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A crooked lawyer schemes to dispossess the heir to a baronetcy.

In a dream Uncle Jack looks through a magic telescope owned by the ghost of a hermit and sees what life was like millions of years ago, including a battle between prehistoric monsters.

Combining fact and fabrication, Edward S. Curtis' dramatization of the life of the Kwakiutl peoples of British Columbia revolves around a chief's son, who must contend with an evil sorcerer in order to win the hand of a beautiful maiden.

Marguerite Gautier, known as "Camille" on account of her fondness for camellias, is queen of the underworld. She has a wealthy lover in Count de Varville, whom, though he supplies her with plenty of money, she does not love in return. Her affections are set upon Armand, a young lawyer from the country. She suffers from her excesses, and the doctor warns her that she must change her mode of living, but she laughs at his advice. Armand's love for her renews her interest in life, and she goes with him and lives quietly in the country. But their happiness is short. Camille has had to sell her jewelry and horses in order to pay her debts, and, learning of this, Armand becomes suspicious. Armand's father, hearing of his son's attachment for Camille, demands that the woman should abandon Armand. For the sake of Armand's young sister, Cecile, Camille agrees to sacrifice herself and returns to her former life with Count de Varville. But Armand's love for Camille will not be suppressed. They meet again. He begs Camille to go away with him. She refuses. Armand accuses her of loving de Varville. The two men meet and quarrel. There is a duel, and Armand wounds de Varville. Armand learns that Camille always loved him and that her aim was to please the father by preserving Armand's family's good name. In the end Camille dies with a smile on her lips and expressing her love for Armand.

A black and white silent film based on Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel documenting the life and times of Uncle Tom.

The story relates how Salambo, daughter of Amilcar, ruler of Carthage, and Priestess of Tanit, is the keeper of the Sacred Veil "on which human eyes must not gaze." She falls in love with Matho, a slave, who becomes the leader of a band of mercenaries, fighting for Carthage against Rome. Matho steals the sacred veil and Salambo is ordered by the priests to reclaim it. The lovers meet in Matho's tent and Salambo recovers the sacred veil. Matho is made a prisoner by the Carthaginians through the treachery of Narr Havas, who is rewarded by Amilcar for his treachery by the hand of his daughter, Salambo. Matho escapes from prison and death, and the Oracle of Tanit is made to declare, by the instrumentality of Spendius, Matho's faithful slave, that Matho is acceptable to the God and one day shall govern Carthage. Salambo, who has protested against her marriage to Narr Havas, whom she does not love, is thereupon given by Amilcar, her father, to Matho and the marriage ceremony is celebrated with much pomp.

Surrounded by a group of children, poet James Whitcomb Riley narrates the story of Little Orphant Annie, who loses her mother at an early age and is sent to an orphanage. Annie charms the other children with her stories of goblins and elves until her uncle comes to claim her. He and her aunt force Annie into a life of drudgery, treating her so cruelly that Big Dave, a neighboring farmer, takes her from them and places her in the charge of the kindly Squire Goode and his wife. Big Dave, who intends to marry Annie, is called away to fight in World War I. When Annie hears the news that he has been killed, she pretends to be gravely ill but wakes up to learn that it has all been a dream.

After being expelled from college, Giles runs away from home and meets and falls for a young lady.

Jane sets out to suppress drink, gambling and dance hall viciousness by way of urging her candidacy as mayor. Like all zealots and would-be social reformers, she finds commercialized vice a hard proposition to defeat. Her enemies try to blacken her character, ruin her bank and take her life, but virtue triumphs and vice is vanquished. At the end of the photoplay Jane is elected mayor and united to the man of her choice.

Kimura, a drunk and a gambler, has no affection for his daughter Kiku-San, who falls in love with Dick Tower, an American college friend of her brother Okuma. After Suzuki, a geisha house proprietor, meets Kiku-San, he runs up Kimura's bill to such an exorbitant amount, that Kimura readily agrees to give him Kiku-San as payment. Seeing her peril, Tower and his friend Thompson rescue Kiku-San after fighting Suzuki and his patrons. Tower takes her to his home, and because this compromises her, they marry. Kiku-San and Tower are happy until his friends at the American Club snub them. Even Thompson encourages Tower to divorce her. After Tower meets Margaret, a wealthy American widow, he tires of being ostracized, and becomes cold to Kiku-San. Her sadness, conveyed to Okuma, causes him to threaten to kill Tower unless she refuses to go with him to America for Christmas. She does refuse, and Tower sails with Margaret, happy with the belief that Kiku-San wanted the separation, while Kiku-San sits in sorrow among cherry blossom trees.

