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- Originally 70 minutes in running time, only 17 minutes of the world's first full-length narrative feature film survived in stills and other fragments and tell the story of Ned Kelly, an infamous 19th-century Australian outlaw.
- A man is seen to obtain his liberty by leaping from one of the windows of a prison and running across the plain. He is observed by a sentry, who fires at his and raises an alarm, causing instant pursuit of the convict, who, in his race to elude his pursuers, suddenly appears before an old lady who is playing with a little girl, her grandchild. He begs her assistance, saying that he has escaped from jail and pleading with her to help him; the child joins in the plea, and the old lady hides him behind a bush, throws her cloak over it, and commences to play with the child. When the prison guards come up they ask her if this has seen an escaped convict. Pointing in another direction, she sends the soldiers off on the wrong track, and when the coast is clear, she calls the man out. He blesses and thanks the old lady and goes on his way to freedom. Returning to his old haunts, he is welcomed by his boon companions, who rejoice with him at his escape. But he is persuaded, after being plied with liquor, to join in an attempt at burglary. Very reluctantly he commences this work, but tries to get out of it. On the threat that he will be held up to justice if he does not do his pal's will, he is compelled to go with him. In getting through a window they disturb the slumbers of a little child, whom the burglar recognizes as the child which accompanied the lady who helped him to escape. Taking the child in his arms, he consoles it and calms it to sleep, while his companion ransacks the house. Gently he replaces the child in its crib, where, nestled in comfort, it goes to sleep, holding the finger of the man. He tries to release it, but fears to awaken the child, and as his heart softens, he is unable to use force, and the tight hold of the sleeping child defies his weak efforts. The lady of the house discovers the other burglar and calls the police, who capture the man and take him off to jail. The lady, with fear and trembling, goes to the bedroom of the little child and to her astonishment discovers the burglar held by a little hand and recognizes the one whom she had helped before. He explains the predicament in which he was placed. He again asks for her charity, sympathy and her help, and for the sake of the little child who has kept him a prisoner all the while, she listens to he plea, and pointing out through a window down to a church, which is seen in the distance, she begs of the man to go to the church and commence a better life. He agrees to this, and is seen at the church making his vows before the altar, and standing up with a resolve, he goes out to secure work, which he obtains. We next see him as an honest workman, respected by his companions, working at the bench and receiving the wages due to him for his weekly work, fully carrying out the text: "A little child shall lead them."
- An hotelkeeper and his wife are quarreling over the receipts of the shop. The wife asks her husband for money and is repulsed and thrust away, while the miserly husband gloats over the money which he has gained during the day. Then he retires for the night. A Spanish gentleman, on horseback and benighted, rides up to the inn, wakes the host and asks his hospitality, which is given. In paying for his lodging the gentleman draws out a large quantity of gold, at the sight of which the landlord's eyes glisten with envy. The guest is led to the room by the landlord and goes to sleep. Not so the landlord, whose cupidity has been aroused by the sight of the gold, which he determines to obtain. He is about to put his scheme into execution when he is confronted by the wife, who begs him to desist from evil-doing, and she is again thrust away. The innkeeper now goes into the chamber and robs his victim, who is awakened and struggles with the robber and tries to regain his money. The host knocks the guest insensible in the sight of the wife, who has again appeared upon the scene, hearing the struggle between the two men. The wife flees from her husband and the house, determined to bring him to justice. The husband remains to dispose of his victim but soon notices the absence of his wife, whom he follows, using the horse of his guest to aid him in overtaking her. A mad chase is then seen, but is won by the wife, who enters a police station. On seeing that he is outdone, the landlord returns to the inn and eyes the still insensible man. In the meantime the wife has explained to the magistrate, who orders police officers to accompany her back to the inn, which they find barricaded by the innkeeper. Forcing their way in, they make their way to the room, where they find the innkeeper trying to hide the gold. After a struggle, he is taken off to prison, and the wife gives thanks for her deliverance.
- A miner's cabin in the mountains. Mines don't pan out, Gambler offers money for the hand of daughter. The insult. The stranger appears. The blow. Girl shows stranger to main road. They part. Stranger shot by gambler in ambush. Gambler escapes. Girl finds stranger wounded. She bring him on her horse to cabin. Miner leaves. Gambler enters. He locks the door. The kiss. The stranger to the rescue. The fight. Gambler thrown through the window. Wounded stranger falls in arms of girl. Miner on the mountains. He finds a gold mine. Washing the gold. He is overcome with joy. Gambler discovers his find. Girl finds her father. He recovers. They go to stake off claim. Gambler has been there first. They realize his intentions. Minutes mean millions now. Girl reaches main road as gambler mounts his horse. Race to record mine. Gambler reaches railroad station. Conductor bribed. Train pulls out ahead of time. Girl arrives too late. All hopes lost. Stranger arrives in his automobile. Learns the truth. Girl leaps into auto. Off after the train. Girl wins. Mine is recorded. Gambler arrives. Warns stranger to leave town or be shot. Interior of Recorder's office. The girl pleads to "Her Stranger" to save himself. He refuses even for her. The fond good-bye. He goes to meet his fate. Night in a Western town. Streets deserted. Gambler and stranger seeking each other. They meet. Two shots. Gambler falls. The suspense is over. The girl appears. Finds "Her Stranger" alive. He holds her in his arms. She has won something more than millions now.
- The River Pirates are on the lookout for a ship. In the still of the night they board a vessel, enter the captain's cabin, bind him to the mast and force him to tell them the secret word which opens the ship's safe. He refuses, but when his wife and child are threatened with death, he tells the secret word. The wife and child are bound to a mast. While the pirates are examining the cargo, the little girl -frees herself, ascends the rope ladder, and waves the flag of distress. The harbor police, noticing the signal of distress, come to the rescue. The pirates are overpowered, chained and led away.
- Our picture opens in the workshop of an inventor, where he and a mechanic are working on an automobile. His daughter comes with his lunch, and to her the inventor shows the workings of the car. She gets in and is driving about when some foreigners arrive. They examine and admire the car, congratulate the man to his face, but as they step aside to depart they talk excitingly, thereby arousing the daughter's suspicions. The foreigners go to a hotel, call in two confidential villains, to whom instructions are given to smash the car. The inventor warns his mechanic to guard the car with his life, then with his daughter leaves the shop. The helper falls asleep and is aroused by the sound of someone tampering with the car. He jumps up. A terrific fight ensues, in which the villains are worsted. They return to their leader, battered and torn, with black eyes and bruised heads, and tell of their encounter. The Race. In the Lozier camp at Brighton Beach on the morning of the race, the inventor is ready for the start. His daughter is with him. The foreigners and their accomplices are seen lurking in the background. As the inventor comes to the starting point he is handed a note stating that a protest has been entered against his car. He leaves hurriedly, goes to the place appointed, and as he enters the room is pounced upon and beaten into insensibility by the villains of our former scene. Meanwhile several cars have already started and the inventor's is the next to leave. As her father fails to return, the young girl is frantic. She tears off her coat, grabs goggles and cap from the mechanic and dashes off amid cheers, just as the villains arrive and curse their luck. The twice-thwarted men leave and plan another scheme to defeat the inventor. The cars dash by at breakneck speed and at a sharp turn the villains drag out a huge log and place it across the road. A car comes along, hits the obstruction and is turned over, the driver crawling from beneath as the machine catches fire. A moment later the girl's car dashes around the corner, narrowly missing the wreckage, swerves around too far and smashes through the fence. The mechanic jumps out and assists in repairs, and when finished the girl starts off, sending the helper to look for her father. The mechanic hobbles along and comes upon the foreigners at the corner of a building. They are talking excitedly. He crawls up, listens, then hurries away. His destination is the hotel where the inventor is held prisoner. He bursts into the room, tells of the plot, also of his daughter's pluck and daring riding. The two men start for the finishing point, where the score board shows the inventor's car in second place. Down the road three machines are coming in a bunch. Amid great excitement, the girl's passes the other two, and dashes across the line a winner. She drives up slowly, the crowd following and cheering. The father rushes forward, takes his daughter in his arms, as the Racing Committee presents him with a silver trophy. He shakes his head, points to the girl as the winner, and she is given the cup and declared winner by virtue of her pluck and daring.
