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- Gray Otter, the last of a line of powerful Sioux chiefs, eagerly awaits the return of his son from the government school, to save the name and the glory of his clan from extinction. Tiah, however, turns out to be a drunken renegade. Violating the peace compact between his father and the colonel of the local garrison, he leads an attack upon the army paymaster. The old chief surprises him in action, and swiftly deciding that his son's crime is punishable only with death, he shoots and kills Tiah. The American soldiers all are killed by the Indians, who then escape. Gray Otter makes the colonel believe that Tiah died defending the paymaster, and has the happiness of seeing the last of his line buried with high military honors.
- The scenes of the story are laid in Japan during the last revolution in the late 1860s. The Emperor is growing old and infirm. He has two sons: Yorotomo, the elder, will succeed to the throne; his younger brother Togowawa would succeed to the throne in the event of his brother's death. The Emperor, for reasons of state, betroths Yorotomo to Sada San, daughter of the Prime Minister. The Chief Shogun, supposedly loyal to the emperor, covets the throne. He realizes that the Japanese people would never permit him to ascend the throne himself, and he casts about for a dummy to occupy it. The Shogun calls upon the younger prince and unfolds his plan to kill Yorotomo. Togowawa enters into the conspiracy and promises to aid the Shogun. The conspirators are overheard by a spy of the Emperor, who reports the plot. Yorotomo is sent away in disguise. During his sojourn he falls in love with Mimi San, daughter of the gardener of the summer cottage of the Mikado, who does not know that Yorotomo is a prince. The Mikado dies and Yorotomo is called to take the throne, and he is compelled to leave O Mimi San and marry Sada San.
- Shotoku, the son of the Marquis Osaka, attends a theater and falls in love with O San, one of the actresses. He makes love to her, disguising himself as a tradesman. The marriage is arranged, unknown to Osaka, who betroths Shotoku to Yama, the daughter of Baron Kamuri. Shotoku protests, but his father forces him into the marriage. Shotoku sends O San to her people, telling her that he must go to America. However, she sees the announcement of the wedding, for Shotoku had told her after their marriage his real identity. She disguises herself as one of the entertainers at the wedding festivities and during a dance stabs Shotoku. She escapes, but is pursued and brought back to the dying Shotoku. He asks that they be left alone. He asks her forgiveness and dies in her arms. She then commits suicide, and they find her beside his body.
- Joe Bailey and his sister Marion work for the same firm. Joe has a chum, Jim Channing, who gets Joe in debt and persuades him to embezzle some funds of the firm in order to meet a pressing debt. Joe is caught and arrested and sent to prison. Marion is discharged by the firm. She gets a position with another firm and marries Latimer, the general manager. Latimer is of a jealous disposition. Channing has lost his job and is hard up and in need of money. One day he meets Marion on the street and suspecting that her husband has not been told of Joe, he resolves to blackmail her. She gives him money to keep the secret. Later, wanted by the police, Channing writes a letter to Marion and tells her to meet him at a notorious road house to pay him some more money so that he can get out of town. Latimer's suspicions are aroused as he catches Marion reading the letter. Under the plea of business at the office, he leaves his home and summons a taxi. He sees Marion leave in a taxi and follows. Meantime Joe Bailey has made a get-away and makes his way back toward the city to get help from his sister. The guards pursue him in the vicinity of the roadhouse where Channing is waiting to meet Marion. She goes to the roadhouse and meets Channing in a private room. Latimer follows and demands admittance. Believing Latimer is an officer, Channing opens fire on him and escapes through the window.
- The story takes place in a little Irish settlement on the coast of Ireland. Dennis Morrissey is chosen leader of the Patriots and his mother, who is rather superstitions, has an old woman tell her fortune from a tea cup. The old woman tells her that Denny has been captured by the English and put into prison, and as she sees him (in a vision) about to be hanged, she breaks the tea cup and tells no more. Father Maloney, who has entered just in time to hear part of the fortune, tries to comfort the widow, as does Eileen, Dennis' sweetheart. Later we find Ireland in rebellion. In a fight which takes place near Dennis' home, he takes refuge in his cottage, using the furniture as a barricade, trying to protect Eileen and his mother. He is captured by the English after a desperate fight, placed in prison and sentenced to death. Father Maloney visits the prison and hears the colonel order the arrest of Eileen and thy widow for assisting in the outbreak. The priest hurries to help the women escape. In the meantime, Dennis is being taken to the scaffold, when a brother Irishman manages to cut the rope that binds his hands. In an instant everything is confusion and Dennis escapes. He is pursued by the soldiers and as a last desperate chance jumps into the sea and swims to the ship on which the priest, the widow and Eileen have taken refuge.
