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- An old Indian legend tells of the supposed ability of persons who have been turned into wolves through magic power to assume human form at will for purposes of vengeance.
- With the opening of the story Richelieu pardons the Duke of Orleans and all his followers in the Languedoc revolt, save one. The exception is Adrien de Mauprat, because he seized a French town without his leader's orders. Richelieu advises him to lead his troops against the Spaniards and seek honorable death in battle. Julie, Richelieu's ward, loves de Mauprat, but notwithstanding her entreaties, the Cardinal is relentless; de Mauprat courts death on the battlefield. But now that he seeks death, it shuns him; instead of a soldier's grave, he wins glory. Julie has another admirer, Haradas, the King's favorite. Aware of de Mauprat's place in Julie's affections, he sets himself to bring discredit upon his rival. Later, Julie, at the King's request, attends court. She makes a deep impression upon the weak-minded, fickle monarch. A year after the departure of de Mauprat, Baradas and his followers conspire to murder Richelieu and seize the throne of France. At this critical time de Mauprat returns, famous in battle, sad of heart and loathing Richelieu. Thus he becomes a ready member of the conspirators. However, Richelieu hears of his arrival and of the conspiracy and has him arrested. In the meantime, Julie has returned from court and again appeals for de Mauprat's life. Thus, when de Mauprat is ushered into the Cardinal's presence, instead of hearing his death sentence, he is informed that he will marry Julie the following day. Hearing of this the King is violently angry: Julie is summoned to appear at court. Once there she is virtually held prisoner and her marriage is declared invalid. The false Barad is convinces de Mauprat that he has been tricked by Richelieu. De Mauprat swears vengeance and again joins the conspirators, all of whom sign a scroll addressed to the Spaniards offering to deliver France into their hands. From here the story develops with plot and counterplot. How de Mauprat discovers his tragic mistake in thinking the Cardinal has double-crossed him, how he manages, through a heroic effort, to save the old man's life, how de Mauprat falls into the hands of the King and is only saved by a master stroke of diplomacy on Richelieu's part, the death of the scheming Baradas and the final achievement of happiness for the young lovers, Julie and de Mauprat, makes up the essential points of the story.
- Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly couple from their poor home. Whereupon he empties his own and Colin's purse, pays the Beadle, and then resume their journey. Overcome with the pangs of hunger, they "lift " the purses of a couple of corpulent monks. For this breach of law both Villon and Colin are arrested and thrown into prison. They succeed in overpowering the turnkey and, assisted by Colin, who insists that his friend don the clothes of the turnkey, Villon makes his escape. Colin is tried, convicted and hanged. At the foot of the gibbet, Villon's farewell to the swinging Colin is interrupted by the entrance of the Chevalier do Soissons. Villon resents the knight's tirade against the corpse of Colin. Fight ensues and the crafty vagabond slays the knight, using as a weapon a great stone. The rich purse, armor, etc., of de Soissons proves too strong a snare for the impoverished Villon, who quickly changes habiliments with the dead knight, props the body against the gallows and then continues on his way to Paris. Philippa de Annonnay, the fair ward of the Chevalier Bertrand de Pogne, is held prisoner in an inn. Villon chooses this inn wherein to satisfy the cravings of hunger. Here he meets de Pogne. From her window she sees the entrance of Villon and determines to appeal to the strange knight. An animated discussion between Villon and de Pogne is interrupted by a scream from Philips. Villon starts to climb the stairs to the gallery of the inn. De Pogne bars the way and a terrific battle with swords ensues. The fight continues up the stairs and toward Philippa's window, through which the girl reaches as the fight continues on the balcony and stabs de Pogne, who falls to the floor below, dead. Villon conducts Philippa safely to her castle, then resumes his journey to Paris. Having dissipated the proceeds of the de Soissons adventure, Villon hies himself to a garret, where he spends his time in courting the muses. Louis XI, the "Prowler," determines to test the loyalty of Villon. To this end, the king hies himself to a dungeon in the Bastille, causes the arrest of Villon, then offers that worthy his freedom if he will help overthrow the king. Villon indignantly refuses to purchase his freedom at such a price. Whereupon Louis reveals himself to the poet and presents Villon with a bound copy of his (Villon's) manuscript, which was the first book to be printed in France. Then Louis knights him, bestowing upon Villon the title Chevalier des Loges.