- A story, unique as to pictures, founded on fact and produced with absolute fidelity to nature. A news item in the English edition of the Cairo news (Africa), dated ten years ago, begins this startling series of picture events: British Ship Zanzibar Founders Off East Coast. Frightful fate would await castaways, as the country is uninhabited for hundreds of miles. Then we are shown a raft in mid-ocean bearing the only two survivors of the lost Zanzibar, Capt. Jack Ownes and his daughter Essie. A few hours later we get a glimpse of the African shore line, showing the captain and his daughter both lying senseless where the remorseless waves have tossed them. Five Years Later we see a rude cabin built of grass, mud and brush. The labor of its making has kept the brave captain and his daughter from madness, the utter hopelessness of their being rescued from this desolate region has finally become a settled conviction with them both, so they live as best they can, fighting as primeval man had to fight for food and shelter; the sea has washed ashore from the Zanzibar many things which have helped them in their present situation, the skins of animals protect them from the heavy dews of night, and the captain has learned through necessity to keep their larder stocked with his bow and arrows. An evil day comes; the father is stricken with fever, and in spite of his daughter's loving care, he succumbs, leaving Essie alone. For weeks afterward the girl barely exists, but at last the desire for life returns and hope, the feeling an all-wise Providence gives to humanity as a safeguard against our ills, regains possession of her mind and she fights on alone. One day in the woods she hears a wail, it sounds like the cry of an infant in distress. Upon investigation she discovers two baby leopards in the hollow of a tree; the girl hungers for companionship, so she determines to take the kittens to her home and as she reaches the door the mother leopard bounds into view. The girl, nothing daunted, clings to the babies. A strange scene follows; the fearless girl and the mother leopard become friends, she is alone no longer. One Year Later. Two animal buyers are starting for the interior. We follow the interesting movements of these men. We see them pitch camp in the jungles, trap leopards and other wild animals. Gates Finds Essie. A dense jungle; a white man with three native gun bearers is following a leopard track; suddenly he sees a magnificent specimen lying contentedly in his path, he raises his rifle, a human voice utters a cry, and a beautiful girl, clad in leopard skins, falls with arms outstretched across the body. Essie sees a human face and hears her mother tongue for the first time since her father's death. A few weeks later Jordan starts back with the first consignment of animals, leaving Gates to follow with the rescued girl. Essie has not only made friends with the leopard family, but being gifted by nature with a strange power over animals, she has taught them to obey her. We witness her giving Gates a demonstration of this power. The girl is alone in the world, and upon her return to civilization must have a means of livelihood. Gates is a showman and knows that an act such as Essie will be able to give with her pets will prove a revelation to the jaded theatergoers of America and Europe, so he proposes the scheme to Essie. She has grown very fond of her rescuer and is willing to be guided by his advice. Gates puts his men to building crates, and we see the party start back for civilization. At Cairo, Loading the animals on board a steamer bound for Paris. Then four weeks later we witness Essie's first public appearance. Gates has had scenery arranged to represent the girl's rude African abode, and the transplanted leopards, thinking themselves back in Africa with their Queen, obey her slightest wish, to the delight of a vast audience and as Gates takes the girl in his arms after her triumph, we see that the future bids fair to be as bright to Essie as the past has been unkind; the desolate days spent in darkest Africa are forgotten.
- This picture starts by showing several officers examining a counterfeit bill, and also Miss Keene (the Secret Service woman), who is detailed to find the counterfeiters. She shadows Stubbs to a store and later to a large house on the outskirts of the town, to which Stubbs gains admittance. Miss Keene then disguises herself as a country girl and returns to the house, where she is admitted by a woman and instructed as to her duties. Upon her leaving the room, the chief counterfeiter and Stubbs enter and go over matters with the chief's wife. The Secret Service woman behind a screen watches, and sees the man place a quantity of bills in the valise, and hears the directions given to Stubbs. When Stubbs is left alone, Miss Keene is seen dusting and is made love to by Stubbs. He then takes up satchel and leaves, Miss Keene following after. We next see the female detective enter an old building through a cellar chute, where she finds Stubbs drinking. While under this influence he goes to a trunk and in it places the valise and also plates used in making money, and then falls across the table. She then secures the valise and plates and disappears. The chief enters and finding Stubbs asleep shows anger. He looks for bills and plates and not finding them pulls Stubbs to his feet. He does not believe that Stubbs knows nothing of their disappearance, and ties him to a post, leaving him for five minutes to decide to tell where they are. Miss Keene then enters and releases the much Surprised Stubbs, chinning his hat and coat, which completely hides her dress, and telling him to go. Miss Keene pulls the ropes about her as though she were tied. The chief then returns and as she is about to make him prisoner, Stubbs sneaks in and fells her to the ground. They tie her and compel her to disclose where the plates are hidden. The chief secures them and leaves with Stubbs. After struggling to free herself, she makes her escape through the chute. She overhears all their plans and follows them to the dock, where she enters as a newsboy and hides beneath a barrel. While the chief is helping his wife into the launch, he places the valise on the ground. Miss Keene succeeds in hiding it under the barrel with her. He discovers its loss when Stubbs gives warning of police, and they hasten to the launch. They are caught, however, handcuffed and taken prisoners. The next and final scene shows Miss Keene, the Secret Service woman, receiving congratulations for successfully tracking the notorious band of counterfeiters.
- A king exacts vengeance upon his faithless mistress and her lover.
