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- The story of the Titanic disaster based on the account of a survivor.
- Maid Marian is represented in the cast as the daughter of Old Merwyn and it is at his house that the action begins. He introduces a rich gentleman as her prospective husband after displaying jewelry which the formal suitor has sent ahead with his declaration of love. Friar Tuck appears under the pretense of asking for alms and warns Marian that Robin is waiting at their meeting place. She manages to escape during a parley between her father and her future husband, Guy de Gisbourne, and keeps her appointment. She is discovered, however, and her angry father, backed up by the unheroic Guy, protests valiantly against the clandestine love-making, but formidable Robin is only amused. The bold outlaw is so careless about his personal safety that he eventually falls into an ambush prepared by Guy de Gisbourne, is captured and is bound to a tree while they set off in search of the Sheriff of Nottingham to obtain a formal warrant for Robin Hood's arrest. Marian hurries to where Little John is repairing swords at his forge and finds besides the brawny blacksmith Will Scarlet and Alan-a-Dale. As soon as these members of Robin Hood's band hear of their leader's plight they go to his rescue, free him and organize for revenge. Guy, meanwhile, repairs to the Sheriff of Nottingham's house, where he obtains the warrant he desires. He next visits Marian's father and uses his legal instrument to such advantage that he is promised the hand of the maid as soon as he arrests the outlaw. Guy gets busy. He sets out with a body of armed men expecting to find his prey tied to the tree, but is drawn into an ambush like that he prepared for Robin Hood. Robin and his men fall upon the invaders of their natural domain, drag them from their horses and bind them to the trees in the same manner as their leader had been treated. They then decide to capture the Sheriff. This bold plan fails when it is on the verge of success. The old gentleman wakes just in time to sound an alarm, which summons the guards and the entire band of outlaws is captured. Maid Marian effects a second rescue with greater difficulty, as Robin and his men had been incarcerated in a prison. She and a bunch of her pretty girl friends flirt with the sentinels and lure them away from their posts, while the outlaws scale the wall and descend to the other side by means of a rope secretly furnished for that purpose. The Sheriff now puts a price on Robin's head, while the latter buries himself deeper in the forest and gathers a powerful band of recruits. The second part opens at a wayside tavern near Nottingham. The Sheriff of Nottingham, Guy de Gisbourne, and Old Merwyn are in conspiracy, Friar Tuck watching them closely from another table while pretending to be drunk, and into this plotting comes a new character, a majestic stranger of formidable aspect. The newcomer is none other than Richard Coeur de Leon, the King himself, whose adventures are so entrancingly told by Sir Walter Scott. For some reason or another, not satisfactorily explained, the three gentlemen engaged in conspiring propose to capture the mysterious stranger. Without suspecting their evil devices the mysterious unknown seats himself and calls for refreshment. Friar Tuck draws near and warns the stranger. The latter secretly draws his sword and laughs at the idea of danger. Presently the Sheriff signals soldiers who are awaiting his call and they pour into the tavern. Their attack is directed against the stranger and some lively sword play follows. He backs up to the wall, cuts and thrusts in magnificent style and is materially aided by the monk. They do effective work, accomplishing marvels with their weapons, but are about to be overcome when Tuck draws the stranger away through a secret hiding-place and they seek safety in flight. The belligerent Friar conducts his new friend through the forest to the secret camp of the outlaw and there a great feast is prepared of venison and other game. Robin Hood gives up his own tent to the accommodation of the stranger when the latter retires for the night. Next day Robin and the unknown have a friendly bout with swords in which the famous outlaw is disarmed. He exclaims in amazement, "Only one man in all England could disarm me." "Who may that be?" asked the stranger. "Our Most Gracious King," replied Robin. Then Richard Coeur de Leon drops his long coat and exclaims: "I am the King!" This is Robin's opportunity. He and his band acclaim the monarch, while Richard the Lion-Hearted seems to enter into the spirit of their calling. When they depart on a secret mission, attired as monks, he gives them his sanction and bids them godspeed. They are on their way to abduct the beautiful Marian. Some lively adventures follow, but they get the girl and carry her away to their forest retreat, where she is wedded to her true lover by Friar Tuck. He performs the ceremony beneath the tree on whose trunk has been fashioned a cross made of daisies. All is not over. The persecutors are still busy. The Sheriff and Guy and Merwyn with all their soldiers appear at the wedding of Maid Marian and lay violent hands upon Robin. Now does the King advance and say, "Hold, that lady is Robin's wife!" In vain Merwyn urges that Marian is his daughter and that the King shall be informed of this indignity practiced upon his family. The monarch reveals his identity and orders Robin's men to clear his forest of the intruders, Sheriff and all. They do this with no reluctance and the play is over; virtue triumphs in the person of the noble lawbreaker, while vice, typified then as now by those who make and interpret the laws, is punished as it deserves.
