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- A company detective goes undercover to expose a gang that uses inside information to rob gold shipments.
- It's said "There's no true love without jealousy," yet Henry Taber overstepped the mark in this direction, and, although Tess was the most devoted of wives. Henry saw in every man upon which her glance fell a possible rival. Jack Wilson, the amateur photographer, stopped at their cabin for a glass of water, and merely because Tess hid him a pleasant good day, Henry was vexed. Indeed, that evening when Jack again chanced that way and showed the little wife a few prints of her estate. Henry displayed his displeasure in no uncertain manner, and coax as she would, he refused to come in to supper, but instead sank wearily down on a bench. As he lay there, he beheld his wife come to the door, look cautiously about, and steal softly around the house. Instantly he sprang up and crept after her, until she came to the Big Rock, where he beheld her clasped in the arms of Jack Wilson. The unhappy husband raised his gun and fired, but it was Tess who dropped. So grasping the photographer by the throat he slowly but surely forced him over the cliff. Turning, he found that Tess had staggered off and from his position on the rock he could see her notifying the woodsmen below. Perhaps after all, Jack had been only wounded, but as he climbed down, his worst fears were realized, and he had scarcely time to hide behind the rocks when Tess and the woodsmen appeared. Then commenced a chase up the mountain. At last he reached the top and laid down to rest. Suddenly the woodsmen's heads appeared. Stealthily they crept upon him, while he lay as one petrified, unable to move hand or foot, until the sheriff grasped him firmly by the shoulder. But, as Henry started up, he looked into the pleading face of Tess, again imploring him to come to supper, just as Jack Wilson appeared to get the camera he had forgotten. The man looked around. There stood his cabin. It was only a dream. Gratefully he clasped his wife in his arms, grasped the photographer's hand, insisting upon his sharing their humble evening meal.
- Bob Madden returns home slightly intoxicated and his father angrily commands him to leave the place and shift for himself. The next morning he goes, leaving his father a note: "Dear Dad, I am going out West and try to make a man of myself. I hope some day you will be proud of me. Your son. Bob." His father relents and, after tracing him to the station, buys a ticket for the same place. In the meanwhile, Rob has arrived, and reading a notice that cowboys with outfits are wanted on the Carter ranch, he buys an outfit from a man near the station and starts for the Carter ranch. However, the foreman will not have him, as he confesses that he cannot rope, so Bob rides on until he comes upon an Outlaw's Camp, and is glad to accept their rough hospitality. In the meanwhile, the ranchman, Joseph Carter, receives his new automobile, but being unable to take his daughter, Jessie, sends her with the foreman for a ride. The machine breaks down and the chauffeur returns for parts, while the foreman takes his opportunity to force his attentions upon Jessie, her cries bring Bob and the outlaws to the scene. The foreman recognizes the outlaw chief and returning to the ranch, starts out at the head of the cowboys to capture the band. Bob has loaned Jessie his horse to return home, and the outlaws have just broke camp, so when the foreman and the boys return they only succeed in capturing Bob and hustle him off as an outlaw. Jessie arrives at the ranch, learns where the boys have gone, so together with her father, rides to the rescue, arriving just as his father comes along. The two fathers learn that they are old friends. The man at the station recognizes Bob, and general rejoicing takes place.
- The first Universal motion picture released: dying Will Barton has to go to the mountains in search of health and is distracted thinking about leaving his beloved daughter, Netta, behind.
- Stan and Teddie go to the city and have some amusing experiences. However, their adventures turn out to be a dream.
- The Chief's son, Silver Water, returns from college and is met at the station by the tribe. The Indians make merry to celebrate his homecoming. Hal Benton, an easterner, rides on to ask his way to the hotel, where he is stopping with some friends, among them his fiancée, Veda Mead, and her father. Knowing that the Indian ceremonies will interest his friends, Hal obtains permission to come the next day and bring his friends. The Chief calls Morning Star, an Indian maiden, telling his son that she is to be his squaw. Silver Water is pleased with her. The next day Hal Benton and his friends arrive. While the others inspect the camp, Veda Mead amuses herself with Silver Water and ere long is thoroughly infatuated with him, while the Indian's vanity is touched by the attentions of the society coquette, and he promises to meet her the next day. Their little tete-a-tete is cut short by the entrance of Morning Star. The next day they meet and, after coquetting with Silver Water until he forgets his Indian sweetheart, the eastern girl gives him her calling card, upon which she writes "To my Indian Hero" and asks him to call upon her in the east. Several months pass, and Hal Benton and Veda Mead are preparing to wed, when a letter arrives addressed to Mr. Mead from Silver Water, telling him that as he is in the east, he will do himself the honor to call upon them that evening. To Veda, who had been reading of the Indians' lives and customs after her meeting with Silver Water, the news is very terrifying. Recalling how she played with him, she fears that he may now make trouble. She goes to the veranda and sits down to think over the situation. Suddenly she sees Silver Water in full war-paint and feathers coming up the steps, he sees her and advances. Touching her upon the shoulder, he beckons her to follow. She obeys. As they reach the garden be tells her of his love, reminds her of her promises when they last met and insists upon her fulfilling them now. She cries out, and her cry brings Hal. Silver Water tells Hal why he has come for Veda, and Hal agrees that she must go with him, but Silver Water is not satisfied. He throws down his knife and insists upon Hal fighting with him for the girl. At a given signal, both men start for the knife. The Indian secures it and soon kills Hal, then, throwing his blanket over the terrified Veda, he drags her off to his camp and commands her to fetch and carry and cook his meals. Veda sinks to the ground as Silver Water stalks off, but no sooner has he gone than Morning Star slips out from her tepee and, creeping down upon Veda, raises her knife to strike the girl dead. Just as the knife descends, Veda forces herself to rise, only to find herself in Hal's arms on the veranda, for the young man has been trying to awaken her to tell his sweetheart that their Indian friend, Silver Water, has arrived, and at that moment stands beside them in the most correct evening dress. At the first glance she gives him, Silver Water realizes that it would be impossible to ever win the white girl, so leaving her with Hal, he tears up her card and returns to the blanket and Morning Star, his sweetheart, before he has learned the white man's ways.
