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- The lives and loves of four sisters during their pastor father's absence.
- A newspaper publisher finds out that his wild daughter has fallen in with a ring of gamblers. A reporter who has infiltrated the gang to get a story falls in love with the gang's female leader, and when the two are caught in a police raid, they find themselves in equal amounts of trouble.
- An ex-convict tries to kill the detective who once posed as a member of an American hooded clan.
- Sherlock Holmes solves a murder rooted in the Mormon trek of 1850.
- As children, Clyde meets Miriam, and seem to fall in love, but when they get older, a misunderstanding prevents their marrying, and he instead takes Winifred, a social climber, resulting in a loveless union. Miriam has a mysterious second sight and can see the conniving Henry that is pursuing her, has deceived a woman terribly in the past, the woman being Winfred.
- Leopold, brother of the King of Savonia, is, in the absence of direct heirs, Crown Prince of the kingdom and heir to the throne. In face of the laws which declare that members of the royal family must only marry those of blood equal to their own, and without the knowledge of the King Leopold has wedded Stephanie, a beautiful peasant girl, and lives with her in a village in the hills whenever he is able to escape from the court. A year after the marriage he receives an urgent summons from Stephanie, and finds on reaching his mountain home, that a son has been born to him. The fact compels him to inform Stephanie that, by the laws of Savonia, their marriage is illegal and that the child can never be recognized as his heir and successor as ruler of Savonia. Paul grows to manhood in the mountains without knowing his father's name, but on her deathbed Stephanie tells him her unhappy story, and he learns that it is the Crown Prince Leopold who has broken her heart and deserted her at the dictates of worldly ambition. Alone in the world he determines to seek his fortune in Savonia. Satanella, a woman of the woods, has fallen in love with him, but he rejects her advances, and in doing so makes her his enemy for life. Prince Leopold, on the death of Prince von Strelsburg, one of the chief nobles of Savonia writes to the dead man's son and daughter Prince Eugene and Princess Astrea, informing them of their loss and acquainting them of their father's will, which direct that, on attaining her twenty-first birthday, Astrea shall become the wife of Captain Rudolph von Scarsbruck. Scarsbruck, a man of good family but dissolute habits, soon learns that Astrea dislikes him and intends to take full advantage of the two years of freedom left her by the will. He therefore takes advantage of her brother Eugene's weak character to involve him in losses at cards, and getting him into his power by these means, readily obtains his assistance by the promise of 100,000 crowns if his suit is successful. Two years pass, and it is the eve of Astrea's twenty-first birthday. Paul has proved a successful soldier, and to celebrate the winning of his commission, has invited several of his soldier friends to meet him at the "Golden Dragon." Eugene and Scarsbruck are seated at another table in the same inn. Satanella, now living a gay life in the capital, sees and recognizes Paul, and tells Scarsbruck and Eugene of his history. When Paul asks them to drink with him, they contemptuously refuse, and Eugene uses insulting expressions regarding Paul's mother. The young officer knocks him down, and on Eugene drawing his sword, defends himself and severely wounds the Prince. Scarsbruck orders soldiers to arrest Paul, but declaring that he will not surrender until he has proved Eugene a liar. Paul succeeds in getting away. Astrea, when the hour approaches when she will be no longer able to refuse the husband imposed upon her by her father's will, goes for counsel and guidance to the old priest, Father Gerard, in the private chapel of Strelsburg Palace. Paul, hard pressed by the soldiers with Scarsbruck at their head, takes refuge in the chapel and, questioned by Astrea, tells her that the blood on his sword is that of his mother's slanderer. Astrea sees in his appearance a way out of the difficulties which beset her. She tells him her story, and concludes with the appeal, "Make me your wife and we will say good-bye forever." Paul, moved by the evident distress of the beautiful girl, agrees to her request, and with the hands of the clock showing a few minutes to midnight, the strange wedding ceremony begins with the man and woman and the priest alone in the still chapel. Before the ceremony is completed, Scarsbruck and his men are heard at the door demanding admittance. Urged by Astrea, the priest completes the ceremony, the angry soldiers battering at the door forming a strange accompaniment to the benediction. On the stroke of twelve the ceremony is over, and Astrea, hastily directing Paul to hide in a small inner room, goes with the priest to admit the angry Scarsbruck. The