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- Abandoned by her maidservant in an isolated country house, a mother must protect herself and her baby from an invading tramp while her husband races home in a stolen car to save them.
- The story of a two jewel thieves whose lives intersect during the course of their crimes.
- A magic spell has turned a handsome prince into a hideous and repulsive beast, and only the love of a beautiful woman can change him back. ]
- Jimmie Endicott, a young man of well-to-do parents, worries his father and mother with his nightly debauches. One night at the club, while intoxicated, he strikes a waiter with his cane, and thinking he has killed him, he decides to leave town. His wanderings through the city take him to the lower part of the shipping district. Every policeman he sees he thinks is following him. As a last resort he climbs aboard a schooner as it is about to sail. Feeling secure on board the apparently deserted ship, he falls asleep under some canvas. On awakening in the morning he finds that the ship is far out at sea. He is brutally treated by the mate, whose actions are resented by Jib, the captain's daughter. Later he picks up a paper telling about the waiter's recovery. Finding that he is not guilty of murder, he decides to return. He is laughed at by all of the men and the brutal sailors. He even offers to buy the ship if they will return. The crew laugh at him all the more when he finds he has no money. The only one who believes his story is little Jib. Remembering his temper, Jim permits the sailors to treat him brutally, which gives him the name of "Chicken-Hearted Jim." Jim resents this treatment, finding him a gentleman and quite different from the rough sailors. A few days later the sailors plan to steal the ship and go to an island where one of the men knows where a treasure is hidden. Jim wakes up one morning to find the captain and his daughter lashed to the mast. Jim, single-handed, gets the best of the crew and releases the captain and daughter. Jim's kindness is rewarded by a happy marriage and a happy return home.
- James Lee is an artist, light and selfish. His wife is that tragic type of woman who loves intensely and feels deeply. In a pretty milkmaid the artist finds a model to his liking. She is fresh, young end appeals to his imagination. In the petit liaison that springs up between them, James Lee forgets his wife, and the milkmaid turns with scorn on her fisherman lover. Hurt to the quick and happy light dies out in the wife's life when she observes James Lee caress the girl. When the artist takes the milkmaid in his arms and she feels the brutal warmth of his kiss, she shrinks away in fear and returns penitent to her fisherman. When James Lee returns to his wife she is gone. He tries to reason it out. He misses her and her thousand little wares. A deep love never felt before now awakens. She goes to a holy hermit who advises her to pray and fast. In a lonesome spot in the rocks where the waves break, James Lee finds his wife praying. In shame he kneels beside her. She looks and the fond light returns to her eyes and she knows that her prayer has been answered.
- Arthur Vaughn, a rising young artist, steps into a cobbler's shop to "save his sole," and sees there a girl, the daughter of the cobbler. The cobbler is an habitual drunkard, and the artist tells the girl to leave the squalor of her surroundings and offers her work in his studio. The girl accepts. One day, the artist paints her as she stands, in her rags. It is pronounced a master work. Another day the girl dons the satins and silks of the models, and bids him paint her in those raiments. His trained eye notes the distinct contrast, and he paints her in fine feathers. The portraits, with their contrast and realism, are masterpieces, and quickly establish the artist's reputation. At an exhibition of the Art League it attracts the attention of the President, who becomes curious to know the model. He meets her, and exhorts her to leave the life she is leading. The girl ponders his advice, sees the truth of it and the fearful trend of her life and asks the artist to marry her. He tells her he cannot. The girl, resolved to return to a life of honor, returns to her miserable home. In her absence, the artist realizes that he really loves the girl, and goes to seek her. He enters in time to frustrate the maddened cobbler from wreaking his drunken vengeance upon the girl for leaving him, and leads her out into that life which through all the years she bad dreamt of.