- Here is the heart-rending narrative of Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster of Sleepy Hollow, and his strenuous courtship, the quilting bee, the village dance, the bragging of Ichabod and the true love of Katrina and Brown Bones, and finally the merry prank by which Ichabod is pursued by the Headless Horseman with a pumpkin lantern in his hand.
- Carl Wagner's good wife was dying. His heart bled at the thought of losing her, his life-long loyal helpmate. And his opera was almost completed, after spending months of weary hours to make it perfect. A pretty daughter tried in vain to brighten the overhanging gloom. Finally the composer, after a superhuman effort, and with a soul filled with sorrow, finished the last act of his score and hurried away to the impresario for a hearing. Here he was assured of an immediate reading and the return to his humble tenement was made with a much lighter heart. The doctor paid another visit to his patient and left a prescription to be filled. Carl reached home and realized how much depended upon the medicine ordered to possibly save a life most dear. Taking his cherished violin, the only article of value remaining, he rushed off to the pawnbroker and negotiated a loan. Meanwhile, the sad-faced patient and tender wife and mother quietly passed away, breathing a prayer for the future of her husband and child. The doctors say something snapped in Carl Wagner's brain when he entered that room and saw his wife lying there cold in death. At any rate, they gently led him away to a quiet sanitarium, where, for days, he stared vacantly into space and never uttered a word. The opera was passed on favorably. Word was sent to the musician's home and Alma went to the impresario's in answer to the summons. A reigning prima donna, then starring at the opera house, refused to go on at the last moment. Alma heard the controversy as she sat waiting. Then she thought of her musical education, of the poor old man in the sanitarium and bravely volunteered to understudy the prima donna. In a night she rose to fame. The metropolis was at her feet. Then came offers of marriage. At the stage door she was besieged by admirers. Even the manager proposed. How she met these advances and ultimately fell victim to a brave man's devotion, after a wild ride with a designing scoundrel, is only equaled in interest by the experience of Carl Wagner returning home after being mentally made sound.
- Two old businessmen quarrel over a deal, and when it is learned that their respective son and daughter are in love, there is strenuous objection on their part.
- A house party was taking place at the Shermans' country home. Hector Richards is in love with the daughter of his hostess and has every reason to believe that his affection is returned until he attempts to steal a kiss from the girl and is rewarded by a slap in the face, and she tells him that she will never, never marry him until he is able to secure a kiss from her to be given to him of her own free will. Hector tries in many ways to win a kiss from the fair Alice, even going so far as to kidnap the young man who is to play Romeo to Alice's Juliet in an amateur performance that they are to appear in. Alice discovers the wily Hector and frustrates his plans. Again, at a charity bazaar he inveigles her into selling a kiss, and once more she escapes the trap. Finally, as a reward for his perseverance, she yields and kisses the young man of her own free will, and from the manner in which the kiss is given, we should say it is indeed a loving one. And with that kiss our story ends.
- Here is a mirth-provoking farce of mistaken identities, of the sorrows which overtake a romantic young gentleman in search of a romantic young lady who is to prove her identity by wearing a white rose. It happens that on this particular day, white roses are popular! And thereby hangs the trouble.
- Teddy Airfield, has received a letter from his country friend to the effect that his sister is coming to the city, and asking Teddy to entertain the girl during the time she is in the city. This Teddy is not particularly inclined to do, for the last time he had seen the girl she was just an ordinary country girl. Then he writes to three of his friends, telling them of the girl's coming, and asks if they will entertain her, as he is too busy to do so. He promises to foot the bills. The boys promise, and feeling quite a "wise guy," Teddy goes to meet the girl. He is amazed. She is beautiful. Now he is sorry he has made the engagements for the girl and tries to break them off, and phones the boys. But they refuse to be released. Teddy is very provoked, and gets up from the desk on which the phone is placed, leaving the diary in which he has written the engagements (and which he had finished with "And I take Alice to the train, Good Riddance"). Alice, wishing to phone, chances upon the diary and reads the entries. She is pleased, until she comes to the last entry, then she is provoked. Then she determines to punish Mr. Teddy. So on the first night, Jack calls to take her to the theater. She is stunningly dressed, and purposely parades her beauty before Teddy, and is especially sweet to Jack. When the boys call to present their expense bills for entertaining her she overhears them, and after they leave upbraids the disconsolate Teddy for his behavior. However, after Teddy has been properly rebuked she - oh, well, what's the use of trying to describe the actions of two young people at such a time?
