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- Jack Moore, through a misunderstanding, believes his rival. Bob Clarke, is going to marry Mary Blair, Both men being employed In the same office, they are on friendly terms. Jack discovers a shortage in Bob's accounts and he loans him enough money to cover it. Realizing that Jack is protecting him for Mary's sake, Bob allows him to believe that he is going to marry her. Jack leaves for the West after writing Mary a letter, stating that he could not remain and see her marry another. Mary, who loves Jack, is heartbroken when she learns of his departure. She waits anxiously for his return, but in vain. She is easily persuaded by her father to marry Richard Barker, a rich broker, who turns out to be a reprobate and brutal husband. In the meantime, Bob has been following the wrong road and becomes associated with evil companions. Jack returns east after he has struck it rich. He meets Mary and learns of the fatal mistake that separated them. Realizing that her married life has been unhappy, Jack sympathizes with her. Barker misconstrues Jack's attitude toward his wife. He makes a base insinuation, which Jack and Mary resent. This brings on a heated argument. Mary's husband, being maddened with rage and drink, draws a revolver. Jack defends himself in the struggle; the revolver is accidentally discharged and Barker is killed. Bob has fallen from bad to worse. Being surprised by officers while burglarizing a house, he is pursued and is forced to enter the Barker home to escape the police. He overhears the quarrel and sees the shooting. Coming on the scene, he tells Mary and Jack that appearances are against them, and in order to protect them, he will throw suspicion on himself. He leaves the house in view of the officers, who, having heard the shot, are coming toward the house. Bob is captured and the officer draws the conclusion that Barker was shot by the burglar, thus exonerating Jack and Mary from all suspicion.
- Mary Benson lives with her grandfather, a miserly old man, who compels her to bring home her wages to him. He is taken ill at her work and returns home only to be accused by her grandfather of feigning illness, and is ordered from the house. Mary leaves and faints at the entrance of the Landers home and is assisted into the house by Jack Landers, who persuades his father to allow her to remain with them until she recovers. Jack's father disapproves of the growing attachment between Jack and Mary, as he wishes Jack to marry an heiress. Overhearing Jack and his father discussing this topic, Mary leaves rather than have Jack oppose his father's wishes. Mary learns of the sudden illness of the old miser and rushes home, only to be followed by Jack. Jack's father, now thoroughly aroused, follows his son to the miser's home, determined to put a stop to the affair. The old miser, in his delirium, sees his gold turn to dross and on regaining his senses, appreciates the nothingness of gold and the allness of love, and when Jack's father arrives and intimates that the miser's granddaughter is unacceptable because of poverty, the miser discloses that his granddaughter is in reality a very rich girl. Jack and Mary are married.
- John Walker has not attempted to conceal the fact that his will leaves almost his entire fortune to his son, Jack, merely providing a small trust for his daughter, Jane, who has recently been married to James Gleason. Gleason, learning of the terms of the will, plots to disgrace Jack in the eyes of his father, and with the aid of a woman, Maude Barnes, causes Jack to be charged with theft. This takes place at Jack's college, but the actual arrest is delayed by Jack's roommate until after the big football game, of which Jack is the star player. The disgrace is sufficient to force Jack to leave college. On his arrival home, a stormy scenes ensues and Jack is ordered from the house by his father, whose mind has been poisoned against him by Gleason. Jack's father is also influenced to make a new will, but Gleason does not know its contents. With contemptible perseverance Gleason also hounds Jack and causes him to be discharged from different positions. The father dies and Jack returns only to be refused admittance to the house by Gleason. Determined to have a last look at his father, Jack gains entrance and meets little Olive, his niece, of whom he is very fond. Her childish love for Jack prompts her to force him to take her little diamond picture locket as a remembrance. Gleason has opened the safe in the library and has just read the last will which gives Jack the fortune when he reaches the age of twenty-five, provided he does nothing dishonest, in which latter event Gleason's wife is to have it. Gleason foresees that Jack will eventually get the fortune under the terms of the will and thoroughly enraged, he turns away from the safe and catches a glimpse of Jack as he is leaving the house. His clever mind immediately evolves a plot to accuse him of robbing the safe. Jack's possession of the locket aids Gleason as he dramatically accuses Jack. Appearances against him, Jack makes his escape. Tracked by detectives, hungry and