- 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.
- All the men in the neighborhood love Bess, the daughter of the Mayor of Rockville, but she treats them coldly. Among this number is Jack Dayton, a son of Old Ireland known as the "No-Gun-Man" and Lesparre, leader of the Coyote gang. Lesparre brings his gang to town, holds up the bartender, secures all the whiskey they want, then robs the bank belonging to the Mayor, who offers $5,000 reward for the return of the stolen property. Jack's great desire is to get enough money to send to his mother in Ireland, to pay for the cottage in which she lives; so he starts after the bandits unarmed, although he is urged to take a gun. In the meantime, Lesparre has also kidnapped Bess and taken her to a place in the hills known as Coyote Hole. When Jack learns of this, he redoubles his efforts. He allows himself to be captured by the bandits, and on being taken before the chief, tells him he wishes to join the gang, and the chief finally consents. As soon as everyone is asleep, Jack enters the room in which Bess is imprisoned, and helps her to escape. He then wraps his blanket about him again and goes to sleep. In the morning the loss of the girl is discovered and Jack is suspected, and is locked in the room in which Bess was imprisoned. He finds the money and papers hidden in the bed, watches his chance, attacks the two men who are guarding him, defeats them after a desperate fight and escapes with the money. He reaches the railroad and climbs on a passing freight train. The gang follows closely, and after a fight, Jack throws Lesparre off the train, He finally reaches Rock River, is acclaimed a hero, returns the money and papers to the Mayor, and receives the girl in exchange.
- Christy Mathewson is engaged to Lillian Terry, daughter of Edward Terry, a rich merchant. The father favors the match, but dislikes the way Christie fools away his time playing baseball. Jack Prescott, the rejected suitor, tells Terry that if ever he lets Christy marry his daughter he will regret. At the instigation of his daughter, Terry makes Christy an offer to come into his office to work for the sum of $25 per week. Christy, against his own inclination, accepts the offer. This does not suit Prescott, who does all in his power to have Christy fired. In the office we are introduced to Otto, a baseball fiend, who is never happier than when arguing with his fellow clerks or in demonstrating to them the way in which various players pitch the ball. He and Christy soon become fast friends. Christy still continues playing baseball with an amateur team. On one occasion he leaves his sweetheart, telling her he has a business engagement. Prescott, meantime, meets Lillian on her way home. Christy is caught in the lie. Christy gives his word he will not play again. Otto, one day, is having a heated argument with his pals, and is trying to show them how a certain pitcher won his game. Christy is asked for his decision. He gets a baseball and as he throws it the door opens and Terry, with a rich client, enters. The ball strikes the rich client. Terry fires Christy. Christy, that evening, writes to Lil to the effect that he never was cut out for office work, and that he was going out into the world to find a career himself. He asks her to wait for him, which she promises to do. Later he is discovered by Jack North and the scout. North is the manager of a big league team. He makes him an offer, which Christy accepts. A year passes. The boys at the office learn that their old pal, Christy, may get a chance to show his worth that day at the ball grounds. They all fake telegrams saying that their grandmothers are dead. Terry, who knows himself what is in the wind, sympathizes and gives them the day off. He then 'phones Lillian. On the way to the game they meet Prescott, who accompanies them. At the Polo Grounds we have the regulation scenes of the different players warming up; this includes Tesreau, Marquard, Mathewson, etc. Later, end of eighth inning, score tied, four to four. The manager of the team decides to give Christy his chance. He takes out the man who has been pitching and sends Christy in. Christy is so nervous that he can scarcely hold the ball, but as he looks toward the grandstand, he sees Lil watching him eagerly. His nerve returns, and pitching a wonderful game, he shuts out the opposing team. Lillian sends a note to him to call at the house that evening. When he arrives there he finds that Lil's father has become a baseball enthusiast. Lil finds it difficult to get Christy alone, as Terry wants him to demonstrate the game and how he won it. Prescott has to sit and listen to all this, and to his disgust, Terry tells Christy that he can marry Lil whenever he likes.