- John Morgan, a rich bachelor, has a negro valet called Sambo. In a fit of rage he strikes the darky and thinking he has killed him, he puts his body into a trunk and plans to bury it. But Sambo revives and hides through fright. Morgan waits till night and then takes the trunk to bury it and at every turn comes face to face with Sambo, whom he takes to be a haunting ghost. The movements of the doubly scared pair attract the police and both land in the station house.
- Jim Brock, a reckless, self-indulgent, but kind-hearted youth, through the jealous machinations of his younger brother, is driven from home by his father. The seriousness of the breach with his parents, to whom he is really devoted, brings the young prodigal to his senses. His years of exile turn out to be his making. In the meantime, the younger brother, now absolute master of the situation at home, has thrown off all disguises and appears in his true character of the successful and undutiful son who is ashamed of his aged parents. At his hands, and at those of his equally domineering wife, the old folks learn how sharper than a serpent's tooth is the ingratitude of a thankless child. Matters have approached their crisis when the Black Sheep returns unexpectedly. He has amassed immense wealth and with this potent weapon, he resolves to fight his upstart brother and strike him where the blow may prove most effective. The two brothers meet on the floor of the Stock Exchange. It is a death grapple. The ingrate, Henry, emerges from it crushed and ruined. The very home where he has lorded it so insolently passes into the hands of the avenger. Jim loses no time in putting the house in order.
- Rob Roy, who is one of the farmers on the estate of the Duke of Montrose, is called in by the duke to make an accounting. When the duke questions Rob's figures, that worthy resents it and takes one of the duke's flunkies, who tries to get him out of the room, and throws him out of the window. Rob then returns to the duke, but the duke has called in some soldiers and they overpower the Scot giant. While Rob lies in prison, the duke bums his home and then releases him so that he may see only the ashes. Bent on revenge, Rob Roy goes to Sir Frederick Vernon, who is secretly conspiring against the English, and offers his assistance. The plotters are interrupted in one of their meetings by the entrance of Rashleigh Osbaldistone, the nephew of the wealthy London banker (Sir Osbaldistone). Rashleigh offers to give the conspirators a sure means of freeing Scotland, providing Sir Frederick will promise him the hand of his daughter, Diana, who has just demonstrated her dislike for young Osbaldistone. Sir Frederick is so set upon his purpose of bringing freedom to his land that he forces his daughter to take an oath to marry Rashleigh. Rob Roy witnesses the taking of this oath, although he is not in favor of forcing the girl into such a marriage. In London, Francis Osbaldistone, a young man who prefers to write poetry and dream, rather than work in his father's bank, has given up his place in the bank and he leaves to visit at the Vernon Castle. Rashleigh, his cousin, hears of his leaving and takes the place made vacant in the bank. When Francis arrives at the Vernon Castle he is deeply in love with Diana. A few days later the news comes by Jarvie, Sir Osbaldistone's Glasgow representative, that Rashleigh has stolen some very valuable bonds from the bank, and Francis and Jarvie set out to hunt the thief. They meet Rashleigh in the mountains and Francis and his cousin fight a duel. They are interrupted by Rob Roy, who stops the fight and orders Rashleigh away. He thinks the thief is on an important mission to assist the Scots in their fight for freedom. After Rashleigh has departed, Francis explains the theft of the bonds in his father's bank and then Rob agrees to assist in the pursuit of the thief. Rashleigh, to revenge himself on Francis and place Sir Frederick in his power, turns traitor and goes to the English headquarters, where he tells of Sir Frederick's plot. The English start for the Vernon Castle and Sir Frederick and Diana escape through a secret passage. Francis and Jarvie, not knowing of Rashleigh's treachery, apply to the English for assistance in tracing the thief of the bonds, and they are also placed under arrest. A Scot, who attempts to assist them, is arrested and threatened with hanging if he does not disclose the cave where Rob Roy lives. He refuses and is about to be hung when Rob appears in the distance and signals him to tell. The prisoner then agrees to lead the men and they start with a detachment of troops, taking Francis and Jarvie along as prisoners. Rashleigh discovers Rob Roy, and pretending to be friendly with the Scot leader, he succeeds in securing his sword and then places him under arrest. The English place Rob in a boat and start across the river with him. The detachment of troops who had been following their guide found themselves in an ambush, which had been prepared by Rob's wife, and they were most ingloriously defeated in a great battle there in the hills. Rob escaped by jumping into the river from the boat and arrived just as the Scots, headed by his wife, had routed the English. Francis set out again in pursuit of Rashleigh and met Sir Frederick and Diana, who were fleeing from the pursuing English. The three went to Rob's cave to get Jarvie and here they were surprised by the English, headed by Rashleigh and captured. Rashleigh's triumph was short-lived, however, for Rob's men came in just in time to put an end to Rashleigh's insults to Diana. Rob fought a fair duel with Rashleigh after capturing him and killed him in fair fight, thus leaving Diana and Francis free to wed. The stolen bonds were found in Rashleigh's coat.
