- A moneylender kidnaps the young son of an rich widow as part of a plot to cheat her of her fortune. The boy is sent away on a fishing boat with the intention of drowning him, but a kindly old fisherman intervenes.
- Werb, a ruthless moneylender, blackmails one his debtors, the bankrupt and dissolute Marquis de Luscky, into marrying a wealthy widow, the Comtesse de Ker-Amor, with the intention of murdering both her and her young son, Charles-Henri, and inheriting her fortune. Posing as a tutor, Werb kidnaps Charles-Henri and hands him over to another compliant debtor, a fishing boat captain, on the understanding that an 'accident' at sea will be arranged. Le père Paimpol, a kindly old crew member, befriends the boy, but will he able to protect him?—Des de Moor
- The Marquis de Luscky, having dissipated his fortune, secures financial assistance from Elias Webb, a money-lender, who, however, declines to advance further sums when the spendthrift has no security to offer. The widowed Viscountess Kinsale is a very rich woman whose affections are bound up in Peter, her only child. De Luscky, in his extremity, thinks he sees a way out of his difficulty. If only he could marry the viscountess he would be able to restore his broken fortunes, and one morning he contrives to fall from his horse in front of the viscountess's motor car. Apparently he is severely injured and is taken into her house. When news of the accident is published, Webb writes to de Luscky advising him to lay siege to the heart of his hostess. The schemer's injuries are severe, and it is weeks before he is able to leave the house. His first call is upon Webb, who agrees to provide money to enable the marquis to marry the widow, on condition that he pays him $200,000 on the death of the viscountess and her son. Together they plan a diabolical plot. When the marriage takes place, Webb is appointed tutor to Peter, and they begin a tour of Brittany. On the second evening they are at St. Malo. Peter is taken on board a fishing boat owned by Skipper Dick, a fisherman indebted to Webb, and he agrees that during the voyage the boy shall disappear. The skipper reckons without Penrose, an old salt, who befriends the boy, and they escape from the vessel. For their own vile purposes de Luscky and Webb have induced Peter's mother to believe that the boy has been drowned, and she becomes seriously ill. This gives Wehb an opportunity to develop the plot, and at his instigation de Luscky poisons the water he expects his wife to drink before she sleeps. Fate intervenes. The nurse objecting, the water is taken to the drawing-room, and when the marquis returns early in the morning he drinks the poisoned water and dies. The marquise is accused of murder, and is being tried when Peter and Penrose dramatically appear in the Assize Court. The boy accuses Webb of having caused him to be kidnapped and, incriminating documents being found at his house, the marquise is discharged from custody.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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