- At a big automobile race one of the winning drivers, Tony Jeanette, is given an invitation to a masked ball to take place that evening at the home of the wealthy Mrs. Montague. In haste, he drops the invitation, which is found by F.J. Francis, a society crook, and also read by Meg, another gentile crook. Knowing of the wonderful necklace of Mrs. Montague, they both decide to attend the ball in an effort to steal same, unknown to each other. At the ball Meg is seen masked, watching every chance to get the necklace, but Francis is more clever and gets away with it. The diamond is missed. Two society detectives at the ball follow Francis' cab, which he jumps out of while going at high speed, leaving his cane inside the cab. Meg follows Francis unknown to anyone, and succeeds in getting into his apartments. Francis discovers her and shows her the diamonds, which she tries to get. After she has gone, he misses his watch, which she has cleverly taken to yet even. In the meantime the detectives have gotten up with Francis' cab and discover it is empty, but find his cane with his monogram (F.J.H.) on. They find the jeweler who made the cane, and find from him the club to which Francis belongs. Going there they discover Francis, but are not sure of him, as they only saw him at the ball and he was masked. They ask for a light and cigarette, and see the same monogram on his ring and cigarette case, and arrest him as the thief. Meg hears of his arrest and attends his trial, when he is pronounced guilty. Going to his cell, she offers to help him if she can. He tells her where he has bidden them, and she goes to his apartment, gets the jewels from their hiding place in the wastebasket, and stealing into Mrs. Montague's boudoir, places the jewels where she finds them later, and phones the police of their discovery. Francis is released. He and Meg marry and give up all of their ill-gotten gain to the society of the orphans. The last scene shows them looking at the bank balance of $10.00, but happy in their love and promise of a better life.
- Gray Dove, a squaw, has been a patient and faithful attendant to her Chief. He becomes infatuated with a young squaw, Briar Rose, who desires his whole attention. She persuades the Chief to get rid of Gray Dove. He gives her corn and water and despite her dumb entreaties he casts her out and she wanders out to the big desert with her little son, Red Deer. Hunger and thirst overtakes them and the woman, after giving the boy the last drop of water, folds him in her arms and lies down to await the advent of the Happy Hunting Grounds. A wagon train happens along and Big Bill and his wife find the child alive, the squaw having gone to await the coming of her son. They pick up the boy and bury the mother. Ten years pass and Red Deer grows to be a fine type of the educated Indian. He loves the woods and wilds, and one day, whilst setting traps for beavers, he meets the pretty little Indian maiden, Golden Willow. "Like turns to Like" and it is a case of love at first sight. Outside the fort, guards are watching the horses grazing, when a band of horse thieves ride up, kill the guards and escape with the horses. They sell them to the Indians. The garrison is aroused, ride out, see the horses in the Indian camp, attack it and take a number of the Indians prisoners. Little Golden Willow escapes and meets Red Deer. She tells him the circumstances and together they ride to the fort. The Colonel listens and is convinced. He apologizes to the Chief and releases the Indian prisoners. Red Deer joins the tribe and asks for and is given Golden Willow for his squaw, and Red Deer is made Chief for his services in saving the Red Men. The spirit of Gray Dove rises above the Happy Hunting Grounds and blesses her son and his mate.
- 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.