Jane Lawson takes the blame for her younger sister Ruth's minor romantic indiscretion, and is thrown out of the house by her straight-laced parents. She finds work as a department store model, and then marries Will Rogers, her boss's dissolute son, even though George Blake, another store employee, is a far more wealthy and sensible suitor. Will starts embezzling store funds, and when George finds out, to protect Jane, he gives Will some money and sends him to Alaska to make good. His habits fail to improve, however, and when Jane goes to Alaska to meet him she arrives just in time to watch him hang for murder. Suddenly, Jane realizes George's true worth, and so marries him as soon as she returns.

Mrs. Wiggs, a loving mother whose husband has abandoned her, supports her many children and lives in hope of her husband's return.

Sally McGill, a little Irish girl, brought up in a particularly sordid section, is compelled to work to support her entire family. Ben Blaney, the young foreman where she works, loves little Sally. Mrs. Rockwell, wealthy and childless, finds joy in taking a limited number of the poorest children to her country home each summer, and she selects those whom she will take. While visiting the lower East Side, which is distinguished by the name of "Pigtail Alley," she meets Sally and impulsively asks her to go along to earn her board and keep by caring for and helping with the children. Sally is overjoyed. Ben Blaney, however, proposes to Sally and is rejected. Mrs. Rockwell's niece, Isabelle, is jealous of Sally and takes a violent dislike to her. Sally's ambition is to become a refined lady like those about her, and she is attracted to Paul Taylor, but knows she is inferior to him. Isabelle succeeds in having Sally discharged. She then goes to work in a millinery store where she has opportunities to learn the refined ways she so admires, and joins a library to study on this subject. Mrs. Rockwell, in need of a maid, seeks little Sally out and offers her the position, and she again meets Paul, who proposes to her on her way home one evening, but she, realizing the great social gulf between them, does not consent and tells him he must never see her again. She leaves Mrs. Rockwell's employment to become an artist's model and because she pledged Mrs. Rockwell to secrecy about her new address, Paul goes to her mother, who, believing there is a possibility of a rich marriage, gives him Sally's address. Paul waits for Sally and escorts her home, standing in the doorway for a chat. Ben sees them just as Paul is embracing Sally and in a rage strikes Paul down. Later, when Ben learns that Paul has asked for Sally in marriage, he tells Sally that they are not made of the same clay, and that she has outgrown "Pigtail Alley," and he hopes that she will be happy with Paul. She goes to Paul and he holds her in his arms and finishes the sentence he started in the hallway, which Ben interrupted, "When do we start for South America?"

A mother loses first her son and then her husband in the trenches of France during the First World War. She devotes herself to the French cause and to helping those wounded in the war.

