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- "The Woman in White" is the story of a bold substitution made because a young wife refused to transfer her property to her scheming husband, Laura being the wife and Sir Percival Glyde being the husband. The Woman in White of the story is a girl of about Laura's general age and personal appearance, who has exhibited mental peculiarities from childhood. They were harmless in a way, one of the principal eccentricities being that of always dressing in white. When she finally became a source of distress to her own mother, the latter preferred to have her placed in a private establishment rather than a pauper asylum, and the mother thus played a part in the strange deception which was practiced by Sir Percival Glyde and Count Fosco. In order to obtain an enormous estate which would descend to Sir Percival in case of Laura's death without issue, the feeble minded and feeble bodied Woman in White was drilled to impersonate Laura while the latter was incarcerated in a private madhouse. Such is the plot of the story with Count Fosco as the principal conspirator and a little Italian named Professor Pesca as the real instrument of justice, although Laura's lover, Walter Hartwright, was an active agent. The photodrama opens with a revelation of the existence of one of those brotherhoods organized in Latin countries for political or criminal purposes. The members of the secret society are all gathered when Count Fosco betrays them by signaling to the police. A raid and terrific struggle follow; but little Professor Pesca escapes to the consternation of the Judas who has betrayed his fellow-members of the society. The love story of Walter Hartwright follows. He is the drawing master at the home of Laura and falls deeply in love with her. His love is reciprocated by the charming young girl, but the usual obstacle interposes that makes stories oi this kind interesting. Laura's husband has already been selected for her and the discovery of her affection for the drawing master results in his discharge. An end being made to the intimate relations she enjoyed with Walter Hartwright, and the young girl being completely under the dominance of her English father, she is compelled to marry the baronet that he has chosen, Sir Percival Glyde. Sir Percival Glyde is one of the decadent gentlemen of title who come to this country every year in search of some weak-minded heiress; and as his main purpose in matrimony is that of obtaining property he falls into the scheme of substitution suggested by bold Count Fosco. He has borrowed money from Fosco, and is such a moral idiot himself that he consents to have his wife drugged and incarcerated in a madhouse when she refuses to transfer her inheritance to him. It is almost unbelievable at this stage of our civilization that such a scheme could be carried out without immediate discovery because of the large number of people involved in transferring the young wife from her home to the private asylum and in the acceptance as a substitute of the half-witted woman who is nearly at the point of death. There could be no intelligent and honest acceptance of the sickly idiot in the place of the bright and charming girl she resembled, but as a matter of fact, the use of private asylums in England for the purpose of incarcerating people who are in the way was so common at that time that the great novels of Wilkie Collins and Charles Reade on that subject stirred up a political and moral revolution. Laura manages to escape from the private asylum after her substitute has died and been buried and she visits the graveyard where a stone has been raised sacred to her memory. Walter Hartwright meets her there. Believing her to be dead he visits her tomb as a matter of sentiment and finds a woman in black who is none other than the one supposed to be lying beneath the sod. The story now turns to the re-establishment of Laura's identity and this is brought about by the intuitive steps taken by Hartwright to follow up the associations of Sir Percival Glyde. He finds him in company with Count Fosco, then shadows the latter persistently, but without result, until he describes the arch villain to his particular friend and associate, little Professor Pesca. Pesca has not forgotten the treachery of Count Fosco and might be excused for writing the latter's death warrant on the spot. Instead, he gives Walter a communication to deliver which warns Fosco that he will meet his death by secret violence unless he re-establishes the right of the living Laura to her inheritance and to her place in society. Armed with this letter Walter extorts a written confession from the arch conspirator, the consideration being that Count Fosco shall be permitted two days' time to escape vengeance at the hands of the Brotherhood. The interesting and impressive Count Fosco, one of the boldest villains ever delineated in the social drama, removes the hirsute ornaments on his face and otherwise disguises himself to escape what should be coming to him. We feel that he is well out of the way, but what about the drunken decadent of attractive title, Sir Percival Glyde, who has slipped into matrimony and a tremendous inheritance with a conscienceless lack of scruples peculiar to his kind? A visitation of God causes the death of Sir' Percival Glyde in a highly dramatic fire scene. He is partially destroyed when rescued by Walter Hartwright and carried into the open to perish miserably. His dying confession completes the chain of evidence necessary to prove his own infamy and the true identity of the young wife he had placed in a private madhouse. The play ends with the final terror of Count Fosco. He has been detected by members of the Brotherhood in spite of his disguise and is shadowed from point to point in some very effective scenes until we see him in the last one lying dead at the heads of those he betrayed, alone in a humiliating end of a long life of degraded ability.