- Guy Roberts, an Alaskan prospector, comes into Nome with two hundred ounces of coarse gold to cash at the sub-treasury. He is given a one hundred thousand dollar bill by the superintendent. The news spreads and Soapy Smith and his gang get busy. Roberts takes passage on the "Circle City" for Seattle. Soapy and his pals dope some of the sailors from the ship, change clothes with them, and go aboard. They drug Roberts, but cannot find the bill. Later he pretends to give the money to Ruth Duncan, the skipper's daughter, with whom he has fallen in love. The crooks get the girl in their power, but again are baffled. They then determine to torture Roberts, but Ruth calls the crew to the rescue. The crooks are captured, and Roberts has the satisfaction of showing them where he has concealed the one hundred thousand dollar bill under the steamship label on his trunk.
- Kamura, a poor Japanese fisherman, has arranged to have his daughter marry Owaru--against her will. Kenjiro, son of a wealthy Japanese merchant, is in a wreck at sea and is washed on the wreckage near Mira's home. She swims out to sea and rescues him. They fall in love, and her engagement with Owaru is sealed. Kenjiro is appointed "One Year Godmaster," a Japanese custom, which, although quite an honor, required him to live the life of a hermit for one year, and if any calamity comes to the community it is supposed to be caused by some negligence on the part of the Godmaster to his religious duties. A ship from Asia brings the plague to this village and the superstitious people believe their sufferings to be a visitation from the Gods. Owaru, fired with jealousy, fans the fires of suspicion against Kenjiro, telling the lower classes that he is false to his trust. Chosing a night that Kenjiro's religious duties compel him to keep an all night vigil, Owaru drugs his food with a sleeping potion, and the people find Kenjiro to be false to his trust. He is later imprisoned and sentenced to be flogged to death. Believing that Owaru drugged Kenjiro, Mira determines to impersonate one of Owaru's ancestors and play upon his religious fears, hoping that he will confess. She wrecks Owaru's hut and leaves a note of warning which frightens him. While running he falls over a precipice. Dying, he confesses to having drugged Kenjiro.
- Grace Forsythe, the Colonel's daughter, discourages the attentions of Lieutenant Burton, and falls in love with her father's orderly. Private Berger, who is known at the Post as "The Man of Mystery." Burton steals some money from Colonel Forsythe, but suspicion points to Private Berger and the Colonel places him under arrest. In the meanwhile the Colonel's younger daughter, Mildred, and her governess, en route to the post, are attacked by Indians. The governess is killed and Mildred taken captive. Berger, rather than suffer a term in a military prison for a crime that he did not commit, escapes, and, discovering Mildred as captive, rescues her. Lieutenant Burton, fatally injured in the fight with the Indians, confesses to the robbery, and the mystery around Private Berger is solved. He is restored to his previous rank and the charge of assaulting a superior officer is stricken from his record.
- Paddy Dwyer, the Irish blacksmith, and his helper, Dennis Grady, who is also his daughter Norah's sweetheart, are the prime leaders in the conspiracy against the Crown. Michael Finn, a young chap about the age of Dennis, is also concerned in the movement, together with a number of Irish patriots. Michael drinks too freely one day and calls upon Norah. She resents his attentions and Dennis arrives in time to find her in the embrace of Michael; he gives him a good beating. A company of English soldiers has landed in the town and the Colonel posts a notice of reward for the capture of Paddy and Dennis. To avenge himself, Michael informs the Colonel, on shipboard, of a meeting that is to take place at the Dwyer home that evening, to which Dennis and a number of Irish patriots are invited. They put Michael to bed on shipboard after giving him something to drink. He has a very disturbing dream about the result of his act and awakens only to be filled with remorse at the betrayal of his friends. He jumps overboard, swims to shore and manages to reach the home of Dwyer, nearly exhausted, just ahead of the English troops, but too late to enable them to escape. A fierce encounter ensues after the priest and Norah are permitted to leave the cottage. The soldiers fire the thatch roof, the Irishmen fighting valiantly until their ammunition is gone. Michael is severely wounded. He suggests that he open the door, allow the soldiers to use him for a target and in the meantime Dennis and Dwyer can escape. This is done. Norah has warned the patriots of the attack and they come to the rescue, routing the soldiers. Michael dies surrounded by his friends, they ignorant of his perfidy.