- At an embassy ball Robert Carlton meets the girl of his dreams. He is attracted by an odd ring she wears, a circle of perfectly matched rubies. The following evening Carlton is jostled by an evil-looking fellow. Pausing to light a cigarette, he discovers a ring upon the sidewalk, a counterpart of that worn by the girl he loves. He places the ring on his finger. Some evenings later Robert visits a Bohemian café. A distinguished looking foreigner enters; a gleam of satisfaction appears as he catches sight of the ring which Carlton wears. He drops a note into Carlton's lap and then leaves. Carlton finds the note a sort of cryptic invitation to follow. Outside the café he meets the stranger who, without a word, leads the way. Carlton follows into an evil-looking house. Once inside the stranger leaves him. Carlton begins a tour of inspection when he hears a slight rustle. Turning, he is astonished to see the girl uppermost in his thoughts. She accuses him of being a detective. Carlton explains the affair. As she is about to help him out of the place the stranger returns with a dark robe. The girl is at her wits' end. Entering, Carlton finds himself in an underground council chamber containing thirty or forty strange figures clad like himself in long dark flowing robes. The leader of the meeting calls for the password. Carlton cannot give it. The leader, accusing him of being a spy, condemns him to death. Carlton is chained to the wall, beside a lighted bomb. To save the man she loves, the girl leaves by a secret passage and informs the police. She saves her lover from the clutches of the Nihilists, by herself turning traitor to the cause.
- All over the world there is nightfall, but never the fall of a night like this. Many times since knighthood was in flower, and even after it withered, many arrant and erring knights have fallen from the pedestal whereon they fain would climb down to the dust of earth, dust which they have bitten. Her parents desire her to marry a nobleman, but she and a certain be do not agree with the old folks' ultimatum. The father inserts an advertisement in the newspapers inviting noblemen to call at his house for matrimonial and monetary purposes. An impecunious waiter reads the ad and at once determines to enter the lists in the role of a nobleman. He writes that he will call, and the two young people forthwith arrange for his call. The "he" gets the butler to permit him to don his clothes and assume his stoic position in life; the "she" engages Biddy, the cook, to impersonate herself, the heiress. The Count makes his entrance and is entranced by the elevated Biddy. Things go well, when Biddy's lover, the traditional policeman, passing the window, sees the love scene and makes a hasty and formidable appearance. After a strenuous little while the Count finds himself on the cold, unsympathetic pavement, where, a little later, the girl's parents, returning home, find him. With profuse apologies they escort him back to the house, where suddenly the girl's lover recognizes him as a waiter at a favorite restaurant. That settles it. For the second time, and with worse results, through the window we see a "knight-fall."
- Mr. and Mrs. Osborne, a young married couple, have reached the first anniversary of their wedding. Mrs. Osborne wonders if hubby will remember it. The scene shifts to Mr. Osborne's office. His mother calls him up and says, "Don't you know, son, that this is the day of the anniversary of your wedding?" Osborne is apparently surprised and picks up the calendar to verify his mother's statement. He then wonders if his wife recalls the memorable event. Presently we see Osborne at a jeweler's store, where he picks out a beautiful lavaliere, and paying the stipulated price, puts it in his pocket. On his arrival home, he comes to the conclusion that he will wait until his wife mentions the anniversary. Mrs. Osborne has the same idea and conceals the diamond studded cuff-links she has purchased for hubby, so that it now simmers down to a case of "watchful waiting." At dinner the situation gets embarrassing, as no mention is made of the anniversary by either of them. They both get out of sorts, and Osborne returns to the office in a very bad humor. Each is convinced that the other is growing indifferent. A persistent insurance agent calls on Osborne and is almost thrown out of the office. Osborne cools off after a while, and telephones to wifey that he wishes her to come downtown and take dinner with him, but she reminds him that they have accepted an invitation to attend a party that evening. He reluctantly consents to accompany her. On his arrival home, they both proceed to dress for the party. Osborne loses his collar-button, and finds a button missing on the vest of his dress suit. He accuses his wife of neglecting him shamefully. This leads to a domestic quarrel and finally Osborne declines to accompany his wife to the party, telling her that he is going to the club, while she drives off all by herself in a great huff. After both have proceeded on their respective ways for a while, their better nature asserts itself. Osborne accuses himself of being too hard on the poor thing, as he had forgotten the anniversary himself, while wifey, in thinking it over, comes to the conclusion that hubby must have forgotten the event in the rush of business. Both return home; he to put the lavaliere on her dresser and she to put her present on his chiffonier. In endeavoring to carry out this plan of campaign they bunk against each other in the hall. Osborne turns on the light, and they look at each other in blank amazement, each trying to hide their respective present. Then Osborne's face brightens up with an understanding of the situation. He shows wifey the lavaliere; she exhibits the cufflinks and flies into his arms, both exclaiming at the same time, "And you didn't forget." There is a tender reconciliation as the picture fades out.
