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- Margaret Luther Abercrombie, missionary to Egypt for the American Tract Society, is accompanied by her nephew, a handsome young man of twenty-five. Among her converts, Miss Abercrombie shows more than common liking for a young orphan girl, beautiful of face and figure, whose mercenary guardian is negotiating with a soulless Jewish slave-trader for the sale of the girl. Clifton meets the girl when he calls to escort his aunt to their lodgings and is struck with her wondrous beauty. An old duenna, Leota's faithful friend and companion, has overheard the guardian and the slave-trader bargaining for the girl and has warned her to be on guard at all times. Leota, overcome with anxiety, determines, as a precaution, to dispatch a note to the American, giving him the name of the slave-trader and asking him to search for her should she suddenly disappear. Ayhasa delivers the note returning just in time to see Leota hurried away by the Jew and his men. When Clifton is informed of the girl's plight he goes at once to the Jew's slave market and there finds a sale in progress. Leota being among those soon to be placed on the auction block. Soon the auctioneer comes to "the fairest in all Egypt" and Clifton determines the best and easiest manner of saving Leota is to bid the highest and buy her himself. A wealthy Nabob in the crowd ensuring permanent peace at Double Trouble Ranch, evinces great interest in the girl and Clifton finds a worthy rival to the bidding. But his American blood was up and he forced the Nabob to retreat under fire of his reckless advances and Leota was turned over to Clifton as his own property. The Nabob decided to show the young Yankee upstart an Oriental trick he did not know. While out walking with Miss Abercrombie, Leota was suddenly seized by strong men and hurried away. The frantic missionary communicated with her nephew and told him what had happened. Clifton felt he knew who was responsible for the girl's abduction and straightway went to the Nabob's palace and demanded her release. He was thrown into a dungeon for his pains, the Nabob personally escorting him there. Leota sinks to the floor, drawing the cross, given her by the missionary, from her bosom and prays to the Christian God. An old retainer in the palace, noticing the cross slips to her side and whispers that he too is secretly of the same faith and that he will help her. Keys are stolen from the eunuch in charge of the dungeon and Clifton is released. While Miss Abercrombie spirits Leota away, the young American literally fights his way out of the palace, through the streets and down to the harbor, where the women have preceded him, and there he finally secures protection on board an American steamship bound for the United States. Leota became a dutiful and lovable wife and the loves her "Aunt Margie" next to her handsome husband, both of whom sacrificed ambition and their chosen calling that she might be saved from a life of misery and shame.
- Nobody knew he was a convict when he returned from prison and began a ceaseless search for work, to keep the bodies and souls of a wife and child together, until a former guard recognized him on the street and "tipped off" his record to the very man who had just employed him. After that they knew him everywhere he went and he gave up in despair. Besides, the baby was sick and there wasn't a penny in the house to buy food or medicine. Finally desperation got the better of John Rance and he went out to steal. An accident in the street swerved him from his purpose and he forgot his mission while he saved a sweet little girl from the jaws of death. Then he hurried home to tell his wife about it and wait for midnight. John did not realize how close he was to the old prison cell when he heard a stern voice call out, "Hand up," nor did he seem to care much until he heard the maid in the house he was trying to rob telephone for the police. Then he begged for mercy as he thought of his starving wife and sick baby. His wild pleadings awakened the household. A little golden-haired tot of five came running in to find her papa standing over a masked man, holding a shining revolver. When the mask was removed and she saw his face, John Rance cried like a baby when he heard the little one tell her father he was not a burglar but the man who had saved her life that very day. Do you think Jack went back to a cold and cheerless cell? Not on your life. The kid's mother hid him away until the police came and went, without their man, then somebody gave him a chance, with money to back it up.
- Who kidnapped the parson? The town was thrown into confusion by the sudden disappearance of Rev. Jones, and rumors multiplied until one was at a loss to believe whether or not he eloped with the pretty girl whose photo was found on the floor of his study with an endearing message inscribed on the back. And if you were to glance through the list of those booked for passage on the S.S. Oceanica, bound for the West Indies, you would not find the name of Parson Jones, even though something warned you he was on board. It would be a shame to expose the plot before you see the film.
- The daughter of a detective solves the case after her father is killed.
