she stealthily removes the revolvers from her father and brother and when a prearranged quarrel takes place the brother is about to brain Wilson she stops them at the pistol's point. Ordering them to "hands up" site holds them so until the cowboys arrive and carry them off to jail. Wilson and the widow then take the weeping girl home with them to live in a purer atmosphere as his wife.
- In a Western town, a cowboy dashes up at break-neck speed heralding the arrival of the new school ma'am. A large crowd gathers. Her coming with the buckboard loaded with grips and trunks is hailed with delight. Every male of age in the village falls head over heels in love with her; but in a few months only two remain at her heels. Of the two, one was a mean fellow who could brook no interference. It happened when Rose, the teacher, slipped on the rocks and was slightly injured, that Hank Peters, one of the rivals, chanced along. He immediately dispatched his man, who was riding with him, for a doctor. Then came along Ned Lester, the girl's favorite. "Quick," he cried to Hank, "Ride for a doctor; my horse went lame." But Hank sneered at him and would not even tell him that a doctor had been sent for. Then Ned rushed for Hank's horse, but Hank pulled his gun and prevented him. Ned dashed away for a nearby barn, which chanced to be Hank's, seized a horse and rode off. Rose recovered sufficiently to go her way without replying to Hank. The latter soon discovered the loss of the horse, and that Ned had stolen it. Of course he knew for what purpose Ned used it, but it didn't matter to him. Hank wanted to get even. And so Ned was rounded up in short order by the cowboys, charged with horse stealing, and the offense meant a rope and a telegraph pole. It looked real bad for the moment. Rose was clever. She simply placed Ned's horse in Hank's barn, then going to Ned's place of confinement, slipped him a note informing him of what she did, and for him to say that he had merely swapped horses with Hank. Hank of course denied this, and stated that Ned's horse had never seen the inside of his barn. Several cowpunchers went to investigate, and sure enough there was Ned's horse. Hank saw he had been outwitted and at last took his medicine like a man. And when Ned and Rose became "one" he gallantly presented her with the horse that had been "traded on him."
- Arriving at the point of mobilization, we find all branches of the service, soldiers clad in khaki campaign uniforms, the infantry, cavalry and artillery, not excluding those daring, hard-working Signal Corps troops, exercising and maneuvering, and wheeling in the various intricate formations in which United States troops are so ably drilled. Then, presuming that orders had been issued, we see Army Engineers engaged in throwing pontoon bridges across the river, bordering the field of action, for the crossing of regiments into the objective country. This movement appears so realistic as to momentarily deceive the spectator into accepting its motive as actual. The clever tactics adopted in the military drills and the fine appearance of the Army excite respect and admiration. Not least, however, we view the hungry boys at mess, partaking of their rations. Their healthy and hearty participation bear testimony to the watchfulness of the government.
- William Johnson son is a wealthy widower with an only daughter, Alice. He has also a housekeeper in the person of Mrs. Commons, a lady of former position, now in reduced circumstances. Mrs. Commons has a boy. Arthur, a splendid fellow, who is in love with the daughter of his mother's employer. A party is given in honor of the eighteenth birthday of Miss Johnson, and Arthur attends the affair with his little sister. Many costly presents ate tendered Miss Johnson, among these is a beautiful pearl necklace. When the party is over and the guests are gone it is discovered that the necklace has disappeared. It is then distinctly remembered that Arthur Commons was the last to handle the necklace. The upshot of it is that Arthur is accused of being the thief. It is a terrible accusation, and as we witness it, we feel that it couldn't he true. And yet we know that he is innocent because he carried home his little sister. That the sister had placed the necklace around the neck of a doll, so you see he was innocent. The clarifying of the situation comes about through the young girl, Alice, who innocently discovers the missing necklace adorning the neck of the little girl's doll. The humiliation of the old man over the discovery of the injured doll of the younger one is well worth witnessing and the happiness that comes to all makes a splendid climax.
- Charlie Smith, whose father objects to his son keeping company with Rae Meadows, sends his gardener, De Forest Smith, with a letter of instructions to Rae. The gardener is in love with Rae's cook, Bainey, and they, like Charlie and Rae, elope. After sending a telegram to the Grand Hotel, Boston, to reserve the best suite of rooms, Charlie and his wife start to Boston by automobile, while the gardener and Bainey, start by train. The manager of the hotel is delighted to receive the telegram, but when the gardener and his wife arrive and ask for the best suite of rooms, he turns them down, because they look like country rubes. It is not until De Forest produces his card that the manager gives them accommodation, thinking that it must be he who sent the telegram signed "Smith." As a couple of notorious criminals by the name of Smith are at large, the inspector of police institutes a search of all the hotels. The inspector and the police arrive at the Grand Hotel and see the name of Mr. and Mrs. Smith on the register. Just as he is making the arrests, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, who have walked all the way, their machine having broken down, appear and ask for their rooms. Upon producing their cards, the inspector has the four Smiths arrested and taken to prison, thinking they are the bandits. They are left there for the night. The next morning the inspector receives a telegram to the effect that the real criminals have been captured, traveling under the name of Maloney. This, of course, exonerates the Smiths.