- During the American Revolution, an innkeeper's daughter learns of a plot to assassinate George Washington while he will be staying at her father's inn.
- Far from the maddened throngs of the city, far from the teeming, seething city streets, in a little fishing town, lives Tess and her half-witted brother, Sam. By clam digging they earn a simple living, but life is sweet in spite of its simplicity. Right near their hut lived a young fisherman, handsome, brave, and bold, who sympathized with the girl because she had to support her semi-demented brother, who took an interest in her, a friendly interest, and no more. But the maid, in the manner of woman misconstrues his attitude and takes his friendly interest and concern for the divine spark. So she learns to love him as a woman can only love once in her life, and he is ignorant of the romantic relations she has assumed this simple friendship to be. Often human hearts suffer, and this time the warm, young heart of Tess is to feel the pang and anguish of a love in vain, for there comes to the fishing bank a city girl, accompanied by her mother and father. They meet the young fisherman and the girl is impressed by his clean-cut form, his robust health, his winning ways. She asks him to take her about the place, which he obligingly consents to do, and as they are laughing, talking and smiling, Tess follows them. Once, to avoid detection, she slipped into the icehouse, leaving the door open, intending to stay there until the two got out of sight. But Jed, seeing the door open, closes it, locking it after him. When Tess realizes her predicament, she shouts, but her calls bring no response. However, her half-witted brother, with the intuition that is a gift of all mentally effected, feels a presentiment of danger to his sister, whom he idolizes, and going to look for her, hears her cries, and going to the icehouse makes a vain effort to unfasten the door. At last he runs to the beach, where some fishermen are talking, and tells them of his sister's dilemma, and they, thinking it merely some of the boy's wild talk, refuses to assist him. Then Jed, coming ashore, hears the story and goes with Sam to see how much truth there is in it. He opens the door, and into his arms falls the unconscious form of Tess, resting at last in the arms of him whom the god of hearts had destined for the task.
- A modernized fairy tale, it tells of a rich bachelor who decides to study his relatives before making his will. A visit to them leaves him as puzzled as before. He plans a test. They are all invited to visit him on a certain day. In the middle of the road he plants a big stone. One by one the relatives pass it by until the humblest of them all decides that the stone is dangerous to traffic and moves it away. Underneath they find a note giving the finder the old man's fortune.
- A journalist is reluctant to ruin a woman's reputation for the sake of a juicy story.