- In a small mining community lives an orphan girl who is engaged to a miner. A degenerate Mexican infests the camp and proves a menace to the citizens. The orphan's sweetheart finds him intimidating two young sweethearts and gives him a well-deserved beating. Thus he incurs the Mexican's hatred. A young stranger, coming into camp, accidentally shoots himself while cleaning his revolver. The orphan girl takes him into her cabin and dresses his wound. She is called out by the Mexican and attacked, but is saved by the stranger. To secure revenge, the Mexican informs the miners that the orphan is harboring a man in her cabin; this reaches the ears of the orphan's sweetheart. With a strong fist, the young miner smashes the lying mouth. In the meantime, the stranger, unaware that the girl is engaged to the miner, falls in love with her. The miner finds it out and his heart aches, but he acts straight. Upon learning the truth, the stranger departs; he makes his way up the hill, leaving the girl behind with a sore heart, for she loves him in a way. However, as he looks back and down the mountain, the stranger sees the Mexican below him on a cliff about to shoot the miner and the girl as they stand on the door-step. He hurriedly throws his pack onto him, spoiling his aim; then he jumps over and down. He kills the Mexican, but his own life is sacrificed.
- In the last picture of this series the cunning girl crook had been outwitted by the detective, Kelley, and sent to the penitentiary to serve a five-year sentence for robbery. At the opening of the present picture Lady Raffles is being conducted to the penitentiary, handcuffed to a guard of the prison, and as the train races along the girl, who has defeated justice so many times considers herself beaten. The play leads off with My Lady Raffles giving herself over to melancholy contemplation. Two railroad employees became frenzied in a nearby switch tower, and the train is wrecked. In the midst of the burning field of destruction and death a man and a woman, chained together by their wrists, both unconscious, are rescued from the flames. The man dies and the woman is unchained from the body. She is laid upon a grassy bank and there My Lady Raffles regains consciousness, realizes that chance has been her friend, and escapes. She returns to her old haunts and after a short rest is again ready to pursue her nefarious trade. One idea predominates her. She must even up accounts with Phil Kelley, whom she admires as deeply as she hates. Then follows a brilliant combat of wits. A girl, Kelley's fiancée, is accused and placed on trial for murdering her own father. The Lady Raffles, Kelley knows, is the only one who can save the girl by her testimony. The girl Raffles writes the detective, after her escape, to the effect that she intends to steal the family jewels of the Grahame family. This letter she plans to have posted after the crime is done. The Grahame family is made up of a father and twin sisters, Jo and Nell. Kelley is in love with Nell. The woman burglar enters the Grahame residence and steals the jewels. While she is exploring the house, however, she makes a gruesome discovery. She finds Mr. Grahame, the father, dead in a chair, an ugly wound in his temple. She hastily escapes with the jewels. One of her confederates is captured by the police. Kelley and Jones, another detective, are detailed on the case. Jones suspects that one of the twins has murdered the old man. Kelley is certain that the old man committed suicide or met death accidentally, also he knows that if she chooses, Lady Raffles can save the twins. A three-corner battle of wits follows. Jones is bent upon capturing Lady Raffles. Kelley protects her because he knows if she is arrested she will not aid the twins. On two occasions when the capture of Lady Raffles is certain Kelley saves her. He gives her to understand that one good turn deserves another and that she can save the twins if she will only speak. She promises to save the twins. The day of the trial arrives. At the critical moment Lady Raffles appears and testifies that it was she who stole the jewels and that Mr. Grahame's death was an accident. The twins are acquitted. As she has turned state's evidence, Lady Raffles is pardoned. Kelley assures the female crook that if she is sincere in her desire for reformation she may call on him for help.
- The white men are shown leaving the settlement, going to the forest on a hunting expedition. While canoeing, one of them meets a pretty Indian girl who falls in love with him. An Indian brave sets a trap. An animal is caught but breaks the trap and escapes. The white man finds it just as the Indian comes up and accuses him of breaking it. A fight ensues, in which the Indian is badly beaten. The Indians decide to attack the whites, and the Indian girl races ahead in her canoe and warns them. A terrific running fight takes place, the girl being fatally wounded. The whites finally reach the settlement where the reds are defeated in a desperate battle. The last scene, showing the death of the Indian girl, is impressive and pathetic.