- When a shiftless, worthless son advances the theory that he need not work so long as Dad is willing to and spends his time in pool rooms and other disreputable places, he is only one in thousands of others just like him. He doesn't mind if a loving mother grieves; he won't allow himself to realize she cares. He's in the rut and he's going to stay there. Then his father's house is robbed and suspicion points to the son. The evidence is strongly against him and things look dark. Luckily for him, a big-hearted desk-sergeant seems to think there's some good in the young fellow, at least he takes a chance of losing his stripes and shield, and allows him to go out of jail for twelve hours when the boy swears he can bring in the real culprit. Nor did the sergeant make a bad guess for the erring son did bring in the thief, and the money he stole, besides. You can imagine how proudly that desk-sergeant felt when he brought that boy home, acquitted of the crime, and led him to his grief-stricken mother. Dear old Dad tried to maintain a stern exterior but his trembling lip betrayed his inward emotion. Anyway, everybody seemed to realize a big lesson had been taught. A future loomed up ahead of the boy and he made up his mind to go after it. Perseverance won and he later on owned a paying business of his own. And, do you know, he blames "the copper" for it all.
- Mrs. Radcliff, a wealthy widow, had been engaged for some years to a titled foreigner. They plighted their troth while the widow was abroad education her only daughter and the prospective bridegroom was expected daily to attend his nuptial ceremony. In honor of his arrival, the widow had prepared a garden fete to introduce her prospective husband to her friends and intimates. The step from girlhood to womanhood is small, separated only by the difference between short and long dresses and wearing the hair down the back or on the top of the head. When the widow first met the Count her daughter was a little girl in short dresses, now, returning from boarding school with her long skirts. She was a very attractive young woman, which the mother with her worldly experience was quick to realize. A woman may be as old as she looks, but not so when she has a grown-up daughter in evidence. Therefore, the daughter was requested to temporarily return to her short skirts for the Count's benefit, but when she was also informed that little girls could not attend the garden fete she rebelled, but the mother was obdurate. The daughter met the Count as a little girl and acted the part, for she played many a kid prank upon the two lovers, much to their embarrassment. The night of the fete arrives and so did the daughter, but in her proper garb, where she met the Count and where that observant person realized that the daughter was even more attractive than the mother. Moonlight on the water has been the result of many a romance. That was the result of the Count's and his prospective stepdaughter's boat ride on the bay. The Count was a poor oarsman; he lost both oars and the wind and tide did the rest. The couple were marooned on a barren island far from shore and not rescued until the next morning. The night was cold. The Count first protected his charge was cold. The Count first protected his charge with his coat, then his arms. The result was to be expected; the widow gained a son-in-law instead of a husband.
- The rush for gold was on and many there were who flocked to Nome in search of the precious metal, among them Tom Stuart, who left a wife and young daughter behind, back east. The girl fell in love with the son of a rich broker, and when he informed his father that he intended to wed the girl a storm of protest followed and the boy was warned never to see the girl. However, love knows no obstacles, and the happy twain were wed. They departed for the west shortly after, the girl writing her father in advance of their coming. Meanwhile, there was trouble in the gold mining camp and Tom Stuart was daily missing small portions of his hoardings of dust. Where it went he could not guess, but suspicion pointed strongly to Jose, a Mexican roustabout. Tom's partner was unmindful of the loss and led a care-free happy life. When the newly-married couple from the east reached the Nome region they were tired and worn out. They sought shelter in the very cave where Tom Stuart's gold was concealed and accidentally discovered the treasure. Of course, they filled their pockets and journeyed to the camp. Tom Stuart discovered his loss the next day and aroused the camp to action. Jose, the suspect, was dragged to the nearest tree and was about to lose his life, for he confessed to small thefts, when the broker's son learned of the commotion and appeared on the scene in time to explain away the guilt of Jose. Father and daughter met for the first time in three long years, and Tom accepted his new son-in-law in good faith, in spite of his innocent escapade, which almost caused a tragedy. Some time later the happy and prosperous couple returned to the east, just in time to save a ruined broker from suicide. A father's forgiveness followed, of course.