- She was dying. Already beyond was near. Her spirit was approaching the afterwards. With a brave effort, she turned her face to her husband and sweetheart, to whom she was more than all. Feebly her trembling lips whispered, "It is cold." The icy finger of the skeleton with the scythe had already touched the body that was his forfeit. Into the man's eyes came a hard glint, the light of battle. His grief declared war against the invincible antagonist whose very defeat is but transient, whose victories are eternal. Again she turned to him. "It is dark," she murmured. Tenderly he kissed the faded lips and lighted the candle. She was dead. With her had withered all the accumulated hopes and tender plans of youth and love. With her had died all of himself but his body. His being was minus. He tried to forget, but memory was stubborn and cruel. Always he would see her in his tortured mind, with the tender smile of old on her lips and the soft glow in her eyes, and in desperate abandon, he would curse death. Then he met the devil. Bright lights, wanton women, careless kisses, vice embraced in the arms of sin, a carnival of corruption, a feast of folly; he came within a few hours of hell. But stronger than the evil and the devil in him was the memory, casting its halo over the hollow haunts of hell and the memory triumphed. One day, his soul pitying the pathetic burden of his heart, it whispered a message of its immortality, the promise of reunion in the eternal sequel, and, eager and impatient, he went to meet her. He went to the country, and in the lonesome woods his lonely longing sought release. Revolver in hand, he was ready to send that which would remain and live after what had been, he was dead across the oceans of space to the shores of eternity, where she was waiting. Twilight was mantling the earth with its soft veil. A few monks from the nearby monastery were walking through the woods, communing with their Master. They met him. His story was told and heard, and they offered him the peace that bides and abides. He entered the House of God, peace entered his heart, and a song sang in his soul.
- John Meadows, in jail for life, is released and told that the man who committed the crime for which he was convicted has confessed. He finally gets work in a shop where Hawkins, the proprietor, likes him. Hawkins is informed that John has spent a term in prison, but does not hold this against him, and shows that he intends to give the man a chance. John's fellow clerk, Ned, being in debt, steals a large sum from the safe of the store. When Hawkins misses the money, his first thought is of John, who is called into the private office and accused of the crime. He denies all knowledge of the theft. Hawkins sends for a detective. Seeing no loophole of escape, once he gets into the clutches of the law, John runs away through an open window. A few days later John stands on the docks in the slums of the city. He contemplates suicide, but finally decides to get money to live somehow. Sometime later he enters a house with every intention of robbing it. But when he hears a sweet-faced girl singing "Annie Laurie" at the piano, the old song conjures up sweet memories of the past, and he slowly replaces the things he had stolen and starts away. The girl turns, sees him and is frightened. He reassures her. He sits down and tells the girl his story, tells of the days when he was a farmer and in love with Elsie, who was also loved by the village bully. How he and the bully quarreled over Elsie, and how he threatened the bully if he ever bothered him again. Later, when the bully was found dead, stabbed through with John's pitchfork, John was arrested and convicted of the murder and railroaded to jail. But he did not kill the man; it was old man Grayson on the farm next to his who did the deed when he and the bully came to blows over some corn the bully was stealing from Grayson. Grayson was afraid to confess, and so he allowed an innocent man to suffer, but on his death bed he told all, and so John was released, but too late, for his farm has passed out of his hands, and Elsie died from loneliness and heartbreak. The girl at the piano is, indeed, sorry for John, and he straightens up and promises to do what is right hereafter. At this moment her father comes in from the club, and he is none other than Hawkins, who has been searching everywhere for John. He takes the young man's hand in his and asks him to come back to work in the morning.
- Agnes Duane, a young woman of the twentieth century, full of good red blood and with plenty of spirit, returns to her New England home and its prim atmosphere, after completing her course in college. Arriving there, she finds that her considerate parents have chosen for her a husband. The individual whom they have chosen for this honor happens to be an effeminate, insipid, very sanctimonious little minister. Upon meeting him Agnes laughs in his face, much to the humiliation of the minister and the consternation of her strait-laced parents. Thinking to cure her of some of her crudeness, her father sends her to his brother down in Kentucky, where she roams the mountain fastness in untrammeled freedom. One day while wandering about in the hills she becomes lost and is found and taken to her uncle's home by one of a queer duo of mountaineer brothers who harbor an inborn and intense hatred for each other. One of these men is a veritable giant in size and strength while the other, the one who rescued Agnes, is of small build and slight strength, but is possessed of a superior cunning. Soon she becomes acquainted with both these brothers and both fall deeply in love with her. Finally, one night the younger and smaller brother, tries to force himself upon her and he is confronted by the giant. In a dissolve the reason for this hate is revealed. As a result of this encounter the weaker man devises a diabolical scheme to put his brother out of the way. Fortunately for the giant, the scheme fails and he passes the trap unscathed. In the meantime, Agnes has felt herself drawn to the larger man by his sheer animal magnetism. She seems on the point of confessing her love for him when, through a cruel act, his true nature is revealed and she turns from him. Soon after she meets the Rev. Hugh Baxton, a real man at last, and to him she surrenders unconditionally.