- Phyllis, the daughter of Colonel Burton, and Clifford, a young officer, have been deeply in love. The story is laid in India. Owing to the colonel, Phyllis has been forced to marry Major Bainbridge, who is rich. Years pass by. Clifford has been transferred to another part of the country. Bainbridge with his wife and child come to take charge of the station. The old love between Phyllis and Clifford renews itself. Hadji Hassan, chief of the hillmen, attacked by a tiger, takes refuge in a water hole where alligators set upon him. He is saved by Clifford, who happens to be in the neighborhood. He swears his gratitude to his deliverer. Later, with the assistance of the Mad Mullah and his tribe the hillmen attack a caravan. Harold, Phyllis' son, is captured. The chief, remembering the service that Clifford rendered, orders the two released and the chap wanders off on his pony. Clifford has been set upon by a tiger and his horse returns riderless. The army soldiers start out to the rescue. Clifford, who was with Harold prior to the attack, searches for him and saves him from another tiger. Colonel Bainbridge joins the hunt and Phyllis, distracted, determines to look for him herself. There is a terrible battle between the soldiers and the hillmen in which the latter are driven back. In their retreat they meet Clifford and the boy. Clifford is badly wounded. As Colonel Bainbridge looks through his glasses, he sights his son and Clifford on a hill. They are rescued and brought to the colonel. Phyllis arrives, carried by her pet elephant, in time to comfort the gallant Clifford, who dies in her arms, satisfied to have been of service to her.
- May Arnold is living happily at home in the far Southwest. She is happy with her father, and happy with the thought that she is soon to wed Billy. Young businessman Clarence Van Nest, a distant relative of farmer Arnold from the East, is summoned on urgent business to the Southwest. His mother accompanies him. They are warmly greeted at the ranch house. Little May gazes wonder-eyed at Clarence. His easy grace and polished manner attract the girl to such an extent that after a little quarrel with Billy, she allows her thoughts to wander to the East, and a life of luxury. While pondering over these thoughts, she drops to sleep and dreams it all came true, but soon found her life was not one of sunshine and roses, and after many tribulations, she awakens with a start only to find she is at home and in the sphere in which Nature had placed her.
- The girl is traveling by stage coach to a Western town. The coach is held up and robbed by three desperadoes who make away with the cash of the passengers. When the stage arrives in town, the news spreads concerning the hold up. A reward sign is posted for the three bad men, dead or alive. Three pals, Joe, Jim and Shorty, arrive in town and go up to the saloon, where they are very much surprised to see the consternation which seizes all present. The occupants of the saloon rush out leaving the three friends alone. They notice the reward sign posted for the three bad men and conclude that as the description given in the sign reads, "Two tall and one short" that the townspeople have evidently mistaken them for the three bad men. Exciting moments follow. The sheriff is told of the arrival of the three supposed desperadoes and after many exciting experiences the three are corralled and captured. The girl, who has been the only one who has had nerve enough to approach the three men, is convinced of their innocence and is very much pleased with Joe. She asks the sheriff for mercy, and the three, safely captured, are disarmed and told to leave town. They run across the real three bad men and capture them. The girl has been captured and taken to a Mexican settlement and she, too, is rescued in turn upon which the three pals are heralded as the heroes of the town and receive the advertised reward. Joe, who has found the way to the heart of the girl, we are left to understand will shortly become her husband.
- When Indians attack a white settlement, a brave kidnaps a white baby to give to his wife as a replacement for their dead baby. The white mother goes to the Indian camp to look for her child and is captured by the Indians who plan to torture her. The settlers attack the Indian camp, destroying it completely and killing the braves, while the Indian wife returns the baby to the white woman and allows her to escape. The Indian wife mourns her baby at its grave, unaware of the destruction of the Indian camp.