- Jim Fielding, a venturesome, but selfish young man, is at the head of a hunting expedition. To show his friends how little he cares for danger, he leaves them behind and is soon lost in the woods. For two days he staggers hither and thither, vainly trying to find a passage out of the dense and seemingly endless forest. At last, his supplies gone, his strength deserts him, and he falls unconscious to the ground. Wanda, an Indian maiden known as "The Flower of the Forest," goes out to gather fagots and comes upon the prostrate form of Jim, who revives under her tender ministrations. Later he's carried to the Indian camp. In a couple of weeks, Jim is completely restored to health, and is eager to return home. The Indians, however, have other plans and detain him. Fretting under this enforced imprisonment, he silently watches his opportunity to escape. The psychological moment comes when the Indians, en masse, go hunting, leaving Jim and Wanda alone. The man makes violent love to the girl, who believes him implicitly. She guides him to safety and is then brutally told to go back whence she came. Basil Russett, an old settler, takes the young man to his shack. Bella, his daughter, looks upon Jim with favor. Her mother disapproves, stating that the stranger has an evil eye. Meanwhile, Wanda, assisted by old Russett, reaches the settler's humble dwelling, where Jim is unmasked and unceremoniously put out of the house.
- Mrs. Houston and her daughters in an eastern city receive an unexpected telegram from the west, informing them of their heritage of "Rough Neck Ranch" together with inquiry as to its management. In spite of Mrs. Houston's protests, her daughters decide to manage their own ranch and promptly wire information to that effect. The foreman, upon receipt of the message, reports the unexpected outcome to the punchers, who give utterance in chorus, "That no darn skirt bosses the ranch." In time Mrs. Houston and her daughters arrive at a small western station, where they are saluted by several rounds of ammunition, piled into a buckboard and driven to "Rough Neck Ranch." Mrs. Houston finds things rather untidy and proceeds to adjust them in accordance with her feminine tastes. Having learned the art of fine pastry and fudge she gives a sample of her pies to Lee, who is immediately transformed into an ardent admirer. After a few days a general change is in evidence throughout the ranch, which has been renamed "Maidens' Rest." The arrival of other girlfriends adds to the befitting of its new christening. The punchers unable to tolerate the female monarchs, openly rebel. The girls, in answer to their demand, stick up their noses and prepare to care for the ranch duties themselves. The punchers amusingly watch their preparations in various undertakings. In the meantime the Indians have gone upon the warpath and happen upon "The Maidens' Rest." Finding no male opposition, they immediately prepare to carry off the would-be strike breakers, who for the first time give utterance in their prayers for "man," which is promptly answered by the arrival of the punchers, who put the Indians to flight. A fuller consideration as to the need and uses of "man" having been deeply manifested, an inseparable unit becomes apparent between both species at "Rough Neck," alias "Maidens' Rest" Ranch.
- Major Bughouser gets possessed with the idea that he ought to censor the movies, so he appoints a Board of Censors, every member of which must be exactly like himself. They visit a projection room of a film manufacturing company and as the film of a stirring drama is reeled off, they order cuts made in the picture which they consider essential, and the scenes in the picture are shown as originally produced, as they appear when the Bughouser Board is through with them. The original picture was already passed by the National Board of Censors, but Bughouser orders the National Board to be cut, and shows how he would like to do the cutting himself. The last scene shows the gallant Major filling up on his usual favorite food, a large dish of prunes.
- The professor believes that he has found the elixir of life and that with it he can bring back to life even an Egyptian mummy. He buys a mummy from a curio shop. After he leaves, emissaries of the Pasha discover the mummy awaiting delivery and find that it is what they had been looking for, the remains of the Royal Rambastus, 2000 B.C. They are told that the professor has bought the mummy. They offer the professor a big sum for it but he refuses to part with it. Victoria, the professor's daughter, is in love with Eddie. Eddie asks to marry her but is told by the professor that he can have Victoria only in the event that he is able to revive the mummy with his elixir of life. Eddie calls in his chum, Lee. Together they plan to have Lee pose as the mummy. Lee does so, and the experiment proves a success. The Pasha and his men surround the house and await the opportunity to steal the mummy. When Lee is left alone they pick him up and run off with him, pursued by the professor. Realizing that he had got more than he had bargained for, Lee runs away. He seeks refuge in the professor's house, where Eddie takes the real mummy, stabs it and throws it out of the window. The Pasha finally gets the mummy and Eddie gets the girl. The professor is satisfied that his elixir works, and Lee is satisfied that he has proved an able medium for the success of his friend's love affair.
- The story is of the two husbands, one rich, the other poor, both confronting matrimonial disaster. The rich man is about to lose his wife because she is unworthy. He comes to hate all humanity and contemplates suicide. The other husband is about to lose his wife through poverty and illness. He contemplates robbery. The poor man is driven to the last ditch. He leaves his hovel with the intention of committing robbery. He breaks his way into the house of the rich man. The owner has a revolver in one hand and a vial of poison in the other. He is debating which road he shall take into the grave. The rich man hears a burglar. He turns the revolver upon the intruder. The poor man then tells his story. The rich man thinks it a lie invented for the occasion. To test the truth of the burglar's statement, he hands him the poison with the words, "This drug will not prove fatal for an hour. Prove your love for your wife and children by taking this and I'll give you $1,000." The rich man pretends to pour the poison in the glass, but instead turns it upon the table. The poor man drinks what he thinks is the poison. The rich man is touched by the other's nobility. He keeps his promise to the poor man and begins life anew.
- Eddie and Vic have a liking for each other. They are bothered by the crowd and slip off to the rustic bridge at the river for a quiet little chat, but alas, the other boys and girls are anxious to hear the chat and are hid in every conceivable place around. There are too many for the ground and a landslide occurs, precipitating most of them in the river. All are rescued and return to college to receive a panning from the professor. Eddie is made the joke of the boys, and in desperation, offers to bet five dollars that he will go to the girl's side of the school and see them that night. The others jump at the chance to take up the bet. Eddie calls to his aid a small boy, who goes to the girls' dormitory and tells them of Eddie's bet and asks if he may borrow a suit of clothes from one of them. He gets the clothes and gives them to Eddie. Meanwhile, the janitor has been spying on the boys and hears the bet. He immediately goes to the girls' dormitory and hides underneath one of the beds to await developments. The girls have told Eddie to come ahead and prepare a big spread for him. He disguises himself and gives the signal. The girls get out the trusty rope and pull him up. He comes in and takes off his disguise. The janitor sees this, and running in, denounces him. There is quite a scrap, the weapons being everything from pillows to pie. The teachers and professors awake but the girls all get safely back and when the inspection is made they are all "asleep." Eddie, too, gets back in time and the boys also are all "asleep" when the professor comes in. The janitor has stoutly insisted that Eddie was in the girls' room, but the professor makes the rounds himself and sees them all apparently asleep, so tells the janitor he evidently has been drinking too much.