- Nell Pierce, favorite film detective of the motion picture kingdom tackled the most difficult case in her notable career. That she succeeded in running to earth the perpetrator of the day's biggest criminal sensation seemed nothing short of marvelous, but Nell is something of a marvel in herself and rarely suffers defeat. Perhaps the story does not unfold as most plots do, but the mystery is not explained until the very last which keeps one "keyed up" with excitement and interest. A series of remarkable changes of disguise characterize Miss Pierce's work in this film as above the average character impersonations. In short, "The Woman Who Dared" is an unusual production.
- Imagine befriending an injured seaman and hearing from his lips the strange story of a buried treasure which had lain hidden for a great many years where even the old seaman who possessed a map of the location had not been able to find it. Then you begin to see an interesting plot with possibilities for many novel situations. Upon the death of the seaman, the map was carefully gone over and sent to the nephew of the man, to whom it was bequeathed by the dead seaman, with minute instructions how to proceed with the search. The nephew, fresh from college, was cruising about for his health, finally stopping off a Bermuda, where, fortunately, the map indicated the treasure might be found. Receiving his uncle's letter and instructions, he entered into the spirit of the quest for the excitement of the venture rather than in the belief that he would really find the hidden gold; but he little dreamed that a pretty girl and two murderous brigands would add to the excitement. His experiences before locating the treasures were rather thrilling for a young college chap and the film is made to show them. That he lost the treasure the moment it reached his hands is also a part of the narrative, but the pretty girl through cleverness and bravery, not only saved his life but restored the treasure to him and you can guess what followed.
- A waif of the poorer class is secretly adopted by a well-to-do woman who longs for a baby. Her husband, a physician, returns from a sojourn abroad and is told the child is his own, which information he receives joyfully. At the age of seventeen, the girl has grown to lovable girlhood and is much adored by those whom she believes to be her rightful parents. Her real father, a depraved and dissolute sot, suddenly appears in the doctor's absence and demands the return of his child. In an effort to rid herself of the wretch, Mrs. Van Sant offers him money, increasing the amounts again and again but he is obstinate and clearly indicates he wants the girl to support him, if not with honest toil, then by her beauty and innocence which he would market to the highest bidder. The distracted woman, thinking only of saving Millicent from a fate worse than death, and fearing her husband might learn of the deception she has practiced so many years, mixes a drug with brandy and gives it to the brutal father, apparently consenting to his demands, even to guiding him where the young girl is sleeping peacefully in her bed-chamber, then advising him to return the following day. On his way out the man reels and falls before reaching the door and Mrs. Van Sant, fearful that her crime will be detected if he dies in the house, summons a physician friend of her husband's and they succeed in reviving him just as Doctor Van Sant returns. The drug is recognized and the poor woman finally decides to confess everything and rely on her husband's good heart for forgiveness. She is cast off, much to her surprise, instead of receiving a verdict of approbation. Finally, the distracted woman again visits her sleeping charge and breathing an anguished farewell silently glides away to the cabinet where the doctor keeps his most deadly drugs.
- A wedding was announced for the thirteenth and Nell Pierce (the girl detective) was invited to attend, in her official capacity. At the appointed time all the invited guests were assembled waiting for the bridegroom, but he never came. Nell began to scent a sensation and was not surprised when she saw the butler hand the best man a note. She watched him and crept after him as he left the room and dropped the note, torn to bits, from the open window. It was but the work of a few minutes for Nell Pierce to fit those torn parts together again and change her disguise. When the best man came down the steps, and entered a waiting carriage he found inside an intoxicated youth whom he tumbled into the street and then gave the driver an address. As they drove away the youth sobered up and became active. A second cab drove up at his signal and he entered after instructing the driver to follow the first vehicle. Inside the last cab the youth entirely lost his identity and a bootblack stepped out when the first stop was made. A block ahead the best man was entering a cheap saloon in the river district. When the bootblack strolled in he began polishing the boots of a sleeping sailor. He heard enough to know just where the three rough customers behind him had hidden away the missing bridegroom and just who was responsible for the job. Then the bootblack slipped away. Down at the water's edge a yacht was all ready to sail away. The bootblack reached there just in time to slip on board, unobserved, and hide away. Down in the hold, a short time later, an unusual scene took place. The bootblack was in full charge, backed by two quick-action guns and an eye of steel. It looked for a time as if the bridegroom would be rescued without a struggle but the odds were against the bootblack and he was forced to retreat. Leaping into the water as bullets sung spitefully around him, he swam to shore and phoned the police. The bootblack dropped out of sight and a woman appeared in his stead. The police were not surprised at the change as they all knew Nell Pierce was capable of many disguises, for it was she who played the role of the drunken youth and also the bootblack. The bridegroom was later sent home in a cab by the girl detective and his fiancée notified of his whereabouts and safety.