desperate. Jack tries to enter a farm house and is only saved from his crime by overhearing a prayer of the farmer's daughter, Edith. In withdrawing, he falls and is seriously injured. The farmer's wife, asking no questions, nurses him to health and he later works and lives with them. Incidentally Jack and Edith grow to love each other. Gleason continues his association with Maude Barnes, visiting her frequently. A thief, surprised by her alone in her apartment, accidentally shoots her but escapes. The testimony of the elevator boy and Gleason's glove on her table, point conclusively to Gleason as the murderer. Panic-stricken at the circumstantial evidence against him, Gleason flees and hard-pressed by the detectives, evades them by jumping from a fast moving freight train. Fate leads him for refuge to a barn where Jack, with a party, arrives for a barn dance. Confronting Jack, Gleason threatens to disclose his past unless he aids him. Jack, in despair, conceals him in the loft and side-tracks the detectives, but to no avail. The barn catches fire in the midst of the dance and Gleason, still concealed in the hay loft, is fatally injured. Jack risks his life and brings Gleason out alive and receives his reward in an ante-mortem statement from Gleason, clearing his name and entitling him to the fortune and to marry Edith.
- Stuart Hall, a broker, and James Steele, a financier, are rivals for the hand of Jane Travers, a society belle. Steele makes the greatest impression on Jane, and she marries them. Soon after Steele's marriage to Jane, Hall meets Lois Martin and saves her from the attentions of Jack Dallas, a chauffeur. Lois and Hall's friendship soon ripens into love. Jack, who wants Lois to marry him, on being refused makes things unpleasant for the lovers, but in spite of his threats they soon marry. Their married life is ideal and is soon blessed by the arrival of a little baby. Jane's married life is not so happy; in spite of her riches she is dissatisfied. Lois and Stuart meet Jane and her husband at a restaurant. Jane sees Hall's happiness, which causes her to think of her own life, being married to a man she has ceased to love. This preys upon her mind so much that she decides to win Hall back. She meets Hall frequently on his trips to town. Hall is beginning to lose heavily in his stock dealings, which causes him to neglect his wife and child. Jane learning that her husband is secretly operating to raise B. and H.R. stocks, thinks she sees a way to arouse Hall's interest in her again. She informs Hall, whom she meets at a ball that evening, of her husband's plans. Hall is compelled through his financial difficulties to accept Jane's information, not knowing her secret motives for aiding him. The husband overhears his wife betray his business secrets; he fixes on a plan of revenge which would eventually bring Hall to his ruin. The next day in the stock exchange. Hall starts buying B. and H.R. stocks, which formerly he was selling, James Steele allows Hall to continue buying successfully, with the intention of swamping him with B. and H.R. stocks the following day. In the meantime, Jack Dallas has been meeting with evil companions and is wanted by the police. He enters Hall's house with the intention to burglarize it. He meets Lois for the first time since her marriage. Hall arrives home before Jack has a chance to get away with any of the plunder, which he has frightened Lois into giving him. Jack forces Lois to hide him. Lois does not tell her husband of Jack's presence in the room, fearful that Jack will carry out his threats of shooting Hall. When Hall discovers Jack's presence in the room, he is suspicious. Jack allows him to believe that Lois invited him. Hall becomes furious. Jack only saves himself from bodily injury by holding Hall back with his gun. After Jack makes his escape, Hall accuses his wife. She resents his attitude, begs and pleads with him to listen to reason, but to no avail. He speaks of a separation which drives Lois frantic. Two detectives, who are on Jack's trail, see him leave the house. Jack evades the officers, steals an auto and makes his escape. A rainstorm comes up and Lois, who is standing by the window is stunned by a bolt of lightning. Jack, in his endeavor to escape in the auto, loses control of it and is hurled over the cliff. Later he is found by the detectives, who get his confession before he dies. The next day at the exchange Steele swamps Hall with B and H.R. stocks, making the price fall and ruining Hall. Hall goes to the woman and accuses her of duplicity. She becomes furious. She seeks to get Hall in a compromising position. She fails in this, for her plans are only denounced by her husband for her previous perfidy and be threatens to divorce her. Hall begins to realize that he has unjustly treated his wife. He goes home to ask forgiveness for his hasty judgment, but the doctor refuses to allow Lois to be disturbed. Later a telegram is received, telling of Jack's confession and his real motive for entering the house. A reconciliation is soon brought about between Lois and Holmes. Steele, to avoid scandal, takes a quiet means to get a divorce from Jane.