- Eddie leaves on the train for his uncle's place to meet the girl who has been picked out for him to marry, much to his displeasure. Victoria sets out for her aunt's for the same purpose and takes the same train. Neither knows the other and has no idea in what the other looks like. The fat man and his wife and three children board the train. Finding that they have left the baby's nursing bottle behind, the wife gets off to buy another and misses the train. At the next stop the fat man gets off to telegraph to his wife, leaving the children in charge of Eddie, who is his friend. Eddie meets Victoria, and after a short courtship they are married by a minister on board, not knowing they are fulfilling the wishes of their respective aunt and uncle. The porter comes to Eddie's assistance in caring for the children, not without having trouble with everyone aboard. Victoria arrives at her aunt's before Eddie, and they are pleasantly surprised to find they have already been married, which brings the story to a happy conclusion.
- The husband and his wife live alone in the mountains, where he is working out a claim. A stranger from a distant mine is injured in the vicinity. The husband nurses him back to health. During his convalescence the stranger persuades the wife to elope with him. The husband comes back to the cabin to find it empty, their baby alone. Meantime the stranger and the wife have reached the town, and he takes her to the dance halls. Time elapses. In the mountain the man's baby dies from the lack of a mother's care. Down in the village the stranger has commenced to ill-treat the wife. The man on the mountain buries the child then goes down and into the town. The stranger, in a drunken rage, kills the wife. The husband arrives too late. He takes up the body and marches the stranger away with him to the mountain. At dawn he meets the stranger as man to man and throws him from a high cliff.
- At a card party, Mrs. Montgomery meets Mrs. Willoughby and her daughter, Bess. They decide to have their sons, Walter and Percy, meet. Wallie is a student of mineralogy and Percy of botany. Meanwhile Percy and Wallie are having troubles of their own. They both wait for Nance La Belle, an actress, outside the stage door. She chooses Percy, and Wallie picks up a chorus girl and follows them. At a café Nance flirts with Wallie and finally the two boys begin to fight. The following morning both boys have black eyes and tell their mothers it was caused by trying to save a girl in an automobile accident. That afternoon the boys are introduced. Percy shows Wallie his specimens and displays a collection of drinks. Their mothers want to see the specimens, so Percy goes to the garden and pulls up various vegetables. Wallie loads himself with pieces of brick, cobblestones, slag and coke, and joins Percy. The boys give a fake lecture and their mothers think their knowledge amazing.
- Parson Lewis, who with his wife and two daughters had selected a little western town for their headquarters. Jim Hadler, a gun-fanner, with the support of White Hanson, ex-prizefighter, had been the boys' acknowledged ruler, and had no intention of another usurping that rule. He not only broke up the parson's first meeting with his gun, but knocked him down when he remonstrated with Hadler for attempting to kiss his daughters. The parson that night sent a letter to his son, Webster, telling him to come out at once, as he had found a community and needed his assistance. So annoyed was Hadler at the old gentleman's persistence, that when Webster arrived, the bully declared that nothing short of the young parson's conquering his friend, the ex-prizefighter, could persuade him into allowing the Lewis family to remain there. Webster, being an amateur boxer, accepted the challenge and the boys insisted that they would stand by the champion, whoever it may be. On the day of the fight the combatants in regular fighting attire in a ring begin fighting. In the fifth round the young parson shot over a solar plexus blow and an uppercut, which laid the ex-prizefighter on his back insensible. The next day the prizefighter, his friend Hadler, and the boys went to church to hear the parson's first sermon.
- Dr. Cupid falls in love with the daughter of the police commissioner, not knowing, however, that her father is the police commissioner. He tries to make her acquaintance, but fails. One day as he is driving his car, he sees her crossing the street and hits upon a plan to run her down and then take her to his hospital for treatment, thus bringing her into his power. His plan succeeds. Her father puts Detective Plotz on the case. The detective locates the girl at the hospital and surrounds the place with officers. Dr. Cupid sees his plans are to be ruined and calling his attendants, orders Plotz confined in an insane asylum. Meanwhile he escapes with the girl. Detective Plotz escapes and with his officers starts in pursuit. A merry chase follows. In one place the pursuers are cut off by a freight train and the fugitives are hastily married. They then meet the girl's father and explanations follow. Detective Plotz arrives and is given the merry laugh by all present.
- Mutt, limber of mind as well as of body, perceives a little tantalizing advertisement, sandwiched in the sporting columns of a newspaper, "Man wanted by attractive young widow to manage her $100,000 estate. No objection to poor man." Without much ado, he writes to Rebecca, the attractive young widow. Jeff, whose cerebellum is astonishingly well developed, slowly realizes that something is wrong with his elongated friend. He tries to investigate, but to no avail. Mutt is cautious and the affair is strictly a personal one. Everything comes to him who waits, even if his name should be Jeff. In fact, the moment Mutt departs to mail his billet deux, the little fellow starts in investigation a la Sherlock Holmes. The tell-tale advertisement is soon subjected to Jeff's careful scrutiny. Manlike, he quickly decides to manage the young widow and her $100,000. Mutt's and Jeff's letters soon meet in the interior of the same mailbox and exchange confidences. In due time, Rebecca receives the notes, and alas! she also notes the address on each of them, "23 Joy Street." "Ah! Evidently a joker," thinks the lady. She promptly dispatches a warm invitation to the unknown gallants, arranging meanwhile with the cook, old Mammy, to meet them. Mutt, as usual, is the first on the scene, and while enjoying a delightful tete-a-tete with Mammy, Jeff quietly enters, and hides behind an armchair. Though Mammy is disguised under a coat of white paint, she coquettishly holds the fan between her fair visage and Mutt's Cyrano-like nose. Jeff gets somewhat nervous, and slightly moves the chair. Pandemonium breaks loose. Mammy runs out of the room, screaming for help. Rebecca adds her bird-like notes to the tumult, while Mutt is bent on venting his ire upon his unfortunate little partner. They are finally ejected from the premises. Back in their 2 x 4 hall-room, they gaze at one another's discolored countenance, and with a friendly hand-clasp, the ejaculate, "NEVER AGAIN."
- An Easterner wins the girl of his choice in a Western ploughing contest.
- The Russian Ambassador receives a message of warning that there will be an attempt on his life. His daughter, Olga, advises him to consult the famous Detective Potts. He sends for Potts, who is about to bestow a diploma on his pupil, Eddie. They both go to the Ambassador's house. On the way they see a suspicious looking package dropped into a barrel, and take it for a bomb. The Ambassador has disguised himself. Eddie puts on a Russian disguise and Potts takes him for the anarchist. He follows him. Olga is terrified by the appearance of three men who insist upon seeing her father. He enters in his disguise and she does not know him. He snatches it off, just as Eddie and Potts enter, too. They recognize each other, and, peeping through the curtains, see the Ambassador about to raise a bottle to his lips. They rush in, only to learn that the three men have called to get the Ambassador's opinion of a substitute for Russian vodka. In Eddie's bundle is found a pair of woman's stockings.