- The opening scene of this Bison production shows Silver Bird, an Indian girl, riding on when she is met by Private Jones, who dismounts and attempts to drag her from her horse. Lieut. Barnes and a companion who enter dismount from their horses and go to assist the young girl. They bind and disarm Jones compelling him, at the point of a gun, to mount, and insist upon Silver Bird accompanying them to the fort to make charges against Jones. Major Pond after hearing Lieut. Barnes' report, and the Indian girl's story, orders that Jones be placed under arrest. Later he is marched before the Major and is dismissed from the ranks. After leaving the regiment Jones joins a band of outlaws. Silver Bird, hidden behind a rock, hears of a plan to rob Barnes, the Paymaster, when he goes to the depot for the money. While returning from this quest Barnes is overtaken by the outlaws. Although he succeeds in disabling one, he, wounded, slips from his horse. The outlaws are overcome with astonishment at seeing Silver Bird grab the sack and ride quickly away. Here is seen a remarkable chase between the Indian girl and the outlaws. After reaching the fort, delivering the money to the Major and telling of all that has happened, orders are given to mount in search of the outlaws, Silver Bird leading the soldiers. During the excitement of the soldiers capturing the outlaws. Silver Bird dashes off to aid Barnes, whom she finds lying by the roadside. After making him comfortable, she helps him to mount the horse with her, and they ride away. The soldiers with their prisoners enter the fort. The Indian girl also returns with Barnes, whom the guards help to the ground. The Major thanks Silver Bird for her bravery, and Barnes, with gratitude, extends his hand, which she shyly takes.
- Camilla Frugoni is so unfortunate as to attract the attention of Lugi Zuccari, a miserly old man, to whom her father is under heavy financial obligations. For his sake she is polite to the withered old usurer, hut she shrinks from his touch and barely can endure his presence. Guido Marini, a handsome young fellow, is her heart's choice and expects some day to be accepted by the family as her husband. The match is approved by her parents and she looks forward to the time when they shall he united. But Zuccari is determined to win her, and when her father defaults in his payments the miser presses him for a settlement and at last makes formal demand for the money due, threatening to have Frugoni thrown into jail unless he meets the obligation. There is hope that the money presently will be forthcoming when Frugoni's ship comes to port, but even as they are discussing the matter a sailor arrives with the evil news that the ship is a total loss. Zuccari offers to cancel the note if Camilla will promise to marry him and in despair the girl gives her hand to save her father from imprisonment and ruin. It is the hand alone she gives, for union with the old dotard is worse than death, and she shrinks from his caresses. Zuccari knows of her love for Guido, and wrongs her by suspecting her of infidelity. He pretends to go on a journey and Guido, seeing him depart, is unable to withstand the temptation to see her once more. She is delighted when he comes to her and pours for him a glass of wine. They have just settled down for a chat when Zuccari is heard returning and she begs him to conceal himself in a closet. The miser perceives her agitation and his suspicions are aroused, for in her terror she has forgotten her dislike and is unusually demonstrative. He asks why two wine glasses are filled and her explanation that she poured one for him when she heard him coming does not satisfy him. He questions her closely, but she denies that anyone has been there. A noise in the closet confirms his suspicions. He commands her to swear that no one is concealed there and she makes oath. Masons are working on the garden wall, a part of which is falling down and Zuccari sends for them and orders the arch to be walled up. Closely he watches her face, but she does not give way until the wall is breast high and rapidly being completed. To save Guido she confesses his presence and Zuccari sends the workmen away. He throws her to the ground and is strangling her to death when Guido, hearing her cries, breaks open the door and, throwing down the barrier, is about to engage the old man in combat when the heart disease, from which Zuccari has been shown to be suffering, again attacks him and over the dead body of the dotard, the lovers are united.
- Another stirring picture story with the Boer War in the background. The interest centers around the lives of two members of the British nobility: Lord Arthur Ralston and Lady Mary Grey. Lord Arthur and Lady Mary are betrothed and the wedding is to take place in Mafeking. As Lord Arthur's regiment is quartered in South Africa indefinitely, rumors are rife of coming conflict with the Boers and on the very eve of Lady Mary's embarkation from England Lord Arthur cables her as follows: "Our wedding here out of question, war certain, postpone until my return." Lady Mary reads the cablegram and proves to have a will of her own. "Father, he is in danger, my place is by his side. I am going to South Africa to marry the man I love." A few months pass. The war has begun and Mafeking is filled with soldiers. Lord Arthur and Lady Mary are to be married at St. Paul's. We see the church crowded with English officers, their wives and the friends of the dashing colonel. Just as the ceremony concludes, a Boer shell crashes through the side of the edifice, scattering death and destruction among the assembled spectators. Lord Arthur carries his bride to a place of safety and rushes to the barracks and takes his place at the head of his regiment. One of the most sanguinary battles of the war is reproduced. Cannon Kopje stormed and captured early in the siege was the key to the whole position, as it allowed the Boers a commanding point from which they could shell the besieged town without fear of reprisal. An order comes to English headquarters: "Cannon Kopje must be retaken." A stubborn resistance is met by the English, but the Boers are at last driven back, but at what a cost. The last drop of water has been drained from the canteens, the wounded beg piteously from thirst. Lord Arthur sees that the end of human endurance has been reached. He calls for a volunteer, and sends the following appeal: "Commissary Department, Mafeking: My men have fought here twelve hours without water. Unless it reaches us soon we must surrender." The water cart is brought to the well, the native workmen start to fill it, a shell bursts twenty feet from the pump. Lady Mary is ministering to a wounded officer in a rough bombproof when the news comes of her husband's plight. She reads his appeal herself, taking the note from the nerveless grasp of a young officer that is killed by a bursting shell almost at her feet. The scenes that follow depict the courage a woman may display when she finds the man she loves is in danger. At the point of a revolver she forces the natives to fill the waiting cart with the life-giving water those gallant soldiers must have if they are to live. Then taking the reins herself, she drives through the line of the Boer fire and reaches the trenches to fall fainting into the arms of her husband. Then later we see the army of relief wading the Tugela on their way to save Mafeking. "London, three months later." Lord Arthur has been wounded and with his wife is home on a furlough. A message from Lord Roberts comes announcing to Colonel Ralston that he has been promoted to the grade of Brigadier General for bravery at Mafeking.
- True story of an innocent man twice jailed in mistake for a swindler.
- Tom Lawton is married to a trusting and devoted woman, who in her implicit faith is ignorant of the fact that her husband is at the head of a gigantic organization in the unlawful traffic of opium, with quarters in the notorious joss house of King Yen Lo, of 'Frisco. Lawton engages as his house servants Chinese, in order that he may carry on his work with a surer degree of safety. One day as he was walking through a public park he chances upon Margarie Ward, to whom he previously made overtures, and who, not being aware that he is married, is cordial in her treatment and falls an easy victim to his pretended admiration. John Mason, a suitor for Margarie's hand, meets them on one of the lawns and plainly shows his keen disappointment that a man known to him as was Lawton and his reputation should force, as the thistle and the thorn, its way into undefiled innocence, and he vows to place Lawton in his prober light. Accordingly he calls on Lawton the following day. Desperate that be may be exposed. Lawton attempts to put Mason out of the way. The wife comes upon the scene and plainly shows her first waning faith in her husband, but is cowered before his threats. The servants hurriedly notify the thugs in the joss house and preparation is made to remove and confine Mason in the smugglers' den on Ponca Island, in the 'Frisco Bay. An old sea captain is summoned and soon a bargain is struck, whereby within a few moments he has the tug Arrow under steam and the trip across the bay has begun. The wife, through threats, is compelled to be a party on the boat. She overhears a conversation between the captain and her husband, in which they and Mason would easily be lost sight of at the bottom of the bay. In an unguarded moment she hastily unties Mason that he may defend himself, but be is unable to rally from the stupor. Discovering the attitude of his wife, Lawton again threatens her. The scene quickly changes to the arrival at Ponca Island, the home of the smugglers, where escape seems a forlorn hope. The ringing of the warning bell is a signal for consternation; however, the new arrivals prove to be only the Orientals with a new shipment of opium. The time for payment and division of spoils is at hand, attended with the usual dissatisfaction and argument. The sea captain and Lawton become involved in an altercation and part company. For revenge Mason is, with much difficulty, rescued by the sea captain and taken aboard the Arrow and returned to Margarie, she being convinced of the true character of Lawton. As soon as Mason is sufficiently revived, he, together with Margarie and his rescuer, return to the smugglers' den with officers, that they may rescue the wife, who is a prisoner in the den, and place Lawton within the pale of the law. The capture is effected. Margarie and Mason are reunited and the brokenhearted wife is taken back to her little home, where sunshine and flowers will hide the cloud under which she was an unconscious victim.
