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- Workers in a pottery factory labor in unhealthy, unventilated and dangerous conditions, but the plant's wealthy owner doesn't see any need to change things. It's not long before one of his workers falls ill to tuberculosis, and soon the owner learns the meaning of the old adage, "What goes around comes around".
- A young boy, opressed by his mother, goes on an outing in the country with a social welfare group where he dares to dream of a land where the cares of his ordinary life fade.
- D'Artagan leaves home to seek his fortune. Armed with his father's sword and a letter to the Captain of the King's Musketeers, he rides forth boldly to face the world. At a wayside inn he arrives just in time to rescue a young woman from the clutches of several of the Cardinal's spies. He arrives in Paris shortly after and presents his letter to Captain de Treville of the Musketeers. Here he catches his first glimpse of the famous Three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, and decides to fight his way into the Musketeers. In leaving, he runs into Athos, who berates him for his stupidity. This is more than he can bear, even from a Musketeer, and a duel is arranged for one o'clock at the rear of the convent. Hastily turning from Athos he comes into violent contact with Porthos, tearing his cloak from his shoulder and disclosing his ragged jerkin beneath. D'Artagnan bursts into violent laughter at this unexpected disclosure and is challenged to a duel at two o'clock at the convent grounds. Upon reaching the street he spies Aramis chatting with two musketeers and decides to join them, when he discovers that Aramis' foot is resting upon a beautiful lace handkerchief. Wishing to ingratiate himself in the good will of Aramis, he calls his attention to the handkerchief. Aramis denies ownership, but D'Artagnan insists that he saw him drop it and, picking it up, hands it to him. D'Artagnan is again soundly berated for his stupidity; the result is another challenge at three o'clock at the convent. D'Artagnan has lost so much time quarreling that he finds it now time for his first duel. He hurries to the convent only to find all three musketeers waiting. Hardly has he crossed swords with Athos, however, when a company of the Cardinal's guards appear and attempt to take them into custody for dueling. D'Artagnan volunteers to fight on their side and is gladly welcomed. The fight proves a glorious victory for the musketeers, who gather up the swords of their fallen enemies and march triumphantly from the field, arm in arm with D'Artagnan, their sworn friend. They are all brought before the king, but when he hears of the odds against them he not only rewards them, but promises to make D'Artagnan a Musketeer.
- D'Artagnan having discovered that the girl he has rescued on his way to Paris is none other than the Queen's confidante, Constance, loses little time in becoming better acquainted. The Queen has a secret love affair with the Duke of Buckingham and as a token of her love, she gives him a set of twelve diamond studs. Richelieu's spy, Milady, discovers this and at once reports it to the Cardinal. He sends Milady to steal the studs and persuades the King to give a state ball and ask the Queen to wear the diamond studs, which he does. As soon as she hears this request she writes a note to Buckingham, but finds she has no messenger whom she can trust. Here Constance comes to her aid. The Queen gives her the note and also her handkerchief as a token and she leaves to find D'Artagnan. He is not far away, so she tells him his mission, gives him the note and handkerchief and bids him God-speed. Richelieu's spy has overheard their plans and hurries to report the matter to the Cardinal. He sends the spy out on the road ahead of D'Artagnan with instructions to prevent his reaching Buckingham. D'Artagnan in the meantime has confided to his comrades that he is on a dangerous mission and all three decide to accompany him. The spy manages to leave D'Artagnan's three friends disabled, but our hero arrives safely at Calais, where he finds the port has been closed. Buckingham's boat is about to lift anchor. He forces the Captain of the port to have him rowed out to the ship, where he meets Buckingham and finds that Milady is also on board. Milady manages to cut off two of the diamond studs and hurrying out of the cabin jumps into D'Artagnan's boat, and is rowed ashore, realizing that Milady has taken them they hastily call for a boat to go ashore, but Milady has taken the last one, so there is no way but to swim. Taking two valuable studs from Buckingham to replace the stolen ones, D'Artagnan leaps through the port and swims ashore. He wins the race to Paris, arriving in time to have the two studs set and delivers the twelve intact to the Queen, who generously rewards him by giving him a valuable ring and also his heart's desire, Constance.
- Young Henry Clay Madison, a clerk, falls in love with Flossy Wilson, a prostitute from New York's East Side. Although she reforms under his influence, Flossy believes that she is unworthy of Madison and rejects his marriage proposal. Seventeen years later, Madison's nephew Bert, a social worker, falls in love with wanton Fifty-Fifty Mamie, reforms her and elicits her help in his work. Bert falls ill, and when Mamie tries to visit him, Madison, who now is concerned only with money, convinces her to give up the idea of marrying Bert. Mamie goes to work in Madison's canning factory to investigate conditions. In addition to employing children, Madison's factory has no fire escape and only one staircase, which catches fire, many children die and Mamie is seriously injured. Madison visits Mamie, who cries Bert's name in delirium. When Madison brings Bert, now recovered, Madison notices a photograph of Flossy, Mamie's mother and realizes that Mamie is his daughter. She dies in Bert's arms, and Madison resolves to toil for the welfare of workers and the end of child slavery.
- The forerunner of all serials, "What Happened to Mary" was a series of 12 monthly one-reel episodes, each a complete entity in itself, revolving its immediate dramatic and melodramatic problems within the framework of a single episode and designed more for story and suspense situations than action. Episode Titles (q.v.): #1: "The Escape from Bondage"; #2: "Alone in New York"; #3: "Mary in Stage Land"; #4: "The Affair at Raynor's"; #5: "A Letter to the Princess"; #6: "A Clue to Her Parentage"; #7: "False to Their Trust"; #8: "A Will and a Way"; #9: "A Way to the Underworld"; #10: "The High Tide of Misfortune"; #11: "A Race to New York"; #12: "Fortune Smiles."
- Retelling of the famous incident in the 1854 Crimean War when a British cavalry unit, because of a mix-up in orders, charged an almost impregnable Russian artillery position and was decimated.
- We show Lord Nelson leaving the admiralty room where he makes his famous speech and then introduce him with his captains giving the details of that wonderful plan of attack which was carried out to the letter at Trafalgar, the inspirations of the captains and their enthusiastic toast. We are then carried along to the day before the battle when the men are writing their last letters home. Here a beautiful scenic and photographic effect is introduced as the vision of the sweetheart of one of the lieutenants fades into view. This gives an opportunity to introduce that famous episode of the letter in which Lord Nelson called back the mail ship for a single message and which is endeared to the hearts of all those who sail the sea. We are then carried along to the morning of October twenty-first, Eighteen Hundred and Five, when the fleet of the enemy is sighted. The decks are cleared for action and the hoisting of the colors is portrayed with all the solemnity of the occasion before entering the battle. The correct incident of the hoisting of the famous signal "England expects every man to do his duty" is splendidly portrayed and carried out in every detail, and we note the pathetic touch in Nelson's life in bidding farewell to his captains having at the time a presentiment of his own death. We now get to the little human touch in his life and learn the true character of the man, for, in his last entry in his diary before the battle, he makes peace with his maker. And now we come to that wonderful spectacular picture of the real battle of Trafalgar. We see the ships in action, the firing of the guns, the ships caught on fire and then the camera switches to a close view of the deck of the Victory where human life is sacrificed by the hundreds, the fighting top of the Redoubtable, the fatal shot and Nelson's fall. We then see that wonderful character in his death, the solemnity, the beauty and the pathos of it all being carried out by the Edison players in all its grandeur; his farewell to Captain Hardy, the last kiss, the news of the victory and finally his death.
- Becky, a child, is left an orphan by the death of her father and is consigned to the tender mercies of the Misses Pinkertons, who conduct a fashionable school for girls. Becky feels keenly the semi-charitable nature of her life, and, when kindly-hearted Amelia Sedley invites her home, she eagerly accepts. It is then that Becky, the child, becomes Becky, the adventuress, cold, calculating and selfish. With the entrance of Becky into the peaceful Sedley home comes misfortune. Sedley goes bankrupt. Old man Osborne promptly breaks the engagement between Amelia and his son, George. Becky lays her traps for Joseph Sedley, Amelia's brother, and nearly succeeds in her designs on that self-satisfied young man. Urged by his faithful friend, Captain Dobbin, George marries Amelia. This change throws Becky into new surroundings. She goes to Queen's Crawley and enters the most active sphere of her existence. Her adventures with old Pit Crawley, her marriage to Rawdon Crawley, their poverty Becky's flirtation with Lord Steyne and her subsequent separation from Rawdon, the Battle of Waterloo and the death of George Osborne are all faithfully portrayed incidents of Thackeray's novel.
- Senator Burton's crippled daughter Sylvia, unable to romp and play like other children, spends much time reading fairy books and becomes a great believer in the characters. One day she meets Tim, a lame newsboy who can't sell as many papers as his competitors. She purchases a paper, then offers him her storybook, but Tim doesn't believe in fairies and doesn't accept the book. Sylvia is so overjoyed by the news that her parents have engaged a great European specialist to cure her that she falls asleep and dreams that her fairy godmother gives her three wishes. Wishing to see Tim, the little girl finds herself transported to the little newsboy's wretched home. She then wishes that Tim would be cured of his lameness and immediately the little newsboy throws away his crutches. The godmother then tells her that she has one more wish to make and that she should wish for her deformity to disappear, but being touched by Tim's parents' poverty, she wishes that they be given a lot of money. She then awakens and tells her parents of her dream. The film's end proves that fairies must be real: every one of the dreams comes true--and Sylvia is cured.