- Ben Crawford and his wife, Marion, live in a cabin near Ben's gold prospect. Marion longs for the city. The opportunity arrives when she receives a telegram telling her that her uncle has left her his fortune, provided she lives in his old home. They depart for the city. Bill is left behind in charge of the prospect, with instructions to keep Ben posted. Marion plunges into the pleasures of society and indulges in a flirtation with Captain Everett, a society man. Ben gradually becomes conscious of the fact that the Captain is causing unnecessary gossip, and seeing him bending over Marion and talking in too affectionate manner to her, he asserts himself and orders the Captain to go. Ben goes back to his mine and his freedom. Upon his arrival he finds that he possesses valuable property, but he grieves over the separation. Old Billy sees his listlessness and sends a telegram to Marion stating that Ben is seriously ill. Marion receives the telegram; it is the call she has been awaiting and she hurries to Ben. She arrives at the cabin and their old differences go into the land of forgetfulness as they hold each other tightly.
- A young mountaineer loves Dorothy, daughter of a backwoodsman. An artist comes into the district to paint and falls in love with Lucille, Dorothy's sister. Dorothy is interested in the artist on account of her sister's love for him, and she poses. The young mountaineer sees his sweetheart sitting for the artist, and as he is naturally suspicious of the well-dressed city man, he misunderstands the situation. As a result, he has words with Dorothy. The two become estranged. The artist, in searching for wild nooks, discovers a moonshiner's still. The moonshiners believe him to be a U.S. Revenue agent, and they capture him. Lucille carries the news to Dorothy. Dorothy goes to the mountaineer and begs him to save the artist. Believing that his action will insure the happiness of the woman he loves, he consents. The mountaineer surprises the moonshiners and liberates the artist. He then turns the artist over to Dorothy and prepares to return to the cabin. However, instead of Dorothy, Lucille rushes into the artist's arms. For the first time, the mountaineer sees that it is Lucille and not Dorothy who loves the newcomer.
- "A Revenuer!" The one word that strikes terror to the heart of the moonshiner. So that a stranger who wanders too near the vicinity of the illicit distiller is apt to receive a gentle warning in the form of a bullet that he is on dangerous ground. It was one of these "warnings" that Frank Parmeley had received from the Nelsons, father and son, when Nelson met him and after satisfying herself that he was not a revenue officer took him to their cabin, dressed his wounds and was about to advise him to profit by the lesson when she became aware of a face in the window. It was that of her sweetheart. Jack Geering, although this she did not learn until he came to her aid in preventing her brother Jim from again firing upon the retreating form of the stranger. As a result of his interference, however, Jack was ordered from the place, but this did not keep him from calling whenever he found the coast clear. Nance would not have had him otherwise, still the young mountaineer's masterful manner of wooing led her to believe he might think her too easily won, and as a consequence, when a few days later he attempted to put his arm about her the girl feigned anger and ran into the house. This piece of coquetry, however, came near turning out rather seriously. for at that moment Frank Parmeley appeared with a book and a box of candy for the young lady, but upon meeting the stern glances of Jack hastily remembered a previous engagement, while Nance, humiliated and angry at his cowardice, threw his presents after him. This little incident had consumed so much time that Bob Nelson now returned to find Jack again upon his premises, and, although he was allowed to depart with merely another warning, Nance knew from her father's tone that this would be the last. It was small wonder then that she turned pale with excitement when a couple of days later she beheld her father and brother gazing earnestly through the spy-glass and getting their rifles in readiness. As her father passed into the house she managed to slip the glass from his pocket and as she looked her worst fears were realized! It was Jack, coming up the mountain! When her father had looked a few moments before, it had not been Jack, but Frank Parmeley he had seen. Ignorant of this, Nance grasped the rifle which stood by the porch and with a rock quickly knocked off the hammer, rendering the weapon useless. Then when her brother appeared she distracted his attention while she took the revolved from his holster and tossed it into a clump of bushes. And this was very fortunate for Frank, for scarcely had Nance started down the mountain to warn her sweetheart than the valley man came strutting on, but seeing the Nelsons' intention, although they were powerless to harm him until they could get into the house for other weapons, he took to his heels and only stopped to beg protection of the lovers. Being assured that he was not a revenuer and not wishing to see innocent blood shed, Jack commanded the terror-stricken man to lie down while he fired a shot in the air, and as the father and son came hurrying up declared that they had arrived too late. It so pleased the Nelsons that Jack had sided with them that they at once gave him their hands and all enmity was at an end, while Frank, as soon as they were safely out of sight, lost no time in making good his escape.
- Eddie and Lee are two reporters in Turkey. Their main task is to interview the Sultan, but just before the great ordeal, Lee decides that he wants to look at some curios, so Eddie has to go ahead to see the Sultan alone. At the palace he is well received by the Sultan, and is shown the harem. In the harem there is one girl, Nita, who particularly makes an impression on Eddie. And the strange part of it is, that just as he is going out, she slips a note in his hand, saying that she is held captive, and asking for help. So Eddie makes Lee dress up like a girl, and to the Sultan they go. He is at once struck by her beauty and asks Eddie his price. Eddie says that he is reluctant to part with her, but is willing to exchange her for Nita. The Sultan balks at this, but finally they agree to toss for the two girls on the heads-I-win-tails-you-lose basis. Of course, Eddie quickly strips the Sultan of the girls and soon has the harem, and even the throne. In the meanwhile, Lee, in the costume of a dancing girl, has fallen into trouble in the harem, when they discover his true sex, and one of the attendants is after him with a knife. Eddie at once pardons his friend, and after picking out a good-looking girl for Lee, they leave, after explaining to the Sultan that the heads-I-win-tails-you-lose game works only one way.
- Wandering figure of Charlie (known from the Chaplin films). After visiting a second-hand bookshop, Charlie dreams that he has kidnapped the Queen of Sheba. Yet there is no beautiful woman behind the veil of this Turkish lady.
- Under Dr. Martin's old-fashioned treatment, Jim was steadily growing worse. Bob felt quite sure that if Jack Walton had but received his "Sheepskin" and would come on west in answer to his urgent invitation, the patient would quickly get well. Fortunately Jack had received his precious diploma that very week, and the moment he got his friend's letter, he started for the west, where, true to Bob's prediction, Jim was soon on the road to recovery. Jack's first case, however, had not given the young doctor the entire satisfaction he had anticipated, for Dr. Martin had angrily thrown up the case rather than take him into consultation. So stubborn was the old doctor that even after Jack had demonstrated his skill with more than one patient, he remained unyielding. It was only when Mrs. Martin lay at death's door and all hope had been given up that the old doctor called the young man to his aid. Luckily the good woman's life was saved, and later Dr. Jack Walton's sign was hung beneath that of Dr. Martin, for Miss Edith Martin had been instrumental in uniting the two doctors in family as well as professional ties.