- Willie and Hank were entered in the race for Katy's affection. Katy was the sheriff's daughter. Willie was the "pet aversion" of Hank, whom the sheriff thought to be a proper husband for Katy. One night, when the sheriff wasn't looking, Katy did elope with Willie, almost. General excitement prevailed in Jayville Center. Newspaper rumors had it that right there in Jayville, counterfeiters were at work on spurious coin. Impossible! The only one in the town who believed this was Hank, and he kept a close lookout for suspicious characters. Hank happened across Willie and often made Willie mad. Willie proved this more than once with his left foot. In Hank's mind, suspicion pointed her index finger in the direction of Willie. When Willie was eloping with Katy, Hank hurried to the sheriff and informed him of his daughter's flight with a counterfeiter. The sheriff and a posse pursued. The elopers sought refuge in a deserted house, which proved to be the real counterfeiters' den. There was a real fight, and a tie up in the wedding business for a while, but Willie won out. The sheriff and his posse arrived. In the glory of his capture of the counterfeiters the sheriff was won over by Willie.
- The ceiling falls in the sitting room of Mamie's flat and the janitor is just as worried about it as janitors generally are. This angers Mamie, who is an independent sort of small person, and she hustles out and rents a new apartment. She arranges with the moving man to come in a couple of days for the things. Mamie's mother is a helpless sort of hypochondriac and her nerves need soothing constantly. The excitement of the day is too much for her and she takes an overdose of chloral. She is still asleep the next morning when the van men come to tell Mamie that they have a better job for the following day and that she must move at once or get another van. She moves, but mother sleeps through it all and is moved along with the sofa on which she sleeps. The men spill her a couple of times, but they do not muss her up much. The fresh air and the shaking up wear off the effects of the drug and she wakens to find herself alone in a strange house. The drug has not entirely worked off and she promptly concluded that she has been abducted. She runs for the police who make a thorough search of the apartment and capture the innocent little Mamie. While the disgusted policemen steal out mother gets more nerve quieter and sinks back to sleep.
- In this play we find Mary, disgusted and discouraged at the life of unhappiness she is living with Jack Denver, her husband, who has been drinking heavily of late. At this opportune or rather inopportune moment, Tom Horton casually renews Mary's acquaintance. Horton had been Mary's girlish ideal previous to his departure to South America and her marriage to Jack. Mary, in this frame of mind, is ready to listen to Horton' s promises of happiness with him, and is willing to take this radical step. Pauline, her little girl, seeing her mother packing up, and concluding that they are going visiting, packs her little satchel and waits in the parlor until her mother appears preparatory to leaving with Horton. The sight of the child brings Mary to her senses and the elopement is abandoned. Jack learns the truth and makes the earnest manly promise to reform.