- Mr. and Mrs. Brown leave for a reception and Willie is tucked in bed by his nurse, who tiptoes softly out, after extinguishing the lights. The little fellow, who has everything riches can buy, craves for human love and companionship, and after the nurse has gone he climbs from bed and sprawls himself in a rocker before the open grate, and proceeds to read his favorite book, meanwhile munching away at an apple. He is engaged thus when the bells ring, and tiptoeing downstairs, he opens the door to admit a poorly clad and shivering little girl, who is begging. Bringing her to his room the little fellow gets her some cake and milk, and then cuddles up by the chair in the fireplace, and proceeds to show her a picture which hangs on the wall, which is of his grandfather. He then tells her the story of the picture. He tells her that when his grandfather was a young man, back in the Colonial days, he was ordered by his general to go to Arrowhead Inn and steal the plans of the redcoats, who are there. His sweetheart, who is waiting on the officers, overhears them talking, and after letting him into the cellar, repeats the conversation. While they are talking he slips, and the officers, hearing a noise, rush down and capture him. They search the young soldier and tie him to a post, after which they return upstairs. Meanwhile his sweetheart returns, and after telling him her plans, dons his uniform and rides to the fort to tell them of the Britishers' plans. Arriving at the fort, she is held up by the sentry, but she refuses to tell her identity and is willing to be sentenced by them as a spy. At this moment her sweetheart, who has escaped, rides up and tells them the story of his being captured, and who the girl is. They are hailed as hero and heroine, and after the plans have been communicated to the general, they are given a wonderful dinner. At this point, the little fellow looks at the poor little girl and finds she has fallen asleep. He is just waking her when his parents come home from the reception, and he tells them about his little visitor. He asks them to please place her in his bed. and while he curls up in a big chair, the little girl goes peacefully off to sleep on the softest bed she has has ever known.
- Arthur Cartwright married, at the close of the Seventeenth Century in old England, Ruth Joyce, and to escape the old parents' wrath, fled to America, settling at Plymouth, Mass. Ruth's mother accompanied them. Though they lived happy, they were completely isolated from their Puritan neighbors who had small tolerance for their faith. The time came when the Indians wrought death among them. Arthur and Ruth were slain in sight of Mistress Joyce and Alice, the baby. Mistress Joyce became demented from the shock. Because the Indians held an insane person sacred, she was saved from death. This led the Puritans to believe that Mistress Joyce was a witch and when she wandered back among them they seized her and planned to burn her at the stake. With the intent of treating Alice, now sixteen, in the same way they tore her from the Indians and imprisoned her. Her condition touched the old constable, who called in Abner Morton, a newly arrived conformist minister, to administer Christian consolation to her. She had refused to see the Puritan minister. Abner responded and was surprised to find that the girl was of his own faith. After a daring rescue, he takes her out of the danger zone. Sir Richard Cartwright, still living in England, has long grieved over the disappearance of his son. His brother, Sir John, in accordance with his last wishes, departs for America in search of the missing heir of his family. Reaching Plymouth, he is conducted to the conformist minister, Abner Morton, as the most likely to aid. On hearing her father's name, Alice still in trousers, rushes forward and verifies her identity, showing her father's seal ring. The pastoral wedding, the Indian massacre, the ship scenes and dungeons and above all, the scene wherein Mistress Joyce is set ablaze at the stake make this a never-to-be-forgotten picture.