- Prince Albert is sent as king's messenger to a foreign country on an important diplomatic mission, and carries with him some very valuable documents. Some anarchists having heard of this voyage of the Prince, plot to assassinate him, and bribe one of his servants to furnish them with the particulars of the contemplated journey. This servant overhears a conversation between the Prince and his accompanying staff of detectives, and according to this news, the anarchists manage to board the steamer Slavonia, on which the Prince is to travel. Hidden in a large packing case, in which they were smuggled on hoard, they escape the observation of any of the officers or crew. The only one who is suspicious of the case is the wireless operator, and he calls the attention of the captain to it, but is not listened to. The anarchists have little difficulty in prowling around the steamer, and in placing their infernal machine, which is regulated to blow up the steamer at a certain hour, so as to give them plenty of time to escape the disaster. In the meantime, however, the police on shore happen to hear of the affair, and arrest the servant, who confesses everything. With the aid of the wireless telegraph, a message is sent out to sea, informing the captain of the news. But the difficulty for the captain is to find the place where the machine is placed, and he is now vexed that he did not listen to the advice of the wireless operator. In feverish haste the whole boat is searched, during which time the anarchists take advantage of the excitement and escape in a small boat, and now can be seen in the distance from the ship. A number of the crew volunteer to give chase, and a boat is lowered and the race commences between the two boats. The crew's boat finally succeeds in catching up with the anarchists, and after an exciting combat the anarchists are taken prisoners. On their return to the steamer, they are at pistol's point forced to tell where they have concealed the infernal machine and the time of the explosion. The wireless operator is in an almost exhausted condition after the search, but he fearlessly picks up the bomb and throws it overboard, after which the strain proves too much for him and he sinks to the deck unconscious. He soon recovers, however, and is handsomely rewarded by the Prince for his pluckiness.
- The film begins with a view of the derrick with busy workmen, each wearing a hopeful and triumphant look as the heavy steel bit plunges down and down until over sixteen hundred feet are registered to its credit. The oil sand is reached, and all is wild excitement, as this is always a sign of nearing a vein or pocket of gas. The drill is quickly hoisted, the casings drawn, and preparations made to shoot the well. The shooter's wagon is soon on the ground, and eighty quarts of nitroglycerin are carefully placed in the cartridge which on being lowered to the bottom of the great hole and a portion of the machinery hurriedly removed from possible destruction, an electric attachment turns loose the demon of destruction and the effect is wonderful, sending off sand and rock a hundred feet or more, enveloping all in flames, closely followed by the deadly black smoke.
- A brutal husband leaves his wife and causes a letter to be sent reporting his death at sea. The wife, fainting at the news, overturns the lamp and sets fire to the house. Saved by an old sweetheart, she marries him later. The call of the North brings this good husband to the gold fields; he prospers and is joined by his bride. At a merry making in honor of her arrival the brutal husband appears and by threats of exposure is about to take her away, when a friend, for there are such hearts of cold in that frozen North, interferes for the happiness of the good and worthy and ends the existence of the brute. And over this tale of our far-flung North. God mantles the earth with his white snow of peace and purity as an emblem of good will to Alaskan hearts.
- Colonel Gordon and his pretty daughter Belle are waiting for the stage coach to arrive to take them across the plains. Just as they are about to start off they are warned that the Indians are hostile and that they should have an escort of cowboys. Two or three volunteer to accompany them. The Indians watch with triumph the approach of the stage coach, and as it comes through the mountains follow after. There is an exchange of shots, but when the open prairie is reached the Indians attack the coach and make prisoner of Belle, the Colonel's daughter. The two surviving cowboys, Jack and Jim, after overcoming other of the Indians, decide that Jim should go for the mounted troops and Jack in pursuit of Belle. When Jim reaches the army headquarters and tells of the happenings, the Captain and his company mount their horses and leave for the scene of action. In the meantime, Jack has reached the Indian village, has overcome the guard, released the girl, mounted her on a horse and dashed for freedom, as the Indians awake and pursue them. Shown the evidence of the Indian outbreak, the soldiers need no further encouragement to do away with the Indians. By the aid of his field glass the Captain locates Jack and the girl, closely followed by the Indians. Jack, wounded, falls from his horse, and Belle dismounts to aid him. At this crucial moment, when the Indians' victory seems almost complete, Company "D" dashes to the rescue. While the soldiers give chase to the Indians, Belle is tenderly caring for Jack's wounds.
- The old sea captain, who for forty years has steered his craft through many a storm, is now on the eve of his last sailing, that to the Great Beyond. The family doctor and the two nephews, Horace and Darrell, are at his side. His will is passed to Horace and read, and before the last word has left his lips, the seafarer is no more. The will tells of the hidden treasure on some distant South Sea island. Weeks later finds the nephews sailing in search of the unknown land, the finding of the treasure, encountering danger, sensational escape, return home, completing a story of intense interest, enhanced by beautiful photography.
- Scene I: The "Peddler" Brings a Call for Nan, the Girl Spy. Scene II: Nan Receives Her Orders. "I'll Get It, General, or Never Return." Scene III: Nan Arrives at the Enemy's Secret Meeting Place. Scene IV: Nan Learns the Enemy's Plans. Scene V: The Pursuit. A Daring Ruse. Scene VI: Nan, Disguised as a Boy, Is Carried Through the Lines. Scene VII: Nan's Audacious Trick. Scene VIII: "General, I Have Succeeded."