- Judge Landsey sees in Walter Parker, brought before him for burglary, the makings of a man, and grants him his freedom to begin life over again. Parker gives the judge his word to live on the square. A few weeks later, the judge, entering his home late one evening, hears his wife, Viola, earnestly pleading with Paul Armstrong, a young clubman, in the drawing room. He recalls how of late he had been forced, by absorption in his work, to neglect her. Doubtless, this is the outcome. The blow stuns him. Meanwhile. Parker, who has not kept to his promise, climbs up the fire-escape, not knowing that the house he had selected to rob is the home of the judge who pardoned him. On discovering the judge within, he beats a hasty retreat. Parker is in the act of getting away, when he is grabbed by a policeman. A struggle ensues. Parker shoots the officer and runs. By this time Viola has persuaded her visitor to leave the house by the fire escape. He is seen and arrested for the murder of the policeman. At the trial, the jury declare Armstrong guilty. Judge Landsey is called upon to pronounce the sentence. He knows the man is innocent, but to establish this means involving his wife's reputation. The judge is under a tremendous strain. Viola discovers the dilemma, and begs her husband to substantiate the truth. She really is innocent, and so she has no fear of being misunderstood, she says. Her husband, and his honor, are dearer to her than life. At the last moment Parker comes forward and confesses.
- Dr. Romaldo is a typical American fakir. He has a small troupe and is touring the country giving a musical entertainment and featuring his hypnotic marvel Mlle. Florine. The girl has been forced by circumstances to accept a position with the doctor. He exerts his evil influence over her and has her mentality completely in his power. Florine runs away from him. She loses her way in the woods and falls asleep by a pool. At daybreak a young society man, Thos. Waldron, returning home from a party, finds her asleep. He is touched by the girl's story, and takes her home to his mother who adopts her. Later he marries her and we see her mingling in the best society. Dr. Romaldo deprived of his chief attraction, Florine, dons the garb of an East Indian Yogi and becomes a fad in society by reason of his bogus mysticism. He has disguised himself with whiskers and darkened his skin. He meets Florine at a society event and recognized her. She does not recognize him, however, but his eyes have a strange fascination for her although she cannot recall where she has seen them. Romaldo learns of her address and that she married a wealthy man. He desires to test his former power over her, and one night goes under her bedroom window. Sitting on a bench he mentally calls her to his presence and forces her to rob the family safe of its money and valuables. The butler sees his shadow in the garden, telephones his master who is at his club, and also the police. The police arrive first and see Florine passing the loot out to Romaldo. Romaldo is shot by the chief of police and Waldron is informed that Romaldo has a confederate in the house and that the chief of police can identify her. He identifies Florine as the accomplice of Romaldo. Tom Waldron realizes that Florine has committed this act under the hypnotic spell of Romaldo. He explains to the police and consoles the girl with the information that Romaldo is dead and henceforth he can never exert his evil influence over her again.
- Pasquale, the saloon keeper, furious because Emma Frazer, the sheriff's daughter, resents his advances, fakes up two a fight between the worst men in Snake River City and calls out Jake Frazer to arrest them. All the men in the saloon pitch into Jake and he is getting badly beaten up when a stranger enters, routs the crowd, knocks out the two bad men and rescues Jake. Pasquale, resenting the stranger's interference, draws his gun to shoot him. The Man From Nowhere catches him, however, and the saloon keeper is obliged to pretend that he has taken the gun from one of the others, thus saving the stranger's life. The newcomer thanks Pasquale and tells him that he will go through hell for him. The saloon keeper, seeing in this man a dangerous rival for the love of Emma, pretends to send him after some horse thieves. The Man From Nowhere, however, has begun to distrust the Mexican and insists upon his accompanying him into the desert. While his companion sleeps, Pasquale hides the water bags in the sand, and lets the horses loose. The stranger, realizing that both of them cannot get back alive, gives up his chance because of the debt he believes he owes Pasquale. But the Mexican fails to find his cache, and in drinking from a poisoned spring, gets his death. The stranger discovers the half-buried water bags and arrives at Snake River City. There he learns from the sheriff the real character of Pasquale and the story of his end. He wins Emma for his wife.