- The captain of a Spanish vessel enters the house where Giles Corey, his wife, Martha, and his daughter, Priscilla, are enjoying a peaceful day at the fireside. He is selling the merchandise brought over by his ship. The Spaniard did not fall to notice the beauty of Priscilla. Coming back, he finds her alone and shows her what he thinks to be the most interesting to the girl, the box containing the jewels. Among the jewels is a rosary. Priscilla does not know what the use of this is, and smilingly, the captain is about to explain, when armed Puritans break into the room and arrest him. They believe he has been making love to the girl. Priscilla, in vain, tries to free him, but succeeds only in being locked up also. There, enclosed by the gray walls of the prison, the Spanish captain shows the first bead of the rosary and there appears before the enchanted eyes of the Puritan's daughter, the joyful mysteries of the rosary: 1st: The annunciation by the Angel to the Virgin Mary; 2nd: The visitation of Mary to Elizabeth; 3rd: The Nativity, birth of the Savior in the stable, surrounded by the adoring Magi and wondering animals; 4th: The presentation of the infant Jesus to Saint Simeon at the Temple; 5th: The Boy Jesus at the Temple confounding the priests by His wisdom, led forth by anxious parents. The Sorrowful Mysteries. First: The agony of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane; 2nd: The scourging of Christ in the courtyard of Pilate's palace. The soldiers urged on by the angry mob; 3rd: The crowning of Jesus with thorns, much to the joy of the howling populace; 4th: Jesus on the way of Calvary, carrying His Cross, followed by the jeering mob and a few faithful ones not daring to show their sorrow, save one, St. Veronica, who gives Him a cloth to wipe His face, and the miracle of the Agonized Face appears on the cloth; 5th: The Crucifixion, where we depart from the usual view of Christ on the Cross and instead give the rending of the curtain in the Temple, which, as it falls, discloses the old City of Jerusalem, and outside the walls on the fatal mount are seen the three crosses with their victims thereon. An astounded priest views the scene, then turning to Heaven asks which is the true God. The sky darkens, lightning flashes and smoke issues here and there. The Glorious Mysteries. First: Roman soldiers, casting dice for the raiment of Christ, are surprised and horrified by noises; the raising of the lid of the tomb and Christ issuing forth and ascending into the air; 2nd: The Ascension. Mary and Christ's disciples repaired to the spot appointed by the Savior. He suddenly appears in their midst and with final instructions slowly ascends into Heaven; 3rd: The descent of the Holy Ghost upon Mary and the Eleven Apostles; 4th: The assumption of the Blessed Virgin, slowly ascending to Heaven accompanied by Angels; 5th: The Crowning of the Blessed Virgin, Queen of Angels and Saints in Heaven. And now we see the prison again. Believing that Priscilla has been bewitched, the Puritans seize the captain, tie him to a stake and are about to burn him alive, when a man runs in and cries out, "the Indiana are upon us." The women flee in terror and the men rush to meet the advancing foe. Juan begs Giles to release him and let him help fight the Indians. Later we see the return of the Puritan warriors. Abner has a wound in his head. All assembled, they miss the captain, and Abner deliberately lies and says be saw him flee. Priscilla, stung by this monstrous tale, accuses Abner of lying. Giles, in his fury, orders her out of the house. She leaves and we find her, rosary in hand, on the battlefield, seeking the captain, whom she finds dying. She gives him the rosary, and he dies in peace. Priscilla returns home, and at the window, her mother tells her that Giles is relentless. As Martha leans over she reads the passage which Giles has just been reading in the Bible, and beckons Priscilla in. The little maid steals down in front of her father, but he rises in anger and is about to hurl his denunciations upon her, when Martha re-opens his Bible and points to the passages: "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." Matthew 6: 14, 15. Giles reads, and turning to Martha says, "You are right." He extends his arms and folds his daughter to his bosom.
- Webb Yeager was what the boys called "some" cowpuncher. He was McAllister's favorite foreman and the boys liked him as well as did the ranch owner. McAllister liked the way Webb gave orders and he also liked the way the boys obeyed his foreman. There was another admirer of Webb on the ranch and this McAllister did not like. When he learned that his daughter, Santa, was receiving attentions from Webb, he promptly told the foreman that he could either agree to stay away from the house, at least five miles out on the ranch, or quit the job. Following this, Webb and Santa arranged a code of signals by which the foreman could come to the house in McAllister's absence. Whenever Webb saw a heart with a cross inside, marked on anything from the ranch, he knew it to be a signal to meet Santa. One day Santa's father died suddenly and soon after Webb and Santa were married. But the new Mrs. Yeager had been in charge of the McAllister household so long that she couldn't get over being "boss," One day Webb ordered some cattle sold and Santa countermanded the order. Webb packed up and left. Months passed by until one day Webb, who was working as foreman on a neighboring ranch, sent to Santa to buy some steers. Before sending them, she marked a heart and cross on several. When the aggressive hubby saw that sign he thought it meant that Santa had given in and had decided to let him be boss. Webb galloped to the old home just as fast as his broncho would carry him. Leaping from his horse he ran up to Santa, who was in front of the house and asked if she was ready to admit that he was "boss." He received a real shock when Santa shook her head, "No." But then the little beauty took bold of the mystified Webb's arm and pulled him into the house. Here he found the new "boss" of the ranch. Can you guess who the new boss was?