- Mert, the station agent, loved Al the foreman, and Mert's father, the engineer, loved Al's mother, and Al loved Mert, and Al's mother loved Mert's father. However, Mert's father did not love Al, and Al's mother did not love Mert, so that kept things from being monotonous. Al invited Mert to the soda fountain, but when Mert found that he had no money she suspected that the attraction was Babe the dispenser of liquid refreshment. Herein she wronged Al's honest soul. Al found Mert's father making love to his mother and threw flour at them. Just then the train arrived, and with it Terrible Ted, the He-Vampire. Ma and Pa were sitting a truck, and Al sneaked up and tied it to the train as it pulled out. However, the end of the rope caught his foot and he was hauled along the track till Pa cut the rope and they all came home. Mert was making making eyes at Ted. His idea was to get into the safe while she flagged the train. He and his confederates had almost succeeded, when Mert managed to grab the bad in which they had placed the money and pull it up through a trap in the ceiling. They discovered her and pursued her to the roof. She jumped off, but they got her, and put her in a trunk. They then loaded the trunk onto a passing train. Al and Babe went to the rescue on a handcar. All of them arrived in the Great City, and the trunk with Mert inside was taken to a room. Al and Babe arrived, and Mert, looking out of the window, saw them. She wrote a note which she placed in the water pitcher and threw out of the window. Al snatched a bow and arrow from a child and shot a reply to her. He sent up a rope and Mert lowered the money to him. She then slid down the rope after tying it to the bed, and they all went off on the handcar, pursued by the villains in an auto. But the handcar reached the station first. Ted was not to be foiled, and be subdued them all with chloroform. She grabbed him, threw him off the train, and then returned with the money. Moving Picture World, October 27, 1917
- Robert Lee is deeply in love with Margaret Ellison. Both are undemonstrative, and Robert, not feeling quite sure that he possesses Margaret's heart, delays his proposal. He is called imperatively to New York and writes a letters to Margaret asking her to be his wife and this he places in his pocket to mail. But his valet points out that he has his wrong coat on. He changes it hastily and starts for the railroad station. Arriving in New York, he awaits patiently for the answer which never comes. Robert is terribly grieved and decides that Margaret did not love him sufficiently to marry him. He instructs his valet, Parker to close the house, to remove everything to New York and to offer the place for sale. Margaret wonders why she has neither seen nor heard from the man to whom she is so deeply attached and is shocked when she sees the empty house and the "For Sale" sign, as she drives up to inquire the cause of his absence. The years pass and Margaret accepts a rich suitor, who later dies She still cherishes the memory of Robert, who also is constantly thinking of days gone by and of her. One day he decides to rummage through old trunks, and finds the letter be wrote to Margaret thirty years ago. He decides to call upon her and in her own home to at least explain. The years have not stolen any of Margaret's charm. She is surprised and pleased to see him. He explains the missing letter. They decide to remain inseparate forevermore.
- Daniel Lyttell is very ill, but Doctor Bozel assures Clara that the crisis is over and that her husband will eventually get well. In the dead of the night, a burglar enters the Lyttell home. His silent footsteps reach the ear of the sick man. Clara, too, hears mysterious noises. She pacifies Daniel and tells him to rest and sleep. Softly she steals out of the room to investigate and soon discovers the burglar. Quickly rushes to the telephone, but finds that the wires have been cut. For a moment she hesitates and fears, fears for her husband. Goes to his bedside and rejoices to find him asleep. Hastily dons a wrap and envelops her head in a black veil, leaves the room and busies herself rummaging in the drawers of a desk. The burglar comes upon her but is unable to intimidate the brave little woman. Clara tells him she, too, is a thief; only she came to steal very important letters. When the man attempts to go into the bedroom for his "haul," she commands him to stay where he is. She knows the house well and can go about it without making a break. Clara proposes to get the valuable for him. He agrees, but inwardly decides to watch her every move. Feverishly Clara goes to her dresser and draws forth all her jewels. The patient grows restless and she soothes and caresses him till he's quiet again, then she glides silently out of the room in search of the burglar. The midnight visitor, however, is not a bad sort. He has seen, and the woman's brave deed brings back to him that spark of manhood long since departed. He refuses to accept her sacrifice, and vanishes into the night ashamed of himself and determined to lead a better life. Clara returns to her husband's side and hugs him for very joy.
- Lillian is an unfortunate woman. After leaving her baby at the door of a hospital she meets David, the author of her misfortune. It is a case of starvation or the "easiest way." She chooses the "easiest way." After eighteen years she again shows up, a social outcast and a tool for David's black profession. David has his eye upon a mere slip of a girl who works in a department store. He attempts to lure her to his resort, but fails. He then turns the case over to Lillian. Dorothy needs money for clothes. Lillian offers her the position and she accompanies the older woman to David's resort. Wallace, Dorothy's sweetheart, waits for her outside the house. Once inside the resort Dorothy is beautifully gowned. While changing her dress she takes a locket from her neck and lays it aside. Lillian finds it. Dorothy is her daughter. All the mother instinct and realization of her actions awaken in Lillian. She saves her daughter from David and her own fate and turns her over to Wallace. David is sent to prison. Lillian dies, despised and shunned, and Dorothy never knows that the woman who delivered her to evil and then saved her was her mother.
- "Let not thy angry passions rise." But, as with most of us, Henry Russell remembered this wise advice too late, and now could only sigh as he thought how easily he might have avoided the quarrel with Joe Wilkes, one of the assayers in the stamp mills, for it had resulted in their both being discharged when Supt. Bedlow appeared on the scene. The pretty little home that he and Dora had planned became a mere speck in the distance. It would be months, and perhaps years, before he could again work himself up to a position equal to the one he had just left. The young wife, after trying in vain to comfort her discharged husband, donned her hat and stole out quietly. She would go to the mills and plead with them to give Henry one more chance. At first the superintendent was inclined to refuse; then, struck by Dora's ingeniousness, he gave her a note reinstating the young man. Fred Bedlow was a good husband and counted an honorable man, so it might have been the little wife's enthusiasm or a man's inborn curiosity which led him to call on her the next day. There he soon learned her true sentiments and would have withdrawn after humbly begging her pardon, so that nothing could have come of the incident, bad not Joe Wilkes, knowing that Dora had succeeded in having Henry re-engaged, called to urge his own case and, being again ordered from the premises, had followed the superintendent only to see him enter the Russell cottage. Here was a chance for revenge, Without waiting an instant he ran to the mills and scratched off a few lines to Henry, who, although he implicitly trusted Dora, decided to find out what Bedlow's idea was in calling upon his wife. And although he arrived to find Dora in tears and the superintendent begging her pardon and trying to pacify her, all might still have been explained away, had not Mrs. Bedlow, accompanied by her father, sailed in to accuse her husband, for, in going to the mills to examine some newly discovered ore, the unsuspecting wife had smoothed out the very note Henry had dropped on which to examine her specimens. Mrs. Bedlow, after relieving her mind of what she thought of Dora, her husband and men in general, departed for her automobile, leaving the superintendent to hurry after her and implore the lady's father to intercede for him. So it was, still in hot discussion, that Henry found them just outside his gate, as he ran distractedly from the house after reading the pitiable little note declaring her innocence, which Dora had written while he had been packing his things. The note wound up by saying that he would find her body on the railroad tracks. Frantically he showed it to the now half reconciled Mrs. Bedlow and the superintendent solemnly swore Dora had written the truth. She commanded them to enter her car. Already they could hear the whistle of the approaching train and, as they swung into the road, which ran parallel with the track, and turned on full speed, they were just even with the engine. A wild race of over a mile followed, and scarcely had Henry and the superintendent snatched the half unconscious Dora from the tracks when the train dashed by. Quickly they bore her to safety, where reconciliations between four hysterically happy people were soon made.