latter tells Astrea that he is searching for the man who has wounded her brother, but by a great effort, she maintains her self-control and denies that anyone is hidden in the chapel. Ten days later Paul is captured and brought to the barracks handcuffed at Scarsbruck's orders. Astrea enters and scornfully denounces Scarsbruck and her brother for their cowardice. A moment later Prince Leopold enters and orders Paul's handcuffs to be removed. Paul asks him for a private audience, and when it is refused asks again in a low voice, "in the name of Stephanie." Leopold orders Scarsbruck and Eugene from the room, and hears Paul's story. The gallant bearing of the young soldier touches him, and he declares, "I will acknowledge you as my son," but Paul, with the memory of his mother's wrongs still before him, replies hotly, "I will not recognize you as my father." Von Scarsbruck and Eugene, learning that Astrea loves Paul, plot to ruin her reputation. Hidden below her window at night, they see her throw her handkerchief from the balcony to Paul below, and, after he has walked away, Scarsbruck climbs up the balcony to her room and threatens that unless she promises to marry him he will remain there all night, and so hopelessly compromise her. Paul hears suspicious sounds, and returning, also climbs into the room and attacks Scarsbruck. The latter succeeds in ringing the bell, and sneeringly tells the lovers that Eugene and Father Gerard will shortly come to investigate, and that his desire to ruin Astrea's reputation will be achieved. Paul's answer is to place a revolver to his head and force him behind a screen. When the priest and Eugene enter, only Astrea is visible, and Scarsbruck, with the revolver muzzle pressed to his forehead, dares not utter a word, and Eugene and Gerard withdraw. Paul contemptuously orders Scarsbruck from the room, and in response to a challenge, agrees to fight him in an hour's time. He retires to his room to prepare for the encounter. Satanella, still nursing the hatred bred in her by Paul's rejection years before, has hidden behind curtains, and with a revolver, taken from a case on the table, fires, severely wounding Paul in the arm. Despite the handicap, he is about to keep his engagement when Astrea enters, and, snatching up his own sword, bars the door and declares she will not allow him to fight until he has recovered. A moment later, as von Scarsbruck and Eugene enter, she slips behind the curtain. Von Scarsbruck taunts Paul with cowardice, and Astrea, stepping forward, releases Paul from his promise and tells him to fight his rival at once. With his sword held in his left hand, Paul succeeds in holding von Scarsbruck at bay, but Eugene treacherously warding off one of his thrusts, enables von Scarsbruck to run his sword through Paul's body. As Astrea is doing her best to staunch the flow of blood from the lover's wounds, Prince Leopold enters the room. In response to Astrea's questioning look he declares, "Princess, he is my son," King of Savonia, and able to make and unmake laws. Leopold summons Paul before him and offers to legalize the marriage with Stephanie, and to make Paul heir to the throne. The young man's answer is to lead Astrea to his father, and to present her as his wife. Leopold will not recognize his son's marriage with a woman not of royal blood, and Paul will not, like Leopold himself, put her aside. Neither will give way, and in the end Paul and Astrea leave the court and capital forever.
- A young ranch hand who is suspected by his boss of stealing cattle leaves the ranch determined to capture the real offenders. While away he meets a girl with whom he falls in love. For a time the girl's brother is suspected, and later the cowboy is more strongly suspected than he was previously. But matters are straightened out, and the ranch hand and the girl decide to travel double.
- In Russia, an American major duels the police chief to save a countess's brother and husband.
- Gambler Monte Mallory cheats John Carson out of his ranch near the Mexican border and turns it into a notorious gambling resort, known as the White Owl. Carson is devastated by his loss and commits suicide. Later, Mallory turns his attention to Marion Moore, offering to forgive the $10,000 gambling debt owed by her brother, Donald, if she will be nice to him. However, Carson's son, Dave, is in love with Marion and comes to her aid. That night, Dave recovers Donald's debt marker and joins forces with the famed bandit, Quantrell, who also has a vendetta against Mallory. The gambler dispatches his henchman, Nick Alby, to kidnap Marion, but Dave and Quantrell follow them to the White Owl. Dave defeats Mallory in a brutal fight, then rescues Marion from a fire.
- A miser forces a girl to marry him and pose as his dead wife who was her double.
- Five people are stranded on an island off the coast of Alaska. The poor girl, Bess Gilbert, competes with the rich girl, Lenor Harderworth, for the attentions of the heroic Ned Cornet. A snow-slide resolves a few issues.