- Adolph Shultz sat in the little room behind his little delicatessen shop and cursed the fate that saw fit to cast him for a delicatessen merchant instead of a baron. In the daily papers Adolph had read of the epidemic of heiress-seeking barons and promptly contracted acute baronitis. He lost his appetite for sauerkraut and potato salad and every time he looked at his plump frau, or one of the seven children, he experienced a sensation about the same as a bad man's hereafter. Mary Alden, a newspaper reporter, was in court when Mrs. Shultz and her seven children broke in. She (Mrs. Shultz) filled the air with riot and requested the judge to rivet a pair of handcuffs upon runaway Adolph and bring him back. At Kirby's farm there was great excitement. The Baron Dietrich had picked Madge Kirby for a steady listener of his love tales and Madge was delighted. A baron for a son-in-law made ma's heart flutter overtime. Farmer Kirby had no intention of splitting his fortune with a man he couldn't talk with, so every time the baron asked for Madge's hand Farmer Kirby got an attack of hesitation and called Peggy, the bulldog, who showed her disapproval of the baron by making half-moons with her teeth on different parts of his anatomy. In fact, Peggy assisted Farmer Kirby and Jack Hopkins, Madge's former suitor, in making the baron as uncomfortable as possible, but his finish was made certain by the arrival of Mary Alden, the reporter, who came to visit the Kirbys. Assisted by Peggy, she prevented the pair from eloping, and to confirm her suspicion that Shultz was one and the same, she telegraphed for Mrs. Shultz. Five minutes after the lady arrived something that sounded like yells of mortal agony came from the tall grass back of the farm to prove that the lady was making good. So endeth the romance of Adolph.
- Dissatisfied with conditions at Bradford Mills, the workers protest in vain against the long hours and starvation wages. James Bradford, the autocratic owner, repeatedly refuses to meet their demands, and the natural consequences is a threatened strike. Bradford's son, Jack, finding home associations disagreeable since his father's second marriage, goes to the city, and the gay life of the cafés and restaurants finds in him, wealthy and alone, a constant and somewhat reckless supporter. The father of Madge Dale, his fiancée, threatens to break off their engagement, and this, coupled with his father's illness and Madge's attitude, moves Jack to return home. The strike is called. This, together with a bad heart attack, brought on by the accidental shooting of Jameson, one of the most violent workers, causes Mr. Bradford's death. This state of affairs greets Jack on his return; and now by his father's will, being the owner of the mills and the bulk of his father's money, he straightway opens the mills and endeavors to relieve the dire poverty caused by the strike. Jack's step-mother, who is practically ignored by the will, plans with her brother to ruin Jack and dominate the mills. Jack makes frequent rounds of the poverty-stricken section in his endeavor to better the workers' conditions, the sickness of Mrs. Jameson's little child calling him frequently to her house. In this, the step-mother sees an opportunity to strike at Jack through Jameson, counting on his jealousy, and she causes a false rumor concerning these visits to reach Jameson. She also shows an innocent letter from Mrs. Jameson to Jack so torn by her as to read like a love note. Jameson is fooled, and seeing Jack again with his wife, loses his head and attacks Jack. Fearing a fatal result from this act, Jameson forces his way into the step-mother's house, seeking aid and protection from her, but she, frightened at his wild appearance and in the endeavor to evade him, falls down the stairs. Jameson, half dazed with this latest catastrophe, and Jack's unexpected appearance, is apprehended. Jack thereupon learns of Jameson's motive for the attack and the stepmother, frightened and injured, admits the plot. Jameson returns to work at Jack's request, a stauncher and wiser worker. Jack receives full credit from Madge for keeping his promise to be a worker.
- Arthur Finley is in love with Lois Barker. Her father objects, insisting that Lois shall marry Jack Dayton. Lois and Arthur agree to elope and leave a note for her father. Secretly Lois goes to meet Arthur, but seeing Jack, she hides behind some bushes at the edge of a cliff. The ground caves in and hurls her to the bottom unconscious. Arthur, after waiting a few hours, returns home, believing Lois' father prevented the elopement. Lois, found by strangers, is taken to their home. She does not recover until the next morning. The father reads his daughter's note and becomes angry. When Lois has recovered sufficiently to return home he disowns her. Jack, having faith in Lois, seeks to learn the truth. Arthur begs the father for his consent to the marriage. The father accuses him. Arthur resents. The old man strikes Arthur, but Jack's timely arrival, accompanied by the stranger who aided Lois, explains everything, and the father regrets his hasty judgment. Arthur, who has been searching for Lois, eventually finds her, and brings her back. The father gladly consents to the marriage.