- Tom Hanson felt thoroughly discouraged. For some months he had been out of work, and now his supplies had given out; so, should he fail to bring home money by night, Sue and the little one must go supperless to bed. Perhaps, Sam might have heard something, for the good-hearted bar-keeper had promised to keep a lookout for him. However he was doomed to disappointment. Sam had heard of nothing, and Tom paused but a moment to watch the game of a group of men, at one end of the saloon. Suddenly John Hawley surprised all be declaring that he had been robbed. The doors were instantly locked, and Sheriff Williams, who had also been watching them, ordered every man searched! Then, to the utter consternation of everyone present, Hawley's empty wallet was discovered in Tom's pocket; for, so absorbed had all been in the card game, that they had not observed Pinto Pete, the half-breed, as he slipped the money from Hawley's pocket and dropped the empty wallet into Tom's coat. In vain did the unfortunate man declare his innocence; the sheriff would not listen to reason. So determining to at least make a fight for his liberty, Tom shot out the light, and in the confusion which followed, succeeded in getting outside and mounting his horse ere the others could follow. Then came an exciting chase to his shack, which Tom won, and although he was badly wounded in dismounting, the boys stopped firing, upon Sue's appeal from the window. Tom would soon be starved out, so the sheriff declared, as he posted his men around the place and galloped away for supplies. Indeed, ere night fell, not only the child's pleadings, but her husband's feverish condition, made it imperative that they have water at once. Opening the door, Sue held up her little one, then as the watchers lowered their guns, she fell fainting at their feet. Quickly the men revived her, and were bathing Tom's wound, when Sheriff Williams dashed up with the glad tidings that Pinto Pete had confessed. So eager were the men to make what reparation they could, that they gladly made up a purse for the destitute family, and later saw to it that Tom had work.
- John Bronson is in straitened circumstances and is reading a letter from his son. Bob, as his daughter May enters. "Dear Father and Sisters. Don't worry about the money. I have decided to quit college and go to work. I start for home at once. Yours lovingly, Bob." Soon Bob arrives, and the next day he starts out to seek employment. At the Bar B ranch, he is given a trial position as manager, and at once writes his father: "Dear Father and Sister, Have secured a position as manager of the Bar B ranch. Tell Mr. Morgan that I will pay the interest on the note. Lovingly, Bob." A short time later, Bob receives the following letter: "Mr. Bob Bronson, Dear Sir: Will call as per your request to collect interest on your father's note. This must be paid to-day. Yours truly, M.H. Morgan." Mr. Morgan arrived, and Bob paid the interest which he had gotten in advance from his employer, Frank King. In taking the note from his wallet, Pete, the half-breed, had seen that it contained a large sum of money, so when Mr. Morgan hung his coat up in the office, after having put the wallet in it, Pete crept cautiously to the window and searching inside, secured what he thought was the coat with the wallet. It proved to be without the wallet, however, for Mr. Morgan had just taken the wallet from his pocket to put the extra money in which Bob had given him. Bob then hung his coat on the same nail that Mr. Morgan's had, and that gentleman placed his wallet in the young man's coat, which was presently put on try Bob and missed by the other until Bob had reached home. In the meanwhile Pete had discovered that he had the wrong coat, and thrown it away, only taking from the pocket a fancy handkerchief. Bob, riding home, had picked up the coat and taken it with him. At home, being unable to explain how he came by the wallet, his father believed that he had stolen the money, as did his new employer and Mr. Morgan, who had followed in hot pursuit, until the latter saw the handkerchief which the half-breed had taken and forced a confession from him, greatly to the relief of all concerned.
- Nice youngsters Eddie and Louise, of course, love distractedly. They graduate, and Eddie circles Louise with that little band of gold which means so much. Louise goes home to her uncle and aunt, who live in the country, and Eddie goes to visit his uncle and aunt, who also live away from town. The uncles are old friends but are unaware of the young couple's attachment. The uncles have an old agreement whereby the nephew of the one is to marry the niece of the other. The joyful news is broken to the boy and girl, with the result that they write and arrange a meeting in order to escape such a terrible end to love's young dream. The uncles get wind of the elopement and follow. They all meet and the uncles are surprised when they see each other. They agree to fool the young couple and they are parted. Eddie is held closely by his uncle, who tells him the girl he has in mind for him will arrive on a certain day. Eddie is in despair and when the girl arrives they will not look at each other until forced to do so. When they do see who is before them, they lose no time in coming to a clinch and the uncles are proud of their joke and its happy ending.
- David Miller, a western farmer, is betrothed to Marie Mantell, an eastern girl. He is addicted to drink and his constant imbibing of whiskey brutalizes his nature. He goes east and marries Marie, bringing her to a desolate western farm. He continues drinking and his young wife suffers much cruelty at his hands. A half-breed cowboy, who is employed at the ranch, becomes devoted to her to the extent of protecting her at crucial moments when the farmer, in a drunken state, threatens to strike her. Phillip Hall, an easterner, comes west for his health and is given work by Miller. He is hurt in a round-up and nursed by Marie. He is a ray of light in her desolate life, and the easterner's heart is full of pity for the young wife. David goes on a drunken rampage and destroys Marie's little garden, which she has nurtured tenderly. When she remonstrates with him, he menaces her life. The half-breed again puts himself between them and David knocks him to the ground. The half-breed picks himself up and the sight of the weeping woman makes him swear Indian vengeance. Getting a rifle, he follows the farmer, who had mounted his horse, and rode away, and shoots him. Miller falls near Philip, who has been reading in the woods, and when his calls bring the sheriff and his men, he is accused of the crime. The half-breed has returned to the house, and when the sheriff stops at Miller's ranch with his prisoner, the half-breed maintains an Indian stolidity until Marie and Philip, in the stress of the situation, divulge their love for each other. He confesses it was he that killed the farmer and makes a dash for liberty, with the posse in chase. They gain on him when a shot rings out. The half-breed prefers death at his own hands rather than give himself into the hands of the law.