- It is a difficult proposition to choose between two men, and so Mary found it. There, was Jack Belden and Ned King, and though the former was audacious enough, Mary decides upon Ned, who shows Belden that his presence is undesired in the garden. As Belden leaves he meets his old sweetheart, Annie, whom he spurns, leaving her alone. Ned goes to seek his fortune in in oil well and after much labor is overjoyed to have "struck oil." He is congratulated by his associates. Belden, with an unscrupulous lawyer, Scraggs, concocts a scheme to Ned's disfavor. Annie, however, overhears their plotting and bides her time. After Ned leaves the real estate office in possession of his lease, Belden gets another paper from Scraggs and seems well satisfied. Became of his good fortune, Ned gives Mary an engagement ring and they are elated over their prosperity. When Ned returns to work at his well, the sheriff shows him a paper which shocks him and Mary as well. Belden stands by and triumphantly laughs at their plight, Ned is distracted and all Mary's sympathy avails little. At this time Annie tells Mary of the duplicity and promises her help. At an interview between Belden and Scraggs, Annie succeeds in being an unseen third and becoming possessor of the valuable document. Taking it to Mary and Ned, she is delighted at their joy and is finally satisfied by seeing Belden arrested and Ned again installed at the well.
- A continuation of the adventures of a girl who is a spy for the Confederacy.
- Braggs, the young western settler, comes into view leading his broncho while he leads his little child on the horse's back. Placing the child on the ground and watering the pony, he takes his knife from his pocket to make an extra hole in the saddle strap. The knife slips and penetrates his wrist, severing an artery. His wife comes to his assistance, makes a tourniquet with strips of her apron, jumps on the broncho's back, bids her husband to care for the child and keep up courage while she rides to town for the doctor. Urging her horse to its top speed, she flies like the wind while she rides against the possibility of her husband's bleeding to death before she can bring him aid. The young rancher struggles against the loss of blood and is fast approaching unconsciousness while his mind is racked with fear lest his child, playing dangerously near the cistern, should fall into it. The wife reaches the small settlement where she encounters a crowd of drunks, cowboys and lounger who tantalizingly detain her, asking her the purpose of her errand. She tries to explain and then pushes her way through their midst to the doctor's house. In response to her entreaties and the urgency of the case, the doctor mounts his horse and with the wife starts on a terrible race against death to the home of the young rancher, making Paul Revere's ride a mere joy-ride compared with the lightning-like speed and thrilling horsemanship displayed by the doctor and the wife, who reach the wounded man just in time to save his life and rescue the child from falling into the cistern.
- Each year the unique surroundings and novel characters of this great and typical American custom is becoming more and more obsolete and in a few short years entirely extinct. Can you imagine a more exciting or sensational picture than a great cattle stampede, curbed by fearless cowboys and dauntless riders of the western range horse? The roping and throwing of the longhorns, the invasion of the camp by the notable redskins, an ensemble picture of unusual merit, carrying with it a theme of love, hatred and revenge, making a picture so true to nature, simple in plot and construction that its advent will be a feature on any program. Two sisters own a large western ranch. Mary, the elder, is in love with Tom Mix, the County Sheriff, and the foreman of the ranch is displeased with her attentions to him and his actions make it necessary to discharge him; he then becomes a cattle rustler and arch enemy of the Sheriff. A raid is made on the ranch one night and a number are wounded. The Sheriff swears vengeance and organizes a posse to rid the country of the outlaw element.
- Belle, a sweet girl of twenty summers, and Bob, a sturdy youth of about the same age, go upon a fishing trip. Everything appears to be bright and cheerful until Bob catches a large fish. In the excitement which ensues they lose an oar and in trying to recover it the boat is overturned. Bob, after heroically rescuing Belle, reaches the boat, to which they both cling, drifting out to sea. After drifting for some hours they are sighted by "Sea Wolf," captain of a pirate schooner, who hauls them abroad and immediately proceeds to handle Bob roughly, taking all of his valuables. "Sea Wolf" next turns his attention to Belle. Bob, unable to stand the abuse and insults any longer, rushes madly at the "Wolf" but is overpowered, bound and gagged, and thrown below by the crew. "Sea Wolf" again attempts to attack Belle, who puts up a strong fight, but is not able to combat with the brute's powerful strength and soon falls exhausted. Bob, lying below deck, bound hand and foot, is working desperately to free himself. Espying a cutlass upon the wall of the cabin, after clever maneuvering Bob finally frees himself and rushes upon the deck with the cutlass in his hand. He plunges it into the "Wolf's" side. As he falls, Bob secures his revolved. While he holds the crew at bay, Belle, who has revived, climbs over the side of the ship into a dory. Bob, while the situation is still in his hands, starts to follow her. When "Sea Wolf" is a furious frenzy rushes at him. Bob fires: the "Wolf" staggers and falls as Bob disappears over the side of the ship. After another hard battle against the waves, Belle and Bob finally reach the shore where they offer up a prayer in gratitude for their safe return.
- A company of noted bandits following their leader through the weeds arrive at a clearing where they dismount and he explains the details of his plan to rob the limited. In pursuance of his instructions they quietly approach and surround a lonely, isolated wayside station, .and quickly overcoming the agent, bind him securely and lock him in the cabin. Proceeding about two miles up the track the leader disguises as a railroad man, and taking a red flag signals the limited to stop whilst the rest of the gang remain secret under cover of the woods alongside. As the heavy engine and train comes to a sudden standstill the men rush out of the cover, and before the crew or passengers can grasp the situation, they hold them covered with their guns. Some climb up into the cab to the engine and take care of the engineers, while others proceed to the baggage wagon and after a short fight with the expressman secure the bags of valuable mail, which they carry to a spot in the woods a few yards distant. Meantime the agent's son and daughter, as was their custom, have proceeded to the station with his dinner. They find him unconscious, and soon ascertain what has taken place. It is the work of a few moments for them to see the bandits' tracks and following under cover of the woods, they arrive on the scene in time to see the mail bags being hidden in the woods. With the aid of his sister the boy takes his place inside an almost empty bag while she turns to get assistance. The mail having all been take, the robbers line up the passengers and take their valuables, then bidding them re-enter the train and keeping all still covered with their guns, they order the engineer to put on full speed and get away. As soon as the train is out of sight they return for the mail and slinging it across their saddles proceed to their meeting place, a lonely log cabin in the depth of the dense woods. When there a quarrel arises between two of the bandits and during the excitement the boy cuts his way out of the mail bag, climbs on a horse and gallops back to the station. Here he finds the sheriff and his posse have just arrived and turns and leads them to where the bandits were hidden. Coming on them unawares, it is an easy task to surround them, and after a short skirmish to effect the capture of the survivors. After burning their log cabin they lead them off as captives to get the severed sentence they so richly deserve.