- The period is 1876; trains of settlers are moving westward. It is the time of pioneers and prairie schooners. Dan is leading one wagon train and his party fall in with another led by a stalwart Indian, Mahomena. They proceed together. Amongst the latter party is a young girl, Eunice, and she and Dan are immediately attracted to each other, a proceeding viewed with disfavor by Mahomena. Eunice is independent and fearless and Dan sees her go off alone on her horse. He sees the Indian follow, and being suspicious he follows. Mahomena overtakes Eunice and tells her that she must be his squaw, and when she cuts him across the face with her whip, he binds her and is leading her horse off, when Dan steals up, cuts the leading lines and drives the Indian into camp at gunpoint. Mahomena is bound and thrown near a camp fire. He manages to release himself by holding the thongs over burning embers. He escapes and his absence is discovered, but though they follow him, he is not caught. He joins the Sioux. The immigrant trains arrive at a military post and depart. Soon after a scout brings news to the Fort that the Indians are on the warpath. Mahomena watches the immigrant from points of vantage and keeps the Sioux acquainted with their movements. Dan, on scout duty, discovers signs of Indians, and finding one of Mahomena's feathers, warns the immigrants to move with caution. The wagon trains are attacked and the situation is critical when Dan rides through the Indian lines. He is followed, but climbs a tree until the Indians pass, when he resumes his ride to the Fort, secures help and rides back with the troop in time to save Eunice from Mahomena and the pioneers from the Indians.
- At the time the play opens the .Southern army is harassing the Unionists. The Northern spy force is augmented and Grace, whose brother, Harry, is already in the secret service, joins it. She meets Harry and together they take a coach to the Southern town they have selected to spy upon. A prominent colonel in the Southern army deals with dispatches, and it is this man that Grace investigates while Harry awaits events. The colonel has a sweetheart, May, and Grace manages to got an introduction to her at a ball by purposely tearing her dress and appealing to May for help. This leads to an acquaintance with the Colonel, and she practices all her woman's wiles and fascinations upon him and he is impressed with her. Grace learns that important dispatches are to be forwarded and plots to get into the colonel's house. She manages matters cleverly, and contrives to have her carriage break down before his residence. The colonel endeavors to get rid of her, but she stalls him off until the arrival of May, when he has to hide her in the next room. May comes to warn him about Grace, for she is suspicious and her woman's intuition tells her that Grace is there for no good. The colonel tries to defend Grace, who gets a chance to change the dispatches for false ones, but drops a letter by mistake, and escapes by way of the window, giving the dispatches to her brother. May sees the letter of commendation from the North. A servant has seen Harry. The colonel rides off after him. He catches up with him as they ride into the battlefield, and in a hand-to-hand duel Harry is killed by the colonel, who is himself mortally wounded by a stray bullet. Grace returns to Washington and receives compliments and rewards. She returns to her home with a clouded conscience, and while sitting looking at her reward, the specters of Harry and the colonel appear and beckon her. She is forced to go with them, and together they appear on the battlefield and they show her their own bodies, and slowly they fade away and their specters enter their dead bodies. She comes to and staggers to the stairs to get assistance. She faints and falls down the stairway and dies.