The picture opens with the Gypsy camp and the assignation made there between Lothario and Musette, the daughter of Giarno, the leader of the Gypsies. Learning of their proposed meeting, Giarno declares vengeance on Lothario, to whom Musette hastens to give warning. At his palace the Gypsy girl learns for the first time that her lover is already married and is the father of baby Mignon. Her wild despair in consequence causes her to throw herself over the cliffs into the ocean. In the midst of the excitement, following this suicide, baby Mignon slips unobserved from the palace and, wandering too near the brink, also falls over the cliff, but is providentially saved by an out-jetting bush. Meanwhile Giarno has gone to the water's edge to reclaim the dead body of Musette from the waves and here sees Mignon's fall. Thinking to revenge himself on Lothario, he scrambles up the rocks and steals the child. This rapid succession of tragic events hastens the death of Lothario's wife, and Lothario, observing the disaster that follows his one moment's indiscretion, rushes insanely from the palace to begin his mad wanderings over western Europe. At this point the thread of the story is dropped to be picked up again years later, when Mignon has blossomed into maidenhood of 16 years. She follows Giarno's Gypsy train. He delights in cruelty toward her. He prizes her, however, because her exquisite dancing has become a source of revenue. One day she refuses to dance before a party of ladies and gentlemen, but Giarno, blacksnake in hand, is driving her to it, when Lothario, who is wandering by in rags, and carrying his old harp, tries to interfere. The Gypsy leader is too much for him, however. Shortly afterward Wilhelm Meister rides into the scene and succeeds in quelling Giarno from whom he later buys Mignon. The Gypsy-stolen maiden falls in love with Wilhelm, but finds a rival in Filina, the celebrated actress. Having spied upon a love-scene between the two, Mignon becomes convinced that Wilhelm is not intended for her, so starts to wander away with Lothario, but she cannot so easily tear her affections from the man who rescued her from Giarno. Leading Lothario, she follows Wilhelm again to a grand reception given by Frederick, one of Filina's suitors, in honor of the actress. She manages to smuggle herself and Lothario into the palace, again sees Filina making love to Wilhelm and, hoping to win favor and strengthen her own cause, steals to Filina's room and dresses herself in one of Filina's gowns. When she presents herself to Wilhelm in this attire, he commands her to take it off, but he shortly follows her up the stairs to soothe her wounded feelings. This gives Filina an idea. The old count, Frederick's uncle, objects to the youth's infatuation for Filina. It is agreed, therefore, that Filina is to follow Wilhelm into her room, the count is to discover the two of them there and is to demand an explanation, after which the only course left open for Wilhelm is to marry the actress. The plot seems to work nicely. Wilhelm declares that Filina is to be his wife. It was thought that Mignon had left the room. Instead she had secreted herself behind some curtains and hears Wilhelm's words. Filina discovers the Gypsy after Wilhelm and the count have taken their departure, and locks Mignon in the room. Wilhelm escorts Filina into the ballroom to announce their engagement, but scarcely have the words left his mouth when he detects the plot between the actress and the count. He therefore declares a change of mind and Frederick, in an impetuous desire to defend Filina's honor, challenges him to a duel. Some time before Mignon, in a burst of despair, has made a wish that the place might burn down. These thoughtless words take possession of Lothario's mad brain, and he proceeds to put the wish into execution. Wilhelm, who is in the midst of his duel with Frederick, sees the flames and rushes to learn that Mignon is locked in Filina's room. He makes his way through the fire to the doomed room, but Mignon. who wishes nothing better than death, now that she knows Wilhelm is to marry another, goes to the window and threatens to dash herself to the ground if he comes near her. Only after Wilhelm assures her that he loves but her, does she consent to the rescue. When they reach the courtyard, Wilhelm falls in a half-faint and submits to Filina's caresses, thinking that they are Mignon's. Mignon, observing this, believes Wilhelm's promises to her false and so again wanders away with Lothario. The two of them eventually happen near Lothario's former palace. The inn-keeper remembers him and leads him home. Here the recognition is consummated. The cloud rolls bark from Lothario's mind. He is once again the master, and Mignon his daughter. Wilhelm who has ridden out in search of the supposed Gypsy girl, finds her in new splendor and the romance has its ending in their plighted vows.