- There is many a marriage arranged for a young girl by her parents for financial or social advancement, but it is not often that she is as resourceful as Helen Brown in devising a method that enables her to marry the man of her heart with her parents' consent. George Brown and John Gordon were leading bankers in Longville, and in order to benefit their banks they had arranged that Helen Brown should marry James Gordon, and the film opens with a reception given in honor of the engagement. Helen was, however, secretly betrothed to a young officer, Harry Castleroy, and at the reception refused to have anything to do with James, and spent as much time as possible with her soldier lover. Brown is an ardent automobilist and has set his whole heart on winning the twenty-four your endurance race, and, the subject cropping up at the reception, backs himself for $20,000 to win the race. Brown makes his preparations, and, the day of the race arriving, is ready early, although it does not start until 6 o'clock. To pass the time he takes his future son-in-law fishing in the sound. Helen now sees a desperate chance to win her father's consent. She sends for Harry and explains her plan. Quietly they cut the rope that moors the fisherman's boat and leaves them to drift at the mercy of the sea with a broken oar. Quickly donning their motoring clothes, Helen and Henry speed to the track. The time for the race to start has arrived, but Brown has not put in an appearance, and the race is about to start without him and he will lose his bet. But Helen jumps into the automobile, goes to the starting point and drives it in the race. We see her and her competitors tearing round the track at over fifty miles per hour. Meantime Brown and James have drifted out to sea and next afternoon are discovered capsized, and with the greatest difficulty are picked up by a passing yacht. Safe on land, but soaking and exhausted, they hurry to the track in time to see the finish of the race. Protesting against his misfortune, Brown is amazed to see that his daughter is the winning driver, and that she has won with his entry. As a return for her having won his bet and the trophy he so much desires, with little persuasion he consents to her marriage to the young officer, much to the disappointment of the unfortunate James. The saving of the two men was only accomplished with much trouble, and if it had not been for the extra aid from the boathook we doubt whether James would have survived to take part in another picture, for he had already gone under twice and was all in.
- When our picture opens, Joe Flynn, a rider in the service of the government, has been shot from ambush by a masked man and is dying. Grouped at his bedside are his son Jack, a sturdy young man, the local doctor and the county sheriff. The old man dies and a week later we see Jack delivering the mail. The sheriff has inserted the description of the murderer in the Yuma Gulch Herald, and the country is being scoured to find him. Jack has a long and perilous ride between the two points of his route and is frequently beset with danger. Steve Benson, a desperado, who has killed old man Flynn, is living unhappily with his wife in hourly fear of having his crime discovered. His wife has read the murderer's description in the Yuma Gulch paper and the offer of a $1,000 reward. She suspects her husband, and, when in an altercation with her, she becomes convinced of his guilt, she writes to Sheriff Gordon and gives the information necessary to arrest Benson. She posts the letter with Jack, when he rides by, and her husband suspects what she has done and wrings a confession from her. He knows that his only hope of freedom lies in intercepting the letter, and so follows Jack to the turning point in his daily trip, where he is wont to change horses and dine at the home of George Stone, whose daughter, May, he expects to make his wife. Benson comes while Jack is eating, and succeeds in slipping a sleeping potion in the latter's coffee. Jack falls asleep, but before Benson has an opportunity to extract the letter from the mail sack. May returns and, being unable to arouse her sweetheart, she rides with the mail back to Yuma Gulch. Benson follows in his endeavor to get the letter, and when he decides that the chase is hopeless, returns to his cabin, collects the small hoard he has there and rides for the mountains and freedom. In the meantime the letter has been delivered to Sheriff Gordon and he sets out with a posse to capture Benson. Jack, who has recovered, joins them on the way, and after a long chase, they come upon the wounded Benson and arrest him. Jack is deeply grateful for the services rendered him by his faithful sweetheart, and announces to the assembled cowboys his intention of making May his wife as soon as his father's death is avenged.
- The wild, exciting life of the western man, with its pleasures and dangers, is clearly described in this picture. It shows what a momentous fact is pay day. The cowboys lose not time in going before the ranchman to get their "bit" and leave him in good spirits and to find a way of ridding themselves of their wealth. They all mount their horses and with much hilarity make their way to the main street in town, where is a saloon and dance hall. Here they enjoy themselves to the fullest extent. Meantime four robbers, who are more disposed to plunder that to enjoyment, hold up a stage coach and take possession of a cash box, besides the passengers' valuable. They permit the driver to go on his way, which now is to the sheriff's office to advise him of the deed. He goes to the dance hall in search of volunteers and finds all the cowboys willing and eager to unearth the robbers. The four gentlemen of the road, come into the woods to divide their spoils. While busily engaged in this they hear the approach of horses and make haste to get away. The sheriff and the cowboys, who had found the trail, soon come to the spot, see the empty cash box and again start after. Here ensues a lively chase between the robbers and their pursuers. The former, however, are cornered on the edge of a precipice. They make a strong fight but eventually are overcome. They are then relieved of their ill-gotten goods.
- Cal Dempster, a local bad man of the Niobrarra River country, quarrels with a ranch owner over the sheriff's daughter, and getting the worst of the argument, proceeds to instigate a raid on the ranch owners and drives off their horses. He is assisted by a band of outlaw Sioux. Indians, herds of range stock and a general air of Selig, makes this the kind of picture that keeps your patrons coming.
- A Chinese cook spies upon two rustlers, who discover and bind him to a tree by the roadside. The horse of the night herder is then stolen and the entire herd of cattle rustled away. The herder awakes and starts in pursuit on foot. Nearly dying of thirst, he falls unconscious within a few feet of water. The rancher's daughter finds the Chinaman the next morning and releases him; the alarm is given, the cowboys start in pursuit, accompanied by the girl, who is in love with the night herder, and a brilliant display of horsemanship is given. The night herder is found and the girl stops and revives him while the boys swoop down upon the rustlers, who are captured and turned over to the sheriff. The last scene shows the herder and the girl sitting on the bars of the corral, where he is shyly making love. Her father and mother come on the scene and the latter is shocked, but her husband pantomimically persuades her to leave the lovers in peace.
- John Deering is a poor inventor living modestly with his wife and only daughter. He has approached Mr. Cobleigh, a capitalist, with a proposition to share the profits of a new invention with him, providing that he (Cobleigh) furnish the capital to swing it. Cobleigh comes to see the model of Deering's invention, and is greatly impressed with it. Cobleigh offers Deering a small amount of money for the invention, but Deering refuses to accept it. Then Cobleigh, having failed to get his invention by fair means, determines to secure it by foul. He drugs Deering, and the result of the poison is to make the inventor temporarily insane. While in this condition, Cobleigh has Deering transferred to an insane asylum. Then he forges the inventor's name to the bill of sale and thinks that his crime will never be discovered. Deering's daughter, Grace, failing to induce her sweetheart, Tom Reynolds, to aid in rescuing Deering, breaks into the asylum and takes her father out single handed. She conveys him to a camp in the woods where her tender care restores him to health. Then she takes him home again and he demands his rights from Cobleigh. The latter denies that he owes Deering a cent, and the inventor goes to law. Tom, who acts as his counsel, shows by enlarged stereopticon views of the two signatures, that Cobleigh had traced the one from the other. Cobleigh, overcome by the revelation of his crime, is arrested, and the Deering family and faithful Tom are happy.
- Swooping down upon a ranch in the dead of night, the raiders stampede a string of horses and gallop off. They have been seen by Slim, who rides like the wind from shack to shack, giving the alarm. The dawn is breaking when the quickly gathered posse takes up the pursuit. Alternate scenes are shown of the raiders, riding for their lives, driving the stolen horses before them, and the sparing neither whip nor spur, holding untiringly to the chase. As the posse comes within rifle range a running fight takes place and several of the raiders are tumbled from their horses. Slim and some of his companions are also wounded. Finding escape impossible, the raiders take refuge in a shack, where they make the last desperate stand. The besiegers finally manage to set fire to the hut, and choking with the fumes of the dense smoke the miscreants are forced out into the open, where the avenging cowboys deal swift justice.