- Claude Petreaux is an old doll maker, who lives with his daughter, Lucille. He has an apprentice, Villon, by name, a worthless man who loves Lucille. The young folks wish to marry, but Claude denies his permission. Villon persuades Lucille to elope. The old man is broken down with grief and swears that she will never darken his door again. Five years pass. In a distant city the young people are struggling to make a living. As a doll maker, Villon has not achieved success and he has already began to descend the steep roads of dissipation. A little girl, four years, has been born to them. One day the little girl brings home a dog to the already half-starved household. Villon, in drunken anger, at having another mouth to feed, kicks the dog brutally, and would put him out of doors, but the little girl takes the dog in her arms and pleads that it may he kept. In this she receives the support of her mother. In rage he vows that he will never feed them and leaves them to shift for themselves. The old man, in the meantime, feels that death is near, which increases his longing for Lucille, who paints a miniature of her baby and sends it to her father. He receives the miniature and calls in a notary. He disposes of his stock, and, using the miniature as a model, he fashions a doll and dispatches it to them. The wolf of starvation has made its appearance to Lucille and her child. She is anxiously awaiting a return to her letter. The packet with the doll arrives. The little girl is delighted with it, but the mother is keenly disappointed that no tangible help has been vouchsafed, and gives way to despair. At this time Villon returns deeply repentant with promises of reformation which woman-like, she accepts. The father takes the doll away from his child and throws it out of the window. The dog runs after it and the little girl sobs for her new toy. The father scolds her and the mother tries in vain to give her comfort. In the meantime the dog has found the doll in the yard and proceeds to tear it apart. The child seeing this, sobs even more piteously than ever at the destruction of her plaything. The mother's heart relents and she bids Villon go and rescue it. He brings it in, in a mangled condition when to their surprise and delight they find the concealed money.
- Billy is in love with Lottie, the daughter of old man Smith, who does not approve of Billy as a suitor because he wants his daughter to marry Percy Meldon, the dude of the village. Billy is discovered sitting on the porch spooning with Lottie. The old man becomes so enraged that he picks up pillows, books and various other articles, and proceeds to the porch where he hits Billy on the "bean" with them. But this does not dampen the ardor of his love. When he learns that the family is going to a theater that afternoon, he decides to call on his sweetheart again, which he does. The door is locked but he climbs through the window. Unfortunately for him the old man forgot his theater tickets; he returns and finds Billy hid under the table. In trying to pull him from under he unconsciously pulls his trousers off and kicks Bill out of the house without them. Bill is now at his wits end what to do as he is informed that the father is going to place the girl in a convent that afternoon. He arranges with several friends to meet the old man in his automobile on the way to the convent, and pretend to hold him up and rob him when at the opportune moment Bill will rush upon the scene and defend the old man. The plan is successfully carried out, and he succeeds in fooling dad and gaining his consent to marry Lottie.
- Lawrence, the son of wealthy parents meets Miriam on a highway. He is attracted by her beauty and sweetness and upon a second meeting, invites her to the county fair. While they are taking in the exhibits, some of the playful rubes begin throwing confetti and some of it is thrown into Miriam's eyes. Lawrence takes her home. The country physician is called. He recommends a specialist he sent for. Lawrence persuades Miriam and her mother to allow him to assume the expense. He then goes home and tells his father of his love for Miriam. The father angrily dismisses him. The specialist arrives. Miriam's eyes are bandaged with the strict command that the bandage should not be removed for three days if she is to regain her sight permanently. Larry, the following day, is thrown from his horse over the edge of a cliff. He grabs hold of some small shrubs and hanging there calls for help. Miriam hears Larry's call and gets up frightened, and gropes her way out of the house. As she draws closer to the place from which the cries had come, she listens intently for a repetition of the cry for help. In great anguish she snatches the bandage from her eyes, sees Larry, grasps his arm and calls for help. Larry's father, walking down the road, hears her call and rushes to the scene, and he and Miriam together pull Larry up to safe ground. The father turns and calls to Miriam. She turns in the direction of his voice and staggers toward him, for she has become totally blind. The father, realizing the terrible sacrifice she has made for his son, goes to her, takes her in his arms and gives her to Larry and though blind, she snuggles contentedly in Larry's arms.
- When a fireman rescues his long-lost sister-in-law he mistakes her for his wife when she dies, and contemplates suicide until he learns the truth.