- Unaware that they are related, children born to the octoroon (1/16th Black) mistress and a white wife of a white man meet and fall in love.
- Far away in the wilderness nestles the sheepherder's cabin. Due to the depredations of wolves and other prowlers the herder is kept on the go all the time to preserve his flock. As a consequence of his absence all day, and sometimes far into the night, his wife is much alone. The wife wishes for someone to break the monotony of her loneliness, and so one day when a masked man comes into the house, she is more pleased than scared. The man tells her by means of a note that he is dumb. The wife is glad of company, even though it comes dumb and masked and the two have a pleasant visit. After dark comes, the man leaves, after promising to call again next day. The herder had previously noted the effects of loneliness upon his wife and notes that she is particularly happy that night. The next day the wife and her strange caller spend another happy day and as time passes the two become very friendly. Each night as the bandit leaves, he kisses the girl good-bye, and the husband notices her growing animation. At last one day the husband returns unexpectedly earlier than has been his custom. The wife sees the dog coming over the hill and his fear hurtles the dumb bandit into an adjoining room. So great is her haste that she fails to see the bandit's hat is still on the table. A few minutes later, the herder comes in. The wife, nervous and confused, tries to regain her composure. The husband notices the hat on the table and accuses his wife of having a lover in the house. The husband starts to the door of the other room. The wife bars his way and they have a scuffle, the wife being thrown aside. The husband enters the room. A few minutes later the wife sees the bandit, and going to him, pleads with him to hurry away, but the bandit pulls his gun, tells the wife in dumb he is going to kill her husband. This threat brings the wife to her senses and she begs for her husband's life, pleading that she still loves him. She tells the bandit she hates him, and springing on him, tries to wrest the gun from him. In the struggle the mask is torn from the bandit's face and the wife sees the face of her husband, who has been trying her love. She begs forgiveness and the husband takes her into his arms, promising that he will never leave her alone so long again.
- Mario Busoni, a young sculptor, is the ward of his uncle, Father Busoni, pastor of the Church of the Holy Name at Fiesole. The boy has shown wonderful skill in his chosen profession, so much so that he is selected to execute a life-sized statue of the Madonna for his uncle's church. This commission fills both uncle and nephew with great joy, and the lad's departure from the studio at Naples to fulfill his commission is made the occasion of much rejoicing among his fellow-workers. A discordant note is struck by Janice, a model. This girl passionately loves the young sculptor. She begs and entreats him to remain with her, and he is on the point of yielding to her blandishments when the timely arrival of his uncle puts Janice to flight. Uncle and nephew arrive at the scene of the boy's future labors and the work is commenced. A month later an important letter arrives at the studio for Mario, and Janice undertakes to deliver it to him. She arrives at the church, delivers the letter and attempts to ingratiate herself with Mario. She is again defeated by the watchful uncle, but determines to bide her time. Meanwhile Mario becomes dissatisfied with the conditions under which he is working, and finally induces his uncle to permit him to have a living model. It is found in the person of a beautiful young fisher girl, the widowed daughter of Pietro Ferrari, a fisherman. Later Mario heroically rescues the girl's father from the sea. Soon after the girl and her baby boy pose for the young artist. Tomasco, a hulking fisher lout, is in love with Mario's model. He offers marriage, and being refused, suspects Mario of being his rival. Meeting with Janice, her heart like his, aflame with jealous rage, the two plot the destruction of Mario's masterpiece, the almost completed statue of the Virgin and Child. Mario has proposed and been accepted by the fisher girl and the news of his betrothal determines Janice and her accomplice to put their plot into effect at once. Arriving at the church, the man carrying a heavy sledge, they are confronted by the finished work, a marvel of beauty of the statue. He throws down the hammer and refuses to perform the bidding of the jealous woman. She laughs at him for his sentiment and, seizing the hammer, swings it aloft. The destruction of the statue is imminent, but Divine intervention is at hand, and the eyes of the beautiful Madonna open. The poised hammer is dropped and both man and woman fall to their knees at the base of the statue, where they sob out their penitence in contrite prayers. The curtains hiding the statue are pulled aside and the bishop and his followers view the marvelous work of the young artist. Enthralled with admiration, the bishop extends his hand in blessing. The scene changes to a quiet nook near the seashore home of the fisher girl, where we find her and Mario in loving embrace, the patriarchal father holding aloft the baby boy, who is clapping his hands at the incoming rollers of the mighty sea.