- Bess' pet donkey Sammy has just died. Her three cowboy lovers call to propose, and as they all arrive about the same time, Bess is in a quandary. Her recent bereavement sharpens her wits. She tells them she will marry the first one who brings her a white donkey, just like her dead Sammy. The lovers get busy. Coming to a crossroad, they see an old man leading a white donkey and a wild race ensues. The old fellow thinks he's being held up, and throws up both his hands, but soon realizes that the boys want to buy his donkey. Harry wins the prize, much to his chums' chagrin. Harry, however, cannot budge the donkey. Tom and Dick separate. Dick sees a white goat, and thinking that it might please Bess better, loses no time in getting it to Bess's home. Bess is afraid of goats and her screams bring in her father, who ejects Dick and his goat. The hapless lover cannot figure out why girls liking white donkeys could not like white goats as well. In despair he goes to the woods and soon dreams of all kinds of white donkeys. Tom, in the meantime, finds a black donkey and hurries home, where he paints it white and then sets out for Bess's home. On the road he passes Harry still struggling with his stubborn donkey. Realizing that he is out of the race, Harry gives his donkey a push and departs. The stubborn donkey wanders into the woods and is grazing close to Dick, who awakens from his donkey dreams by finding one of the species standing beside him. With a shout of joy he jumps up, but finds that the donkey has a will of its own. Dick will not be balked. He leads the white donkey with a long stick tied over its back, and out in front of him a big bundle of grass tied to the end of it, hanging just out of reach of the donkey. He is greeted as the winner by Bess, and gets a wife through the aid of a stubborn cupid.
- Mrs. Brown's birthday is approaching. Hubby decides to surprise her with a new dress. A dressmaker is taken into his confidence. Brown steals his wife's "measure" and then proceeds to get a model. His office is stormed by a bevy of very pretty girls. Mrs. Brown happens to drop in, and in a bit of fun poses as a model. The dressmaker promptly engages her. Promising to report for duty on the morrow, Mrs. Brown departs, but not until the dressmaker has acquainted her with Mr. Brown's intentions. In due time the dress is finished, and Mr. Brown is informed to call at the dressmaker's at two p.m. to see the creation on the model. Business detains him, and the Mrs. slips out unnoticed by the dressmaker. Brown manages to get through with his business deal and makes a "marathon dash" to the dressmaker's. There he finds that both model and dress have vanished. The police are quickly called into the case and they quickly catch Mrs. Brown with the goods. At headquarters Brown realizes that the surprise though on his wife is "on" him.
- A story of the inside life of nomads who live in the shadow of civilization, worshiping their own goods and clinging to their ancient rites. In dying, the old king of the tribe appoints Jose to succeed him and gives him his daughter for a wife. One of the gypsies, more than the others, envies Jose his position. After the old king has been laid in his final resting place, the jealous one begins to intrigue to the end of deposing Jose and stealing his young wife. A number of the gypsies join hands with the jealous one to kill the king. While his young queen is in the woods, Jose is called by a decoy message. He walks into an ambush, is taken prisoner and tied to a tree. A fire is built around him and he is left to die. However, the king has one faithful henchman. When the jealous intriguer approaches to claim the young bride, this subject knocks him unconscious with a sling-shot. The king is rescued by the faithful servant and the queen and the jealous one is expelled from the tribe.
- Eddie starts for the moving-picture studio one morning and on his way stops at his best girl's house to tell her that he is starting a new picture that morning but has not been cast. When he gets to the studio the director tells him to make up as a crook and visit the tenderloin to get the correct makeup; he does and meets "Red" and his pal, who have just made a haul. Eddie carefully studies Red's garments, then procures an exact duplicate of Red's makeup. Late that afternoon Red and his pal hold up a man but an officer sees, pursues, and overtakes them. After beating up the officer, Red makes his getaway, the officer following closely behind him. The officer finally stops at a patrol box and phones headquarters to send out a general alarm. Working late and wanting to be in time for his appointment, Eddie decides that he will not return to the studio but will return home in his makeup. Arriving home he discovers that he has left the key at the studio and tries to get into the window, but is seen by an officer who grabs him and takes him away with him, Eddie loudly protesting. Red meanwhile is dodging the officers and finally backs into Betty's apartment. She mistakes him for Eddie and kisses him. The officer arrives at the police station and Eddie explains about his makeup. The officer 'phones Betty, who is startled when she learns her mistake. The two struggle, Betty screaming as Red makes off. An officer, hearing her screams, runs on and the two start hunting for Red. Suddenly she sees Eddie, who has hurried from the station. She thinks it is Red and she and the officer start after him, while another officer is pursuing Red. Finally, after much fighting, the two are brought together and Red is hurried off after a fierce struggle. The two lovers are at last left together.
- The King of Smearcase passes away, leaving no male heir to the throne. The Princess hears the news and the Prime Minister takes up with her the matter of another king. They find that the next in the royal line runs a delicatessen store in America. Jerry, the proprietor, is busy when the news comes. He finds that to succeed to the throne he must be unmarried. He has a wife, but decides that he win try to get the kingdom anyway and say nothing of his previous attachment. On the dock, as he is about to take the steamer, he meets Jack, an old friend of his, whose firm is sending him to Europe on business. He tells him of his new kingdom and invites his friend to run over any time he gets a chance and he will have the Royal Army march around for him. Back in Limberg, the capital, everything is made ready for the coming of the new king. King Jerry arrives. He is pleased with the Princess he is to marry, but is disturbed by thoughts of the wife at home. The Princess is not favorably impressed with the King and refuses to marry him. The Prime Minister endeavors to settle this difficulty. Jack, King Jerry's friend, calls at the palace. He flirts with the Princess, whom he meets in the palace grounds, and she thinks favorably of the American. A maid-of-honor oversees the affair and tells the Prime Minister, who has Jack arrested and brought before the King. The old friends shake hands and Jack is turned loose. He meets the Princess again and she suggests that he disguise himself as an officer in the army of the King and that then they will be able to see each other every day. They are caught together again and Jack is again arrested and imprisoned. The Princess and one of his assistants plan to free him. They disguise him and he is given a position as Royal Guard to the Princess. Jerry decides to pay a visit to his future Queen but finds that Jack is there before him and beats a hasty retreat. Suddenly there is an uproar at the outer gate. At last Jerry's wife and children have searched him out. The outraged wife dashes into the presence of the King and informs the court that she is the King's wife. It therefore becomes impossible for Jerry to occupy the throne and he is led out by his irate wife. The wise heads decide they must have a King and the Princess suggests Jack. It is finally decided that Jack shall be made King and the Princess is at last happy, while Jerry starts back to America with his wife and numerous offspring.