- From sunny Spain comes the story of a Senorita's devotion. The story of a love which went for naught, and could only be shown in silence. It has to do with a young American whose sojourn in Spain was marred by an encounter with brigands who left him for dead. Papinta, a pretty Senorita, while gathering flowers along the mountain side, discovers the wounded Yankee and brings him back to life. The story then becomes exciting. We leaves the film to tell what followed. Suffice it to say, there's a surprise in store not only from the standpoint of a story but photography as well.
- It remained for the fearless "Italian Sherlock Holmes" to run down the boldest and most merciless band of kidnappers ever recorded by a Sicilian Camorrist, who had escaped from Italy and later became a small banker in New York; this gang of terrorists had been levying blackmail on the small Italian merchant who showed signs of prosperity until the police were thrown into confusion by the succession of bomb outraged and kidnapping which followed when a victim failed to respond. Finally, a young Italian police lieutenant, Victor Petrosio, begged for a chance to break up the gang. He was given the opportunity and the story of his wonderful experiences and the dangers he encountered, we have told in pictures. Not only do we show "the Italian Sherlock Holmes" fighting against terrible odds at the risk of his life, but the scenes incident to the rescue of the kidnapped children, the capture of the wily Black Hand leader, and the return of the children to their grief-stricken parents; but we illustrate that notable occasion when the brave Petrosio was honored for his daring by the entire department in the presence of his brother officers and representatives of the press.
- There's plenty of material for good dramas in the Salvation Army. Almost every soldier in this vast organization could tell a story of heart-throbs, of hopes and ambitions, of storms and distress, which would suffice to make a drama dramatic. "The Angel of the Bowery," is famous in song and story all over America. She was a Salvation Army lass whose father had died a drunkard. She loved a chap in their home town but the boy's mother would not countenance a union between her son and a drunkard's daughter; so the girl went to New York and became a Salvationist. Little did she know she would later meet her old sweetheart in a low Bowery dive, where he had finally drifted after leaving his mother in anger, and started on the downward path. But she never faltered when her duty called. Just what transpired afterward must not be told. That there was a wedding at the Barracks must be admitted, however, and it was attended by the rank and file of the army.
- Tales are numerous of the miscarriage of justice. Many crimes have gone unpunished and not a few men have been sorely punished for criminal deeds never committed. But the man who goes through life with a conscience shattered by the knowledge of wrong inflicted on another usually comes to grief, sooner or later. So it is no wonder that one of the principals in this all-absorbing film narrative of ours, a wealthy broker, who accidentally filled one of his employees and told the world it was a case of suicide, was seized with frightful horror when confronted by a likeness of the dead man's face, many years after. Still, if the son was not likened unto his father, and had not applied for a position to the very man for whom his parent worked, eighteen years previous, the old broker would have no doubt carried his ever-haunting secret to his grave; but fate conspired to bring about proper restitution for the sorrowing family and a combination of circumstances served to add unusual interest to the unfolding of the plot.
- A seafaring man in moderate circumstances has left his daughter with his widowed sister and her crippled son at their modest home in Liverpool, England, while he goes to look after some property he had acquired in the Bermudas. He is taken suddenly and seriously ill aboard ship and a wireless message to this effect is sent from the S.S. Trent to his daughter. The aunt has not sufficient funds to pay for her niece's passage and the daughter therefore resolves to disguise herself as a boy, in one of her cousin's suits of clothes and steal her way aboard a schooner about to sail for Bermuda. She gets aboard the vessel and secretes herself in the lifeboat, where she is discovered when out at sea, by Dick Dead Eye, a villainous sailor. The Captain orders the flogging usually meted out to a stowaway, but the mate, a sympathetic, manly fellow, is struck by the boy's appearance and innocent manner and refuses to apply the lash. The Captain administers the Cat and in her struggle the sex of the stowaway is revealed. During the voyage the stowaway jumps overboard and saves the mate's life, which has been placed in jeopardy by the vengeful Dick Dead Eye. During the long trip to Bermuda the mate and the girl stowaway are constant companions, and love finally wins its way and the mate lays his heart and fortune at her feet. Arriving at Bermuda the lovers find the girl's father at the Seaman's Hospital, almost recovered and return with him to England by the first steamer where the young couple are happily married at an early date.