- Rex Maiden is the star reporter on "The Times." He is walking home when he stops at the sound of a girl's voice pleading with a man. The man breaks away from her, however, when she attempts to hold him, and the girl, seeing that to plead with him is useless, walks sadly away. As she comes up to him. Maiden looks deep into her eyes and is struck by the look of terror which is mirrored there. He is about to speak to the young woman when she turns and flees. Maiden then buries down street after the man whom she has just left. He finds the man who had been talking to the girl masked and struggling with an armed figure in the street. In the struggle the masked man secures the revolver and a shot is fired in the air. As the masked man flees he admonishes Maiden, "My cause is a just one. It will be best for you to say nothing of what you have seen." Maiden makes his way to the prostrate body and finds that it is that of Pollard, a government agent, whose name has been connected with several unsavory affairs but who has never been "caught with the goods." Maiden then hurries back after the masked man. From a safe distance he watches the latter hide his revolver and mask. The masked man then makes his way into the best residential section of the town and suddenly disappears into one of the mansions when Maiden is several blocks away. Maiden reports the murder to his old friend, the sergeant at the West Locust Street police station. The sergeant orders an investigation, but when Maiden requests that he alone be permitted to handle the case the sergeant consents. Maiden admits that the only clue he has is the voice of the masked man. The papers, of course, are full of the tragedy, for Pollard, the dead government agent, had been prominent in the last political campaign. Various theories are offered and Pollard's political enemies at first are suspected, but this theory later is dropped. Maiden, quite by accident, comes across the picture of a young society woman in a New York periodical devoted to chronicling the doings of the smart sets in large cities all over the country. He recognizes the girl as the one who ran past him on the night of the tragedy. Acting at once upon the clue, the reporter calls on the young woman, whose name, as indicated by a caption under her photograph is "Mrs. Braybach of Sheridan Park," one of the best known society leaders of the younger set. Maiden calls on Mrs. Braybach on the pretense of obtaining society notes, but the butler will not permit him to enter. Maiden then tries to peer through the windows of the Braybach home, but is ejected from the grounds by one of the gardeners. For the time he is forced to give up his endeavor to see Mrs. Braybach. The managing editor calls Maiden into his office and tells him to get into the jail and secure the life story of Jim Graham, a murderer, who is to be sentenced that day for murder. Maiden elbows into the courtroom in an effort to secure permission from one of the attendants to visit the murderer in his cell. As he enters the courtroom Graham is led in to be sentenced. Maiden is astounded when he hears the judge on the bench pronounce sentence, for in a moment he realizes that he has found his man, whose voice only he remembers. And the man he is looking for is not Jim Graham the murderer, but the judge on the bench. The reporter laughs loud and long, for he realizes that the judge is judging; that a murderer is passing sentence on the murderer. Maiden returns to the sergeant and tells him to have the money ready, for he has his man. He then gets the mask and gun the murderer discarded and an hour later stands before the judge in the latter's home. The judge, confronted by bis accuser, admits the crime and tells his story: His sister, Mrs. Braybach, was happily married until Pollard, the dead man, came to her home, secured papers incriminating her husband from a government official as security for a loan. Pollard coveted Mrs. Braybach and refused to restore the papers which would ruin Braybach until Mrs. Braybach had bowed to his will. Mrs. Braybach appealed to her father, the judge, and the latter in the struggle which Maiden witnessed, takes Pollard's revolver from him and kills the scoundrel. Shaking the judge by the hand, Maiden assures him that he did perfectly right and returns to the sergeant to whom he gives back the money he has wagered. "I lose," Maiden explains, "I had the wrong man." The police sergeant later learns the facts of the case, but agrees that justice has been done.
