- The village Squire with designs on a village maiden has her suitor falsely imprisoned. " Charles Reade who wrote this book in 1856 so exposed the prevailing conditions in English prisons that he is generally credited with being responsible for the present reforms. Queen Victoria after reading this work, demanded to know if such brutalities were being performed in her name and ordered an investigation which brought about the universally high standard prevailing today."—Michael Crew <m.crew@bbcnc.org.uk>
- The Fielding Brothers, farmers, are served with notice of foreclosure of mortgage on their farm. George, the elder brother, is engaged to Susan Morton, who is also beloved by John Meadows, the wealthiest man in town. Meadows realizes the futility of his efforts to win Susan by fair means, and plans George's undoing and his own aggrandizement. George goes to Australia to seek his fortune, and Meadows, sure of success, selects the house for his bride, and ousts the present tenant, Isaac Levy, thus gaining the enmity of the Old Jew. Levy has been protected from Meadows' cane by George Fielding, and he now determines to protect George from the plotters. He rents an office next to Meadows, and through a hole which he bores in the wall keeps informed of their plans. Meadows' schemes are frustrated, and George returns with six thousand pounds to clear the home and claim his bride.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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