- Prince Arthur is in love with the fair princess Lena. He asks for her hand, and is accepted. Zamaliel, supreme monarch of all that is evil, decides to come upon earth from the lower regions to prey upon mankind, in his peregrinations, his first victims are the joyous Prince Arthur and the Princess Lena. His evil eye covets the beauteous damsel, and he begins his cruel machinations to accomplish his selfish purpose. Fantasma, the fairy queen, Queen of Good and Light, whose realm is not far distant, has her subjects safeguard the lives of young lovers. They observe Zamaliel's coming upon earth with two of his infernal sprites, quickly the news is sped to Fantasma. All Fairyland is in a turmoil, and the Queen, with her retinue, goes forth to protect the Prince and princess and pay Zamaliel his deserts. We follow Arthur through his wanderings over hill and dale, and finally to his descent beneath the sea, before he rescues his betrothed. Fantasma has created Pico as Arthur's companion in the rescue, and with their faithful goat, they pass through many and varied experiences. Good finally triumphs over evil, and we see the two lovers sailing away on the Sea of Happiness.
- A monk tells a tale about a woman who can only surrender her heart to a man who can offer her jewels. A poor man falls in love with her and steals jewels off a statue of the Madonna to give to her.
- Kate, the corporal's daughter, has been snubbed and humiliated by her sweetheart, Lieutenant Garrison. On the day in question, on the parade ground near Fort Millerton during the period when hundreds of whites were being murdered by the Indians in the border wars. Lieutenant Garrison neglects to recognize Kate as he passes by with some aristocratic friends when he is showing around. Subsequently, Kate gives back her engagement ring and will not even listen to explanations, changes have been ordered at the garrison, and Kate leaves with her father At the new location, she is warned not to go far from the garrison because of the activities of the Indians in that section. She meets Tom Keen, a government scout, and they become interested in each other at once. A few minutes later he sees Indians attack Kate and rides off with a detachment of men to her assistance. She is rescued. A few days after, Tom and Kate are playing checkers and Tom makes a significant move asking Kate to be his wife. She accepts. Soon after, a new consignment of troops with Lieutenant Garrison in command, arrive at the garrison where Tom and Kate are. A report is brought in that a massacre has just taken place. Troops ride out, including Lieutenant Garrison and Tom. They occupy a basin at the floor of a mountain. Against the face of the cliff is a boulder and down the almost perpendicular precipice is a large vine. The men are finally unable to get out as an attempt of this kind would mean certain death. At night a man is sent out, making his way up the vine and escaping. He gives the alarm at the fort, but the commander does not want to leave women and children alone and refrains from sending men to the assistance of the prisoners, preferring to wait for reinforcements. Kate, attired as a squaw, goes to the place where the men are entrapped, first learning from an old Indian at the fort that escape could be made through a tunnel in the mountain, dug for a coal mine. The men draw straws to determine who shall remain to cover up the escape of the majority, and Tom, who saw a change come over his wife when she saw Garrison, draws two cards. He gives the card of escape to Garrison and decides to remain. Kate determines to remain with him, because she says she prefers death to separation from him. Troops arrive from the fort together with the news that Garrison has been killed.
- A stranger is invited to a bachelor dinner, where he tells the story of his life.
- Jack tells two people, privately, on a blind date that each of them is hard of hearing and wacky hijinks ensue.
- A factory hires only children, forcing an immigrant family to put their daughter to work. When the girl brings home a foundling, the family gets sends her to work. Little do they know that the girl's father bought the factory.
- Col. Prescott, one of the heroes of Bunker Hill, is busily engaged drilling his company of Minute Men. Among them is Jack Harrow, who shows such enthusiasm and ability that Prescott singles him out and promotes him to lieutenancy. .lack is delighted and on the way home tells his sweetheart Jane of his good fortune. He pleads for a promotion in her eyes also and after a few moments' hesitation she consents to become his wife. The wedding takes place in due time, but scarcely are they pronounced man and wife when Prescott bursts into the room with the news that the men are needed to fight. Hastily calling his men to arms he is confronted by Jane, who passionately declares that she will not let her husband go to war. Prescott finally persuades her that it is her duty to let him go. After bidding him a tearful farewell she collapses in her mother's arms. We next see Prescott and Jack under the direction of General Warren, throwing up the earthworks on Bunker Hill, in the middle of the night, while the British across the river are sleeping peacefully. The morning of the 17th of June, the Britishers moved forward to the attack and charged the hill in marching order. The command went down the American line, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." They waited and when the volley belched forth the British fled down the hill leaving their dead and wounded on the field. A second time the British regulars fled before the deadly fire of the Americans. A third time they formed, this time with Gen. Howe at their bead, and charged the hill. But the Americans had but one volley left, their ammunition was exhausted, and fighting with whatever weapons they could muster, such as spades, picks and even stones, they slowly gave way before the British. Jack, in capturing a British flag, was severely wounded and taken to a friendly cottage, where Jane soon arrived to nurse him back to health. General Washington arriving to take charge of the American army, and hearing of Jack's bravery, took occasion to thank him in the presence of his staff, to the great gratification of his charming little wife.
- Farm Alfalfa has a pup that causes life on the farm to be far from dull. Enjoying a quiet smoke one day the farmer lays down his pipe. The pup steals it and, taking it under the stoop, smokes to his heart's content, then retreats to the barn. The farmer takes a mallet and runs to the barn in search of his pipe. There he finds the pup chasing the ducks. In turn he chases the pup. He cannot catch him and returns to the barn. There he buys a wonderful game rooster from a neighbor. The rooster gets into a fight with the pup, which escapes the rooster's attacks for the moment. The rooster springs into the pail where the pup is hiding the moment the pup springs out. Thinking that the pup is in the pail the farmer makes a drive and kills the rooster.
- The eighteenth day of April, 1775, still lives in the hearts of all loyal Americans, as the birthday of our country. It was the day the first shots were fired against the British at Lexington. Throughout the years of privation and suffering which followed, that same spirit of the "minute men" endured up to the very last, when Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army on the nineteenth day of October, 1781, American independence was assured. Of all the characters of our Revolutionary period, none is more endeared to all than that of Paul Revere, whose exploit has been immortalized by Longfellow so effectively that the lines of the poem and the incidents portrayed are graven more deeply, perhaps, upon the average American mind than any other character or exploit of our American history. When Revere learned of the British commander's intention of attacking the patriot's base of supplies in Concord, and told his friend to, "Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch of the North Church tower as a signal light." He little realized that the tiny light would serve as a beacon of liberty for future generations but so it has proven and we follow him today as he clattered along the country-side rousing the men to fight for their life and our liberty and our pulses beat with each stride of the mount.
- Tom, the Tamer is on the job again. Kangarooing is no joke. If you don't believe it, ask Tom. When you try to teach a kangaroo how to swing a club like a policeman, and when the club falls and hits the kangaroo on the head -- whose fault is it? Ask the kangaroo. He blames Tom. So, helped by the kangaroo's jumping legs, which happen to fall upon his face, the tamer makes a little trip in the air. But Tom is no slouch. With the help of a snapping turtle and his little trusty lasso, Tom brings the kangaroo back. Then, Kid Kelly starts a little hunting trip of his own. He goes after a rabbit. True, a rabbit's legs work fast but, Kelly's brain works faster. He and Fido get a pretty rough deal. The rabbit leads them a mighty exciting chase. But, br'er rabbit gets too excited He runs into the bear's den-also into the bear's mouth. Like Daniel in the lion's den. Kelly goes for the bear--and gets the rabbit.
- Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in 1860s London.
- The beautiful and much loved Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, is one of the most unfortunate and sympathetic characters in history. Born in Scotland, educated at the court of Francis II of France, whom she married at fifteen, queen of France at sixteen, a widow at seventeen, beginning her reign as Scotland's Queen at eighteen, married to Darnley of the Royal Blood at nineteen; her life began amid turmoil and disaster. Her husband, Lord Darnley, who after their marriage proved himself a vicious braggart and coxcomb, was intensely jealous of Rizzio, Mary's favorite singer and secretary. One night as Rizzio sang to the queen, Darnley and his band of night hawks waited at the foot of the narrow staircase for the singer. Down the staircase he comes full of youth and love. Darnley's hand shoots out of the shadow and Darnley's dagger finds its rest in Rizzio's heart. Such marital dissensions, together with political factions and religious contentions, cause Scotland to rise in arms, and the queen in jeopardy of life and without followers, accepts the offered hospitality of England's queen, Elizabeth, who extends Mary an invitation to sojourn at Kennilworth Castle, in Warwickshire, until the broils of Scottish clans subside and Mary can return to her throne. With gratitude and haste, the Stuart repairs to Kennilworth, only to find herself trapped, a prisoner, by Elizabeth who really fears not only the Scottish queen's beauty and power, but her legal birthrights to the English crown. Elizabeth, not daring to openly execute her royal sister, tries secretly to affect her assassination but in vain, owing to the loyalty of Mary's servitors. A charge of treason is then brought against her by the English crown. She is found guilty and sentenced to the block. Pending the signing of the death warrant by Queen Elizabeth, attempts to rescue her are made, one by a gallant and loving Englishman, Sir Edward Mortimer; but these only resulted in failure of plans, frustrated attempts on Elizabeth's life, and deeper confinement and unhappiness for Mary. In a meeting between the two queens, affected after much planning, Elizabeth taunts Mary whose proud spirit rebels and bursts forth in denunciations. After this disastrous interview and at the urging of Lord Burleigh, the Lord Treasurer, Elizabeth signs the death warrant and the martyr queen is led to public execution. The Earl of Leicester has been secretly in love with Mary but, fearing in his safety, deserts her when the crisis comes. There is a white haired old man who follows her, with breaking heart, to the scaffold, and a gray haired old woman bowed down by weeping; these, her nurse and her physician, the remnants of her faithful followers. She mounts the scaffold the charges of treason are read to the curious hungry crowd watching. She forgives the headsman, offers a prayer for her too trusting soul, and bares her white neck to the axe. The film fades on Leicester bowed with grief and remorse on the stairs which Mary had just ascended on her way to the scaffold.