- Bob Strong, an American in Sicily on business, has been the guest of Don Sebastian for some months. The Don was a widower with an only daughter just verging into womanhood, and upon her developed the duty of entertaining her father's guest. The Don's principal source of income was derived from the Sulphur mines which had been in his family for generations. Unfortunate investments had forced the Don to mortgage his property. The man he borrowed the money from was a retired banker, but in reality Rizal, the chief of a band of brigands, from which source he derived his immense fortune. The mortgage fell due and the Don was much depressed by reason of the fact that he would be obliged to ask for a renewal. Bob Strong learned of his host's difficulties and offered his help, which the Don, in his pride, refused to accept. The Don's daughter unaware of her father's predicament, refuses Rizal's offer of marriage and when Rizal observes that the daughter's affections are for the young American, these two men have words and a quarrel, in which Bob thrashes Rizal, the unsuspected bandit chief. Rizal, to be revenged, has his band capture and bring Bob to the bandit stronghold, which is located in a worked-out part of the Sulphur mines. To complete his revenge he determines to steal the Don's daughter and to marry her in the presence of the captive American. An English tourist on a hunting expedition wees the proceedings at a distance and interferes by the use of his long-range rifle; one after another of the brigands is killed or wounded and not knowing from whence the destructive shots are coming, fly in consternation, leaving Bob and the Don's daughter to be released by the Padre, whom the brigand chief had brought to his stronghold, to perform the marriage ceremony. The young people arrive safely at home without the knowledge as to who their deliverer was, until the British marksman puts in his appearance and explains the mystery.
- Dr. King has settled in Idaho, where he originally went for the benefit of his health, accompanied by his sister Rose. He had invested all his money in an opal mine, but through lack of sufficient funds to operate it properly, was obliged to organize a syndicate to finance the proposition. Don Jose, a Mexican expert, was superintendent of the mine and had discovered a secret natural entrance to the mine, disclosing a rich deposit of the precious stones, which he had been surreptitiously removing for some time. Jack Dorman, the foreman of the mine, accidentally discovered by the faithless superintendent, who, fearful that his perfidy would be discovered, plans to simulate a premature explosion in the mine and thus hide his guilt. The doctor has just been refused further financial aid by the syndicate and is in the depth of despair, when the young foreman arrives to report his discovery. The doctor accepts Jack's news as mere youthful enthusiasm, but enters the mine to investigate Jack's statement. Don Jose sets off his blast, but delaying his exit from the mine, where the doctor has surprised him, he loses his life at the mouth of the shaft. The doctor is trapped in the burning mine and when assistance arrives it is impossible to enter through the flames coming from the shaft. Jack, accompanied by the doctor's sister, heads a band of miners to the secret entrance, but they are met by a seemingly impassible wall of rock. In desperation the men apply their picks and after almost herculean efforts, break a passageway into the mine proper. Into this veritable furnace rushed the heroic little band, Jack and Rose in the van, and not a moment too soon, for the flames were already licking the prostrate form of the doctor. "But it's an ill wind that blows nobody good," for after the fire had been conquered, it was discovered that the treacherous superintendent's blast had disclosed richer deposits of opals than ever he had dreamed of. Jack was badly burned, but the doctor fixed him up nice and comfortable and with Rose to nurse him (which she insists upon doing), Jack cannot be blamed for delaying his recovery. From recent reports it looks as though the new superintendent would marry the doctor's sister.
