- Episode 1: "Land of the Intrigue" Taking advantage of his monarch's lack of funds. Prime Minister Simond of Alania, who secretly aspires to the throne, induces him to pass an obnoxious tax bill. Then, with his sovereign unpopular, Simond feels it a good time to strike, so he causes the assassination of the King, Phillip II and Queen Alize, while they are hunting in the royal forests. Capt. Barreto, Commander of the Alanian palace guard, and a loyal friend of Phillip II, realizes Simond's dastardly plan, and when he hears him issue an order for the apprehension of the little Crown Prince, the only obstacle remaining in his path to the throne, he dashes off with him to America, with the aid of Juan, a fisherman. Barreto makes arrangements with Juan to keep in communication with his brother, Lieut. Jarreto. Simond proclaims himself Prince Regent, and with a bold bid for popularity, rescinds the obnoxious tax bill, his first official act.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- Episode 2: "Royalty at Red Wing" Twenty year later, Phillip Barr, the rightful King of Alania, but entirely in ignorance of the fact, having been raised on Red Wing Ranch, Arizona, by "Peter Barr," whom he believes to be his father, rescues from the clutches of a frontier bad man, "Julia Simond," who is in reality Princess Julia, only daughter of Simond. Julia has been traveling in the United States incognito. Forthwith, they fall in love with each other; but Julia leaves on the next train. Back in Alania, but one obstacle prevents Simond's declaring himself King, proof of the death of Prince Phillip. He learns of the whereabouts of Capt. Barreto through an intercepted letter, and dispatches Monsieur and Madam Savatz, secret agents, to the United States to assassinate Phillip. Savatz and his wife arrive at Red Wing Ranch, and pose as cattle buyers from Paris. Juan, son of the fisherman who helped Capt. Barreto and the Prince to escape years before, is dispatched to America by Lieut. Barreto, brother of Peter Barr, to warn him that Simond has learned of his whereabouts. He arrives in time to bare the spies' plot, and in the fight that follows, both Savatz and Phillip's supposed father, Peter Barr, are killed. Dying, Peter Barr charges Juan, "Don't let Phillip know yet, that he is rightful king of-"—Moving Picture World synopsis
- Episode 3: "Sealed Packet" While Phillip Barr mourns at the bier of his supposed father, Madam Savatz rifles the private papers of the dead Peter Barr, and finds what she seeks, a sealed packet containing the proof of Phillip's right to the throne. Juan, the faithful, surprises her, and recovers the papers. The ensuing struggle brings Phillip into the room, and he orders Madam Savatz to leave. A letter left by his supposed father instructs him to convey "the sealed packet" to Lieut. Paul Barreto in Paris. Savatz reaches Chicago, and receives instructions from Paris to secure the sealed packet at all costs. To this end, she engages the assistance of Red Lazarus, one of Chicago's notorious underworld powers. By reason of an intercepted telegram, Savatz learns that Phillip has started on his journey to Paris, and plans to visit Princess Julia, who is stopping at the Whitestone Hotel, Chicago. Phillip is enticed to a den in the tenderloin of Chicago, but Princess Julia and Juan learn of the plot and hurry to the resort. Princess Julia is trapped; Juan is seized by two negroes, and Phillip finds himself locked in a room. Juan escapes, Phillip breaks through and rescues Julia, and the three escape by an elevator shaft to the roof and to safety.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- Episode 4: "Honorable Mr. Oxenham" Phillip reaches New York, and finds that Julia is stopping with the Manwarings on Fifth Avenue, whose home faces the hotel at which he is stopping. Madam Savatz tracks Phillip to New York, where she meets the "Hon. Mr. Oxenham," an old friend of hers, of questionable repute. The two conspirators engage a band of thugs to get the sealed packet and take Phillip's life. Madam Savatz warns Princess Julia that Phillip is an impostor seeking to claim her father's throne, and shows her a cablegram from Simond, her father, proving the truth of this statement, and ordering Princess Julia to cease relations with Phillip. Julia, already deeply in love with Phillip, is grievously hurt, but she dismisses Phillip, who is puzzled at this sudden coldness. He tries to see her again, and when Julia refuses, the young Manwaring boy, taking compassion on Phillip, tells him that Julia is a princess. Despairing, Phillip leaves, and outside is waylaid and beaten by a gang under the direction of Savatz; while Oxenham, gaining entrance to Phillip's apartments, steals the sealed packet. Phillip is taken into the Manwaring home, and is nursed back to health again by Julia. Oxenham delivers the sealed packet to Savatz; she turns it over to Julia, who, in turn, gives it to Phillip whom she loves and trusts. Julia employs Savatz as her maid, upon instructions from her father. Savatz and Oxenham attempt again to steal the sealed packet by rifling the Manwaring safe. They are surprised at work by Julia, who is rescued from them by Phillip. A policeman recognized Mr. Oxenham as a notorious yeggman and takes him off.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- Episode 5: "Carriage Call #101" Simond sends Count Ramon, his Prime Minister, to aid Savatz in her attempts against Phillip. Juan gives Julia his oath that Phillip is the rightful King of Alania, and when Ramon attempts to pilfer the secret packet, Julia finds her suspicions of Ramon, Savatz and her father growing, and informs Ramon that she is going to marry "this impostor." Madam Savatz, disguised, gets into the room next to Phillip's and overhears Phillip plan to go to the ball Mrs. Manwaring is giving in honor of Princess Julia, in the guise of a chauffeur, sends in a note and a carriage call, and speed with Julia to New Jersey and be wed. As Phillip dresses, Ramon and Savatz surprise and overpower him. Ramon assumes the chauffeur's disguise, and Phillip, bound and helpless, is left on the bed while the gas is turned on. Ramon goes to the ball, sends in the note and carriage call, and Julia hurries out and enters the machine and is taken to an insane asylum, where Savatz has made arrangements for her daughter who, she warns the doctors, is subject to delusions and imagines herself a princess. Juan becomes aware of the plot and gets the address of the asylum. Phillip, recovering consciousness, manages to unhook the telephone receiver. The operator sends a boy to investigate, and Phillip is rescued.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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