- The familiar story of the piper whose charmed notes enticed the rats of Hamelin into the river Weser, and the children of the village into the heart of a mountain, has been told in a magnificent fashion. A village was especially constructed for this film.
- Mr. Clayworth, a wealthy American and self-made man, has a daughter Bessie, who is determined to marry a foreign title much against her father's wishes. She has an American suitor, William Brooks, who is deeply in love with her but he is given little encouragement. Mr. Clayworth plans to discourage his daughter with nobility and accordingly goes to an employment agency where he engages three foreign menials to impersonate noblemen, supplying them with evening clothes and arranging to have them call at his house that evening. Bessie is overjoyed when she learns from father that three noblemen are to honor them with their presence. Father incidentally suggests that if the noblemen do not come up to her expectations to patch up her little quarrel with Billy and say no more about marrying a title. The fun begins when the three bogus noblemen present themselves at Clayworth's house as Duke Macaroni, Lord Brien Berue and Baron Hasenpfeffer. They are ushered into the drawing room and introduced one after another to the ambitious Bessie who vainly attempts to entertain them. At first she is puzzled, then she becomes discouraged and finally thoroughly disgusted. Father fairly revels in his daughter's discomfiture as she dismisses one after another. After her experience with supposed nobility she meets her American suitor and welcomes him with open arms. Bessie turns father's joke into a boomerang when she jokingly sends him a message stating she has eloped with Duke Macaroni. Father takes this message seriously and nearly goes insane at the thought of losing his daughter through his foolishness. When Bessie returns home on the arm of Mr. Macaroni to ask forgiveness her father's rage knows no bounds and just as he is about to throw the bogus Macaroni out off comes his wig and mustache, revealing the welcome features of Billy Brooks, Bessie's American suitor. This gives father the surprise of his life and his joy is unbound for his daughter is title cured.
- Ruth Hoagland grows up on an island off the Massachusetts coast with no companion other than her father, a half-witted fisherman who spends most of his time hunting for buried treasure. Vacationing yachtsman Bob Winthrop and Ruth fall in love, but Winthrop returns to New York, and after a year, has forgotten Ruth. After finding two chests in a cave, Ruth locates her father unconscious from a fall. She goes to the mainland for help, but returns with the Reverend Josiah Arbuthnot and Dr. William Strong, to find her father dead. Strong, out of kindness, offers to marry her, but Ruth declines, sure that Winthrop will return. She offers to divide the chests with Strong and Arbuthnot, but after Strong discovers they are worthless, he withdraws his savings, and gives Ruth money to develop her voice in New York, saying that it came from selling the chests' contents. After Ruth learns of Winthrop's affair with a musical comedy star, she returns to the island to prepare for her Broadway debut, where she discovers Strong's sacrifice.
- A wealthy young American, bred to class distinction and racial intolerance, enters the Marines during the First World War. In the course of his training and his experiences in the trenches fighting, being wounded by, and being hospitalized with Germans, he comes to a recognition of the equality and brotherhood of men.
- A beautiful and intelligent horse is carried off North after his master, a Confederate soldier, is shot and left for dead. After many unusual and cruel adventures, Beauty is discovered by his former master and returned home to the South.
- John Perriton was unmistakably a good fellow. He was never one to spoil a party with a long face and an absence of joviality, nor was he at all likely to break up any sort of festivity by leaving early. A few people shook their heads gravely, and said that he was hitting the pace entirely too hard and that he would certainly kill himself if he didn't cut down on his liquor, but most of the world accepted him cordially on his own estimation as a man's man. Perriton loved Mary Wales almost as much as he loved himself, which is to say that he was not ready to settle down yet for her sake. Mary's brother, Nelson, was a weak, helpless individual, who was always in hot water. On the night of the masked ball, he came to Perriton, and asked him for help in one or two matters. He needed money very badly. To make matters worse, he had forged his sister's name to a check. The long and the short of the whole business was that Nelson must have $75,000 by the next morning. Perriton wrote an order on his bankers for $50,000, the entire extent of his depleted fortune, and drove Nelson to the station. But Nelson was not satisfied. He had to have the other $25,000. So he slipped off the train, came home by a short cut, put on his dancing mask and attempted to take his sister's jewels from her safe. He was surprised by the butler, and in the desperation of fear, killed the man. Immediately afterwards, Perriton arrived. Nelson, almost frenzied, begged him to put on the mask, and to pretend to be the criminal. No one would know who he was, and he would see that he got safely away. Perriton assented. His identity was discovered by Mary who, agonized at her discovery of the apparent character of the man she loved, forbade him even to think of her again, and allowed him to escape. Despite everything, Perriton kept silent, and allowing the woman he loved to think him the meanest type of criminal, went off into the night.
- Sir Daniel Brackley attempts to force his ward, Joanna, to marry Lord Shoreby, but receiving news of an impending battle, is obliged to hurry to the front. To prevent Joanna's escaping him, he takes her with him, disguised as a boy. Young Dick Shelton (Sir Daniel's nephew) brings reinforcements to Sir Daniel, and thinking Joanna a boy, assists her to escape. Joanna and Dick reach home, closely followed by Sir Daniel, who, becoming suspicious of Dick, plans to have him killed. This plan is overheard by Joanna, who warns Dick of his danger. In the excitement Dick discovers that his supposed boy friend is none other than Joanna, a childhood playmate. They renew their former friendship, which now develops into mutual love, but are rudely interrupted by the approach of Sir Daniel's hired assassins. Dick escapes and hastens to the woods, where he joins the "Black Arrows," a band of outlaws, deadly enemies of Sir Daniel. Choosing Will Lawless, one of their number as companion, they start out to rescue Joanna, disguised as monks. Dick and Lawless, through the help of Joanna's companion, manage to enter the palace unnoticed, and for a brief moment Dick and Joanna are clasped in loving embrace, only to lose each other when she is led to the hall for the marriage with Lord Shoreby. But Lawless saves the day by piercing Lord Shoreby with a black arrow as the ceremony is about to begin. Dick escapes and manages to save the Duke of Gloucester from an attack of Sir Daniel's soldiers. Gloucester thanks Dick warmly and by Dick's advice attacks Shoreby town. Dick is given charge of the main position and manages to hold it against the terrific attacks of the Lancaster army. For his gallant conduct Dick is knighted. Dick and Lawless learn that Sir Daniel and his household have fled and thus escaped the terrible carnage. They soon overtake them and make short work of his remaining soldiers. Sir Daniel begs Dick's forgiveness, which he readily grants, but when his back is turned Sir Daniel attempts to kill him, only to be pierced by the last black arrow let fly by Will Lawless. Joanna and Dick, now Sir Richard, are happily married with the blessing of the Duke of Gloucester, who resumes his march amid the cheers of the wedding party.