- John Storm, a young minister, is desperately in love with Marion Truesdale, one of his parishioners. Soon after their betrothal, Sir Arthur Norworth, a wealthy English aristocrat, pays desperate court to her. His wealth and position attract her, and unknown to Storm, she agrees to go to England and become Lady Norworth. So it happens that when the wedding day arrives, Marion does not appear. Storm receives a telegram from Marion stating she has sailed with Norworth. He is shaken with grief and agony. We see him five years later in a town in the southwest, brought to the lowest level; a human derelict. He becomes a hanger-on to a mine owner, whom he has saved from a gang of men, and puts in his time brooding and drinking. One day, Burton, the mine owner receives a letter from his sister that Sir Arthur Norworth is dead, and she is bringing his widow out for a vacation. Burton loses the letter and Storm finds and reads it. The realization that Marion is coming is too much for him. Convicting emotions of love and revenge stir within him. They arrive! Burton is very solicitous and gallant, while Storm keeps out of sight. Burton does his best within the next few days to win favor with her, but she perceives his true motive and avoids him. He takes advantage of his sister's absence one night to make violent love to her, but she repulses him. He persists and insults her, threatening to speak of her compromising position, unless she marries him. He then calls in Storm, and for the first time in many years, Marion faces him. She pleads with him to save her honor, until he throws down the Bible and with a sob leaves the room. For a moment Marion is triumphant, but Burton is enraged and he seizes her. Her hand grasps a knife that Storm has left in the room, and she strikes him to the floor. Outside, Storm hears the screams, hurries in and sees the murdered man. He realizes Marion's peril. She is in hysteria, and when the servants come on the scene they find Storm kneeling over the dead body. To them Storm shields Marion by confessing to the crime. He is taken away. The closing scene shows Marion in the garb of a Sister of Charity.
- Judge Kelley is a good fellow, but is addicted to drinking to excess. He is removed from the bench in consequence. A few years later the Kelley family is living in reduced circumstances. Myra secures a position as reporter on the "Times." Judge Kelley promises his wife and daughter never to take another drop of "booze." Myra is seated at her desk in the "Times" office when Marvin receives a telephone message from the desk sergeant at a police station that there is material for a good story down there. He is buried with work and irritated. He goes to the reporters' room and finds Myra the only occupant. He orders her to go to the police station and get the story. She goes to the station and discovers her father. She returns to the office and tells Marvin that she cannot write the story. He is petulant and orders her to write the story quickly, under a threat of dismissal from the staff. She writes the story and lays it on the desk of Marvin and goes out. He reads the account of the arrest of the once prominent man and then that he is the father of the woman he loves. Hastily turning his work over to an assistant he rushes from the office without coat, hat and vest and reaches the street, where he inquires of a policeman if he has seen Myra, describing her. The copper points in the direction of the river front. Marvin rushes to the dock just in time to prevent Myra from throwing herself into the river. He takes her in his arms and begs her to forgive him. They clinch.
- Convinced that his son was padding the payroll of the ranch hands. Col. Baker decides to do a heroic thing. As the boy returns from a ride with his sweetheart, the Colonel confronts him with the evidence of his peculations, and informs him that he will have to take the consequences, if it should even take him to jail. True to his word, his son is arrested and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The father takes this course believing it to be the only means of reformation. After a few violent outbursts, in which he displays a healthy portion of his father's force of will, the lad accepts the situation and takes his medicine. While in jail, his cellmate and he become fast friends, and before leaving the prison, he vows an eternal friendship for his new-found comrade, giving his word of honor, that when the other shall have served his term, to look him up and he will help him. At the expiration of his sentence, the boy goes home to his father and requests a reinstatement to his old position, which plea his father unhesitatingly complies with. Assuming charge of the payroll again, he is at once pleased and surprised to find that the money carries no temptations for him now, and putting it aside, he retires for the night. Attracted by his window being opened from the outside, he is delighted to see his old cell-mate enter still in stripes. Having escaped jail, as he tells the boy, he has now come for the promised aid. The lad is taken aback knowing that he is in no position to proffer assistance. The convict, discovering the money for the payroll, pleads and begs for some to help him get away. The colonel's son is steadfast in his refusal, and turns the jailbird away, who muttering curses, leaves by the window. The next morning the boy is in ecstasies to find his father and the convict in friendly conversation. He then learns the truth. The Colonel had obtained the convict's release from the Governor for the motive of testing his son's stability of character, and he was now proudly enjoying his success in making a man of his son.