- Blair, a young lawyer, has landed the nomination for the office of district attorney. Frederick Monsey, his political opponent and an unscrupulous politician, resolves to bring sinister influence to hear to discredit Blair. One day Blair saves Mary from the clutches of Jim Henderson, her lover, who is beating her up because she could not give him all the money he asked of her. Finding the girl in a pitiable condition, he sends her to his home with instructions for Mrs. Doolins, his housekeeper, to take care of her. The girl recovers and Blair is about to assist her in one way or another when Jim appears, claims her as his wife and confronts the two. Blair discovers that they have never been married, and deciding to save Mary, he ousts Jim from his home. Jim reveals the situation to Monsey and his associates, but in a light which makes it appear that Blair is lodging, for immoral purposes, somebody else's wife at his home. The newspapers give prominence to the affair and before there is any possibility to clear up matters Blair's reputation is ruined. Stella Dally, his sweetheart, returns him his ring. Mary is beginning to comprehend that she is bringing about the ruin of the man she loves. She decides to leave his house, but when she reveals to him her intention he commands her to stay. Due to the extreme bitterness of his soul there arises in him an uncontrollable craving to cast aside conventionalities and act in a way calculated to prove to the world how little he cared for its good will. As a result he marries Mary. She is his wife, but only in name. In his hatred of humanity he hates her, too. He allows her to do very much as she pleases, while he spends his time behind closed doors, writing a book which is an indictment of humanity. Mary turns out to be fully equal to the situation. Instead of claiming the full rights of her position and squandering the money of which she has lavish control, she dispenses charity in the slums. One day Blair has occasion to watch her at her Samaritan labor. He gradually is beginning to realize that out of the debris of his past there gleams before him a diamond of the purest quality. He never finishes his book. The time comes when his reputation is re-established and Dick Cropsey, his former political manager, offers him the nomination for the office for which he was once so ignominiously defeated. He refuses it, answering that he has been appointed to a more congenial office, the office of husband and parent, for his wife has recently presented him with a bouncing son and heir.