- A young Puritan boy in Salem, Massachusetts falls in love. When the object of his affection is accused of witchcraft, hysteria envelopes the town and the boy must find a way to prevent his beloved from being burned at the stake.
- The Strolling Players' Company are stranded in Dawson City, and Andrews, the leading man, with his wife, Edna, is almost penniless. They start for the gold country. Tired and hopeless after a long tramp, they come upon the shack of Dan Shaw. The old miner takes them in, and trustingly shows them a bag of nuggets which, for many years, he has been gathering to buy a home in California. Andrews and Edna take heart. They start out anew upon their quest. Andrews dies. Edna, to support herself and baby, becomes a dance hall girl. Because she resents the insults of the patrons, she is fired by the manager. In despair, she happens again upon Dan Shaw. That night she steals from him the bag of nuggets. But her conscience constrains her next day to return them. Meanwhile, Dan has been planning to sacrifice his dream of a home in California for the sake of Edna and her child. Putting the nuggets in another bag, so that she may not recognize them as his, he places them on her doorstep with a note, purporting to come from an old friend of her husband's. Edna takes the child and joyfully returns to her home in the east. Dan Shaw is left alone, to die in the gold country.
- Jim Patton and Joe Braly are partners in a mining claim. Jim forces a quarrel over the division of their first cleanup, and thinking he has killed Joe, puts his body in a canoe and lets it float down the river where, later, Joe, stunned, but still breathing, is found by the Indians. The red men take him home and nurse him back to health. But with the restoration of his bodily vigor, his mind remains like that of a little child. All memory of his history, and of his identity, has forsaken him. Jim disposes of the ill-gotten claim at a big price, and is elected to Congress by the wealthy cattle interest of his district. He meets the beautiful daughter of Senator Carew, and thinking that marriage with her will further his political ambitions, he divorces his wife. Patton and Senator Carew pass a bill providing for Indian reservations. They are called to a western fort to confer with the chiefs, among whom is Joe Braly. The sight of him brings back Joe's memory, and he plans revenge. Joe, whom Patton fails to recognize in his Indian dress, promises that the Indians shall go peacefully onto the reservation. He then orders the red men to watch all trails from the fort. They attack the stage, taking Patton captive. Making himself known to Patton, Joe binds his hands together, ties a canteen of water around his neck, and turns him loose in the desert.
- Jim Denton is the foreman of a coal mine and is in love with Delia Marsden, whose brother is a natural orator and the leader of the miners. The proprietor of the mines, John Wesley, refuses to sign a new wage scale, and the men prepare to strike. Wesley hires as a spy among the miners. Guy Ford, who is also in love with Delia Ford, in order to drive Denton out of town, places a note purporting to come from Wesley in Denton's pocket in which he is revealed as a secret spy of Wesley and the result is that Denton, because of Ford's treachery, is driven out of town. He goes back to his old position as Sergeant in the U.S. Army, and his aged mother is ministered to by Delia, who refuses to believe the story of her sweetheart's treachery. The miners strike and Denton returns to the colleries as a sergeant in the army. He practically deserts as he cannot fire on his old companions. The soldiers repulse the miners and the defeated miners gather on a siding to prevent the arrival of a train load of non-union men on which train is also Wesley and Ford. They escape in the melee. The miners follow the men and Wesley takes refuge in a deserted cabin. Marsden has also taken refuge in the cabin of Denton and there discovers Denton, who is with his mother and Delia. The men make up their quarrel and Marsden leaves on the horse of Denton as Denton undertakes to take him to a place of safety. They arrive at the cabin where Wesley is concealed and the old man, hearing the miners outside, agrees to sign the wage scale and the trouble is settled. Guy Ford meanwhile has seen Denton and Marsden enter the cabin and informs the soldiers whom he meets. They go to the cabin and there Wesley, in gratitude for Denton saving his life as Marsden was choking him, agrees to say that Denton came back there to protect him from the miners. Denton is accepted back into the troop, and the story ends with the departure of Denton on the troop train and Guy Ford is driven out of town.