- A smuggler blames his brother when a rival betrays him to the coastguards.
- A rich man is mistaken for his double, a murderous highwayman.
- A tomboy becomes a nurse and poses as a man to deliver her wounded fiancé's despatches.
- A Lady objects to her son's love for a boardinghouse-keeper's daughter.
- A radical shipbuilder revolts against his father in 1860, yet seems reactionary to his son in 1912.
- Jack Burton saves Anita Leland from a runaway horse, and then saves Sam Sills from a beating at the hands of Bill Sterns. Jack goes into partnership with Sam, who is later murdered by Bill. Jack is arrested for the murder on circumstantial evidence. He escapes and finds Bill just in time to save Anita from his foul advances. Bill is arrested, while Jack and Anita anticipate a happy future together.
- A baker is shot for refusing to supply Germans, and his wife is raped and kills herself.
- An Earl's sister returns to a boxer in time to help him win.
- Paul Ellison, who falls in love with Elsa, exchanges identities with his twin, Arthur, because he feels himself responsible for his brother's downfall, and assumes guilt for a murder. Five years later Elsa meets Arthur, whom she believes to be Paul, and they become engaged. In Rangoon, Paul is recognized by Elsa and Craig, a gambler. Though Paul confesses to the crime, Craig, in his dying moments, admits he is the real murderer. Elsa and the two brothers are then reconciled.
- Parents assume a girl with amnesia is married to their soldier son.
- A flower girl becomes an actress and finds a poor parson she loved is now a street organist.
- In Norway a shipping magnate frames his absent brother-in-law for theft and betrayal of his mistress.
- A plain girl sends her sister's picture to a soldier pen pal and weds him when he is blinded.
- Stories 'dreamed' around a dress, set in Italy, France, Holland, Russia and East and West of London.
- A selfish actress weds her cousin's lover and dies saving her jewels from a fire.
- A 'dead' soldier poses as a Belgian refugee and returns home in time for Christmas.
- A doctor's disowned son becomes a dispatch rider and, when wounded, is nursed by his ex-wife.
- A hunchbacked atheist weds a girl whose father breaks jail to prove his innocence.
- Con Benteen, an undercover agent for the Cattlemen's Protective Association, rides into a lawless town to investigate a band of cattle rustlers known as the Cloaked Riders. He joins the gang and gets the goods on Cottle, the gang's leader. Benteen is eventually identified as a legal officer and tied up in a shack containing live explosives. He escapes and rounds up the rustlers, winning for himself the love of Flossie, a dance hall girl.
- An apprentice inherits a master's mill, weds a disowned heiress, and remains true to his class.
- A boxing curate leaves a socialite to save the wife of a murderous ex-convict.
- A farmer's doctor son loves a titled patient who loves a nobleman.
- A judge's disowned son becomes a reporter and marries a condemned man's daughter.
- An artist frames a parson for poisoning his wife.
- A girl's fiancé is charged with killing a general whose heart failed while attempting to seduce her.
- Sonora Slim discovers Dry Wash Wilson dying in the desert and learns he has discovered a mine and has been shot by a bandit. Sonora is arrested by two rangers, but he disarms them and rides on killer Snake Smeed's trail. Smeed joins his partner, Silver Sam McGee, in San Blas, across the border, while Sonora confides in Juan Álvarez, captain of the rurales, about the killing; but Juan breaks with Sonora when he learns that Lolita, his beloved, is in love with him. Meanwhile, Alice Wilson, daughter of the slain man, and "Extra" Long are on their way to the mine and believe Sonora to be the wanted man. Lolita overhears McGee and Smeed plot to capture Sonora and warns Álvarez. Sonora saves the lives of Alice and Extra when their buckboard crashes over a cliff, and they are ambushed by the bandits but rescued by the rurales.
- A Lord's daughter learns a maid is her sister and poses as her to usurp her inheritance.
- A crippled teacher adopts the child of a beloved assistant who married a criminal.
- Great events of Queen Victoria's reign seen through the eyes of three girls.
- A captain swears to kill a man who killed his brother in a duel, but is stopped by his child.
- A scout brings help when a German count tries to blow up a cable house.
- A Lord's nephew learns a gamekeeper is the true heir and frames him for stabbing a blackmailer.