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- Harry Duval is confidential clerk to Robert Moore, the manager of the Dornan Coal Mine, and he is in love with Winnie, the manager's daughter. Winnie reciprocated his affection, but he is hated by two of the miners, named Jennings and Hand, who decide to play him an ill trick at the first opportunity that presents itself. When Mr. Moore is called away on business one day, he leaves the management of the mine in the hands of his confidential clerk, who is told to use his private office. Duval manages the mine very capably, and at the end of the day prepares to take his departure, as he has an appointment with Winnie, It is the first time that he has ever been in the darkness in the manager's office, and he is attracted by a faint light which appears to penetrate a crack in the wall. When Harry examines the crack, he discovers that it is really a joint in a very small door, which is cunningly contrived to hide a small receptacle in the wall. This receptacle contains some radium, and also plans and details which tell of its discovery down in the mine by a man who was manager before Mr. Moore and who mysteriously disappeared in its depths. Realizing that lie has made a discovery which means a fortune to his employers, the owners of the Dornan Coal Pits. Harry goes off to keep his appointment with Winnie. He is not aware that his discovery has been observed by the miners Jennings and Hand, who have taken another miner named Kean Butler, into confidence. Directly when he has left the office, these three villains break into it and take possession of the papers which they have seen discovered. When Harry discovers his loss, he is unable to trace the culprits, as the three miners are wise enough to go to work as usual, and thus avoid suspicion. That day, when the mine is full of workers, an explosion of fire damp takes place, and a section of the mine takes fire. Most of the miners working in this section manage to reach the pithead with the rest of their comrades, but Kean Butler, who is working there, is unable to effect his escape, and is overcome by the deadly fumes. No man will venture into the burning depth to save him, with the exception of the confidential clerk, whom he has plotted to ruin. Harry braves the danger of the burning pit, and succeeds in bringing the unconscious miner to the surface in safety. Later in the day Kean Butler confesses to Harry the part he played in the work of the previous night, and also betrays his comrades, who are fortunate enough to escape in time. Acting upon the information received from the betrayer, Harry hastens to secure the arrest of the two villains, who are at large. He sends Butler to the police but Butler is waylaid by Jennings and Hand, and, to escape their vengeance, the craven-hearted wretch betrays his heroic benefactor. Realizing that time is short, the miners hasten to the mine, thinking to locate the radium before Harry can get upon their track, but, he too is hastening to the mine on horseback. The miners see him urging on his horse in the distance, start in pursuit. After a desperate chase, they catch up with him by the railroad track. A diabolical scheme then enters into their heads by which to dispose of him. By an ingenious device, they hold up a passing freight train, and make the engine driver and stoker dismount. They tie Harry to the front of the engine, and then start the train rushing down the track at a high rate of speed, without driver or any person to control it. The next action is to switch the freight train on to the track of a down-coming express. Fortunately Winnie is scanning the country at that moment with her father's powerful field glasses, and she is horrified as she sees this diabolical action perpetrated right under her eyes. She recognizes her lover in his perilous position, and hastens to the stable, where she saddles her horse, and dashes out, determined to do her best to save the man she loves. Reaching the junction ahead of the freight train, which is now rocking wildly as it dashes along the rails, she dismounts, and placing her whole strength into one leap, manages to reach the cabin of the engine and stops the train before it exactly meets the down-coming express, which is arrested in time. The distance between the two trains only amounts to a few feet, and thus Harry has a most fortunate rescue, thanks to the courage of his sweetheart. The three miners have entered the mine expecting to find the radium. Whilst they are below another explosion of fire damp occurs, but the miners are confident that they can make their escape through an opening which leads to the river. Seeing that the mine is again on fire, Winnie suggests that as the mine is empty, they should flood it, as the damage done by the flood can more easily he repaired than that caused by fire. She and Harry, therefore, open the flood-gates of the lock, and the river pours into the mine through the very opening through which the miners are attempting to escape, and thus they meet an end which they thoroughly deserve.
- Leon Dorbier, a rich widower, brings about the engagement of his daughter, Suzanne, to Jacques Clamor. Miss Eddy, an American girl befriended by Dorbier, becomes the bosom friend of Suzanne and proves a staunch friend during the outrages that are perpetrated against her. Baronne De Warza, an adventuress, who is deeply in love with Leon Dorbier, finds an obstacle in his daughter, Suzanne. From now on a series of outrages against Suzanne occur, the frustrations of which are largely due to Miss Eddy and Jacques Clamor. On the night that the contract is to be signed. Suzanne's absence causes alarm, but a thorough search finds her in her apartments in a dazed state. The "Masked Mystery"' is at work. Dorbier notifies the police, and the detectives are exasperated to find that the "Masked Mystery" had worn gloves so as to hide the fingerprints and render the search more difficult. Several days later Suzanne and her friend take their daily ride, and the horse, which has been tampered with by the "Masked Mystery," becomes unmanageable and runs away. Suzanne and her friend find it necessary to call the services of a motor car in order to reach home. But fortune seems to be against them. While the chauffeur is repairing his machine the "Masked Mystery" appears and succeeds in kidnapping Suzanne, while her friend, Miss Eddy, escapes and carries the news to Leon Dorbier of his daughter's abduction. The "Masked Mystery" carries Suzanne to a lonely mansion, and when she refuses to sign an agreement that if she is set free she will give up all hope of seeing her father and fiancé, they tie her in a bag and throw her into the river. Suzanne, by means of a penknife which she carries in her bosom, succeeds in opening the sack, and, by a desperate struggle, manages to reach a passing boat upon which she takes refuge. In the meantime, Jacques Clamor and Miss Eddy have left no stone unturned in their effort to rescue Suzanne, and while passing over a bridge in a motor car in pursuit of the abductors of Suzanne, they collide with another car, causing a terrific explosion and a heart-rending scene. Suzanne is welcomed home by her father, and when she learns of the terrible accident and possibly the death of her lover, she determines to bring the criminals to task. They set a trap for the "Masked Mystery," and at midnight, as he is entering the library window, he is taken by surprise and captured. When the mask is removed the face of Baronne De Warza is revealed. She breaks down and makes a full confession, stating that she is in love with Leon Dorbier, and, wishing to wed him, found an obstacle in the person of Suzanne. After her confession the adventuress makes a break for liberty, but she is closely pursued by the police. Seeing escape impossible, she takes her own life. Suzanne then searches for Jacques who mysteriously disappeared after the motor car accident, and succeeds in locating him in a private sanitarium in a very precarious condition, but by careful nursing he progresses rapidly, and several months later a double wedding takes place, when Suzanne and Jacques are made man and wife and Miss Eddy becomes the bride of Leon Dorbier.