- Phil Kelley, a well-known detective, makes the acquaintance of Cecil McLean during one of his raids and has been of assistance to the girl. Their acquaintance ripens and the two become very good to each other. The chief of police is very much disturbed at the operations of a gang of crooks known as the "Lumber Yard Gang," and after a particularly daring robbery, assigns Kelley to the case. Kelley examines the room where the robbery took place and finds a fingerprint of one of the crooks. By hard work he locates the crook's record and secures a photograph of him. Kelley takes a detail of police and starts on his mission. The gang hears that Kelley has discovered the identity of one of their members through the mysterious wireless system of crooks, and prepares to give the officers a warm reception. Kelley after placing his men in advantageous positions, goes alone to rout the crooks from cover and is met with a fierce resistance. A free-for-all battle takes place in which the officers join, and the crooks are finally routed. Phil picks out the leader and pursues him. Both pursuer and pursued exchange shots and both are wounded. The leader makes his way to a house and Phil closes with him. As he starts to handcuff his captive, the door opens and Cecil rushes out begging him not to take the man, as he is her brother. Kelley agrees to let the boy go if she will promise to make him leave town, and starts to return to his men. The chief of detectives has witnessed the chase, and when he sees Kelley return empty handed, upbraids him for cowardice and threatens to take his star away from him. Cecil sees them in an argument, and realizes that Kelley will suffer for his kindness to her. Determined to do the right thing she handcuffs her brother and goes out to summon Kelley. He and the chief meet the girl. She silently leads them inside the house and points to the handcuffed figure. The detective bends over the boy but finds that death has claimed him. The chief regrets his hasty words and leaves Kelley to comfort the girl, after telling him that he will hear more from the office for his successful handling of the case.
- Charnock is no longer in love with his wife Alice, who pays no attention to him; she spends all her time taking care of their rather delicate little daughter. Henry, the butler, sees the family's unhappiness but can find no way to stop it. Charnock seeks diversion with Hester, a fast woman, who keeps reproaching him for not divorcing his wife for her. At last she gets exasperated and says that with all his money it should be easy to get rid of his wife, and suggests a private sanitarium. Charnock takes the hint, and sees the head of a sanitarium; a few days later the attendants come and take Alice away. Some months later a new assistant arrives at the sanitarium and is stuck by Alice's case; he makes an examination and finds that she is entirely sane, but when he tells the head physician, the latter angrily says the subject should never be mentioned again. But the young doctor perseveres, and succeeds in helping Alice to escape. She gets in touch with Henry the butler, who gives her bad news about the child: the other woman has been installed in the house and endlessly abuses the child. Alice determines to take her child away, and tells the butler to have her ready. Then she goes to a swell modiste and orders a stylish gown. Attired in this, she goes to her former home to confront her husband. Charnock is astounded when he sees his wife transformed, and thinks that she has come to kill him. But she merely reproaches him, and leaves with her child. But the other woman is jealous, and thinking that she is no longer in favor, she kills Charnock. Alice is then free to marry the young doctor.
- Dr. Robert Durant and Charlotte, his young wife, return from their honeymoon. They live happily together for a year, at the end of which Dr. Durant spends more and more of his time with his men friends. As he is older than Charlotte, he doesn't realize that she is lonely and needs some diversion. One night, as usual, Dr. Durant leaves his wife and goes to his club, giving as an excuse a very urgent case. He meets his friends and the party become quite jolly. A run out to the "Black Horse Inn" is suggested. Dr. Durant sends a note home stating that he will be very late, and the crowd drives to the roadhouse. Meanwhile, Margaret Hamlin calls on Charlotte, and invites her to attend a dance at the residence of Mrs. Mallory. Charlotte at first refuses, but finally, being lonely, consents to go with Mrs. Hamlin and her husband to the dance, where she meets Frederick Kirkwood, an old and very dear friend. Frederick is a young bachelor about whom there hovers a scandal concerning a married woman. However, he holds Charlotte in all respect, and realizes that he is only her friend. The hour being late, Charlotte indicates her desire to return home, and Frederick offers to take her in his car. As it is cold, they stop at the "Black Horse Inn" for warm refreshments. They are discovered together by Robert Durant, and an angry scene ensues. Remembering the talk concerning Frederick Kirkwood, Dr. Durant takes Charlotte home, and in the morning indicates that she can see his lawyer regarding arrangements for divorce. Charlotte protests her innocence, but her husband cannot be induced to change his course. He leaves her and goes to another room preparatory to going away. By accident he knocks a work basket from the table and a small notebook and tiny baby garments fall on the floor. He picks them up and finds that the book is Charlotte's diary. He reads the recent entries, and finding that his wife is innocent, begins to realize how he has been neglecting her. He looks at the baby garments again, and rushes to his wife's bedroom, begging forgiveness. "The silent call" of duty through the still voice of the little unborn stranger has reconciled them.