- There is a carpenter by the name of Maule who owns a pretty little cottage in the historic town of Salem. A great man of the village, Col, Pyncheon by name, fancies this place as a site for a great house for his own family. He makes an offer of purchase which Maule refuses, he then insists upon buying whether the poor man will or no. When he meets with a stubborn refusal his wits set to work, and the days of witchcraft being at their height, he soon sees a way of accomplishing his purpose. Maule is accused of witchcraft and is arrested in his own home and dragged away from his wife, daughter and son. Then a startling scene is shown in which the carpenter is being led to the stake to be burned. The fires are lighted, and as the flames leap toward their victim we see the unfortunate man pronounce a curse upon Colonel Pyncheon and upon his house and children and their children's children. The next scene shows Maule's son, a young man, engaged upon some finishing touches in the work of the great house which Colonel Pyncheon has built upon the site of father Maule's dismantled cottage. Being left alone in the room, the son notices a grant from the king to a vast territory in the east, a grant which means the fortunes and affluence of the whole Pyncheon family. He secretes this document in a niche in the wall in the very room where he finds it, behind the great picture of Colonel Pyncheon's father. When the great man returns and misses the document he flies in a passion and would pursue the young man, but at that moment he finds himself confronted by a vision of the older Maule at the stake, his clenched bands upraised as he again seems to hurl the awful curse at the cringing rascal. The sight is so terrible that the old man falls back in his chair dead, and is found there by the villagers when they come to see the great house for the first time. Then the scene shifts to the fortunes of the family two hundred years later. The descendant who occupies the house is an old maiden woman, whose circumstances are so reduced by the lack of this wonderful grant from the king that she opens a little shop in the lower part of the house. She is not a very successful storekeeper and takes a lodger, a young man who bears a great resemblance to the Maule family of preceding generations, and who watches her unsuccessful business efforts until a young niece of hers, an embodiment of youth and buoyancy, comes to help her with the shop. Trade immediately picks up because of the young girl's fascinations, and the fortunes of the family mend a little, while the lodger becomes interested in the Pyncheon family from an entirely new point of view. It is evident, too, that the interest is mutual. One day, while he and the young girl are away for the day, Judge Pyncheon, a miserly relative and an exact prototype of the original Pyncheon, comes to the house and insists upon the family's right to have it razed to the ground and a thorough search made for the missing grant. In his search he almost stumbles upon the button which would open the space behind the portrait, but just as his finger rests upon it the ghostly figure of Maule at the stake appears above him and warns him away. The shock is too great for the old man, and like his ancestor he drops into the same antique chair and breathes, his last. When the young people return to the house they find the man dead, and that the aunt has been frightened by the happening and stolen away. She returns, however, in time to hear the young man announce his love and his right to speak of it even in the presence of death. He tells the whole secret of the story of "The House of the Seven Gables." which is that the curse pronounced upon the Pyncheons is operative until the mighty force of love overrules it. His love for the young girl and hers for him can remove the curse; and as evidence that it is gone he steps to the old portrait, pushes the button, and as it swings out, shows them the long lost grant from the king, and, raising it, places the fortune in the hands of the girl.
- The lure of the white-top and the music of the band is food for the bronco buster and he is happy with plaudits of the gathered throng. The grand entry is on and all is agog with excitement as Tom and Jerry cut their capers. Just then Sheriff Ketchem rudely announces he has an attachment for an unpaid feed bill at Hebron, Ind., and proceeds to "sew" the show up. So Bronco Bill's Congress of Celebrities are busted, broke and hard on the rocks. Tom and Jerry retire gracefully with their tools in trade, two saddles. But as the cook tent was one of the things Sheriff Ketchem had planted on, there was no sign of the forthcoming bean soup, coffee and, as well as other delicacies usually accompanying the cook top's repast. So the poor man's friend, the pawnshop, holds out its welcoming hand to Tom's and Jerry's saddles. The loan made, the boys are out to see the sights. But they cost money and soon the duo are on the breakers again, when they are attracted to Uncle Sam's sign calling for recruits. This seems to hold the key to the best excitement outside the rag and blue enclosure and accordingly they are assigned to a detachment that is detailed to put down an Indian uprising. The officer in charge soon finds he has found two real knights of the saddle and decides to send them scouting to locate the hostile tribe; they are soon surprised and find more real excitement than Bronco Bill ever dreamed of. The old water hole is destined to figure in operations, a message is received by the commander of the post that the men are surrounded and can only hold out six hours longer, signed by Capt. John Wells. Upon receipt of the message the scouts are sent to lead the cavalry against the Indians' stronghold; desperate fighting and final victory, one that has resounded through the pages of history and has made the army post memorable and even today Standing Rock has become a landmark of the great northwest reservations. When Tom and Jerry are decorated with honors they plainly show that this world isn't so bad after all.
- In the bar-room of Lonely Gulch an actor is entertaining the cowboys by showing them various impersonations, when the mail arrives, and he receives a letter from his sweetheart to the effect that she has got hold of an easy mark, a ranchman from Lonely Gulch. The bartender also receives a letter from the ranchman asking him to tell the boys that he is returning the following day with a bride who is an actress. The next morning the ranchman and his bride arrive on the coach and are given a great welcome. On the solicitation of his bride he offers the actor employment on his ranch and he accompanies them there. A week later the ranchman, with the cowboys of whom the actor is one, start off for town, but the actor, pretending his horse has gone lame returns to the ranch, and getting back there, makes love to his sweetheart. The ranchman, who is suspicious, also turns and quietly follows and reenters the ranch. We next see the ranchman and his bride come out carrying a body and taking it to and hiding it in a cave. He then goes to the bar-room and announces that he intends to sell his ranch and go east. He soon arranges a deal with a neighbor and they go to the ranch to close it. The sheriff, who was in the bar-room, is, however, suspicious and, together with two deputies, follow at a discreet distance. On their road they hear a voice calling for help and finally locate it in the cave. Here they discover the body, still living. Meantime the ranchman and the purchaser have come to a final understanding as to the sale of the ranch, and the papers are just being signed by the ranchman and his bride, when the sheriff and his deputies enter with the real ranchman, and at the point of their guns tear off the disguise from the false ranchman and disclose the familiar face of the actor, who is arrested and taken away. The bride begs forgiveness, but is ordered to make herself scarce.