- The heart strings may be torn, hearts may burst with wails of agony, but the proud name of the family shall remain unsullied. So thinks Willard Randley as with grim, set features he abandons his sister's child, born out of wedlock. Then, again, deepest sorrow, unspeakable anguish, with almost a breath can be turned to joy. So experiences old Chief Scarbrow and his weeping squaw as they sit apart from the tribe, lamenting the death of their papoose. For, behold! the basket containing the baby of the whites falls at the feet of the Indians. The chief accepts the gift as from the Almighty, with throbbing heart, and his squaw nourishes the living infant. Also for the honor of the family, the brother procures a suitable husband for his sister, and the dower being agreed upon, the ceremony is performed and the party go east. The Indians with their papoose baby traveled westward to join their tribe. After five years elapse, being childless, Mr. and Mrs. Matthews adopt a street urchin as their son, and though a growing contentment exists the young wife cannot forget the motherhood that was hers but had been denied her. Looking wistfully at her adopted son, she yearns with heart and soul for her little baby daughter. Fifteen years later the adopted son, now a man of twenty-one, decides to go west and investigate some land. It is while riding over the prospective ground that he sees an Indian trying to forcibly abduct an Indian girl. He hurries toward them just as the Indian raises a bowie knife above the breast of the girl. A shot rings out, accompanied by a howl of rage and pain from the Indian, who disappears in the forest nursing his wounded hand. The rescued Indian girl, who proves to be the White Princess of the tribe, takes her savior to the camp, where, after she has explained, he is made welcome. He becomes a constant visitor and soon asks the chief for the hand of his white daughter. Old Chief Scarbrow tells him to send for his parents and if they consent he will not object. The boy does so, and one day while the young folks are being entertained by the Indian dances, a crowd of cowboys dash upon them, firing their guns in the air, announcing the coming of the easterners in an automobile. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews follow the cowboys to the Indian village and hurry in toward their adopted son. They were forbidding the marriage when Mrs. Matthews sees the White Princess. Stopping suddenly, they both stare at each other as though fascinated, when the elder woman falls back in the arms of her husband. Instinct had told her mother heart that she had looked into the eyes of her daughter. And it is true, for the chief produced the basket the Princess was found in and also the clothes she wore. He had carefully preserved them. So after many years of anguished yearning the mother was reunited to the daughter she had never thought to see again. And tears shine in her eyes as she looks at her daughter and adopted son as they stand before the marriage altar. But they are tears of joy and thankfulness.
- Mr. Howard, a planter receives a letter from his son Ralph, who has journeyed to New Orleans on a business trip. The letter states that his son is about to return home. The father informs his neighbors, Mr. Blair and his daughter Dorothy, of his son's intended return. They welcome the news, especially Dorothy, who is in love with Ralph. Ralph takes the Mississippi River Steamer and while aboard he makes the acquaintance of a professional gambler, James Ballard who has all the appearance of a gentleman and soon persuades Ralph to join in a game of cards. Ralph is unlucky and loses all his money and is forced to give Ballard an I.O.U. for the money borrowed from him. Ralph arrives home and is given a hearty welcome. He is so much taken up with his love affair with Dorothy that he forgets the time is drawing near when he must make good the payment of the I.O.U. given to Ballard. He receives a letter from Ballard, stating that he will pay Ralph a visit and at the same time collect the money due him. Ralph is at a loss as to what to do, he realizes that he dare not ask his father for the money. Ballard arrives and Ralph is forced to be civil to him. Ballard gives him a little more time to get the money. Ballard is introduced to Dorothy and taken by her good looks proceeds at once to make a conquest. Of this Ralph disapproves which causes a quarrel. Ballard threatens Ralph, and declares that he will wait till evening for the money. If he don't get it he will inform Ralph's father and try to collect it from him. Ralph who has seen his father get some money from a planter decides to take some of it and pay Ballard. That evening the announcement of the engagement between Dorothy and Ralph is about to take place. While the guests are in the reception room, Ralph goes to his father's desk and secures some of the money. He is seen by Remus, an old servant who realizes that Ralph is committing an act of theft. Ralph goes to his room, nervous and agitate; the old servant goes there to summon Ralph, at his father's wish, sees the money in the drawer of Ralph's bureau where Ralph has hastily placed it. After Ralph leaves the room the old servant, in order to save Ralph, takes the money with the intention of returning it to the library desk. Remus goes to the library and as he is about to place the money in the desk Mr. Howard enters the library. Remus surprised puts the money in his own pocket, intending to place it in the desk as soon as the opportunity prevails. Mr. Howard discovers the absence of the money and as suspicion points to Remus, he is questioned and fearing that his young master will be found out, takes the blame on himself, confesses in order to save Ralph, hands over the money to Mr. Howard who, shocked at his old servant's action is lenient with him, but tells Remus he will have to leave the house at once. Ralph learns of Remus' confession of guilt and fools remorseful. He confesses to his father who, learning of his son's motive for his act, forgives him. Mr. Howard pays his son's I.O.U. and Ballard is informed that his presence is not desired in the house. Both father and son appreciate Remus' generous act. The announcement of the engagement takes place.