- Teresa and "Grip," her brother, are invited to go for a picnic to the beach. At the same time Thornton Van Sant invites Miriam, his sweetheart, and a party of friends to spend the day cruising in his yacht. The humble party have a splendid time. Teresa, who is in swimming, is in danger of sinking. Van Sant goes to her rescue. They struggle, and she scratches his face so deeply that it leaves a permanent scar. Grip and the others are impressed at Van Sant's bravery in saving Teresa. Years later, Van Sant has become the head of the Vice Commission, and is relentlessly on the track of the men higher up in the "Dope Trust." Unknown to him, the head is Jeffrey Deane, the father of his sweetheart, Miriam. Grip has become a paid gunman, and lives with his sister in constant fear of the police. Deane carries on his trade in drugs by means of a Chinaman, Chin Loo, who is also the medium through which Deane's orders reach the gunmen. Deane goes to see Chin Loo and tells him that Van Sant must be disposed of as he is on their trail. Chin Loo sends for Grip and gives him orders and money. Grip returns to Teresa with the address of Van Sant on a piece of paper. He goes to put his money in a safe place, leaving his gun on the table, and Teresa, who hates his mode of life, bites the bullets out of the cartridges and returns the empty shells to the gun. Grip drops the piece of paper and Teresa finds it. She follows him to the address. Van Sant is working at his desk, and Grip fires once, of course without effect as there is no bullet. Then he sees the scar which was made by Teresa when Van Sant saved her from drowning. Van Sant starts at the sound of the shot, and overpowers Grip. He calls the police. Teresa arrives and begs him to spare Grip as he has never had a chance. She recalls her rescue to Van Sant, who asks why Grip did not fire a second time. He says that he recognized the scar and could not. He shows them the way to Chin Loo's. Deane is there. The police break in, and there is a struggle. Chin Loo pulls a cord. A heavy ball falls from the ceiling and kills Deane. Later we see Miriam, still the happy wife of Van Sant in ignorance of her father's life, and Teresa and Grip as their near neighbors.
- During the early years of English rule in Ireland the peasants were much oppressed. Whenever a peasant was found he was hauled up for trial, and there were many who were killed "accidentally" while being captured. Among the bravest and best of the boys in the coming generation was Shemus O'Brien. He had been chased repeatedly by the soldiers, but his daring and quick wit had saved him from capture. Next to his God, Shemus adored his old father and mother. Biddy, a girl of the neighborhood, was his sweetheart. Father Malone thought much of the boy and frequently assisted him with his good counsel. After hiding out for some time Shemus pays a visit to his parents, and Biddy, learning of his arrival, hurries to bid him welcome. The soldiers learn of his arrival and hasten to try and capture him. Shemus is warned in time and makes a thrilling escape. The squire and son are on the road and Shemus, borrowing the brilliant coat of the son, leads his pursuers astray. Some time later, thinking all is safe, he returns home. The soldiers, however, had anticipated this, and creeping up to the house, capture the wily lad. He is sentenced to hang and preparations are made for the execution. His old parents are frantic and it takes all the persuasive powers of Father Malone to hold his people down and keep them from making a disturbance which would result in the death of a number of them. The day of the execution arrives. Biddy and Father Malone are the only ones allowed to see the prisoner. Biddy exchanges clothes with the priest and succeeds in releasing Shemus' hands. When he is brought out he makes his escape, the soldiers being hindered in their pursuit by the peasants. In the scuffle Father Malone loses his top hat, of which he is justly proud, and the air is filled with his lamentations. Biddy denounces the soldiers and tells them that if they expect to have a hanging they will have to utilize one of their own members. Some time later, when the affair has quieted down, Shemus, his parents and Biddy take passage at Cork for the wonderful land of America, where they live to enjoy peace and happiness.