The keen rivalry between Du Barry and La Pompadour for the favor of King Louis XV of France comes to a climax when La Pompadour intercepts a letter from Du Barry to Sir John Godric, an Englishman. Du Barry rescues the letter and destroys it before La Pompadour can carry out her plan of ruining her rival by showing the letter to the King. Hoping to secure other similar Du Barry letters from Sir John Godric, La Pompadour enlists the services of her friend and ally, Doltaire, high in the King's council, and commands him to get the Du Barry letters at any cost. Meanwhile Sir John leaves England to visit his bosom friend, Robert Moray, in Virginia Colony, America. A warning received from Du Barry before his departure causes him to hide her letters in a secret compartment in the fireplace of his home. In America, while hunting, Sir John is fatally wounded by the accidental discharge of his gun, but before dying he reveals the secret hiding-place of the letters to Robert Moray and exacts an oath from Robert to guard the letters, with his life if need be, until he can destroy them. As Doltaire, fulfilling La Pompadour's commands, visits Sir John's ancestral home in England, Moray's messenger arrives, bearing the tidings of Sir John's accidental death to the servants on the Godric estate. Upon learning that Robert Moray is now in charge of all of Sir John's papers and effects, Doltaire starts for America. The call of war between Canada and Virginia Colony takes Moray from home and when Doltaire arrives there he finds that Robert has joined Major Washington 's command. Doltaire thereupon goes to Fort du Quesne, the nearest French stronghold. Meantime, Captain Moray, while reconnoitering, has been captured by French soldiers and is brought a prisoner to the Fort, where he renews acquaintance with M. Duvarney, a soldier and gentleman of Quebec, homeward bound. Doltaire learns of Capt. Moray's presence in the Fort and offers to free Robert in exchange for information that will enable him to secure the Du Barry letters. As Captain Moray steadfastly refuses to barter Sir John's secret for his liberty, Doltaire transfers Robert to Quebec, where authority from "Ihe Seats of the Mighty" is supreme, and takes him before Bigot, the Intendant, who, at Doltaire's behest, gives Robert the freedom of the city. At Bigot's palace, Robert meets Juste Duvarney, son of M. Duvarney, who has recently become a member of Bigot's Court. The friendship between the young men grows. Robert is presented to Alixe Duvarney while visiting Juste at the Duvarney Chateau, and recognizes in Juste's father his old-time friend. Ere long, the young Virginian and the fair maid of Quebec find their hearts enmeshed in Cupid's net. Doltaire, himself enamored of Alixe, discovers Capt. Moray's love for the girl is returned. Jealous of Robert's successful wooing, Doltaire plans his ruin. Through Labrouk, his tool and henchman, whom he has installed in Moray's quarters as guard, Doltaire secretes plans of the Quebec fortifications in Robert's quarters, where he later brings Bigot to discover them. Robert is denounced as a spy and is arrested while calling on Alixe. Doltaire meets Bigot on the palace steps as he convoys Moray to prison and directs the Intendant to invite Robert to dine that evening at his palace. Winning the sympathy of Gabord, the prison guard, Captain Moray induces him to send a letter to Alixe. In order to further discredit Moray, Doltaire poisons Juste's mind against Moray and precipitates a duel between Robert and Alixe's brother, Juste, by inciting him, while under the influence of wine, to insult Robert at the dinner. Moray is loath to quarrel with Alixe's brother and Juste taunts him with being a coward as well as a spy. In the duel which follows Robert wounds Juste, who is carried to Duvarney Chateau by Doltaire. The crowning test of Alixe's love comes when Doltaire informs her that her sweetheart, the spy, fought with her brother. Alixe remains loyal, nevertheless, and contrives to send Robert assurance that Juste will live. Alixe has a staunch friend in Voban, the barber, and in Mathilde, his pretty peasant-girl sweetheart, whose voyage to America Alixe arranged, but who, unfortunately, on her arrival, Bigot lured to his palace and seduced. Bigot's inhuman treatment of her there temporarily unbalances her mind and he permits her to leave the palace. Mathilde is entrusted with Alixe's message to Robert and delivers it to Voban, who takes it to Robert's dungeon. The day of Captain Moray 's trial arrives. Vaudreuil, the Civil Governor of New France, presides. Doltaire's testimony and Labrouk 's evidence convict Robert, who is found guilty and sentenced to die at dawn the following day. That evening, Alixe, disguised in her brother's court uniform, visits Robert's dungeon. Robert embraces and comforts her at their final parting and the friendly guard, Gabord, hurries her away before her identity can be discovered. Returning home, Alixe finds a note from Doltaire, who has called during her absence, praying her to attend the Governor's dinner, as he has matters concerning Robert to discuss with her. Accompanied by her father, Alixe goes to the dinner at the Governor's palace and there meets Doltaire who, at the first opportunity, declares his love for her and offers to save Robert's life if she will surrender herself to him. Alixe indignantly spurns Doltaire's advances and, pleading illness, beseeches her father to leave with her immediately. Doltaire cynically watches Alixe depart. Arriving home, Alixe, overwhelmed by despair, falls fainting to the floor. She is terrified by a vision of Robert's approaching ignominious death and, after a night of anguish, realizes that she cannot let him die. As the first blush of the morning lights the East, she snatches up her cloak, and fearful that she may be too late, hurries to Doltaire promising acceptance of his degrading terms in exchange for Robert's life and pardon, and implores him to save Robert. Doltaire, triumphant