- Harry is thrown out of town and on his way across the desert meets a minister and his family; when the man is killed in an Indian raid, Harry takes care of his little daughter, later puts on the minister's frock and reforms a town.
- Bored with the ranch, Buck's girl goes off to the city and gets involved in a brothel. When Buck brings a herd of cattle to town, a streetwalker lures him to the house just in time for him to save his girl from Martin.
- Helen is operator at Bells. Jerry McGuire, engineer on the local freight, and Tom Thornton, his fireman, are both rivals for the hand of the girl. Jerry is preferred and Tom tries to get Jerry to take to liquor again, a habit that he has overcome. Tom is unsuccessful. Jerry and his bride return from their honeymoon and Tom persuades Jerry to take a drink or two to celebrate the event. Jerry does so. Both are called for the local that day, and Tom has a bottle of whiskey handy which he gives Jerry. Jerry takes a drink and does not observe the signals of the train crew as he backs down onto his train. The engine hits the head end of the train and knocks in the end of a box car. The trainmaster appears, smells whiskey on Jerry and also finds the bottle on him. He is temporarily suspended and later on is discharged for being under the influence of liquor when handling his engine. Jerry mixes with a bunch of bad eggs, and in a quarrel over a game of cards he hits a man. The man goes down, the gang disappears, and when the police arrive Jerry is arrested and sent up for five years. Jerry's time is up and he leaves the penitentiary. His wife refuses to have anything to do with him, and he manages to get a job with the section gang. Tom is running the local, and is still after Helen, who refuses to give him an answer. Jerry works hard in an effort to gain his wife back again. Helen's daughter. Pearl, is the pet of the train crews and she is often in the cabs of the engines which stop for orders. One day the local stops to unload an automobile consigned to the station and Pearl climbs into the cab. The train crew go over the right of way and get a watermelon or two from a patch. In the meantime, Pearl has boarded the cab of the engine and pulled open the throttle. The train starts away. Jerry is in the office with Helen and they come out to find out why the crew are pulling out without orders. The crew rush in. Helen sees the automobile and she and Jerry make a wild dash for it. Boarding the machine they set in pursuit of the train, and getting alongside, Helen leaps to a car in the center of the train, while Jerry dashes on ahead in the machine and manages to reach the passing track ahead in time to throw the switch and turn the freight on the siding as the opposing passenger dashes by. The passenger pulls up and the crew come back for explanations. The superintendent on the train overhears the story and tells Jerry to take the train back. They board the engine and set back for the depot, where Jerry and his family make a fresh start.
- The Apache Chiefs and Sub-Chiefs, Naitche, Ketena, Tahchilsa and others, come to the reservation barracks and demand liquor. They are very angry at the refusal given, and Lieutenant Davis, in charge, is apprehensive of trouble. The Apaches return to camp and make the squaws brew tizwin, their native liquor. A scout sees the effects of the brew and notes the braves in full war paint dancing. The scout reports to Lieut. Davis, who sends Second Lieut. Clark, with a troop of cavalry, to stop the warlike preparations. The troopers go to the Indian camp and the chief is informed that his tribe will be punished if he is not careful. The Indians show their resentment plainly and Chief Mangus's squaw would shoot Clark but for the interference of Mangus. After their departure, the squaw fires the braves on to action, and they start out to exterminate the Pale Face upstarts. They fire a pioneer cabin, kill the man and take the woman off. Clark reports to Davis, who leads a troop to the Indian camp and confiscates the tepees and takes the squaws prisoners. Mangus's squaw, Huera, being amongst the number. The Indians swear a terrible oath of vengeance. From their mountain retreat they descend cautiously to the reservation barracks and Chief Mangus climbs the brush stockade and rescues his squaw, Huera. An Indian climbs a telegraph pole and cuts the wires to destroy communication. Davis deems it advisable to call for reinforcements. He finds the wires are cut. He determines upon an immediate attack and rides after the redskins. The Indians see them and plan an ambush. They see the troopers enter a pass, which leads to a sandy plain. The Indians race across the mountain path, enter the plain and bury themselves in the sand. The Cavalry comes along and falls into the trap. The Indians rise from the sand on every side and annihilate them, and all that is left the next day are the naked bodies of the dead troopers.