- Jim Jepson returns home after serving five years in prison for bank robbery. He manages to live a straight life with his wife and little daughter until misfortune overtakes him. His wife dies, his daughter is forced to work for her living, and at this crisis in his affairs, he meets one of his former pals, Doc Burns, a jailbird, who is wanted in the west for another robbery. Jepson, who has become discouraged, is persuaded by Burns to resume his former life. They rent an old house next to a bank, tunnel through the cellar to the bank, working at night, while Mary, innocent of the life her father leads, continues her work as cashier in an all-night restaurant. Mary, returning home late, is saved from insult by Bob Darrell, a detective, who escorts her home. A man seen loitering in the vicinity, is recognized by Darrell, as "The Worm," a notorious crook. Darrel, who arrested Jepson and Burns twenty years before, follows "The Worm," and seeing him meet Burns, is convinced that there is another plot on foot to rob a bank. Believing Mary to be an accomplice, he causes her discharge so that she will be at home at the time of his raid. Easy access to the house is gained by arresting Mary as she enters the door and Darrell and the detectives descend to the cellar, follow the cracksmen through the tunnel and capture the gang as they are blowing up the bank vaults. Jepson endeavors to exonerate Mary at the trial, but she is given a short sentence while the others receive a long term. Four years elapse. Mary, released from prison, experiences the utmost difficulty in obtaining the bare necessities of life. Sick and starving, she is tempted to snatch a purse, but is saved from the first step in The Criminal Path as the sound of singing in a nearby Mission reaches her ears. She seeks refuge in the Mission, only to faint away. The young minister, Rev. John Horton, sends her to a hospital where he visits her frequently and on her recovery gets her a position with his sister, Mrs. Blair. Morton's interest in Mary ripens into love, while Richard Blair, the husband, attracted by Mary, annoys her with attentions, but she keeps silent to prevent a family scandal and hold her position. Unknown to Mary, Jepson escapes from prison and Darrell believes he can recapture him by watching his daughter. Jepson seeks Mary for help in leaving the country. Darrell obtains an invitation to a reception in the Horton home to watch Mary. Blair, finding Mary alone, insults her. To protect herself she seizes a bronze candelabra from the mantel, but is discovered. Mary, for Horton's sake, makes no accusation. Later a noise is heard in the library and Mary is discovered standing over Blair's dead body, but being unable to give satisfactory explanations, she is arrested for the crime. Meanwhile, Darrell, gathering clues, finds Jepson's trail, and convinced that he killed Blair, pursues him across country through ice and snow. Overtaking him, a terrific struggle ensues. Jepson is the victim of his own wicked design to throw Darrell into the ice hole. Notwithstanding, Darrell rescues him. Dying from exhaustion and learning that his daughter is accused of the crime, Jepson gives the true facts of Blair's death, which convinces Darrell that his conclusions were right and that Mary is innocent. At last, the road to happiness opens to Mary.