over the success of his plot, stays Captain Moray's execution and Robert is sent back to the dungeon, where Doltaire visits him and taunts him with his loss of Alixe. Finding he is still obdurate with regard to disclosing Sir John's secret, Doltaire decides to torture Captain Moray and has him heavily chained and maltreated. Unable to get news of Robert for some weeks, Alixe appeals to Vaudreuil, the Civil Governor. Vaudreuil visits the dungeon, and, angered by the indignities to which Robert has been subjected, has him removed to better quarters. Labrouk, who has been censured by Vaudreuil for his participation in Robert's abuse, informs Doltaire, also telling him that Alixe is responsible for the Governor's intervention. Doltaire appoints Labrouk Captain Moray's prison guard and, angered at Alixe, accuses her of duplicity. Alixe now plans to aid Robert to escape but, desiring to avert suspicion, offers to accompany Doltaire to the prison and return Captain Moray's love tokens, among which she has concealed a knife and a note assuring Robert of her constancy. They go to the prison and Alixe flings Robert 's letters at his feet. Doltaire jeers at Moray and in triumph escorts Alixe from the dungeon. Maddened by Doltaire's insults and Alixe's seeming infidelity Robert proceeds to destroy the packet of letters and discovers the knife and Alixe's note. Overjoyed, Robert takes the knife and prepares a way of escape. M. Duvarney and his son, Juste, depart to join the French forces defending Quebec. Doltaire later returns to the dungeon to gloat over his "vanquished" rival. Captain Moray simulates despair and hands Doltaire a cleverly worded note which informs Alixe that he will decamp that night but which leads Doltaire to believe Moray will end his life. In he same night Bigot, planning an all-night carousal, sends a command for Madame Jamond, the court dancer, to appear at the palace and aid his revelry. The messenger returns to the palace and reports to. Bigot the dancer's absence. Infuriated at the dancer's non-appearance, Bigot, who has been drinking freely, incites his wine-maddened guests to vent their spleen on "that spy Robert Moray," as a substitute pleasure. Some of the more sober oppose this whim and Bigot tipsily argues the point. Mathilde, who, unperceived, has gained entry to the palace, comes upon the scene of revelry and overhears the brawl. Her mind slowly comprehends its import and forgetting her intention to kill Bigot, her seducer, she sheathes the knife she has drawn and rushes to the Duvarney Chateau to warn Alixe of her lover's new danger. Fearing Robert's plan to escape will miscarry, Alixe hopes to appease Bigot's wrath by impersonating Jamond, the absent dancer, so that Robert may have time to gain his freedom. Her arrival is opportune, for Bigot, thinking she is Jamond, bids her dance. Meanwhile Robert has loosened the bars of his window and wrenched them apart. He is surprised by Labrouk as he is about to climb through, and a terrific fight between the two ensues. Robert's victory and escape is just in time, for Alixe, exhausted by her dancing, is about to be made the sport of Bigot's courtiers. Becoming frightened, Alixe screams, and Doltaire, recognizing her, rescues her from the drunken crowd. The revelers cry "If not the woman, then the spy" and led by Bigot, they rush forth to wreak their vengeance on Captain Moray only to find that their prisoner has fled. The news of Captain Moray 's escape infuriates Doltaire and, realizing that he has been duped by Alixe, he is about to strangle her when Bigot, recognizing her, intervenes. Turning from Alixe, Doltaire denounces Bigot, produces his authority from "The Seats of the Mighty, " and deposes him from office. Doltaire orders Labrouk, Captain Moray's guard, to bring back his prisoner or lose his life. Alixe flees from the palace and takes refuge in a convent to escape Doltaire's persecution. Captain Moray reaches the camp of General Wolfe and makes known to him a secret pass by which the English army can safely approach the otherwise impregnable Quebec. Robert conducts a party of officers to the pass leading to the Plains of Abraham. They report their find to General Wolfe while Captain Moray returns to Quebec to rescue Alixe. Labrouk, seeking Moray, meets him at the top of the pass and is killed by Robert in a hand-to-hand encounter. The English army, at dawn, has scaled the heights, and the battle for supremacy between England and France begins. Doltaire learns that Alixe has fled to the convent. Captain Moray, disguised in Labrouk's uniform, re-enters the city and searches for Alixe. Hearing of the battle and knowing that Alixe's father is one of Montcalm's staff, Doltaire conceives a plan to lure Alixe from the convent. Forcing a wounded soldier to accompany him, he sees Alixe and tells her M. Duvarney, her father, is seriously wounded. Robert, who is near the convent, sees Alixe depart with Doltaire and follows them to the palace. Once Alixe is in his room, Doltaire lays aside all pretense and seeks to embrace her. Robert, overcoming the guard stationed before the doors by Doltaire, breaks into the room and attacks Doltaire. In the fight, Captain Moray kills Doltaire and carries Alixe, fainting, from the room. The deposed Intendant Bigot, alarmed by the noise of battle on the Plains, loots the palace strong-box, intending flight. Voban the barber, whose sweetheart, Mathilde, Bigot had seduced, breaks into Bigot's quarters to avenge her wrong. Perceiving Bigot's preparations he goes into the powder magazine beneath the palace and plants a lighted fuse. Robert revives Alixe and conducts her to a place of safety just before the fuse ignites the powder. The terrific explosion which follows lays the palace in ruins. Mathilde sees her former sweetheart among the ruins. Her kiss of reconciliation brings peace to a tortured soul. Robert and Alixe, united at last, set out for the old Virginia home, its beckoning portals holding promise of their future happiness.