- The picture opens at a frontier army post. There are the hospital, the commissary and the "enlisted man's club," the canteen. The interior of the canteen is then shown, with the soldiers seated about. Lieutenant Carson enters, buys a drink, and is handed a small package by the canteen boss. He immediately repairs to his quarters, removes his uniform coat, puts on a civilian coat and slouch hat, takes the suspicious looking package and sets out. He goes to the big camp of Indians, seeks the chief, and with the package, which contains whiskey, barters with the head of the tribe for his daughter. The thief consumes the liquor, and while still under its influence and thirsting for more goes to the barracks with little Drowsy Eyes looking for the lieutenant and more firewater. He runs into the colonel, who, upon learning of the lieutenant's action, orders that officer under arrest. He is court-martialed and cashiered. As his uniform is being stripped from him the officers take note of an American flag tattooed on his forearm. The lieutenant immediately repairs to the Indian camp and seeks admission. Grudgingly it is conceded. The chief throws him into a tent and supplies him with an Indian outfit. Jose Rosarro, a wealthy Mexican, is advised by the family physician to take Mme. Rosarro to the States for the benefit of her health. Jose has a beautiful place and his wife naturally deplores leaving such palatial, luxuriant surroundings for the dangers, known and unknown, of the trail. The doctor prevails, however; the treasures are packed in a solidly-built trunk, the immediate family is loaded into a coach and the relatives and retainers are accommodated in the famous prairie schooners and on horseback. So the caravan sets out through the gates. The scene on the Santa Fe trail is one to be remembered. The beholder stands on a hill and sees the caravan moving over the smooth turf under a bright sun. It seems as if travel under these primitive conditions must have substantial compensations. Suddenly a wheel comes off the coach. Instantly there are a dozen men at work on it. The women are lifted out of the coach. So also is the treasure chest and put on the ground at one side of the trail. Carson, the renegade, riding across the brow of the hill, sees the commotion and rides up and dismounts. His eye lights on the chest. Cautiously he lifts it. Two vigilant Mexicans warn him off. Carson has guessed the contents of the casket. He loses no time in returning to camp and arousing the Indians. A war dance is in progress. It is cut short, however, and the entire force sets out for the scene of the breakdown. The travelers are warned of the approaching Indians and hastily form their wagons into a circle. The fight is on immediately. The Indians break through. Carson and an Indian helper pick out the casket and carry it out of the circle and hide it in the woods. The helper is shot by Carson, who then returns to the conflict. Jose is one of the last to fall. His wife is seized by Carson. The Indians find a barrel of whiskey. They lose no time in getting it open and starting in to consume it. This suits Carson, who now has in view two objects, the securing of the treasure and the possession of Juanita Rosarro. He gathers some poisonous loco weeds and puts them into the whiskey. They act as knockout drops. When the Indians are unconscious Carson puts Juanita on a horse behind him and carries her to the Indian camp. Carson returns to the scene of the fight and safeguards the box of treasure. Drowsy Eyes is jealous of Juanita. The return of Carson alone prevents the Indian woman from killing the Mexican. The little Indian has observed the terror of Juanita. The latter has threatened to kill herself if Carson comes near her. To the Indian Juanita appeals for help. She shows her a pair of baby's booties. It is an appeal to the feminine instinct, and it is successful. Drowsy Eyes just previously has put into Carson's bottle some of the whiskey which that rascal had previously poisoned. As soon as it takes effect the little Indian and Mrs. Rosarro mount a horse and ride rapidly away. They reach the army post in safety. They were none too soon, however. An heir is born to the house of Rosarro, but the life of the mother goes out with the birth of the son. Twenty years later Juan Rosarro is in love with Betty, the daughter of his benefactor, Colonel Roberts. She is in love with Juan. The colonel favors Major Clemens and says so. The major has means. Juan and Betty, however, frequently ride out of camp. On one of these trips they get a glimpse of a white-bearded creature they describe as the "gray ghost." Betty is alarmed. Juan takes a rope and goes on the hunt for the strange man. He conceals himself under a log and waits. The gray ghost appears. He rests on top of Juan's log. Then the ghost sprawls on the sand, fondly patting the ground under him. Juan waits his chance and tries to throw the rope about the ghost. He is not quick enough. The strange man has muscles of steel. In a short struggle Juan's pistol is discharged. The stranger falls. Juan sets off for camp and brings back the colonel and the captain, and some soldiers. One of the officers turns over the body. On the forearm is plainly seen the tattooed American flag. A number of Indians pass. They stop and look at the body. A little woman bends over it. She tells the officers that the dead man was a white soldier, which fact they now know, and adds that she was his squaw. The body is loaded on the Indian conveyance and the redmen move away. Juan is curious to learn what held Carson's attention to the sand. He begins to dig. Just under the surface he finds a large trunk. Willing hands carry it to the post. In the colonel's home it is opened. There is a thrilling scene and a happy one as Juan lifts from the chest a box containing a necklace and reads the inscription on the cover: "Jose to Juanita Rosarro, August 22, 1849." Major Clemens moves from the room. The colonel admits that the trunk's contents removes all his previous objections to the marriage of his daughter to Juan. Everybody but the major is happy.