- The Champion Co. presents a most powerful object lesson in the delineation of military camp life at Pawnee Flats, on the Government reservation, Fort Riley, Kansas. At this encampment, the United States Government furnishes large bodies of regular troops to intermingle with the militia, thus affording them practical lessons in the duties of regular soldiery. No wonder then that we see in our various State Militia organizations a body of men of whom the country may feel justly proud. The Fort Riley maneuvers are therefore worthy of the highest consideration of every American. Some of the evolutions of the soldiers are executed with a brilliance that is startling to behold, while the general drilling and marching of the men must excite the admiration of every feminine breast. Every form of military work is gone through, from the opening to the breaking of camp. The erecting of the tents alone is well worth our intelligent reflection and thought. Company B of the 1st Regiment of Kansas, holds the record in conical tent erection, putting op their tent in the record-breaking time of two minutes and thirty-eight seconds.
- Bob and George Morton go to the theater where the famous dancer Irene is performing. Both men become infatuated with the dancer, and when the manager of the theater offers to introduce them to her they gladly welcome the opportunity. An introduction is effected, and after the theater a supper is suggested and agreed upon. While at the restaurant George, who has little respect for women of the stage, offers an insult to the girl, which she resents. Bob upbraids his brother for his action, and escorts Irene home. In the course of a few weeks Bob and Irene learn of their love for each other and decide to get married. Bob informs his father of his intention to marry the dancer. His father objects to the marriage, being influenced by George and Bob's oldest sister. Bob leaves his father's house, declaring that he shall never return until they welcome Irene as his wife. After several years George is the victim of the drug habit. The father begins to realize that he has allowed the best boy to go away. Bob, after his marriage, had experienced some misfortunes, one being that Irene was taken sick and compelled to leave the stage. Bob, one day, while returning home from work, chances to meet his father, who explains to him that he has altered his opinion. After learning that Bob's wife is sick, he requests Bob to take him to see her. This visit proves to be the means of uniting father and son. Mr. Morton gives a reception in honor of his son and daughter-in-law. The sister changes her attitude toward Irene and welcomes her into the household, but George still retains his same opinion, and on the evening of the reception, while under the influence of the drug, becomes obnoxious and offers an insult to Irene. Bob defends his wife against his brother, who, being aroused to hatred toward his brother and wife, concocts a scheme to bring disgrace on them both. He enters his sister's room, takes her jewels and places them in Irene's cloak. Later the jewels are found in Irene's possession. The girl, unable to bear the accusation, loses all control of herself and runs from the house. Her absence is discovered and Bob goes in search of her and finds her exhausted. George realizes how dastardly he has been and seeks to drown his conscience in the drug, which proves too much for his weakened heart and he collapses. After Bob has carried Irene home in his arms he receives the welcome news that George has confessed to having placed the jewels in the cloak to place the blame on Irene. Irene finally recovers from the effects of the cold weather and exposure which she submitted herself to, and is taken into the Morton family.
- The opening scene deals with a large and woolly town in which the Vigilant Committee and Judge Lynch is all paramount. But civilization was reaching out with a tamer's arm in the persons of judge and lawyer. When the serene looking judge pinned the badge of sheriff on big Dave Hopkins, the crowd enjoyed the occasion as a huge joke, and piled into Gorman's saloon to "liquor up" on the head of it. It wasn't long before the new arm of justice was put to a test. Jasper Jones was a brute in his liquor cups, and at such times he would beat his child. Handsome Dave Marron one day, being attracted by the cries of the little one, arrived just in time to prevent the father's brutality. Jones swore a vengeance against him; but as he held and fingered the trigger of his gun, it suddenly went off and he fell in the throes of death. Now upon the arrival of Dave, the little one had crept under the cot, and when the parent fell dead, she came forth and wildly fled in terror from the house, finding refuge with the Governor's daughter, Bertha Pierson. News of Jones' death soon circulated, and the judge was soon on the spot, with the sheriff and Dave Marron. Dave was innocent, but as he had fought with the man, the judge suspected him. Then the sheriff had to arrest him. Dave was adjudged guilty, and sentenced to death. Dave had a sweetheart, the governor's daughter, Bertha. Fate ordained that she should learn from the little baby girl how her father had died. She sought her father and obtained a pardon. Thus it came about that as the drop was about to be sprung by Dave, the messenger dashed up with the paper of freedom, and Dave's life was saved.