- A seafaring man of middle age had been paying attention to a young lady for a number of hears, and finally musters up enough courage to propose. This is accepted, with the stipulation that he will forsake his convivial companions, his pipe and tobacco. These conditions seem difficult to fulfill. Armed with the best set of resolutions ever adopted, he sallies forth to prepare for a six months' cruise. Meeting a number of cronies, who congratulate him upon his successful wooing, he is enticed into a saloon, to drink a toast to his fiancée; they load him to the guards and while in this condition, an idea occurs to him that it would be quite proper to pay his sweetheart a final visit and present her with a bouquet of roses. She fires him on the spot and it looks as if "Love's Young Dream" is over. We see him next day starting for his vessel full of "remorse and regret," those tuneful companions depicted upon his countenance. His little nephew and the niece of his betrothed were witnesses of the betrothal, which makes his regret more poignant. Twelve years later the captain returns from his rovings to find that his early love is still true, and had left the "gate open." The young couple have grown up and are engaged to be married. He is timid, however, and afraid to venture near the house, he makes himself known to his nephew, who endeavors to adjust matters, and assures him that his sweetheart of yore is only longing to forgive him. After several laughable incidents the old couple are about to enter upon the sea of matrimony. They sail down life's stream together.
- It was a sad group which sat in a cold cottage, just a few days before Christmas. With two children to provide for, Widow Mitchell found her cross a heavy one to bear, but she bravely struggled on. Helen slipped from the house quietly. After wandering about for half an hour, suddenly, she saw in the distance an old man. He was dressed peculiarly and smoked a stubby pipe. Here, indeed, was Santa Claus. Shortly be reached a cabin on the hillside and entered. Helen stood outside almost too frightened to breathe, but she soon summoned up courage enough to slip up and peek through the window and there she saw an old trunk, its lid thrown back, and in the old man's hands an old doll and a locket. He was thinking of the past. His mind wandered again to the scene of long ago when his little home was made desolate by an Indian uprising. Then she hurried home to tell her mother about finding Santa Clans. To please the child, she helped her fix up a note asking Kris Kringle for the things she wanted. Helen bravely went to the old man in the cabin and handed him the message. He read it over slowly. By degrees he drew from Helen the story of her widowed mother and sick brother. At dusk Helen's mother rushed in. She had grown anxious when the child had not returned and decided to go in search of her. At the sight of the old man, Mrs. Mitchell fell, fainting in the arms of her father. The old man lost no time in arranging the Christmas details. Helen and brother bad their tree and loads of toys.
- Yes the money disappeared while every member of the counting room was present. Nell Pierce did not accept the popular verdict, however, but unerringly hit upon a solution of the problem, which proved her wonderful power of deduction. Nell "The Yankee Girl Detective" finally brought her man to bay, and saved an innocent boy from prison.
- Danvers was a "good fellow," in all that term implies, with but one exception: his good-fellowship did not extend to his own home unless he over-reached himself and then his wife was compelled to suffer humiliation through his methods of entertaining friends. On one occasion he was so intoxicated when his friends called, in response to his invitation to dine at the Danvers apartment, they left in disgust after witnessing a disgusting scene between husband and wife in which Danvers upbraided her for not being jovial and entertaining to his guests. Weston, one of the party, happened to be a one-time sweetheart of Mrs. Danvers and he knew too well how keenly she suffered. He naturally longed to leave as quickly as possible to save both she and he the consequences of a further scene. Then the demon in Danvers exhibited itself. He cursed his wife for "being a baby" and sending away his guests and, as a parting shot, told her he was tired of her "whining," and was going to leave her for a while to think it over. The next morning Danvers was as fully repentant as he had been brutal the evening previous. His promises to refrain from drinking were accepted by her with a certain degree of unbelief, for he had made such promises many time before. Nevertheless she prayed in her heart, as only a good woman knows how, that this was the turning point in his life. Then she sent him off to his office with a tender kiss and a cheering smile. Meanwhile Danvers had posted letters of apology to both Weston and Brandon. The latter took occasion to speak lightly of Mrs. Danvers in the former's presence and Weston ordered Brandon from the studio, whereupon he left vowing vengeance. Mrs. Danvers returned from a short drive in the afternoon to find Brandon waiting for her in the drawing-room. Without ceremony he calmly told her to leave "that drunkard-husband" of hers and fly with