- Gervais Delemere and Sydney Archdale, Sr. are lifelong friends. Archdale's son, Sydney, and Constance Delemere are affianced. One day as the friends are playing chess, an Indian runner brings a message bearing the information that King George III has directed that a tax of three pence per pound be put upon tea. The message virtually presages a call to arms. The men argue violently, Archdale asserting the tax an outrage and Delemere advancing strong Royalist principles. The men part enemies and the young people are forbidden to see each other. Hostilities start and Archdale shows his partisanship by drilling recruits. Delemere watches his daughter Constance carefully, he introduces her to Captain Devereaux and intimates to her that it will please him if she will show him attention. Delemere and Constance are out riding, when they hear a child crying. They investigate and find a six-year-old boy apparently deserted. Constance insists upon taking the child home with her. He is the son of Captain Devereaux, who has deserted little Phillip after he has struck down his Indian wife, Osano, leaving her apparently dead. Osano recovers and vows vengeance after her kind. Constance is unaware of the child's identity. Delemere accompanies Capt. Devereaux east in answer to the call for men to serve the King. Devereaux presents Constance with a charm from his chain as a remembrance. Constance accepts it to please her father. Constance cannot face the loneliness, and accompanied by her servants she starts for Boston, accompanied by the boy, to join her father. Arriving at a blockhouse, Constance requests accommodations for the night. It is acceded to. The blockhouse is attacked and after a bitter fight the survivors are taken prisoners by the Indians. One man escapes and, arriving at Boston, he seeks out Delemere, who receives a message from General Gage to the Mohawk chief, Main Rouge, asking him to deliver up his daughter. Delemere is on his way to Connecticut, when he is arrested for a spy by American soldiers and put into jail. In the meantime Constance is taken to the tepee of Chief Main Rouge, where she is found by Osano, the deserted wife of Devereaux. Osano recognizes the charm, and is about to kill Constance, but fearing detection and death, she conducts the white girl to the woods and leaves her to her fate. Constance wanders about and is found in an exhausted condition by a Quaker family and is taken by them to Boston. The Archdales, father and son, are very active in the interests of the cause. Archdale, Junior, leads the Boston tea party, overpowers the English crew and throws the tea chests overboard. He is also in command at the battle of Bunker Hill, from which he retreats fighting hard. Constance visits her father in prison and secures an interview with General Washington. She obtains an order for Delemere's release. The Declaration of Independence is signed. Delemere, Constance and the boy Phillip settle down happily in a cottage and the lad is devoted to his protectress. One afternoon Constance and the boy are seen by Osano, who attacks Constance with a knife. Phillip tries to defend her and thwarts her long enough to allow of her rescue by Sydney Archdale and his father. The squaw falls and the knife enters her side. They carry the woman to Delemere's cottage, where they find Devereaux, who has just returned from England. Osano recognizes Devereaux and denounces him as the husband who deserted her. In a fit of rage Devereaux draws his sword and lunges at Sydney, to whom Constance has run. Archdale. Sr. kills Devereaux. Osano sees the tribal mark on Phillip's arm and tells Constance he is her son. The boy runs to his protectress. The old men are reconciled and the way is open for the marriage of Constance and Sydney.