- Jimmy Carter, a millionaire, leading an idle, indulgent life, gets an urgent message from his friend, Reginald Travers. Travers, who is dying, has been ruined in the stock market by Mortimer Reynolds, and penniless, he leaves his little daughter in care of Carter, who promises faithfully to look after her. After the death of Travers, Carter takes Ruth to his luxurious home and gives her to the motherly care of Mrs. Jenkins, his housekeeper, Mortimer Reynolds, anxious to add Ruth to his list of unfortunates, instructs his mistress, Edna Morris, to make her acquaintance and to gain her confidence. Carter and Reynolds become bitter enemies because of Reynold's sarcastic reflections on the relationship between Carter and Ruth. As time passes, Ruth, by her winsomeness and innocence gradually changes Carter's mode of life. He no longer feels an interest in the gay life of former days, and even loses his taste for the morning nip. Unconsciously, Ruth is transforming his sympathetic dutiful interest in her to love. In a moment of ecstasy he crushes her in his arms. At the Charity Ball, where Ruth is taking part in a tableau, she meets Edna Morris. Fearful of Reynold's wrath should she fail, the unhappy girl works her way into the graces of Ruth. Carter sees this and immediately takes Ruth home, refusing to explain his conduct to her. Meeting Ruth in the park the following day, Edna denounces Carter for his action of the previous evening, "Why should he object to me, pray? Everybody knows that your father didn't leave you a penny, and that you are living on the, shall I say, generosity, of Mr. Carter." Stunned by the revelation that she is looked upon as Carter's mistress, the impetuous little girl rushes to the house, and in a burst of fury, screams her hatred of Carter. In the still of the night, she makes her way out of the house to Edna's apartment. It is here that Reynolds finds her. Impelled by a fiendish lust, he forces her to partake of his wines, and slowly they begin to work their effect. Carter, who, in desperation, has been searching for her, finds her in the apartment, stupefied and disheveled. Disgusted and heartsore, he looks upon her contemptuously and leaves, feeling that she has gone the way of Edna. Mrs. Morris, Edna's mother, prompted by a subconscious feeling that all is not well with her child, comes to the house from her little cottage in the country. She takes both penitents back home with her, hoping that they may forget and begin life anew. Meanwhile, Reynolds, whose financial affairs have taken a turn for the worse, and who is being sought by the police for forgery, attempts to make his escape. He is caught by the police and so made to pay for the misery and misfortune which he has brought upon others. Miserable and despairing because Carter has mistaken her, Ruth can find no peace. But Edna, she who has dragged her to darkness and degradation, succeeds in lifting her once more to the light of hope. The once impetuous Ruth is again folded in the arms of Carter, knowing that there only will she find eternal happiness and peace of soul.
- Louis Mitchell is doomed to keen disappointment, as he enters the office of Comer and Mathison, steel contractors, by whom he is employed as a salesman. Mr. Comer informs him, in characteristic fashion, that business is "rotten," and that Mitchell, with other members of the sales force, will be obliged to take a vacation. At home, his bride is reading a trade journal, when her eye runs across a notice to the effect that Robinson and Ray of London are to rebuild their mammoth South African cyanide tanks, destroyed in the Boer War. Hardly has Mitchell returned home, and imparted the news to her, when she proposes that he try for the $3,000,000 Robinson and Ray contract. She accordingly draws her $1,000 from the bank to finance her husband on his trip. Mitchell succeeds in getting a letter of introduction from Comer and Mathison, delegating him as their accredited representative, and authorizing him to formulate bids in their name. With his wife's $1,000 drawn and apportioned, Mitchell realizes that the bridges have been burned, and there is no retreat. In London Mitchell finally gets an audience with the director-general of the firm of Robinson and Ray, who tells him he is late, and it would be impossible for him to figure the estimates in the short time which remains. Mitchell is told that the bids must be in positively by twelve o'clock on the 31st of the month. Mitchell works night and day on the plans. Grigsby, a rival competitor for the contract, by trickery, learns that Mitchell's figures are lower than his, and as it is the day before the 3ist, it is too late to alter his. He bribes the chief clerk to fix the clock on the following morning. A nervous wreck from the great strain, Mitchell hurries to the Robinson and Ray offices on the 31st, and to his dismay, the clock and the watches of the chief clerk and Grigsby point to 12:10. Dropping the plans, he rushes, heartbroken, from the place. Struck by pity, the office boy, whom Mitchell had tipped on a previous occasion, reaches through the office railing, gets the bids and takes them to the inner office. In America, a couple of weeks later, Mitchell gets a telegram from Comer and Mathison to the effect that their bids were accepted, and that he has been appointed sales manager.
- The action opens in the humble home of Betty Hampton, whose mother is very ill. Tom Driscoll, a typical "Green Mountain Boy," to whom Betty is engaged, brings her the coat of his new Continental uniform, to have the buttons changed, when they are interrupted by a hail outside. Hastily hiding the coat, lest it be seen by some enemy of the cause, they are much relieved to find that their caller is none other than Ethan Allen, the leader of the Green Mountain Boys. Allen has just received word of the battles of Concord and Lexington and decides to take steps to aid the revolt against Great Britain on his own responsibility. He imparts to them his plan to capture the British strongholds on Lake Champlain, the first one to be Fort Ticonderoga. He and Tom go to a well-known glen in the woods, having sent Neshobee, an Indian scout, to call in all the leaders for a council. This meeting results in their eagerly following Allen's lead and they depart to collect their followers. Allen, Tom and Neshobee are on their way to the village when they come across Betty, who is being annoyed by several of the soldiers of the fort. Quickly putting them to rout, they send Neshobee home with Betty and continue their way to the meeting place. Arriving home, Betty finds her mother in a very serious condition. She sends Neshobee for a neighbor, who, upon arriving, says a doctor is needed at once. The only doctor in the neighborhood is at the fort, so Betty goes to him, taking Neshobee as escort. She is ushered into the Commander's presence while the officers are banqueting and all more or less the worse for liquor. She states her errand, and while the doctor has gone for his kit, they attempt to make her drink the King's health, which she indignantly refuses to do. Arriving home she finds her mother has passed the crisis safely and at once resolves to tell Allen of the conditions at the fort and urge him to attack at once. Allen upon hearing her news, decides to attack at once without waiting for reinforcements and, gathering his men about him, eighty-three in all, they silently make their way across the lake. Creeping silently up the steep slope to the fort they overpower the sleepy sentinel and enter the fort unmolested. Beating upon Captain De La Place's door, Allen rouses him out of bed and when the sleepy commander opens the door, he finds himself confronted by Allen, sword in hand, demanding "Surrender, in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!" and his stronghold in possession of the Green Mountain Boys. He surrenders the fort and without firing a shot, the American heroes gain possession of the strongest fortification on Lake Champlain, together with all the stores of munition and cannon, a great number of which were afterward used to drive the British out of Boston. Allen leads Betty out before his men and publicly thanks her for her share of the night's work which is echoed by cheers from the men, while she blushingly hides her head on Tom's shoulder.
- The mining community of Bear Track Gulch must adapt its ways when it receives its first female visitor.
- Being the first story of "Who Will Many Mary?" Mary Cuyler (her real name) at her grandfather's death, was left in possession of a fortune of one hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars a year, representing his interest in the Silver Star Mine in California. Upon visiting the office of the Trust Company, Mary is surprised and gratified to receive a visit from Mrs. Reed, wife of the president of the Occidental Trust Company and an old friend of her mother. She invites Mary to make her a visit at her country place in Maroneck and Mary accepts. At the country house Mary meets a brilliant gathering of debutantes and young men. Among the latter are two New York society men, a Scotch nobleman, an Italian duke and Captain Justin Bradford. The Italian duke, Leonardo di Ferrara, is in a distinctly impecunious state. Suffering from the insistent demands of indignant money lenders, he looks upon the recently arrived young heiress as a direct answer to his prayers. Captain Bradford falls in love with Mary at his first sight of her, hut as he has nothing to recommend him beyond good looks and a sterling character, he has at first little chance against the Duke's glittering personality and Machiavellian methods. The duke succeeds in becoming a hero in Mary's eyes by rescuing her from a fire in the stables, which has been started by a stableman bribed by the unscrupulous nobleman. A little later, however, Mary is given a true insight into the character of her fond admirer. While she is sailing on the lake with the Duke the motor boat is set on fire by the engine. The Duke seizes the only available life-preserver and jumps overboard, leaving Mary to her fate. Bradford, who has been following the course of the motorboat with longing eyes, swims to Mary's rescue. Afterwards when Mary attempts to find and thank her gallant, rescuer, she discovers that he has been ordered to headquarters.
- This tale is filled with human love and tenderness of the hearty frontier man for his girl wife and shows the tender struggle of the woman to be a helpmate to the man she has followed into the wilderness, where together they build their little home and fight that awful struggle of isolation and loneliness, where it means miles and miles to their nearest neighbors. Together they fell the first log of their little home and so on with patience and love each one carries out his daily work, and at eve by the campfire with the wife's head resting upon the husband's knee they talk and plan of the future of their little home, which is in the building. At last it is finished and the rough interior is made beautiful in a simple way, by the hands of the woman. Never a cloud has entered their lives until one day the cows go astray. The husband comes home wearied with his daily toil, harsh words are spoken, supper is eaten in silence; it is their first quarrel. What a tragedy it is to those who love. So through the long night and at the breakfast table the silence between the two continues and when John leaves with never a good-bye kiss the wife's heart is wrung and it is little that John knows that it is the last chance that he will ever get to kiss the woman he loves in life. That eve when he returns from work he finds a tender little note saying the cows have gone astray again and that she had gone to bring them home. A fire breaks out in the forest and so through smoke and flame and burning brush she searches and finds the stray cattle and brings them home, but when he finds her she cannot answer to his call, nor feel the kiss that she so longed for at the morning hour. The flames had done their work; the cattle were safely home and the dead body of his young wife lay cold and still in his arms and so the picture ends with the First Settler telling his tale of tender human pathos.