- Mr. and Mrs. Consumer find that they have no food in the house. It is salary day, so they depart for the market which is a monopoly and presided over by a syndicate representing the goods they controlled. Their motto is "Our prices, all we can get." This syndicate is composed of kings, thus divided: Milk, butter and eggs, coal, bread, sugar, meat, clothing and tobacco. At this market there is a great gathering which finally thins out to the few who have enough money to satisfy the grasping kings. The various types of consumers buy or try to buy their necessities at exorbitant prices. The kings are greedy and cruel. Finally unable to bear these impositions, the people become impatient and resolve to do something to repair their wrongs. The kings have a reunion and make a mound of their bags of gold, which they worship. It is transformed into the God of Greed, around which they group and command the people to cease their complaints. A meeting of the discontented people is in progress when the painting of Justice comes to life and joining them, asks them to tell their complaints, and she, thoroughly aroused, issues an indictment for trial against the wicked Trust Kings. Uncle Sam executes the warrant much to the joy of the consumers. He repairs to the market where the Kings are having a Jubilee, arraigns them, calls upon the people to carry out the orders of Justice points to a sign which has changed to "Justice Triumphs at Last." The mob seizes the kings and hustles them off to the bar of Justice. The kings, handcuffed, are now arraigned before Justice Uncle Sam enters as the people's lawyer, and in a short time (with the overwhelming evidence of their rapacity), has the jury pronounce them guilty and sentenced to hard labor for life. The people destroy the God of Greed and now that prosperity returns a few weeks later give a jollification feast at Mr. Consumer's house. In the meantime, the guards lead the kings, in convict garb, to their labors which they do very lightly. They overcome their guards and escape. While the feast is at its height the kings repair to Consumer's house and like a lot of vultures attack Justice, drag her from the house and make her a prisoner. The noise disturbs the merry-makers; they go out to ascertain the cause, are horrified to find Justice gone. In the meantime the statue of the God of Greed has been reconstructed. The kings drag Justice before it and completely suffocate and obliterate her under bags of gold. The kings return to their thrones. The angry people rush on to see the old order of things re-established and can only show their sorrow and misery. Justice is seen behind the bars, handcuffed, awaiting deliverance. Mr. and Mrs. Consumer are at their table again hungry, all food gone. Uncle Sam appears they appeal to him, he leads them forth and pointing up, shows them the promise of the future. Old glory is seen waving and then Uncle Sam indicates that they may remedy matters by choosing from one of the presidential candidates of the different parties whose pictures are thrown upon the screen.
- The Raven photo-poem tells the sad romance of Edgar Allan Poe, his beautiful, dying wife, and their bitter life of struggle for the recognition of genius. The poem is interpreted by the all-seeing eye of the camera and the success of the poet, in his great inspiration, is shown with beautiful scenic effects and a magnificently staged production exceeding our past successes.
- Features a chronological parade of major events and battles of the American Revolution, with a side-plot emphasis on the emotional stress of a patriotic American girl, played by Dorothy Gibson) in love with an English army officer. She remains faithful to the cause of independence, and marries her sweetheart after the war.
- A witch, upset with a man who yelled at her, places a curse on his box of matches that turns him into a skeleton.
- Edward Curzon labors under the false impression that his wife has a strong affection for other men. One night Eleanor, the wife, receives a letter from her dissolute brother telling her that if he does not receive money from her that evening he will expose himself to her husband. Fearing nothing she goes into the garden, the suggested meeting place, and gives him the money. He is so pleased that he kisses her. This is seen by the husband. When he asks her for an explanation, she sternly refuses. The husband perceives a plan of revenge when he catches Al Bender, a burglar, in the library. For a large sum of money he has the burglar take away his little boy, Joe. When the wife observes the loss of Joe, she falls into a faint and the husband tells her that she will never see him again. Bender begins to gamble with the money he received from Curzon and when the poolroom is raided Bender escapes, but his runner, Frank Morton, is captured. Morton is later released and is trailed to the rendezvous of Bender, who is captured by the police. Before Bender is taken away he manages to give Morton a stunning blow on the head, knocking him unconscious. Coming to his senses he finds little Joe; he decides to adopt him and act as his father. Years later we find Joe a blossoming young schoolboy and his "father" a worthy quarryman. The father is badly injured by an untimely explosion and taken to a hospital. In order to support himself Joe sells newspapers. Back in the home of Edward Curzon, a young baby girl clung to her mother's skirts as she looked at the photograph of her long lost son. A telegram to his wife announcing the death of her brother revealed to Curzon the true state of affairs and he tried hard to make restitution. Shortly afterward Curzon, acting upon the confession made by Bender to a clergyman that his son could be found with a man named Morton, inserted an advertisement to the effect that information was wanted concerning Frank Morton. The ad caught the eye of Joe who, upon calling at the house given, found himself in the loving embraces of his real mother and father. When his other "daddy" was well again, he was taken into the Curzon household, and the little boy then had two fathers. Which was the better?