- Lucy, the daughter of Major Brown, takes a ride beyond the stockade. She allows her horse to wander away and it is followed and caught by a young Indian warrior, Swift Deer, who sees her safely back to the fort. He worships the lovely "Pale Face." The trader, Alden, covets Blue Bird, Red Bear's squaw, and attempting to make love to her is attacked by the warrior, whom he kills. The Indians swear death to all pale faces and take the warpath. Swift Deer decides to warn the fort, but seeing Lucy in the arms of Corporal Taylor his anger is aroused and he joins his tribe. The Indians seize their opportunity when a large company start from the garrison on scouting duty. The fort is surprised and hard pressed. Swift Deer digs a trench under the stockade and crawls through, intent upon killing Lucy and Taylor. Lucy sees him and runs to him as a friend. Her ingenuity disarms Swift Deer and he resolves to save her. He leads her through the trench and together they ride away and meet the Major and his company. On the way the Indian sways and falls, and Lucy sees that he has been badly wounded when crawling through the trench. She proceeds alone and meets the cavalry, which dash up to the fort and rescue the decimated garrison. Swift Deer dies happy to have done the Pale Face lady a service.
- A young girl, Gertrude, is the daughter of a thief. She induces her father to go to the country to begin life anew. They do this avoiding the old man's accomplice in crime, who is obnoxious to Gertrude. They find quarters in a country boarding house. The minister of the village church, Jim, and the country storekeeper, both fall in love with Gertrude, and the fact that her father was a criminal is unsuspected. Gertrude secures a position as clerk in the store, and received the storekeeper's attentions unwillingly as she loves the minister. The storekeeper discovers that Jim is his successful rival, and becomes inordinately jealous. But the knowledge of her father's past life keeps Gertrude from becoming the wife of Jim. On an unlucky day fate brings the old man's accomplice to the village. He plans to rob the boarding house, and, in carrying out this design, is detected by the storekeeper, and by Gertrude's father. The accomplice at once recognizes the old man, and the storekeeper learning that the father the knowledge of her father's past life keeps Gertrude. But love and Christian principles prevail over the jealous man's denunciations. The old thief's repentance is regarded as sincere, by the villagers. In time his sins are not only forgiven, but forgotten. And the culmination of the joy of their new life comes, when Gertrude becomes the wife of the minister.
- Betty, a farm cook, yearns to be an actress, but her dreams turn into nightmares, and she seeks comfort in the arms of a hired hand.
- Jack Jones and Albert Brown were chums, but rivals for the hand of their boarding house keeper's daughter. Jack, though, was the favorite of the mother, as well as of the boarders. Jack could sing, and he and Mary, the daughter, would sing and play, to the delight of the boarders, while Albert would wander off in disgust. Many times was Albert forced out of the conversation by his rival, and he decided to get even. He was going along the street, when he saw two seedy looking pieces of humanity, and it was then that a thought struck him to get even. Taking the one bum by the arm, he took him to his room, dressed him up in his clothes and introduced him as his friend, a count from Paris. The boarding house keeper told Jack to give up his place to the count. Not being used to such a nice maid, "Happy," as he was called, proceeded to make love to the maid, but was called down by Albert, and soon turned his attentions to Mary. As soon as the meal was over he ordered a touring car and took them all out riding. This, of course, was Albert's money, and he, not daring to refuse, had to go along. Next he took them all to dinner, and it was Albert's money again. So he went on spending money lavishly. Albert in the meantime was getting tired of his bargain, but the landlady and her daughter had already begun to like the "count" for himself alone. Finally, when he used all of Albert's money. It was time for Albert to say something. Coming into the room where the count was talking to the housekeeper and her daughter, he started to tell them who the count really is, but they would not hear of it. He already had become engaged to Mary and was the pride of the whole boarding house. Jack and Albert were sick at heart and went to their room to "die in despair," for Sunny had beat them at their own game.