- Kato, a high-class Japanese man, desires to marry Kissmoia, a low-caste Japanese girl of the Etss. Kato's father, a stern old aristocrat, refuses to consent to the marriage. The girl Kissmoia. realizing that she may cause her lover his father's displeasure, takes her pack and leaves. Kato sees her, rushes after her, and begs her to stay until he interviews his father and tells him of his love for her and that his fondest hope is that they marry. She remains while Kato interviews his father. The old man sternly refuses to consider the alliance, and Kato leaves his father's house and marries the girl of his choice. A short time later he is living in a Japanese fishing village and while devotedly loving his wife, he also has many sorrowful moments when thinking of his aged father whom he also loves tenderly; Kissomoia sees her husband's sorrow. Kato receives a communication from his father telling him that the old man's days are numbered and requesting that he return and live with him during the declining days of his life. The letter also specifies that under no circumstances will the proud old father receive his wife into the house. Kato unwittingly drops the letter and Kissmoia discovers it and resolves to forever remove herself from the pathway of her husband whom she believes she is dragging down. She leaves, goes to the ocean, and commits suicide by leaping into it. After a bitter night alone, Kato's love for his wife overcomes that for his father and he rushes into her room the love of Kato for his wife overcomes that for his father and he rushes into her room; she's gone but he finds the note she left and becomes frantic. A searching party is organized and Kato discovers her body floating in the surf at nightfall. While the surf washes around him, and with the body of his dead wife clasped in his arms, he stares vacantly out to sea. and the picture dissolves with them in that position.
- Living in Jamestown early in the 16th century is the aristocratic family of Durkin, consisting of mother, father and two daughters, Ruth and Ann, who are very homely. John Page, living near Jamestown, is married and has a beautiful daughter named Mary. Indians attack the cabin of Page and kill him and his wife. They then set fire to the cabin and carry Mary off in captivity. Mary escapes in a canoe and makes her way down to Jamestown. She is adopted by John Durkin, but in reality is made a servant. Living in the colony is a Lady of Mystery. None of the colony knows her history. She is, however, a lady of royal family who has been forced to leave the continent. She is taken ill with fever and everyone refuses to nurse her. Mary visits her and she becomes very much attached to the girl. A big masquerade ball is given in honor of the new governor. Mary has helped the Durkin girls dress and secretly envies their fine clothes. Mary goes to visit the Mystery Lady later in the evening. As she sits beside the bed she thinks of the ball. Noticing her sad mien the Lady of Mystery questions her. Mary tells her of the ball. The Mystery Lady tells her to go to the old chest, get the gown and jewels there and don them. She does as bid and goes to the ball, where she is courted by all the gentlemen, and the governor in particular. At midnight Mary makes her escape before the unmasking, leaving part of her fan. The next day the governor searches for the other part of the fan and the owner, but fails. He later receives word from England to arrest the Lady of Mystery. In her cabin he finds Mary, who has dressed in the ball gown again to please the Mystery Lady. The old lady dies and Mary is taken "captive" by the governor.
- Donna Carrillo and her daughter, Maria, are the descendants of an old Spanish family and have sunk to comparative poverty. Their notes are held by a Don in the neighborhood, who insists upon the payment of the interest or the hand of Maria Carillo in marriage. This condition is hateful to both the daughter and the mother. On the estate of the Carrillos, a party from an eastern university is excavating for Indian relics. They find a petrified Indian which proves very valuable. The University makes Donna Carrillo an offer which she accepts and with this money intends to pay off the interest. Don Jose discovers this and shoots the petrified Indian, destroying it. Embedded in the breast of the Indian is a parchment which reveals the hiding place of immense treasure. Tom, the son of the professor in charge, heads an expedition to recover the petrified Indian. Tom is particularly desirous of recovering it because of the love which exists between himself and Maria. Meanwhile, Don Jose, learning of this, incites the Indians to waylay the expedition. They do so, desperate fighting results, the expedition being rescued by Mexican rurales. Don Jose returns, informs the Carrillos that the party has been massacred and insists on the payment of the interest or Maria's hand in marriage. The party arrive in opportune time and everything ends happily for Maria and Tom, while Don Jose is killed by the Indian chieftain, whom he failed to assist at the crucial moment with his peons, thus resulting in the extermination of the tribe.