The story of Nathan Hale, an American soldier and spy from his days as a teacher to his eventual capture and execution.

A wealthy society matron is enchanted by a world-renowned opera singer. Her jealous boyfriend, seeing his meal ticket slipping away, hypnotizes the singer and renders him mute. His ploy works, and the singer, now unemployable, soon runs out of money and is reduced to utter poverty. However, a figure from his past is in a position to help him regain his former fame and fortune

Dr. Hugh Annersley, assisted by Dr. Appledan, has succeeded in finding a cure for cancer. Julia, Dr. Annersley's sister, comes home with Griswold, a former client of the doctor, and to whom he still owes money. Griswold did not enter the house, Annersley saying to Appledan that if Griswold would pay him what he owes, he could then continue his work with the medical discovery. Griswold, now being attended by Appledan, Annersley decides to write him a letter, in which he states that unless he is paid within twenty-four hours, that he will go to Griswold's apartment to collect the account himself. Appledan takes the letter to Griswold himself. In giving medicine to Griswold, Appledan gives him an overdose, resulting in his sudden death. To ward off suspicion, Appledan places Annersley's letter threatening violence to Griswold on the latter's table, and firing two shots out of a revolver, the aged doctor leaves the room. When the police investigate they find the revolver on the floor, and on it is carved Hugh Annersley's name. Circumstantial evidence in the form of the revolver and letter points to Annersley. He is placed under arrest and charged with the murder. Julia, calling upon Appledan, notices the old doctor laughing hysterically as Frank Sargeant, a well-to-do young man, leaves his office. He tells Julia that he has just warned Sargeant he could not live more than a couple of months on account of the poor condition of his heart. With this knowledge, Julia starts in search of Sargeant, and finds him in an old quarry just as he was to commit suicide. She persuades him to listen to her. She unravels to him the story of her brother's plight, and of the fact that he could save millions of lives were he able to continue with his cancer cure. That as he, Sargeant, could not live long and was on the verge of committing suicide, would assume the murder of Griswold, clear Annersley of the charge, and thereby be of some good to humanity. Sargeant agrees and fabricates circumstantial evidence against himself so strongly that he is arrested and convicted of the crime. While awaiting electrocution, Sargeant learns that his heart was never affected, that old Doctor Appledan was mentally unbalanced, and then confined to an insane asylum. Upon learning this, Julia sets out to clear Sargeant and reverse the wheels of destiny against him. The old doctor confesses that he gave Griswold an overdose of medicine and to clear himself had placed Annersley's letter and pistol near him, thereby clearing Sargeant. How Julia repaid Sargeant for his great sacrifice by her love and affection brings the picture to a dramatic and happy ending.

During the Revolutionary War, Hamilton and Burr vie for Margaret. Years later, they clash over compensating Loyalists. Hamilton has an affair with Maria, Burr's friend's wife. They leak Hamilton's letters, destroying his career.