- The sheriff of Oklapola County is in love with Nell, and Nell has not only won the heart of the sheriff but also the fondness of his mother. Pasquale, a Mexican, and his band of outlaws are camping near Nell's home. Nell's father receives a check for $8,000. Pasquale sees this and goes at once to inform the bandits. it so transpires that the bandits have selected this very day for their robbery. Nell and her father are alone on the ranch and the father, seeing the bandits approaching, starts to defend himself, but is soon shot and falls to the floor wounded. They rush into the house, seize Nell, who has gone after the money, takes her captive, set fire to the house and dash away. The father finally revives, staggers to the stable, and rides to the village store. The cowboys meet him. He explains everything, and the sheriff's mother takes him into the house to wash his wounds. The sheriff and the boys are soon on the trail of the bandits, and they finally succeed in capturing them, Nell is rescued and the sheriff takes her to his home. A few weeks later, the sheriff receives for his reward a check for $2,000 from the governor of the state for ridding the community of the band of outlaws, which he turns over to the mother of two killed in the fight. His greater reward is the hand of his sweetheart Nell in marriage.
- Jack Downs goes on a motoring trip and locks up his apartment in the city, dropping his keys in the operation. A tramp comes on at this time, picks up the keys and takes possession of the apartment in the owner's absence. He adorns himself in Jack's clothes and then decides to rent the apartment. Nancy Butler meets Jack on the road and they become acquainted. On her arrival she seeks an apartment, and by one of those peculiar turns of fate answers the tramp's ad. She is shown the apartment and rents it, the tramp leaving happily after consummating a clever deal. One night Jack returns and then complications arise. Nancy recognizes him and claims the apartment, but Jack convinces her it is his. She decides to leave, but he, pleading illness persuades her to remain. She in sympathy, telephones a D.D., mistaking him for a M.D. In the meantime, a maiden aunt calls and Jack in desperation, claims her niece as his wife, and then at last the D.D. arrives in time to straighten out the tangle.
- A regiment of cavalry surprises the Sioux and puts them to flight. Colonel Graham and others personally attend to the wants of the wounded, and the Colonel finds a wounded squaw in one of the tepees, with a little girl crouched in terror by her side. The Colonel sends for a canteen, gives the squaw water and promises to look after the child after the mother dies. The Colonel takes the child home, where she is raised. Fifteen years pass and Neehla, the Indian girl, is educated at Carlisle, where she purchases some beautiful Indian dresses. She returns to the Colonel's home and soon becomes the object of admiration to the Lieutenants Stark and Lee. Stark later proposes and is accepted. Old Chief Gray Eagle, of the Sioux warriors, jumps the reservation and commits outrages. Colonel Graham receives orders to ride against the Indians and to punish them. Neehla learns for the first time that Gray Eagle is her grandfather and blood begins to tell and her sympathies turn to her native race. The Indians attack a small settlement, which is rescued by the timely arrival of cavalry. Many Indians are taken prisoners, including the implacable Gray Eagle. At the fort he comes face to face with Neehla and he tells her she is a daughter of the Sioux. Colonel Graham treats with the tribe, offering to release Gray Eagle if they will return to the reservation. The Indians refuse. As the troops ride out, Neehla steals to the window of Gray Eagle's cell. He commands her to go and tell the braves to fight. He gives her a feather from his hair. Neehla obeys. She reaches the Indian camp in time to prevent their making peace terms, tears off her riding costume, disclosing her Indian garb underneath. She is henceforth all Sioux. The braves attack the officers and kill a number of them. The Indians, led by Neehla, attack the fort, capture it and release Gray Eagle. As reinforcements ride up Neehla stands beside Gray Eagle. Stark comes up and not understanding the situation runs to Neehla. Gray Eagle fires as Neehla throws herself between them, and she dies in Stark's arms.
- Violet Horner is in love with Billy Quirk. Her father dislikes Bill and tells this to Bill's father. Incensed at this, the elder Quirk bets Violet's dad that he (Horner), will beg Bill to marry his daughter. Horner takes the bet. To keep Violet away from Billy, she is sent to a boarding school. Bill, disguised as a girl, gets into the same school and nearly wrecks it. The ruse is discovered by the principal. Billy persuades Violet to elope with him, and while running to the parson, they bump into her father, who calls an officer, but Bill gives the cop the slip. Later, Mr. Horner gets a letter from his old friend, Captain Spar (who has settled in the Canary Islands), telling that his son, the Prince, will call. Violet steals this letter and shows it to Billy, who conceives the idea of hiring a couple of tramps. He makes them up as Zulu slaves, and himself as the Prince. In this disguise they go to the Horner borne, where they get dad's goat. Pa Horner 'phones to Billy's dad to have Billy come over to marry Violet, and collect the wager that the young folks may have as a wedding present.