- Thomas Brainerd, a Civil War veteran, is an enthusiastic old soldier and a firm believer in discipline. His household, which consists of his married daughter and his beloved grandson, Dick, is run on strict military rules, and if Dick objects to the early arrival of bedtime it needs only a word from grandpa on the subject of a soldier's first duty to bring the youngster to strict obedience. As Decoration Day approaches, Brainerd and his C.A.R. comrades meet and discuss the plans for the annual parade in the village. But Brainerd has been falling of late and, in spite of the doctor's efforts, seems to be getting weaker as time passes. The eventful day arrives and Brainerd, dressed in his best is ready to take his place in the line with his comrades, but as he takes his beloved rifle from its place his weakness is so apparent that his daughter finally prevails upon him to give up his idea of marching in the parade. He will watch from his chair in front of the house and insists that his daughter and little Dick take their places in the parade. Reluctantly they leave him and report his illness to his waiting comrades. The march to the soldier's monument is begun. As the stirring sound of fife and drum reaches his ears, Brainerd starts up, rifle in hand, and there comes to him a vision of battle. He is in the midst of the charge, the bursting shells, the cheers, the groans all come back to him. Only a moment and it passes away, but the sound of fife and drum are real, for there, passing before him, is his little band of comrades on parade. They cheer the old man as they pass on their way. At the monument the roll is called and many a name is left unanswered, but little Dick cannot remain silent when grandpa's name is called and bravely steps out and answers in his stead. Brainerd, too, has answered roll-call, but it is one of long ago, the vision comes back to him as if but yesterday as he steps out and answers to his name. At the monument they now fire a salute for their departed comrades. It sounds to Brainerd like the booming of "The Sunset Gun." He sees again the sinking sun of lung ago, the officer gives the command, the gun booms out and slowly the stars and stripes flutter to the ground. The vision disappears and Brainerd sinks exhausted into his chair. The exertion has been too great. There now floats to him from the monument the sounds of taps. How many times has he beard it in the stillness of the night! He sees it all once more, the bivouac at the end of the day's fighting. The trumpeter steps out. How sweet the notes sound upon the night air! The last call. All lights out. With a smile he sinks back and closes his eyes. His light is out, he has answered the last call. His returning comrades find him serene but cold, and reverently cover him with the tattered old battle flag.
- Episode 1: "The Perfect Truth" The day after Dolly Desmond had startled the community with the excellence of her graduation oration, Bobby North, a reporter on the local paper, suggested that it would be a good idea for her to write stories and things for his paper. Dolly was delighted with the idea, and started at once to put it into effect. She decided to write a story, which, although ostensibly fictional, should actually give a truthful picture of life about her as she saw it. After a week of hard work, which involved much burning of midnight oil and much weariness for the fair young authoress, the masterpiece was finished. The editor was delighted with it. It was published under the title, "The Perfect Truth: A Story of Real Life" and, at Dolly's request, the name of the author was omitted. On the afternoon of the publication of the story, the Ladies' Home Sewing Guild was engaged in its customary routine of languid needlework and somnolent gossip. One of the members began to read "The Perfect Truth," but stopped with a gasp of surprise, and called the attention of the other members to the article. In graphic, pitiless bits of description, the essential characteristics of each of the members of the Ladies' Guild were set forth so plainly, that there was no possibility of mistaking their several identities. Dolly had used the pen of a satirist with telling effect. The meeting of the Ladies' Guild ended in a furor of confusion. Mrs. Broome, the hostess of the afternoon, who had been particularly scored by the anonymous author, rushed to the newspaper office and demanded the name of her defamer. The editor refused to give her the desired information, but a note from Dolly on Bobby's desk made all things clear to Mrs. Broome. With the spreading of the news, the storm center shifted to Dolly's home. While indignant citizens waited on Mr. Desmond, and threatened to withdraw their accounts from his bank, the infuriated wives filled Mrs. Desmond's ears with their complaints. Dolly's father commanded her to stop the story and make a public apology, but Dolly, for the first time in her life, refused to comply with her parents' wishes. With the fifty dollars her story had brought in, she left for the city to earn her own living. We shall discover later what happened to her there. Episode 2: "The Ghost of Mother Eve" The first thing Dolly did after her arrival in New York was to try to find herself a job. The fifty dollars she had been paid for her story was practically all she had, and Dolly was wise enough to know that such an amount would not carry her very far in the city. At the very time that Dolly went to apply for a position on "The Comet," Mrs. Yorke, a wealthy society woman, was also on the list of applicants. But whereas Dolly merely wanted a position in order that she might feed and clothe herself, Mrs. Yorke desired a sinecure of a post wherein she might indulge her love for notoriety and scandal. As not infrequently happens, the rich and undeserving succeeded, while the poor and deserving failed. Dolly was politely turned away, while the paper agreed to publish a column from Mrs. Yorke's pen under the name of "Mother Eve." Mrs. Yorke noticed Dolly as she was leaving the newspaper office. Discovering the girl's literary ability, she invited her to lunch, and offered Dolly a position as her private secretary. Dolly, naturally enough, jumped at the offer, and entered upon her duties immediately. The main portion of her duties consisted in writing the "Mother Eve" column. Mrs. Yorke had not the remotest idea how to set about her self-appointed task. All she cared for was the money. For some days Dolly was moderately contented and happy. But one afternoon, while she was collecting news of an approaching ball in the showrooms of a fashionable modiste, she happened to encounter Mrs. Yorke. That estimable lady looked over and past and through Dolly, without the slightest trace of recognition in her face. When Dolly entered her room that evening to accomplish her nightly literary task, she fell, sprained her wrist, and promptly fainted. When Mrs. Yorke returned from a dance in the wee small hours of the next morning, she found a copy boy waiting patiently for the "Mother Eve" material. Dolly, roused from her swoon, was unable to work the typewriter on account of her wrist. So the copy boy wrote it to her dictation, while Mrs. Yorke stood by and fumed. After the boy bad left, Mrs. Yorke was highly unpleasant. Dolly, in a few crisp words, told her employer exactly what she thought of her, and informed her that hereafter she could write her own column. Then Dolly went away. Episode 3: "An Affair of Dress" It will he remembered that Dolly was engaged by Mrs. Yorke, a fashionable member of the smart set, to write a society column for the "Comet." Dolly furnished the brains and did the work. Mrs. Yorke received the money. After she had received a few unpleasant proofs of her employer's unreasonable selfishness, Dolly shook the dust of the Yorke mansion from her feet, and departed. In the course of her gathering of society notes, Dolly had met Minnie, a mannequin in a fashionable tailoring establishment. As luck would have it, there was a vacancy when Dolly arrived to ask Minnie about her work, and twenty-four hours after her quarrel with Mrs. Yorke, the girl was engaged at Browngrass' as a mannequin, with the princely salary of twenty-five dollars a week. Let it not be supposed that she was entirely infatuated with her position. She had come to the city to write, and write she would eventually. This was merely a makeshift, a temporary bar to keep the wolf from the door. There were other reasons too, why her situation did not satisfy her. The proprietor was kind, a little too kind, Dolly thought. One afternoon, he tried to kiss her, and she, quite naturally, slapped his face. In the midst of all her little difficulties, Dolly was not allowing herself to drift out of touch with the magazine and newspaper world. A poem sent by her to the "Jester," brought a gratifying return in the shape of a letter from the editor inquiring into her capabilities for a small editorial position. Later, the editor called, and since he was a nice sort of person, Dolly took dinner with him. In the excitement of the moment, she sailed off to the restaurant in the gown she was wearing. As it happened, the proprietor of Browngrass' came to the restaurant, saw the gown, called a policeman, and ordered him to arrest Dolly. Aid came from an unexpected quarter. Rockwell Crosby, editor of the "Comet," was sitting at the next table. He discovered that Dolly had written Mrs. Yorke's column, showed his card to the policeman, and ordered him to remove the angry proprietor. Dolly, he said, had no connection with Browngrass'. She was his star reporter. After the man had been removed and Dolly thanked Crosby for his kind lie, he told her it was the truth. She was engaged. Episode 4: "Putting One Over" When Miss Mindel, president of the Reform League, received a pathetic letter from certain tenants of the Union Realty Company, complaining of unsanitary living conditions and unjust rents, she wrote a sharp letter to the president of the Realty Company, threatening action in the courts unless improvements were made. James Boliver, the president, had put his company into its position of prominence, largely through his entirely unscrupulous method of dealing with any type of opposition to his plans. Briefly summing up the probable results of any action on the part of the Reform League, he decided that it must be prevented at any cost, so he decided to bribe Miss Mindel. Miss Mindel did not understand the carefully couched letter she received from Boliver, asking her to come and see him. She felt that she was getting into deep water, and decided to appeal to the newspapers, before taking any action. At the office of "The Comet," where she went first, Miss Mindel met Dolly Desmond, and with characteristic impulsiveness, told her the whole story. Dolly immediately hit on a plan, which she confided to Miss Mindel. That good lady, after some thought, consented to it. She was personally unknown to Boliver, and there seemed no reason why the plan should not succeed. In accordance with it, Dolly presented herself at the Union Realty Company's office as Miss Mindel. Mr. Boliver was very nice to her, indeed, and, finding her even more compliant than he had hoped, gave her a check for five thousand dollars, and allowed her