- Alan, Rose and Barcus ride through the fog. Aboard the steamer Judith determines to go after Alan. When she suggests going out in the fog to the captain he scoffs at her. She arranges with her men and they procure a small boat. As they are launching it, Judith stands, giving the final orders. The sailors on the steamship rush up to stop her. She jumps overboard (her men in the meantime having made away with the boat) and her men later pick her up in the small boat. They row on in the fog. At last they strike a reef and their boat is damaged. They are stranded and await help. In the meantime the river thieves' boat escapes (after a short fight) from the revenue cutter and is putting back to the island. Rose, Alan and Barcus pass near the reef, and Judith spies them. She calls for help. Barcus and Rose suspect treachery, but Alan insists on going to the rescue. When Barcus refuses to turn the boat's course. Alan jumps out and swims to the reef. When he discovers Judith he attempts to get away, but her men overpower him and he is made their prisoner. Rose and Barcus attempt to come to his rescue, but they are outnumbered, and Judith's men (who have procured ammunition from the steamship) start to open fire. They depart in search of help. They eventually land on a small rocky island (the home of a band of robbers and river thieves) and Rose is left in one of the caves, while Barcus goes inland in search of help. Meanwhile Judith spies the river thieves' ship and signals them. They come in the dory and rescue Judith, Alan and her men. Judith talks with the captain, giving him much money to become one of her aides. They are landed on the river thieves' island also. Barcus finds a small fishing village and enters the saloon, where numbers are gathered. He starts to drink, asking questions, etc., and one of them suspects he is a revenue officer in disguise. They jump upon Barcus, and he is thrown, bruised and bleeding, out among some barrels and boxes. Judith, Alan, the captain of the band and men land and come up through the village. Barcus recovers, sees them and gets word to Alan that Rose is down on the beach. Judith does not see him. Alan is taken to a little hut, the window overlooking the steep cliff beside the ocean. He is bound there, and Judith taunts him. She first offers him a rose, and then the trey o' hearts, which she throws in his face. She leaves him and goes down into the street. Barcus attempts to escape, but Judith sees him. She orders three men to follow him; they do so, Barcus not knowing of their presence. Judith writes a telegram to her father which the captain says will be sent from the mainland. Barcus returns to Rose and tells her of Alan's presence on the island. Judith's men spring upon Rose and Barcus and after a struggle capture them and hind them to the rocks. Judith returns to Alan and tells him that she knows that Rose is on the island and is going to dispose of her for all time. Judith leaves to go down to see Rose, and Alan, after freeing himself of the ropes on his feet, jumps from the window into the sea, thirty feet below, with his hands bound. He lands among the rocks, stunned from the fall. Judith goes down to see Barcus and taunts him. Rose turns on her and in fury Judith orders the men to bind Rose and Barcus out on the rocks, telling them the tide will be in with the hour and they will be left to drown. She starts back to the village with the men and finds Alan half unconscious. She orders the men to bring Alan with her. Judith's men meanwhile, get into a fight with some of the river thieves and there is a free-for-all fight in the saloon. Judith, Alan and men return in the midst of it. Alan fights to defend himself and gets away, only one man pursuing him. They have a struggle and both fall over a cliff, Alan getting away. He rushes along the beach and discovers Rose and Barcus almost drowned. He frees them and they find their lifeboat and get out into it. Judith discovers Alan's escape and leaves with her men in search of him. The revenue cutter, which has been lying in wait outside the island, opens fire on Alan's party, believing them to be the river thieves. Barcus explains to the officers and they are let go.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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