- Hughes is a gigantic Welshman who lives with his mother and little daughter, having lost his wife through a serious illness. Miller, his assistant, is a young American, athletic, and a good miner who is engaged to Bessie Evers, a mine foreman's daughter. Both men are employed in the same mine. Bessie is very fond of Hughes' little girl. One day Hughes happens along just in time to rescue Bess from the embraces of a drunken Mexican and immediately he falls in love with the pretty girl. He despairs upon learning that she is already engaged to Miller and soon finds hatred creeping into his heart for the young American, causing a breach between them. Hughes' little girl goes to feed the mascot of the mine, a mother cat, and lingers to play with the kittens. An accident occurs in which a fuse prematurely explodes, imprisoning the little girl and many of the miners. All of the miners become exhausted in their struggle for freedom except Hughes and Miller, who work untiring until at last the way is opened. In their combined effort to preserve human life, the hatred vanishes and the two men become close friends.
- George Austen and his wife, after fifteen years of married life, find themselves growing apart. The husband so far forgets his marital vows as to pay attention to another woman. A sale is announced at a leading jewelry store of a wonderful pearl. Both the wife and the woman, with whom Austen is infatuated, covet this gem. Austen buys the pearl and leaves his card with the salesman. Naturally thinking it is for his wife, it is sent to her. Austen returns too late to prevent the serious error. He is frantic with worry. The faithful Mrs. Austen, receiving the pearl, realizes at once what has happened and, shutting her eyes to the tragedy in her life, she forwards the pearl to her husband's object of attention. The woman receives it and is overjoyed. When Austen calls he is dumbfounded to find that the pearl has arrived at its proper destination and the selfishness and shallow love of the woman opens his eyes. A quarrel follows and in a rage she returns the pearl to him. Returning home he presents the jewel to his wife and with bowed head realizes that he has been neglecting a pearl of great price at his own hearth.
- Moran, blind to ambition, has been a longstanding friend of Widow Casey. In his way Moran likes the widow, but his strongest affection is for her little boy. The boy, in turn cherishes the man's friendship and the knife which the man has given him. Time comes when the widow and Moran quarrel. To rid herself of him she leaves with the boy, hoping to find a living some other place. But instead of kindness and work the widow finds rebuffs and hunger. One night she faints from weakness in the roadway; the boy hails a strange man to their aid. The mother is carried into a tenement. "Boy," shortly after, remembers his knife which he had left in the old home; he asks to return and find it. He is roughly rebuffed by his mother and her newfound friend. Meanwhile Moran drinks steadily in an attempt to drown his loneliness. He returns to the tenement which had been deserted by the widow, one night to commit suicide. As the deed is about to be done his eye falls on the knife which he gave to "boy." He remembers and the thought drives suicide from his mind. He goes back to the saloon to again drink. Watching his chance, the boy escapes one day and while on his way to the old home, passes a saloon. Inside he observes Moran. Moran comes out and starts for the river, again determined on suicide. "Boy" follows him and Moran plunges into the water; the little fellow runs up and jumps too. Moran's efforts are turned toward saving the boy from the fate he had intended for himself. The boy leads his old friend to a hut where Moran faints from lack of food and too much drink. A passing priest is called and Moran is revived. Together the three go to the old tenement. The latent good in Moran, through the loyalty of "boy," has been aroused and as time passes he reforms. Firm in his struggle he becomes a lay brother of the priesthood. The boy becomes a singer in the choir. Meanwhile, the widow, still leading her old life, passes the monastery. She hears the voice of her son singing. The boy recognizes her and accompanies her to her home. She finds another woman in her place. At the point of a pistol the widow drives her out. The "man," furious, leaves her. But the mother finds comfort in her son and when he consents to remain with her, she determines to lead a better life. The priests from the monastery have searched in vain for the boy. Nothing is heard of him until the mother calls a priest to attend him; the boy is sick. Moran accompanies the good father. Recognizing him, the widow hides. Moran, when told that the little fellow is dying, is heartbroken, and as the little fellow passes away we find the two who loved him best, the idler Moran and the widow, weeping over him with joined hands. The widow urges Moran to take her with him. He tells her of his entering the priesthood. Moran, however, finds a way out by having the sisters care for her. In time to come the widow becomes a sister herself. Side by side the monastery and nunnery stand and from the latticed windows Moran and the widow look upon each other, at peace with the world and themselves.