- While studying music abroad, Julien Delmore meets music-hall singer Lucetta and, believing that his love is returned, marries her. The act does not surprise his friends, who call him "Mad Delmore" because of his many impulsive acts; but his wealthy, aristocratic widowed mother is displeased, and when he brings his bride home, she receives her coldly. Lucetta, in reality an adventuress, manages to introduce Carlos, a fugitive from Europe and the chief of the Black Nine Gang, as her brother, a Count. Julien, again acting under impulse, adopts Leila, a little street musician. Jacopo and Madalena, her supposed uncle and aunt, reluctantly consent for a sum of money. The plans of Lucetta and Carlos are discovered, largely due to Leila, and Julien disillusioned, orders Lucetta from his house. Julien, his mother, and Leila go abroad. Leila grows to womanhood and becomes famous in the musical and social world. Besieged by suitors, she loves Julien only. Realizing the hopelessness of their love, Julien still being the husband of Lucetta, she obeys the dictates of conscience and determines to leave home secretly. On the eve of her departure she receives a note from Madalena, bidding her come to her before she dies. Upon entering Jacopo's house, Leila finds herself a prisoner. Jacopo has read in a newspaper that the Marquis di Rubini, whose daughter was stolen by a steward of her household years before, has obtained clews leading to America and offers a reward for information. Jacopo is in fact the Stewart and Leila the kidnapped child. Meanwhile, the Black Nine, disbanded for a time, have assumed activities. Battisti, the hunchback artisan and bomb maker, mocked for his deformity and the butt of the gang's practical jokes, burns to punish his tormentors. Carlos long cherishing his anger against Julien, lures him to the gang's headquarters. Leila, imprisoned, sees Julien's capture. By Carlo's order, Julien is flung through a trap door into a rushing sluiceway. Battista betrays the gang to the police, but returns to the gang to avoid suspicion. One of the gang reports Battista's treachery. Battista denounced by the gang threatens them with a bomb. Carlos draws a revolver. Battista throws the bomb and wrecks the house. Carlos and Lucetta are killed and Jacopo fatally injured. Leila escapes and helps the police to find and rescue Julien. Jacopo confesses and sends a note to the Marquise, which brings about the reunion of mother and daughter. The future happiness of Julien and Leila is assured.
- Jack Burns, an ex-convict, finds it difficult to secure work and seeks aid from a wealthy minister, who believes Jack's story and engages him as a chauffeur. Bert, the minister's son, becomes infatuated with a designing woman, who, with several notorious gamblers, inveigles him into gambling. He loses in a card game and is forced to give an "I.O.U." for $800. Jack Burns sees his benefactor's son with one of the gamblers, whom he recognizes, and warns Bert: but Bert resents his interference. Not having money to pay his gambling debt. Bert is cast aside by the woman and threatened by the gamblers. In order to pay the $800, Bert attempts to take the church donations left in his father's care. He is surprised in his act by the ex-convict, who forces the money from him. The minister discovers the loss of the money before Jack is able to return it. Jack is accused of the theft and is dismissed. The minister later learns that his son is the real culprit and through the ex-convict's persuasion, he forgives him.
- Laurie does not realize that she is about twelve years beyond the kittenish stage of her life, but she can't help noticing that she weighs 185 pounds and has a foot more waist than usually is found on the sweet young thing she wants to be. Some of the girls tell her that they keep in trim at the gymnasium, and to the gymnasium Laurie goes to put through a heroic course of sprouts. She doesn't like the gymnasium, but she likes the handsome instructor and she slicks to the exercise until she gets a black eye trying to box. To comfort her the instructor puts her on the scales to show her how much weight she has lost. She has gained another five pounds. This is the final straw. The instructor seeks to comfort her and she accepts it as a proposal of marriage, and accepts him too. He accepts her when he finds that she has money, and so the gymnasium course brings a husband to Laurie, though not in the way she had expected it would.