- Judge Grey is a candidate for the nomination for Governor. His opponent is a man named Roberts, a thorough politician, who realizes that Grey will easily defeat him in a fair fight, and therefor begins to deal in what some people call "good politics." In other words, he throws mud at his opponent by prompting a newspaper report to the effect that Judge Grey has tried to bribe a contractor named O'Brien in return for political influence by offering him a ten million dollar interstate water supply contract if elected Governor. This, of course, is false as far as Judge Grey is concerned, but not so with Roberts, himself. He has offered to throw this contract to O'Brien providing the latter will swear that the newspaper report is true. This O'Brien agrees to do, first forcing Roberts to sign an agreement as to the facts of the deal in order to hold Roberts to his part of the bargain. Jack Stanley, a young aviator, who is in love with Judge Grey's daughter, does not learn of the existence of the incriminating newspaper report until late in the afternoon of the convention day. By a clever trick he succeeds in securing possession of it and starts for the nearest railway station. Here he learns that he will be unable to reach the convention hall in time, and so is forced to send a telegram to his sweetheart, telling her of his discovery and instructing her to meet him in her auto at such and such a field, as he is coming in his aeroplane. This fact is discovered by the opposing party, and here follows a real novelty in motion picture stories, introducing the latest and fastest mode of travel. Of course, all is not accomplished without obstacles, there being a fight and many other thrilling happenings, but at last the young aviator arrives at the great convention hall in the nick of time, the convention is stampeded, and Judge Grey is nominated for Governor. He eventually becomes Governor of the State, and the aviator, the hero of the hour, wins the girl of his heart
- Stella has gone to stay at a watering place with her father, a retired mill owner, who has the misfortune to be paralyzed in the lower part of his body. She is introduced by one of her acquaintances to Albert, a gentleman adventurer, who would like to secure Stella's dowry. Stella is fascinated by his polished manner and good looks, and listens to him seriously. There is also staying at the same hotel another suitor for Stella's hand, Henry Cresp. He has known her and her father for some time, and nothing would please the old man better than to have him as a son-in-law. Henry presses his suit, but Stella refuses him, as she is won over by Albert. She introduced the latter to her father, but he is less guileless than she, and perceives that beneath the surface Albert is little letter than a rogue, and he tells him in unmistakable terms that he will not consent to his daughter's marriage to him, and that the acquaintance between him and Stella had better end. Albert is furious and writes a note to Stella to meet him at the Gull Rock, threatening to end his life unless he can be sure of her love. Stella keeps the appointment, leaving her father asleep in his bath chair on the sands. She suddenly remembers this, and, wresting herself from her lover's arms, sees the incoming tide mounting to her father's knees. The old gentleman is awakened, but can only shout in a feeble voice. Fortunately, his cries are heard by Henry, who happens to be near enough to clamber down the rocks and dash through the water and rescue him. Stella, who has witnessed the whole scene, yields to impulse and rewards him with her hand and heart.
- Molly Finney was captured by some supposedly friendly Indians and taken to Quebec and there sold at auction. She was bought by n French Grandee as a servant and companion for his daughter. On the way from her native village on a long canoe trip, Molly managed to drop into the water a message written on birch bark. This message was found by Captain McLellan, who, in his sloop, The Rose, went to Quebec and succeeded in locating the Puritan girl where she was being held in slavery. His rescue of the girl forms the dramatic climax of the film and is an exceptional strong and thrilling situation.
- The daughter of the general manager of the telegraph company becomes interested in telegraphy and calls at the office every day to get her lesson in the art. Morton, the operator, who teaches her, loves her from the first and this love soon begets an answering emotion in the girl's breast. In response to an invitation from his sweetheart Morton goes to her father's office to meet her and accompanies them to dinner. What is his surprise to find the office empty! He doesn't know that within the great safe vault behind the massive door closed and locked by a careless employee, is the General Manager and his daughter, suffocating in the rapidly diminishing air; nevertheless he learns the awful secret, and how he saves them from a frightful death by his sweetheart's knowledge of telegraphy, provides a dramatic situation seldom if ever equaled in motography.
- Tony, Pedro and Mlle. Capria, are all animal trainers with a circus belonging to the father of the latter. Both men are suitors for the hand of the young queen of the arena. Pedro is favored by the father, which is contrary to the wishes of Capria. Accordingly Tony is summarily discharged previous to sailing of the show for America. The undaunted lover however takes an opportune passage for the States and finally while witnessing the performance as a spectator, saves Mlle. Capria from being torn to pieces by the infuriated animals. Recognition and reconciliation follows.
- Jenkins, a club man, has a humorous experience that should be a very strong temperance lecture in pantomime. He is returning from a night of it with convivial companions when he meets a party discussing the woes of the down-trodden laboring classes. Jenkins has taken on a talking jag and he waxes eloquent, descanting on the subject. He has an anarchist for an auditor and as the crowd disperses the agitator takes the tipsy orator in tow and guides him to the rendezvous of his co-conspirators. They descend a flight of stairs with Jenkins blindfolded. The members of the gang appear masked and Jenkins is persuaded to take an oath which binds him to the tasks of righting wrongs. Lots are drawn and Jenkins takes out the fatal black cube and is given a bomb with clockwork attachment with the injunction to demolish a manufacturing plant. We see Jenkins tipsily wending his way homeward, lugging the infernal machine. He throws himself on the bed and awakens, thoroughly sobered, with the destroyer on his hands. He hears the ticking of the machinery and knows the hour or the explosion is fast approaching. He dashes out and endeavors to lose the machine, dodging into stores and shops. The infernal machine is invariably returned to the luckless agitator and in desperation, he drops it in a park where it is restored to him by an intelligent dog. Happy thought, he will employ the sagacity of the canine to extricate himself from the dilemma. He passes the stairway leading to the habitation of the anarchists and instructs the dog to deposit the bomb below. The dog does so and rejoins Jenkins and they make a run for it. The dynamite explodes, wrecking the surrounding territory, and Jenkins escapes with his clothing rent, but otherwise intact.
- Frank Hurley is trying to win the affections of Lillian Farmswell, but he has a worthy and successful rival in Jack Tarbell, a hard working fellow, who has saved considerable money and is looking about for a chance to invest it. Lillian's father favors Hurley, who is considered wealthy, while Jack is comparatively poor. Hurley hears that Jack is looking about for an investment and induces him to purchase a "Wild Cat," or a supposedly useless well. Jack and Lillian have an understanding if he strikes oil they will get married at the "shooting" of the well, in case his services are needed in a professional capacity. The young prelate accepts the invitation. At Jack's signal, a whistle, Lillian drops the "Go-Devil" into the well, and after the smoke had died away, oil bursts forth in a steady stream and shoots high into the air. Hurley, foiled in his plot, cannot disguise his disappointment and displeasure and while he is trying to explain matters about the "valuable" property he had sold to his friend Tarbell, Lillian and Jack are being married on the spot, by Jack's friend, the clergyman. After the ceremony Mr. Farmswell comes forward and congratulates Jack and gives his blessing to the young couple.
- Those memorable words had just died upon the lips of the grand old general, as he gave Lieutenant Allen orders to reach Thomas. In order to do this, Allen had to pass through the heart of the enemy's country. Both men realized the excessive danger, and the younger officer salutes and leaves upon his mission. The message delivered, returning, the Lieutenant finds himself in close quarters. He feigns illness and is cared for at the home of Virginia Johnson, the sister of Robert E. Johnson, who is at the front. She unexpectedly receives a message from her brother, saying he will visit them that night. Allen, fearful of recognition even though he is disguised in Confederate uniform, plans his escape, only to be followed and captured. Later in battle Johnson and Allen are wounded and Johnson, feeling the end was near, places a little miniature in the hands of the Union soldier and asks him to find her. He recognizes it as that of Virginia, and the, "the heart of the rebel gray beats close to the stronger one of Union blue."