- Ben Anderson, factor of the trading station, impatient with his daughter Anne's coquetries, calls all the trappers to him and promises to wed her to the one who brings back the most valuable catch of furs in the spring. Anne fancies herself in love with Henri Levesnue, a Frenchman. So when he is reported to have brought in the biggest prize she is delighted. But the following day, Joe Eagle, a quarter-breed, reaches the station with twice Henri's catch, Ben insists that Anne marry Joe, but she swears she never could become the wife of the French Indian, and because he really loves her, Joe, who has overheard her protestations, hides half his furs under his cabin floor. Anne is married to Henri, but in a few months is very unhappy. He is a heavy drinker; he neglects her, and at last, being penniless, he steals a bale of furs from the station. The factor sets Joe to catch the thief. He discovers the guilty man is Henri, and gives him a chance to leave the country. However, witnessing a heart-breaking scene between Henri and Anne, Joe sends word to the factor that he will find many furs in his (Joe's) cabin and to search no further for the thief. He then leaves for the south.
- "Old Mother" Hudson, a woman of 45 or 50, ragged and a confirmed and sodden drunkard, is a Southwestern type of the "no good" settler. Her one aim in life is to keep herself supplied with whiskey. Her daughter, Ivy, a product of environment, is about 18 years old. Under ordinary circumstances she would be very pretty, but under the existing conditions, she is dirty, shiftless and lazy. Ivy is mortally afraid of her mother, who is very cruel to her, and who offers to swap her to "Big" Anderson, proprietor of the Dogtown Saloon, for a half keg of rye. Anderson, however, refuses to make the bargain as he does not think Ivy worth the price. In a nearby town, "Missouri" Joe, a ragged, dirty young man, and an exact replica of Ivy, so far as his soddenness and lack of spirit goes, is given his choice of leaving the town or breaking rocks. He chooses the former and drifts into the town where Ivy lives. There he is given work around the saloon by Anderson for his meals and sleep. He and Ivy meet and are mutually attracted, their companionship afterward becoming the one bright spot in their sordid lives. As their acquaintance ripens into love they both try hard to improve their appearance. Joe shaves himself with a butcher knife and Ivy washes her face and hands and combs her hair, which improves her appearance so much that Anderson awakens to the fact that he would like to make the swap with Mother Hudson. He therefore puts a keg of rye in a wagon and goes to the Hudson cabin to make the trade. In the meantime. Ivy and Joe are getting married, Joe having left Anderson's employ and gone to work on a farm. Despite Joe's pleadings, Ivy decides she cannot leave without bidding her mother goodbye, so she returns to the cabin and finds Anderson there bargaining for her with her mother. Ivy runs away and is pursued by Anderson. She runs to Joe for protection, and he, the primitive instinct awakened in him, fights desperately to protect Ivy. He springs to Anderson's throat and chokes him into insensibility, then, shouldering a club and with one arm protectingly thrown about Ivy, he points off, saying, "Over the hills lives the world. Come." Thus they go out into the world.
- Owen Hanby, the son of the lighthouse keeper, loves Mary Sands, a beautiful girl in the fishing village. Mary, however, loses her heart to John Benson, an artist of the summer colony, marries him and goes back with him to the city. Soon Benson returns to his wild Bohemian life. Loie, a model of Benson's, whom he has wronged, resolves to be avenged. She entraps the artist and Yvette, a pretty French girl, in the studio and then sends for Mary. The young wife, her romance shattered, returns to her father. Owen believes that she still may be won back to himself, but Mary makes it clear to him that, despite what has happened, she loves only Benson. Some time later, when she is about to give birth to a child, Mary, dangerously ill and delirious, calls incessantly for her husband. The doctor tells Owen that her one chance of life lies in her seeing Benson. Owen seeks the artist in the city. Finding Benson unwilling, the islander forcibly kidnaps him. They start back in Owen's sloop. A heavy sea rises. The fury of wind and darkness increases. There is but one life preserver aboard, and this Owen forces upon Benson, compelling him to jump into the water. Benson reaches shore. Sobered by his tragic experience and by the other man's self-sacrifice, he seeks Mary. Fatherhood still further rouses the real man in him. He and Mary are reconciled.