- Two miners, Jim Dawson and Jack Stone, on their way home after a lucky strike, are attacked by bandits. Their lives are saved by the timely arrival of Bob Cooper, another miner. Cooper sends a letter to Jane, his wife, by Dawson and Stone, telling of his discouragement. Arriving in the mining town, Dawson delivers the letter. Jane shows only disgust at her husband's misfortune. She is attracted by Dawson. One night at a dance two of the bandits who attacked the miners on their homeward journey, recognize Dawson and decoy him outside the dance hall. In the fight the two robbers are killed and Dawson wounded. He seeks refuge in Jane's house. Upon his recovery Dawson and Jane plan to go away. Cooper's father is suspicious and her infidelity is proved when he finds a note to Jane from Dawson. While trying to prevent the elopement the old man is shot. The couple flees. Jane is taken suddenly ill and they are forced to camp for a night. Cooper meantime reaches his home only to find his father dead with the tell-tale note in his clenched fist. Cooper starts in pursuit. Stone, fearing for Dawson's safety, gathers a posse of men and follows Cooper. Cooper overtakes the guilty couple in camp. In a struggle between the two men, Dawson loses his footing and falls on his own knife. Cooper stays with his sick wife and keeps the fires going through the night. But in spite of his ministrations she dies, and Cooper makes a dash for freedom. At daybreak, Stone and his men come upon the scene of the ghastly tragedy. Stone steals Dawson's gold bags and writes a letter to Helen, Dawson's wife, that Cooper has killed and robbed her husband. Helen and her brother, Joe, vow vengeance on Cooper. Cooper meanwhile has made a rich strike. News of the new vein reaches Joe and he joins the first gold rush. Arriving at the diggings he becomes friendly with Cooper, who is working under an assumed name. The claim proves valuable. Joe and Cooper start for home. The two men stop at a mining town where Joe becomes infatuated with a dance hall singer. Cooper, who tries to break Joe's attachment to the dancer, is recognized by Stone, now the owner of the dance hall. Stone threatens to arrest him. Cooper escapes, but in the general fight Stone is wounded. He tells Joe that Cooper killed Dawson. Joe pursues Cooper, overtakes him and in the struggle that follows. Cooper is injured and Joe is kicked by his horse into a ravine. Cooper manages to reach a house which is Dawson's home. Helen nurses him back to health. Her interest in him ripens into love, when she receives a letter from Joe. Revealing Cooper's identity. Conquering her love Helen sends a note to the mounted police disclosing Cooper's whereabouts. Cooper fully returns Helen's love and tells her of his past. Helen is overwhelmed by his confession, her husband's perfidy and the injustice she has done Cooper, who shows her the note wrenched from his father's dead hand. Thinking now only of Cooper's safety she helps him to escape, and when the police gallop up to the cabin she sends the men in the wrong direction, and rides after him, leaving a note for her brother explaining all. Helen finds Cooper exhausted under a tree, where he has fallen from his horse. She revives him; they pledge their mutual love and we see them riding away together toward the far horizon in the rays of the setting sun.
- A jockey and a bettor are the victims of a corrupt bookmaker.
- Helen, unhappy with her husband, Jim Benson, a smuggler, consults the cards with superstitious trust in the story they tell. The cards tell her of love, a dark man, wealth and happiness. Jack Morton, a wealthy young man, camping in the vicinity, meets Helen, who sees in him the dark man of the cards. Admiration for each other is mutual, and Helen weakly conceals the fact of her marriage. Distracted by her husband's cruel treatment, Helen notifies the revenue officers of his smuggling. As a result Jim is wounded, as Helen believes, fatally. Helen, thinking herself free, renews her acquaintance with Jack, and promising to marry him, visits his parents. A newspaper article, announcing their marriage, is read by Jim, who seeing therein an opportunity to get money for his silence, straightway visits Helen and succeeds in so doing. The rich man's life with valet, etc., which he attempts to lead soon requires more money, however, and he now demands a diamond necklace, Helen's engagement present from Jack. Pursuant to a curt note, Helen goes to Jim, who, seeing that she has the necklace in her bag, discovers and appropriates it, as well as her little revolver. He places the revolver in his desk and Helen leaves. Jim's valet, observing the entire proceeding, and seeing the opportunity to enrich himself and yet hide the crime, turns out the lights, and through the portieres shoots at Jim. Helen, hearing the shot, steps into the shrubbery to avoid being seen, and overhears the valet tell the police that Jim has been killed. At last, believing herself free, she hastens to the church. The wedding ceremony has already been delayed because of her absence. In the meantime, the police, following the wrong clue, arrive at the church and arrest Helen at the altar. In an ante-mortem statement Jim also accuses Helen, and this is the final blow to her tottering reason. The valet's guilty conscience, however, betrays him to the suspicious detective, and he is arrested and formally charged with the murder. Helen, dazed with her many misfortunes and disappointments, once more takes up the cards. In them she reads again of wealth, love and happiness, and not knowing of the valet's arrest for the murder of Jim, and believing that the cards have lied. She sweeps them from the table in a frenzy of despair.