- John Morgan is a grouch. His stenographer, Kate, let him rave until one day when it was cold and he insisted upon having the window open right over her head, her patience gave out and she simply told him in a very emphatic manner that "she would not freeze to death for any man." She was dismissed from his employ. A few days before this a girl named Nan Keyes applied for a position in the office. Kate told her there was no opening but John Morgan upon entering the room heard Kate's remark and immediately found a position for Nan in the stock room to take the position of shipping clerk which had been held by Dan whom Morgan put back in the shipping room with the other boys. Immediately upon Kate's dismissal from the office Nan was asked if she could do stenography and as she could she was taken into the office to work. One day Nan caught a dreadful cold from the window she had left open to make Morgan angry. That day he left the office before she did and on going out dropped his wallet on the floor. Nan found it and having no place to keep it until morning she put it in her bag for safety. Now Nan had an enemy in an admirer of hers. Dan had been an ardent admirer of Nan's, overstepped courtesy one day. and Nan had given him a good slap in the face before the eyes of his fellow workmen and he was ready for revenge. His time came for just as Nan picked up the purse he stepped into the room and then quickly out again having seen her put the wallet into her own bag. The next day Nan was too sick to come to work and when John Morgan inquired if anyone had heard from her Dan told what he had seen. Morgan did not believe and forbid him to say anything more on the subject but went straight to Nan's house. He was surprised to find her in such poor lodgings and found that she supported her good for nothing father, who inhabited the saloons. To this father she had given the wallet to be returned to Mr. Morgan when she found she was too ill to go to business. He stopped in to treat his friends and when Nan and Mr. Morgan found him, some of the money had disappeared. It was then that John Morgan found Nan should not live with this dreadful father of hers, but when he told so she would not give in to him, so they both decided to go halfway which they did for the rest of their lives together.
- Bill French, a ranch owner, determines to press his suit with Edna. He goes to where she is drawing water and proposes. Edna refuses and Tom comes up and interferes, and there is a rough and tumble fight, in which Bill gets a bad mauling. Bill is furious. He goes to the village with ugly feelings, and insults an Indian squaw who inadvertently gets into his way. He goes into a saloon and after an altercation with an Indian chief, who wants a drink. Bill throws him out of the saloon. The old man waits for him and accosts him upon his appearance. Young Bear, the chief's son, tries to pacify his father, but the old man, goaded to madness, draws a knife and Bill shoots him. Young Bear, now chief, determines upon vengeance and his followers are eager for war. They set out to exterminate the Pale Faces. Tom sets out to get stock and bids Edna and her parents farewell. The latter start for town in a wagon. Tom reaches the brow of the hill, sees the Indians and dashes back to warn the Lees. The horses attached to their wagon run away and the father is thrown out and sustains a broken leg. They get him back to the cabin and Tom elects to stay and defend the old people, whilst Edna rides for assistance. Tom barricades the doors and windows and the Indians attack. They roll rocks down upon the roof and they crash through into the cabin. Tom picks the Indians off as they come to the opening made. They throw fire brands in, which Mrs. Lee puts out with a pail of water. Young Bear gets impatient and climbs to the roof himself. Tom shoots first and the Indian falls into the room. Tom disarms him and throws him aside. The defenders have held their own and look anxiously for Edna's return with help. Whilst all this has been going on Edna has spurred her horse until the poor beast has gone lame. Bill rides up and gloats over her misfortune. She implores him to let her have his horse in order to get assistance to rescue her people. Bill says he will help her if she will marry him. She retreats. He is adamant. She consents in despair and they ride to a Justice of the Peace and are married in haste. They secure the help of troops and ride in haste to the cabin in time to affect a rescue and to drive off the Indians. Bill announces his marriage and Edna hangs her head, but Young Bear sees his vengeance at hand and creeps up behind Bill, and with a last effort he kills him with a knife thrust. Tom and Edna pass out hand in hand, awed by the terrible retribution.