him, a real man who loved her madly. Astonished and fearful at first, then gaining courage, she denounced him as a coward who would betray a good friend, then called her valet and ordered him shown to the door. But Brandon was not to be so easily repulsed. Already he conceived a plan to bring this proud beauty added misery. He felt certain she would not tell he husband of the proposal he had just mad. He knew Danvers was jealous of Weston, so he dispatched a message to the unsuspecting broker informing him that his wife and the artist were in the latter's studio, preparing to elope, and signed the letter, "From a friend." Then he sent a telegram to the wife saying that her husband was dangerously wounded and lying in Weston's studio, signing this "Danvers." Mrs. Danvers received her message first and rushed frantically to the first available vehicle with instructions to drive with all speed to the Weston address. Arriving there, breathless and pale with fear and anxiety, she fell fainting in the artist's arms, crying for her husband. Danvers entered a moment later and found Weston's arm around his wife's waist and in his other hand a glass of wine, with which he had just succeeded in reviving her. With a cry of rage he cursed them both, refusing in his blind madness to hear a word of explanation from either his astonished wife or Weston. He stormed from the room declaring he would seek a divorce without delay. Meanwhile, the book in which Mrs. Danvers had hurriedly closed up the telegram she received was carelessly tossed on the top shelf of the family book case, where it slipped off and dropped behind, wedged in between book case and wall. There it laid until some time after Danvers had secured his divorce. Mrs. Danvers had gone home to her mother, her heart broken, yet her pride rebelled when she thought of attempting reconciliation with her husband, as he had wronged her deeply, so she did not offer the slightest defense to his charges in court and the judge granted him a decree with a protest from his wife. Weston manfully refrained from intruding on her feelings until some time later. Then he begged her to marry him and she told him to wait until she was vindicated and her name publicly cleared from the shameful charges her husband had brought. Danvers sat one night in the solitude of his library, at his home. Longing for his wife had changed his manner of living. He no longer spent his nights in drinking, in fact his former companions shunned him now and he realized, as never before how much alone in the world he was. Suddenly a picture dropped from the wall and wedged behind the book case. Startled, he rang for the butler and nervously ordered him to replace the portrait. On moving the book case the butler finds a book concealed behind which he picks up and hands to Danvers, previous to adjusting the misplaced picture. From the edge of the book Danvers saw a yellow paper protruding and curiously he drew it out. Then he read the message his wife had received on the day he found her in Weston's studio and he realized that a terrible error had been committed. To rectify the wrong inflicted on an innocent woman was the repentant man's first thought. His former wife received him when he called and listened to his wild pleadings for forgiveness with a smile which he interpreted as being one of gladness that he had come. But she was happy to know she was vindicated, that was all, and she coldly told him he must never attempt to see her again. Later on, when Danvers picked up an evening paper and read of Weston's marriage to the divorced wife of William Danvers, he tried in vain to conjure up one single reason why things should not have turned out as they did. He knew that he alone was to blame.
- Neglected and abused by her husband, May Sommers has submitted to the indignities heaped upon her, as only a good and loyal wife can, when he brutally drove her from home, broken-hearted, she sought peace and happiness in the waters of the bay. But fate had other designs for her future and she is rescued by the son and daughter of a wealthy planter. In this family she is cared for and after a long convalescence is induced to remain as a companion and governess to the eldest daughter. Her past was forgotten, care and tenderness restored the girlish beauty that she possessed at the time of her marriage. Thrown into daily companionship with the son of her benefactors, there could be but one outcome, love, and he very soon told her of his affection and asked her to become his wife. May dare not confess her terrible secret, and allowed her suitor to think that love was not reciprocated. So time passes until May's husband appears upon the scene as a suitor for the hand of the daughter of the family in which his wife has found a home. May waylays her husband and threatens him with exposure unless he takes his departure, and wild with rage at her interference, this brute beats and chokes his wife whose life is perhaps saved by the timely arrival of her admirer. At bay, May's husband skulks off vowing vengeance, but meets his just deserts. Being unfamiliar with the neighborhood, he loses his way in the night and falls over a cliff, where his lifeless body is found next morning. A year later May's lover gains the reward he so long waited for.