to write him a receipt on the typewriter. Dolly made a carbon copy of the receipt, thanked Mr. Boliver, and turned to go. At the door she met Mr. Browngrass, her late employer, who happened to be one of the directors of the company. Since Browngrass recognized her immediately, there was nothing left for Dolly but flight via the fire escape. The enraged directors pursued her, but without result. She got her story in in time to go to press, and we leave Dolly glancing affectionately at the staring headlines of her "scoop." Episode 5: "The Chinese Fan" All newspaperdom was excited over the strange disappearance of Muriel Armstrong and each daily was doing its best to discover the missing heiress first, and thus secure for themselves one of the most sensational bits of news of the day, but no trace of her could be found, despite all efforts. The editor of the Comet ground his cigar and swore impotently and even Dolly, the star reporter, was at a loss for clues. Dolly was pondering over the matter on her way to her evening's assignment: the Chinese theater in Mott Street, where she was detailed to report the play. During the second act a little Chinese pin in the shape of a fan, which Dolly was wearing, unconscious of its significance to the Tongs, started a riot in the theater. As Dolly was escaping down the side street a huge hand protruded itself from a small door, pulled her inside, down a narrow corridor and thrust her into an ill-lighted den. How could she get out? She pounded on the door and called for assistance but all that greeted her was a chuckle and a slushing of soft footsteps down the corridor. She peered around in the gloom and suddenly a frightened bundle of humanity detached itself from the corner and a young girl fell at Dolly's feet, imploring assistance. Dolly raised her gently, looked into her face and discovered that she was Muriel Armstrong, the missing heiress. All fear of the Chinese vanished. Here was the scoop of the year. Fate helped her too, for the half-crazed opium fiend who was Muriel's guard, upset the lamp and set the place on fire. This enabled Dolly and her prize to escape and the next morning the heiress was turned over to her delighted parents. Episode 6: "On the Heights" Dolly's friend, Rockwell Crosby, editor of the "Comet." disagrees with the management and resigned. Dolly was disappointed at the news, but that was as nothing compared to her rage at the attitude of his successor, who was a self-confessed "hustler" and intended to make everybody on the paper "sit up and take notice." The first assignment he gave Dolly was to wander about the streets after dark until she found a story. Dolly was furious. She had made a distinct place for herself on the staff, and was accustomed to being treated with consideration. There was nothing to do but obey, so Dolly started out. To her amazement she ran across Ella Snyder, an old school friend, who was weeping bitterly. She had eloped with a young man named Oliver Allen. Oliver had brought her to a hotel, and had departed in search of a license. Having not come back for two hours Ella concluded that she had been deceived and decided to drown herself. Dolly took the girl home, told her not to be silly, and went to get Allen. She found him at the hotel bewildered at the disappearance of his bride-to-be. Dolly, convinced that his intentions were honorable, took him back with her. They found Ella had disappeared again. She left a note, saying she had resolved to die. In order to repay Dolly, Ella said she was going to jump from the highest building in town, so Dolly could make a scoop of the news. Dolly and Allen rushed to the Woolworth Building, and stopped Ella just in time. Then they repaired to the City Hall, where Ella and Allen were married. Dolly returned to the office and told the editor she had a story, but didn't intend to write it. He was wildly indignant at first, until she had calmly explained she knew perfectly what she was doing. Episode 7: "The End of the Umbrella" The Aqueduct Construction Company has been having a good deal of trouble with certain anarchistic elements, who, anxious to seize any cause of discontent to further the bloody revolution they hoped for, opposed the building of the great pipe which would carry fresh sparkling water to the crowded people of the great city. Finally, after the company had been worried half to death by anonymous threats, a tremendous explosion killed a couple of dozen workmen and completely wrecked the main section of the great work. Dolly Desmond, in the city office of the newspaper, heard of the catastrophe and begged the editor to allow her to investigate it. The editor, who had formed a high opinion of Dolly's character, readily consented, and Dolly set out for the scene of the disaster. As she wandered about the wrecked aqueduct, she came upon a curious umbrella handle in among several pieces of a shattered bomb. Dolly kept her find and said nothing about it to anybody. With some little difficulty, she succeeded in obtaining a position as cashier in the dining room of the little hotel near the works. She had the umbrella handle placed on a new umbrella, put it in the stand where she could keep her eye on it, and settled herself to watch. It wasn't as easy a matter to devote her entire attention to the stand as she had thought at first, for Grant, a young engineer at the works, fell madly in love with her. and insisted on talking to her at every opportunity. At last, when she was on the point of giving up in disgust, a shifty-eyed individual picked up the umbrella, started to go out with it, and then apparently remembering, looked at it, put it down and looked frightened. Dolly recognized him as "Nutty Jim," one of the lodgers in the hotel. That evening Dolly went up to his room to investigate. She had just unearthed several bombs when Nutty Jim entered and sprang at her. She fired at him, but missed. A bomb was knocked off the table and exploded. Nutty Jim was killed and Dolly severely injured. We leave her at the hospital with the anxious Grant at her side, delightedly reading her "scoop" in the Comet. Episode 8: "A Tight Squeeze" When the news came to the Comet office that Mr. Martinengro, the well-known Italian-American merchant and philanthropist, had been murdered, Dolly Desmond was very anxious to have the assignment. To her disgust, the managing editor gave the story to Hillary Graham, the young man Dolly had met in "Mother Eve's" house. Dolly, forced to be satisfied with a Salvation Army wedding. Hillary set off on his assignment in high spirits. He had not made much of a success of reporting yet, but he was confident that his work in this case would convince the Comet management that he was one man in a thousand. Arrived in a dingy little barroom near the scene of the crime, he announced his intention of apprehending the criminals to the interested bartender. As a result, a few minutes later, Hillary was knocked on the head and thrown into the cellar. Dolly, after finishing her report on the wedding, donned a Salvation Army uniform, and accompanied the band about town in search of more material. In the course of her wanderings, she entered the barroom, and saw a necktie on the floor which she had noticed that morning on Hillary. Creeping unobserved into the cellar, she discovered the unconscious Hillary lying on a pile of coal. As she stood in puzzled anxiety, wondering how she could possibly save the young man and herself, she was startled by a sudden rush of coal into the cellar, through the coal hole from the street. Daddy, the copy boy on the Comet, happened to be on the street above, watching the coal men at their task. Hearing a muffled cry, he stopped the men. A moment later Dolly crawled through the hole. She and Daddy rushed for the police. After Hillary had been rescued, the police entered the saloon, and arrested its occupants. A lucky chance resulted in the discovery of the Martinengro murderers. While Dolly was writing her story in the police station, the grateful Hillary proposed. Dolly was non-committal. She was afraid she wasn't quite ready to give up her adventurous life even for so successful a reporter as he was. Episode 9: "A Terror of the Night" Mrs. Winslow, a young widow, owned a piece of property known as "Beach House," for which the Union Realty Company were the agents. The money for the rental of the property meant a good deal to Mrs. Winslow, and when her tenants began to grow few and far between, she naturally called on her agents to inquire into the causes. President Bolivar, of the Realty Company, gravely informed her that "Beach House" was haunted. To substantiate his remarks, he showed Mrs. Winslow some newspaper clippings about the reported ghost at the house. Many complaints had been received from tenants and the property was becoming more and more impossible to rent. In short, Mr. Bolivar advised Mrs. Winslow to accept the Realty Company's very generous offer of $10,000 for the property worth $50,000. Mrs. Winslow thought that her property was worth more and went to consult her friend, Dolly Desmond, the star reporter on "The Comet." Dolly, instantly excited at the prospect of investigating a haunted house, suggested that Mrs. Winslow leave the property to her for the space of a week. Mrs. Winslow made out the necessary papers and then went to Bolivar and told him what she had done. Bolivar, an old enemy of Dolly, immediately planned a trap for her. He arrived at Beach House a little while after Dolly had made herself at home in one of the gray dreary rooms. After his first expression of pretended surprise, he began to make love to her, but the derisiveness of her answer showed plainly that his original plan was useless. So he bowed and took his leave. Dolly slept that night on a sofa in the front hall in the midst of a number of garden implements which had been stowed there for safekeeping. In the middle of the night, she was awakened by a slight noise. Looking up, a terrible sight met her eyes. A shrouded figure, clad in garments of ghastly white, was coming down the stairs toward her. Instead of shrieking and fainting, Dolly turned the hose on the advancing figure. It halted, wavered, and then ran out of the house and into the arms of Malone, who had just arrived to investigate the anonymous letter. The ghost was, of course, Bolivar, who had chosen this means of attempting to get Mrs. Winslow's property at a low price. Episode 10: "Dolly Plays Detective" When Mrs. Cambridge invited Dolly Desmond, and Malone, the managing editor of the Comet, to a dinner party, Malone naturally offered to take Dolly around to the Cambridge's in his car. For in the short space of time in which he had held his new office on the Comet staff, Malone had grown very fond of the clever young girl. When, on their way to the party, Dolly waved her hand to her old friend the policeman on the beat, she noticed a quick frown of displeasure on Malone's face. To tease him, she started to flirt outrageously with all the men present as soon as she arrived at the dinner, among whom was one of society's newest lions, the Count de Rochepierre. In the midst of the dinner, it was suddenly discovered that one of the ladies' necklaces was missing. She had worn it about her neck when she sat down, and it