- Mariea, a young Italian girl, when carrying from a vineyard a basket on her head, spurns assistance offered by Philipo, but later gladly accepts aid from Guido. This naturally angers Philipo, who awaits his chance for revenge, which comes all too soon. He is ploughing lazily, and when reprimanded by Guido, starts a quarrel. He comes off the victor, but in his haste to get away from his crime, leaves his knife. When Guido is discovered, Mariea, after overcoming her grief, recognizes Philipo's weapon, and vows to avenge Guido. Philipo leaves his native town, but not without first being seen by a young boy, who darts off to inform Mariea. When she learns of this, she, too, bids farewell to her home and starts after Philipo. A year later she is playing an organ in the streets in New York, and is surrounded by many listeners. A man joins the crowd and in him Mariea recognizes Philipo, whom she attempts to stab, but is prevented by two men. He escapes, while Mariea is held. Philipo, however, meets with an untimely end. He falls to hear warning of a blast, and keeps on working among the rocks. They find him dying and carry him to a soft spot, where Mariea finds him. Seeing his miserable plight, she throws away the knife and leaves his punishment in the hands of the Lord.
- Trapper Bill, a scout, gets into a quarrel with a drunken trader named Shunan, and worsts him in a fight. Shunan covets Silver Heels, an Indian maid, and the Chief barters her for presents. Shunan carries her off in triumph. She slips from his horse and runs into the woods. Shunan follows her and catches up with her near the edge of a cliff. She wounds him with her knife, but is disarmed and is about to be thrown over the cliff when Trapper Bill appears and forces Shunan over the cliff. He saves himself on the way down, and refusing help limps away. Bill takes Silver Heels to the Mission Church where they are married. Shunan drinks heavily and forces another fight upon Trapper Bill and is wounded in the shoulder by Silver Heels. Shunan thereupon rides to the Indian camp and joins the tribe. He persuades the Indians to raid the white man's corral and steal a number of their horses. The trappers hunt the Indians down, put them to rout and burn their tepees as a lesson. Shunan escapes. Some years pass and Silver Heels is called to the Happy Hunting Grounds leaving Bill to mourn her loss. The Mexicans are getting unbearable and a menace. Trapper Bill joins a regiment of trappers and scouts, and their services are gladly accepted by General Kearney at headquarters. Shunan offers his services as a spy to the Mexicans and is cheerfully received. Shunan gets useful information and leads an attack upon the American camp. They are besieged and suffer from the want of water and food. Trapper Bill offers to ride for relief and reinforcements. He successfully negotiates the Mexican lines and reaches the main camp in an exhausted condition. The reinforcements reach the hard-pressed American camp just in time to save it from being annihilated; the Mexicans are chased and many killed and captured. The prisoners are set free and Bill finds ultimate happiness and peace with one of the released girls.