- Walking down one of Constantinople's quiet streets, Sandy Whipple, sailor, etc., chanced to spy a pretty maid out for an airing. He was attracted by the girl because he caught her eye just at a time when she smiled, so he followed in her wake. Her path led directly to the palace of the Sultan. Perceiving his presence, Zuleika, queen of the royal harem, desired a further acquaintance, for she cleverly eluded her chaperone and motioned Sandy to a secluded corner in the garden where she soon joined him. Sandy was told to wait for her signal, then she would show him the palace. Sandy obeyed instructions and was rewarded by a visit to the palace. Unconsciously, he was standing in the "Wishing Grotto of the Enchanted Bird," and was so lost in amazement at the sight that he did not hear his fair companion's cry of fear. Then he was bundled into an old casket and told to remain quiet. Sandy used his eyes to good advantage and took in the entire strange ceremony through a crack in one of the panels. First came the Sultan, attended by his royal body-guard, fan bearers and dancing girls. Then more girls appeared attended by the Grand Vizier and a detachment of soldiery. They grouped themselves around an oddly fashioned throne, and there he saw, perched on a jeweled pedestal a turkey to whom the royal party made obeisance. By simply bowing to the enchanted bird every wish of the Sultan's was gratified. He wished for gold and fat wives, and, at a nod from the turkey they all appeared. After that they all filed out and left Sandy in possession. Quick to realize the value of the wishing bird our hero lost no time in clutching him and making off with him to the nearest ship. There he hid the turkey under a tarpaulin and also concealed himself until the vessel was well under way. Jerry Jones had his weather eye on the proceeding and he managed to remove the royal plunder and transfer it to the ship's steward. Sandy was put to work and later invited to the mess room for a feast. Roast turkey was on the ship's menu and Sandy was presented with the wish-bone for his portion. "He ate the meat and saved the bone," as the saying goes, but was thunderstruck to find, later on, his valued bird missing. His rage knew no bounds. Sandy could fight when riled and here he proved it. Port was reached at last and Sandy wandered off to the nearest rum-shop to drown his sorrow and disappointment. Thirty years after, we find him in a room in "The Sailor's Rest," raking over the past. From his dunnage he drew a bleached and shiny wish-bone and unconsciously wished for a wife and children, when lo! He actually beheld the gratification of his wish in the shape of a buxom woman of fifty and several dirty-faced kids of various ages. Then hunger came and he decided to try his luck on the food proposition. But he made a mistake by wishing himself in the main dining room of the Hotel Plaza for the guests disapprove of his presence and succeed in having him thrown out. Outside the hotel Sandy betook himself to Central Park and there seated himself on a bench to think it over. Unconsciously his hand closed on the wishbone in his pocket as he longed for a cool place. In an instant he was knee deep in snow, with a crowd of boys throwing snowballs at him. Back to the Orient was his next wish. Around him he sees familiar Oriental faces, among them his beloved queen. Summoning the royal flower girls, the Sultan orders them to scatter roses about the sailor-turkey; Zuleika and her handmaidens gather round and fold him in their warm embrace and Sandy is the happiest man-bird in all Mohammed's realm.
- Willie Wynne took a trip to Bermuda, contrary to his father's wishes. He meet Winnie Whey, and their affection for each other ripens quickly. One day when Willie was talking with Winnie, he was caught by her guardian, who informed Winnie's parents. Willie interviewed Winnie's parents, and convinced them that he was worthy of their daughter's hand. All would have been well had Willie not dropped the wireless message received from his father, just where his prospective father-in-law was bound to find it and which caused that gentleman to change his mind as to Willie being a desirable son-in-law. Willie hastens to keep an appointment with his friend Jockey Queen. Jockey Queen informs Willie that he is to ride May Amelia who was sure to win. The result of the race is: May Amelia won with ease and Willie Wynne won a small fortune. Arriving at his hotel, Willie finds a satisfactory reply to a cablegram he had sent his father earlier in the day. Willie hastens to impart the good news to Winnie and her parents. Winnie's parents. However, receive him coolly and her father shows the mischief-making wireless to Willie. Willie pleads his ability to support a wife now that he has won a fortune, but Mr. Whey is obdurate and only relents when Willie produces his father's reply, giving his consent to his son's marriage.
- 1974– 45mTV-PG8.3 (167)TV EpisodeHard as it is to swallow, cutting-edge theories are suggesting that our universe may not be the only universe. Instead, it may be just one of an infinite number of worlds that make up the multiverse. In this show, Brian Greene takes us on a tour of this brave new theory at the frontier of physics, explaining why scientists believe it's true and showing what some of these alternate realities might be like.