seemed absolutely inconceivable that anybody should have been able to remove it in the brilliantly-lighted room. On the following afternoon, the count called on Dolly, and begged her to accept a beautiful ring as a slight token of his esteem. Dolly, who rather enjoyed leading the count on, told him she should be delighted to wear it. Shortly after he had apparently taken his leave, Mrs. Cambridge and several ladies came to call. At Dolly's suggestion, a game of auction bridge was commenced. As they sat about the table, precisely the same thing happened as on the preceding night. Two of the ladies' necklaces vanished. The fact that Dolly had been present at both occasions when the mysterious occurrence had taken place, seemed a little significant. The ladies left hurriedly, and somewhat coolly. Left alone, Dolly decided to go and see the Count. She was led to this decision by several suspicious little incidents she had observed. In the Count's quarters, she discovered not only the missing necklaces, but absolute proof of how he had perpetrated his astonishing crimes. But even cleverer than her discovery of his method, was the way in which she inveigled the Count into playing a game of '"Forfeits" at the Cambridge's, and at the crucial moment in the game, clapped a pair of handcuffs on him and turned him over to the police. Episode 11: "Dolly at the Helm" When the city editor of the Comet burst into the managing editor's office and told him that his child was desperately ill with diphtheria, Malone, the managing editor, naturally told him to take as much time off as he wanted. Malone himself was feeling very badly at the time, and his resolution to take charge personally of the city editor's department was never carried out. Shortly after the city editor had left, Malone fainted at his desk. Dolly Desmond, the Comet's star reporter, found him there when she came into the room. She revived Malone from his stupor and had him taken home. In nine cases out of ten, both Malone and the city editor might well have been absent without any particular disturbance in the ordinary routine of the office. It was four o'clock on an unusually dull summer afternoon. The likelihood of anything happening seemed extremely remote. However, scarcely had Malone been taken away when things started. A terrible excursion boat catastrophe was the first. Right on its heels came the news that a great hotel was burning. In the excited chaos into which the Comet office was plunged, Dolly showed the stuff of which she was made. Her small hand seized the deserted tiller and with the quick incisive decision which was her chief characteristic, she wearied the legs of messenger boys, and kept the telephone wires hot with the dispatching of her swift Napoleanic commands. When it was all over, and the day was won, Dolly received a letter from home telling her that her father's bank was on the verge of ruin, largely as a result of the hard feeling which had been stirred up by Dolly's story, "The Perfect Truth." Poor Dolly, at her wits' end, went to Malone for advice. She took the manuscript of "The Perfect Truth" with her. Malone' s illness was a blessing in disguise for it gave him a chance to read the story, the first installment of which had had such a disastrous effect. He was amazed by its brilliance of style and theme. In a gush of unwanted enthusiasm he told Dolly that he was willing to publish the story at his own expense as a speculation. So Dolly, with her hopes once again raised, went away with the dim belief growing in her that "The Perfect Truth" might not be so bad a thing for her father as it had at first seemed. Episode 12: "The Last Assignment" When Dolly Desmond left the home of her youth to embark on a journalistic career in the city, she left the town in a state of furor behind her. The story called "The Perfect Truth," the first installment of which Dolly published in the town newspaper, aroused so much resentment against Dolly that the townspeople revenged themselves by withdrawing their money from her father's bank. Two or three months after Dolly went away, the bank was in such straits that suspension of payment seemed only a matter of hours. Then "The Perfect Truth" in its complete form was published as a book. It met with an immediate and startling success. Dolly attained to fame and wealth almost overnight. The echo of her success reached her native town, and people began to sit up and take notice. It was one thing to feel themselves the butt of the joke of an immature schoolgirl, and quite another to know that they had been the material from which a famous authoress had drawn her inspiration. In the midst of the excitement, Bobby, at the newspaper office, suddenly received word that Dolly was coming to town. The news was not an unmixed pleasure for Bobby. He had an evil conscience. He had been madly in love with Dolly before she left town, and believed that she cared a good deal for him. After she left, he fell in love with another girl. However, Bobby's first duty in the matter was perfectly clear. So he wrote up a headline article for his paper announcing Dolly's arrival. The town went wild with excitement. Fame was about to fall upon it again for the first time since Hank Bowers had been lynched for horse stealing many years before. All hatred and jealousy was forgotten and Dolly was welcomed by a tremendous popular demonstration. The first thing she did was to set her father's bank on its feet again, partly with the help of the money she had made and partly by the use of her extremely persuasive tongue. In the midst of the excitement, a stranger arrived in town, James Malone, the enterprising business manager of Dolly's paper. Everybody wondered who he was, and Bobby was the first to find out. For when he went to Dolly's house, with hanging head, to explain how matters stood, she told him that she was going to marry Malone. And that is how we leave Dolly with one career behind her, and another and far finer one ahead.
- In Rorke's Drift in 1879, eighty men, under Lieutenants Chard and Bromhead, of the British army, were attacked by four thousand Zulus, and held their pitifully weak position despite the tremendous odds. Our story of the fight centers about the person of Tommy Brandon, a young soldier in the British army. Tommy was very much in love with Grace, the sister of Kenneth Linden, a brother soldier. Since Ken Linden was pitifully weak, Tommy had promised Grace to watch over him, and keep him out of scrapes. Hence, one evening when Ken cheated in a card game, Tommy allowed the guilt to rest upon his own shoulders. His generous effort cost him Grace's affection, as well as the contempt of the entire company. Tommy regained his good name when the Zulus commenced an active campaign. The message of the impending danger to Rorke's Drift was telegraphed to Tommy's company by Grace, who had seen the Zulus massing for the attack. Tommy begged his commander to allow him to ride to Lord Chalmsford for reinforcements. The commander consented and Tommy started on his perilous journey. On the way, he came upon a band of Zulus who had captured the colors from the cowardly Linden. Tommy recklessly charged them, and rescued the flag. Then he continued on his way through the midst of peril, and reached Lord Chalmsford in time to send the relief expedition to the gallant little hand at Rorke's Drift. Meanwhile, Grace had found her dying brother, and had learned from him the full story of Tommy's generosity. At Rorke's Drift, four hundred dead Zulus bore witness to the prowess of the desperate band. Chalmsford's expedition arrived in time to complete the rout of the savage natives, and when Tommy returned to Grace, he came as a hero without spot or blemish on his good name.
- This film shows a young man riding in a Pullman and trying to quiet his child. His efforts are unsuccessful, to the great annoyance of the rest of the passengers, some of whom have retired, and when asked by one of the passengers why he doesn't take the child to its mother, he sadly informs her that she is "in the baggage coach ahead." This at once arouses the sympathy of his fellow passengers and he proceeds to tell the story of his few short years of happiness. Beginning with his first meeting with his pretty bride, he tells of the springtime wooing, her final acceptance of him and his start for the West where his business calls him, there to build their little home. At last the home is ready; he sends for her, and her supreme joy on entering their home more than compensates for their short separation, they continue supremely happy, a child is born to them, the pride and joy of their little home. Suddenly, one day, a shadow falls across their rosy pathway; the little wife and mother is taken seriously ill and passes away after a very short illness, leaving her husband grief-stricken. As we fade back to the Pullman at the end of the story we see that one sympathetic lady has taken charge of the child and, as the man breaks down in his grief, she carefully takes the now-sleeping baby to her stateroom. One by one the other passengers move quietly away in silent sympathy, leaving him alone with his great sorrow.
- Once upon a time, a man married a beautiful woman, and then neglected her. Beautiful women cannot live without attention, and the Other Man came into the story. When the beautiful woman tried to run away with the Other Man, her husband killed her; whereupon the Other Man killed the husband, then the Other Man entered a convent to forget. When, four hundred years later, John Newcomb began to neglect his wife for the sake of his chemical experiments, the ghost of the Other Man who became a monk could no longer be quiet in his grave. John Newcomb loved his wife, but he was so busy with his experiments that he sometimes forgot her for considerable periods of time. Amy, the wife, did all she could to please him, but he paid so little attention to her that she at last was glad to accept the attentions of Arnold. At this point the phantom monk appeared on the scene, but his mysterious influence seemed to be of slight avail. Momentarily he could make Amy shrink from Arnold's embrace, or make Arnold cease to tempt her, but he knew that the bonds of love were knitting the two ever closer together and would soon be too strong for his unaided force to break. And Newcomb would not be aroused. Try as he might, the monk could not draw that massive brain away from its abstract reasoning. Even when the monk caused the vision of his own fatal experience to appear to the sleeping chemist, the awakened Newcomb failed to place any significance in the fanciful dream. At last the night came when Arnold in his automobile drew up at the front of the house, and Amy stole down and entered the machine. All the time Newcomb worked unconcernedly in his laboratory, while the monk, in a frenzy of despair, used his powers of influence against him in vain. As a final resort, he caused the great crucible over which Newcomb was working, to explode. Just as the machine was starting, Amy heard the report, and insisted on returning. She nursed her husband back to health, and whether it was the old monk's magic, the shock of the explosion, or the tender look in Amy's eyes. It is quite certain John Newcomb was a changed man.