When Patricia "Patty" Hudson, a struggling New York writer becomes ill, her doctor, advising a restful occupation, arranges for her to be the private secretary to the aged James Winthrop, Sr. The closeness of their resulting relationship disturbs Winthrop's relatives, Mrs. Harrison Tyler and her daughter Sally, who hope to inherit his fortune. Mrs. Tyler writes slanderous letters about Patty to Winthrop's son Jim, in the aviation corps in France, and the rumors she spreads cause Patty to decide to leave. Winthrop, however, will not hear of it and proposes that they marry to quell the talk. Patty agrees but renounces all claims to his inheritance. After they marry, Winthrop dies from shock when he hears a false report of Jim's death. When Jim returns, he treats Patty with insolence, but after Patty sacrifices her reputation to protect Sally, the butler and his wife tell Jim the truth about Patty. Jim's subsequent proposal is accepted by Sally.

The story relates how Bob Barrington conducts a racing stable on Long Island without the knowledge of his daughters, Henrietta and Myrtle. Barrington is traveling in the west and meets John Keefe, a gambler. They play cards alone and Keefe kills Barrington and steals the bill of sale to his racing stable, leaving a sheet of the inventory on the floor, together with a curious cigarette holder, taking all the papers of the dead man. There is an inquiry as to the cause of the death conducted by John Garrison, the young sheriff. The verdict is suicide, the body being unidentified. Gorman, a pal of Keefe's, is the only person who knows the truth. Keefe goes east and claims the stables, but Matt Donovan, the trainer, suspects foul play. Keefe changes his name to Buffy and becomes infatuated with Henrietta. John Garrison also goes east and sees Henrietta and thinks he recognizes in her a striking resemblance to the picture found in the watch of the dead man. Keefe and Garrison meet at the home of Henrietta. Keefe denied his identity, but Garrison incidentally shows him the curious cigarette holder and Keefe betrays himself. Garrison sends west for the watch and the missing sheet of the bill of sale. He starts with the watch for the home of Henrietta but loses it en route. It is found by a street beggar and pawned. Henrietta happens to be passing the pawnshop and is attracted by an article in the window. She enters and finds her father's watch with her picture in it. She overhears Keefe tell Donovan that he bought the stable of her father and her suspicions are aroused. She shows Keefe the watch and picture and he again betrays himself and she is certain her father met with foul play. While playing tennis with Henrietta the missing sheet of the bill of sale falls from the pocket of Garrison and she finds it and the mystery deepens. Henrietta resolves to take no one into her confidence. She visits the office of Keefe, secretes herself outside the window, and overhears a conversation between Keefe and Gorman. They leave the office and she finds the complete bill of sale and compares it with the missing sheet. Ralph Woodhurst, the fiancé of Myrtle, has been induced by Keefe to bet large sums at his pool room. The day of the big handicap is approaching and Wildfire, the crack filly in the Keefe stable, is being backed to win. Keefe sends Donovan to rob Henrietta of the missing sheet, but she covers Gorman with a gun and the plan is frustrated. Henrietta, on the day of the big race, seeks out John Garrison, and accuses him of being in collusion with Keefe or Duffy. She shows Garrison her proofs, the watch and the missing sheet. Garrison tells her the truth. Keefe realizes that he must flee the country and he prepares for a final coup. He backs another horse to win, bribes Chappy Raster, the rider of Wildfire, to use the whip on the mare, which will cause her to sulk, if the flag on the racing stable is up when the horses start. Henrietta overhears the plot and goes to the office, where she has a terrific struggle with Keefe. She succeeds in pulling down the flag while fighting Keefe, Garrison coming to her assistance and dragging Keefe down the stairway, where a furious struggle ensues. The story closes with Henrietta on the roof, the flag down, in the arms of her lover, Wildfire having won the race.

With the electric-ray machine that he invented, a scientist brings his daughter back to life after she dies in a car crash but he fails to revive her soul at the same time.

Helen's marriage to Spayden fails to save her father. After Foxhall attacks her, she shoots at him and faints. Spayden kills him. Marlowe claims guilt, Helen confesses, but the butler reveals all. Spayden dies; Helen and Marlowe together.

An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her.