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- Jack Brookfield is a professional gambler. His niece, Viola, is engaged to Clay Whipple. Whipple's mother, a widow, was Brookfield's former love. Frank Hardmuth, the District Attorney, is Whipple's rival for Viola's affections. Whipple has inherited a fear of a particular cat's-eye jewel. At a party, a drunk named Tom Denning taunts Whipple with the jewel, causing Whipple to strike and kill him. Hardmuth prosecutes the case, and gets Whipple convicted. Behind bars, Whipple has a dream of his wedding day, seeing himself and Viola at the altar; then a rope falls from above and encircles his neck. Whipple's mother remembers that Judge Prentice, who is on the Supreme Court, was once in love with her own mother. She appeals to him to intercede, and he recalls an incident involving the jewel which caused him to fight over Mrs. Whipple's mother, who also had a reaction to the jewel. The Judge secures a new trial for Whipple, and testifies on his behalf regarding the jewel. Whipple is acquitted. Brookfield exposes Hardmuth, who had been seeking the Governor's office, in a murder plot.
- The story tells of the struggle of Donald McKenzie, a guide of the North Woods and a poet, to have his verses recognized. Condon, a publisher, recuperating in the woods, has a camp near Donald's. His daughter, Mabel, is the inspiration for many of Donald's verses. When they are completed, Donald sends his poems to Condon under an assumed name. Condon is backed in his publishing business by Maynard Randall, a wealthy idler, who is engaged to Mabel. Condon goes to the city, but is forced to return to the woods again. He brings Mabel and Randall with him, together with the manuscript of the unknown poet. Mabel meets Donald again and beings to admire his great strength which she cannot reconcile with his deep poetical nature. Randall notices the growing attachment and tries to belittle Donald on every occasion. Donald acts as guide for Mabel in her trips through the woods. Randall, in pique, makes advanced to Marie, a clerk in the camp store. His actions become odious and Donald administers a severe thrashing to his rival. Aided by Pierre, an enemy of Donald's, Randall plans revenge. While Mabel and Donald are on a long trip in the mountains, Pierre changes the guide posts and the couple are forced to spend the night in the woods. Randall poisons the mind of Condon against Donald, and when he returns he is accused of losing his way to purposely compromise Mabel. Donald informs the irate parent that they are to be married. Randall then declares that, unless Mabel marries him, he will withdraw his money from the firm. Pierre then confesses his part in the scheme, and Condon, sure that Donald's poems will aid him in getting his business going again, denounces Randall, who tries to destroy the manuscripts, but is prevented by Donald, who discloses himself as the author.