- Patsy is the daughter of an old circus veteran, and has been a part of the circus since her mother's death. Her father is not satisfied for her to grow up with a circus and arranges to send her to a boarding school. Patsy does not fall in with the idea and goes to her old friend, Bucky O'Connor, the veteran clown, for advice. He sympathizes with her, but refuses to intercede. Kelly's manager, Anton Fischer, has loved Palsy for a long time, but she does not care for him. Overcome with his passion, he tries to kiss her, but is prevented by the arrival of O'Connor. Patsy is finally sent to school. Patsy finds her new life hard and to ease the longing, gets a horse to ride each morning. She is seen by Bruce Barker, a young playwright, who manages to get an introduction to her and they become fast friends. One day a circus is billed in the town and she accompanies Bruce to see it. The familiar sights so work upon her memory that she determines to run off and join her father's circus. Bruce proposes to her, but she is filled with the new thought and rejects him. Fischer then determines to get control of the show and then force the girl to marry him to save her father. By many crooked deals he gets the show in bad repute and lends money to Kelly from time to time. He arranges to have a crowd of roughs break up the show the next night. Patsy arrives in the town where they are, the day before the big fight arranged by Fischer is to be pulled off. She pledges her old friend O'Connor to secrecy and they arrange to tell her father next day. However, one of the girls falls sick and Patsy takes her place. She is recognized by her father and he starts to go to her but the fight breaks out at this point and he is mixed up in the melee. Through the strategy of O'Connor the company is saved. Barker follows the girl and arrives in time to frustrate an attempt of Fischer's to get the girl in bad and then play the hero. He follows the show unknown to the girl and saves her from many misfortunes. Fischer determines upon a last attempt to rid himself of the rival and get the girl at the same time. He notifies the girl's lover to meet him at the lion's cage. planning to leave the door open, but the note is lost. He accidentally leaves the door open and is chased by the lion himself. Barton gets him in a tight place and tells him that if they don't promise to leave the circus and turn over the mortgage he has, that both of them will be killed. The frightened wretch promises and for a few months it looks as if both would be killed in the end, but the resources of Barker finally win over the brute and they are saved. Barker buys the show and Fischer leaves. Barker turns his purchase over to the girl and is about to leave, when she calls him back and tells him that she doesn't care for his show without him. and the story ends with a happy reunion under the "big top."
- There is a little slavey working in an English boarding house. She accidentally discovers the "swag" of a couple of crooks one day, but dismisses the event from her mind, owing to the kindness which the men have shown her. Kelly, the detective, locates the two crooks at the boarding house and, to watch them, he secures a room next to theirs in the same house. In making up the detective's bed one morning, the slavey comes across his revolver and handcuffs. She divines that he is there to cause trouble to her friends in the next room. Later, the detective corners the crooks. The little slavey, however, facilitates their escape. Five years later we find the slavey in a magnificent suite of rooms occupied by herself and the two crooks, whom she befriended. Under their direction she has gained the sobriquet of "Mv Lady Raffles." Reading of a fashionable wedding to take place and of the many beautiful wedding presents, "My Lady Raffles" decides to turn them to her own account. She and her friends visit an antique shop, where they select a handsome cedar chest. The proprietor returns from the rear of the shop to find the two men alone. They order the chest sent to the address where the wedding is to take place. Detective Kelly is invited to the wedding as a guest, but incidentally to guard the many valuable gifts. After the party is over, he alone occupies the room, which is in semi-darkness. He has a premonition that all is not right. All at once the lid of the cedar chest, which is among the gifts, begins to rise slowly. Kelly watches and sees a white hand emerge. This mysterious hand travels about among the gifts selecting the most valuable. Overcoming his surprise, Detective Kelly seizes the hand, which is all he can see in the gloomy room. He draws his revolver. It is accidentally discharged. His captive escapes in the confusion. Kelly, however, has had time to observe that the hand bears a peculiar birthmark between the thumb and first finger. Cudgeling his brain he recalls that the little slavey in the boarding house of five years before had just such a mark. Outside the house, "My Lady Raffles" makes good her escape in the automobile. Detective Kelly pursues in his machine. As previously arranged, the crooks are met by a car coming in the opposite direction. The girl leaps into the other machine and speeds back toward the scene of the crime, thus eluding the detective, who follows the machine containing the two men. Kelly locates the house occupied by the crooks and by a ruse, admits himself. "My Lady Raffles", meanwhile, had returned. Detective Kelly proceeds to place her under arrest. She asks permission to put on a skirt, as she is only clad in a little black velvet suit with bloomers. This is granted by Kelly. She steps behind a curtain. A moment later the detective hears a sound of a panel sliding to. He hears a machine outside and rushes to the window. From the speeding car "My Lady Raffles" throws back a kiss to the outwitted detective.