- The Giltons are next-door neighbors to the Biltons. The houses are exactly alike and adjoin each other; the back yards are not even separated by a fence. Gilton is a crabbed old money-maker and childless; his wife has grown submissive through years of continual nagging. The Biltons are a happy family of seven; poverty and scrimping have not soured them. The struggle to maintain his wife and the little ones has left Bilton threadbare, but the loving wife and five pairs of little arms that creep around his neck each morning and night are worth the fight. The fact that old Gilton fumes and fusses about the children sometimes stepping over the line of his back-yard bothers him only insofar as he dislikes discord. When Gilton's dog is poisoned, Bilton is as sorry as though it had been his own, yet old Gilton accuses him of being the poisoner. Even the heartbroken sobs of Bilton's sweet little daughter Cora Cordelia over the death of her canine playfellow fail to convince the crusty old man. When the grocer's boy delivers Gilton's order to Mrs. Bilton and she cooks the dinner thinking her husband sent the things, Gilton is almost ready to commit murder. As Christmas approaches, the Biltons are hard-pressed but give their little store to the children to buy presents, telling them that Santa Claus is too poor to leave them a turkey. On Christmas Eve, old Gilton staggers home in a blizzard, the turkey for Christmas dinner under his arm. On the porch that leads to the twin doors of his house and the Biltons', a terrific gust of wind and snow closes his eyes, and, horror of horrors, he enters the home of the hated neighbor. Blinded and cold, his entire figure snow-covered, he steps into the midst of the Biltons, gathered about the table laden with the cheap presents and listening open-mouthed to Bilton reading "The Night Before Christmas." The children's vision of cheery Santa is rudely interrupted by Gilton's snow-covered figure. To them, he is the real Santa Claus. In a beautiful closing scene, old Gilton's flinty eyes fill with tears and the breach between the families is closed as though the spirit of Santa Claus himself had welded it.
- Captain Nathan Hale receives orders from General Washington to join General Putnam in the defense of Long Island. On his way he stops to visit his sweetheart, where he rinds his rival, Dalton, who has just proposed to and been rejected by Dorothy. Dalton, seeing that Hale is the favored suitor, resolves to be a soldier also, and promptly enlists with the British. Hale proceeds to Long Island, where he and his command fight bravely to prevent the British advance, but Howe and Clinton hurl such an overwhelming force against the little array that they are obliged to take shelter in the forts. General Washington, seeing the impossibility of holding these, orders a retreat to New York. Leaving their camp fires burning, they silently steal out and under cover of a heavy fog, board the waiting boats and cross to New York. When Howe moves forward to the attack the next day, he finds nothing but a deserted camp. Washington, being anxious to learn the movements of the British, Hale volunteers to obtain the information and disguised as a schoolmaster, he makes his way to the British camp. Here he is recognized by Dalton, who at once reports that Hale is a spy. Hale is arrested and searched and, plans of the British position being found in his possession, he is condemned to be hanged as a spy. He is thrown into a temporary prison to await execution. He is not permitted to write to his mother or his sweetheart, even the consolation of the church being denied him. But his sweetheart manages to slip by the guards and bid him a tearful farewell before she is roughly torn from his embrace. The next day Hale is led out and executed as a spy. As he speaks his last words, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," the scene dissolves into the statue of Nathan Hale in City Hall Park. New York City, the transformation to the everyday activity of a great city being a startling one.
- Jack must prove himself before Beatrice's father will allow him to continue seeing his daughter.
- Feodor Turov, chief of the Russian Czar's secret police, orders his Cossacks to attack a village he believes to be infested with rebels. The Cossacks attack the village and massacre almost everyone, and the young Katerina is whipped to death. Before escaping to England, her sister Darya swears to avenge her sister's death. Years later--now one of the world's most famous prima ballerinas--she returns to Russia. Turov falls in love with her and manages to secure a meeting. She coyly asks him to take her to see a prison first. As it turns out, what he has planned for her is nothing compared to what she has planned for him.
- Like many a disgruntled wife has resolved to do when her petition for money is met with a flat refusal by her husband, Mrs. Brown has a plan by which she is sure she can reap enough to make her at least more independent of her husband. Accordingly, when he leaves for the office with the unsavory epithets of his incensed wife still ringing in his ears, she paints a sign to the effect that she will do laundering and that samples of her work will appear in the front window Tuesday and Wednesday at 9 o'clock. The sign is attached to the blinds so that half is on either side. A painter passes the blinds, ornate with the "attractive" sign, and one of the ladders gets caught in a blind. An effort is required to dislodge it, with the result that the blind is swung back, leaving only the one side of the sign in view. It is so arranged that the following part of the sign is left: "Notice: I undress in this window on Tuesday at 9 o'clock. Mrs. C. Brown." The scandal mongers immediately got their heads together and the result is that a crowd gathers in front of the window, principally men. Mr. Brown is telephoned for and after much excitement the other blind is swung back in place and Mrs. Brown gets the money she originally asked for.
- A husband and wife swear never again to sneak out on each other with their friends, and are both faced with complications when they go back on their word.
- Here is a descriptive picture showing the vastness of the work required of the Pennsylvania State Police. The work is decidedly interesting, as it is out of the ordinary routine of police duty. An interesting scene of Troop 'B' mounted on horseback is shown; the horses gallop and turn sometimes running abreast in a long line, swaying from right to left at the slightest touch of the rein. There are various offenses for which arrest is liable, from illegal fishing and hunting to a dangerous arrest based upon an incident at Florence, Pa., showing the police entering the house under the fire of the fugitives and coming out with their men. Another requirement of the police is to fight forest fires. This scene shows the police with their equipment for such an occasion smothering a blaze which, if not handled promptly and skillfully, might have resulted in serious loss of life and money. In obtaining interesting matter for this film the scenic portion was not neglected. Scenes on picturesque roadways, whirling streams and shady forests all add to the beauty, especially one of the mounted police passing the monument at Wyoming commemorating the Indian Massacre during the Revolutionary War.
- In the school we find jealousy in the shape of a substitute who is jealous of a half-back who is to play in the big game of the season. At the practice game the day before, Jim Ralston, the half-back, gets a telegram from his mother saying it is imperative for him to be at his home the next day to sign some papers for the settlement of an estate. Ed Hobart, the substitute, looks over Jim's shoulder, reads the telegram and sees an opportunity to play in Ralston's place. Billy Hanks, one of the boys of the college, loans Ralston his car to drive to his home, thirty-five miles away, so as to be back in time for the game. Ed Hobart gets a pal of his, Fred Owens, to follow in another car, telling him to let the gasoline out of the tank of Ralston's automobile. The gasoline is emptied and he, Fred Owens, stops at a road house for refreshments, confident of his success. Upon the discovery of the loss of the power in Jim's car, the old lawyer starts to drive by a short cut to the nearest garage. Accidentally they run across Fred's automobile in front of the road house. Ralston tries to bribe the chauffeur. He refuses to accept but by the dint of muscular persuasion he is soon speeding along. In the meantime the game is very close. In fact it looks bad for Ralston's side and when he reaches the oval the score is six to six and four minutes to play. Ralston gets a big reception and proves to be just in the nick of time to save the day.
- Two economical young ladies, art students, engage a furnished room intending to do housekeeping, but discover that cooking is not allowed. The girls are not over-scrupulous about abiding by such oppressive rules and proceed to boil a head of cabbage, very much to the annoyance of a young doctor who occupies the room overhead. He promptly complains to the landlady, who assures him of an immediate investigation. She demands to know the cause of the horrible odor emanating from their room. They explain that ill-smelling liniment they are using for a bad case of diphtheria is the cause of it. The landlady, fearing contagion, summons the young doctor, who responds to the call. Instead of finding a distressful case of illness, be finds two young girls in the best of health struggling convulsively to control their mirth. Both girls explain the situation to him and show him the contraband cabbage. Being fond of this article of food, he accepts their invitation to join the feast, and finds a girl of his own heart.
- Her father's death brought Sylvia Fairfax face-to-face with conditions she was unequipped to handle, and after an unsuccessful attempt to fill the position of governess in the Windermere home, she went to New York, where her experiences in a typical boardinghouse were varied. Finally, thanks to Hetty Sharp taking her under her experienced wing, Sylvia escaped Bannes' machinations and finally secured a position in the same department store where Hetty worked. In an effort to stop systematic thievery, the store owner had employed a detective and his suspicions fell on Sylvia. It so happened that just as Hetty had taken a handsome collar from the case, she was called to the main office. Thrusting the package into Sylvia's hand, telling her to keep it until she returned, she hurried away. A few moments afterwards Sylvia was confronted by the detective, and, despite her declaration of innocence, was taken to the office of the owner and charged with robbery. The two girls were examined separately by the police inspector, and being unable to secure any evidence from Hetty, he proceeded to apply the third degree to Sylvia. In spite of all their efforts, she refused to tell who gave her the package. Hetty, listening in the next room, could finally stand it no longer and burst into the room with a full confession that cleared Sylvia. Struck by Sylvia's fortitude, the Inspector offered to employ her on the force, and her first case turned out to be the abduction of little Kittie Gray. Sylvia had met Robert Gray before her misfortunes, and on discovering that she was to work in his home, she prevailed upon him not to divulge her identity. Clever work enabled Sylvia to locate the abductors through the complicity of Lizzie the maid, and after a terrific pistol fight ending in the capture of the thugs, little Kittie was restored to her mother's arms, while Robert made known Sylvia's real identity to his mother. Deciding to resign from the force, Sylvia and Robert went to the police station, and as Hetty had been released on a suspended sentence, Sylvia took the girl to her new home in an effort to make some return for Hetty's former kindness.