- The widow Smith, and her daughter Mary, have been left with just a claim to support them. Jim, Mary's sweetheart, agrees to work the mine on shares, and starts for the small mining town to arrange matters. Two miners, knowing the widow can't work the claim, scheme to defraud her by claiming that they had bought the claim from her husband a couple of days before his death. The widow is horrified at the news; Mary refuses to believe it. The men try to put mother and daughter out, when a scout and his party drive the villains away. The scout fearing trouble, camps on the claim. He soon comes face to face with the villains who are trying to set the miners against him. Unable to show proofs they draw up a false bill of sale, and return. They are again ordered away. While beating a retreat they see Mary, take her by force, and hide her in an old mine, counting on making the widow give them the claim for her daughter's safe return. The scheme might have worked but for Jim's intervention. Jim goes forward to the mouth of the mine only to be captured by the villains, who also capture the scout after a terrific struggle. Leaving a man on guard, they again start for the widow's claim, to take it by force; but again they reckon wrong.
- Jerry is a janitor at a popular boardinghouse. The landlady looks at the world with a distrustful eye. Jerry, having found her soft side, is assured of a job for life. One of the boarders is an actor who has long been out-of-work and he has been informed that he must either pay up or get out. The Hammond sisters' finances are low too; while they have a good act, they are unable to secure engagements because they are brunettes when the popular demand is for blondes. Billie and Ray have eloped and flee to avoid the rage of her angry father. They decide that the safest place to hide in would be a boardinghouse, and secure quarters in the place where Jerry is janitor. Her father secures the services of a famous detective and the search for the missing daughter begins. The Hammond sisters have been told so often that they will not suit because they are brunettes that they decide to be manufactured blondes. Jerry, passing their door, hears the gruesome remark made by one of them stating that "she will get the stuff from the drugstore and they will dye together." Jerry thinks he is on the trail of a tragedy, and when one of the sisters leaves for the drugstore he follows her. The actor, meanwhile, has received notice of an engagement and having only one pair of trousers sends them out to be pressed. Ray and his wife think they are safe from pursuit until suddenly the girl looks out the window and sees the famous detective following their footprints. Jerry sees the girl buying the product in the drugstore, and hurrying to the police station and hurries to the police station to tell them of the impending tragedy. The officers accompanying him back to the house. The landlady, meanwhile, has stopped Neal's trousers from going out, telling him he will have to pay up his board bill before running any others. In desperation he sneaks into the newlyweds' room while they are at lunch and steals a pair of Ray's trousers. Jerry and the police arrive at the girls' room, and hear one of the girls say, "farewell forever," referring to her brunette hair. They think she is taking poison and break in the door. The matter is explained and Jerry receives the benefit of the policemen's rage. As they are belaboring him with clubs, he sees Neal sneaking from Ray's room with the stolen clothes. He puts the police on Neal's trail and they have a merry chase in and out of the house. The detective has notified the girl's father and he hurries into the house and confronts his daughter. She shows him her wedding ring and announces that they are married. Her father is unable to take out his spite on her now and grudgingly accepts his new son-in-law. Jerry the janitor is thankful that he is losing some of his customers as his many duties have proven to be too much for him.
- Poor, henpecked Jed is left to sweep the floor and wash the dishes while his wife, Judy, goes to the village to shop. No sooner is she gone, however, than Jed seats himself to have a good smoke, a forbidden pleasure in the house. Judy, returning unexpectedly, surprises her frightened husband and taking him by the ear, marches him into the kitchen to wash the dishes, while she sits calmly in the sitting-room to wait until he has finished. As he is carrying the dish-pan to the sink it falls, breaking his wife's best china. With one glance toward the sitting-room door, Jed dives through the window, and when Judy gets to the kitchen, Jed is already half way down the street. Arriving at the village, two of his friends take him to the nearest bar to give him a little "courage," but, after spending an hour with them, Jed decides it would be best to take a quiet little nap before approaching his loving wife, and accordingly, climbs into an empty box-car, which is soon bearing the sleeping Jed to the glorious west. Some time elapses. Judy, not having heard from her husband, has accepted an offer from a western mining camp to act as cook, and is accordingly met with due deference by the foreman. His gallantry and that of the boys is entirely lost on Judy, and she at once starts in to rule the camp with an iron rod. It is at this point that Jed, who is in the vicinity looking for work, meets the foreman and is offered a job. He meets his wife face to face when he enters for dinner, and, terror-stricken, he makes a dash for the door, overturning tables and chairs as he goes. The boys, however, soon overtake him and listen in sympathy to his explanation. Taking their lariats, they rig them up as though to hang Jed, believing it will excite the compassion of Judy, but, instead, she snatches up a whip and proceeds to wield it with all her strength until the boys succeed in roping her and getting her to the house. The next day Judy sets out, bag and baggage, with her husband in tow, bent upon returning to their little town. At the railroad station, Jed dutifully helps his wife upon the train, but just as it starts to gather speed, Jed swings off, to the glee of the waiting boys and the utter consternation of Judy. Then, lest she should return, the boys hurry him upon a horse with the advice "to keep right on a-ridin."
- A comedy and action series of ten 2-reel episodes, each episode complete in itself and entirely independent of the others: #1: The Sody Clerk; #2: A Thousand a Week; #3: He Became a Cop; #4: From the Rogue's Gallery; #5: Hired and Fired; #6: He Almost Lands an Angel; #7: A Hero by Proxy; #8: Borrowed Plumes; #9: Breaking Into Society; #10: Fame at Last.
- The young husband is called from the city on business for a month. While he is gone Uncle telegraphs his niece, the wife, that he is visiting a certain hotel on the beach, where he wishes her to bring her husband, and if he meets with the uncle's approval he will leave them his entire fortune; if not, he will cut her off. The wife is desperate, as she is anxious to secure the money. She decides to consult with her lawyer. With offices adjoining the wife's lawyer is a young lawyer who has never had any clients. He has a sweetheart, but her mother refuses to consent to their marriage because he never has earned any money. When the wife finds that her attorney is out of town for a couple of weeks she talks to the young lawyer, explains the situation to him and finally secures his promise to act as the husband. He accordingly tells his sweetheart that he must go out of town for a few days, which does not meet with her approval, especially after some lady friend tells her that she has seen her sweetheart with another woman. The wife and lawyer arrive at the hotel, meet the uncle, who is favorably impressed, and everything is working out nicely, although the lawyer is quite nervous. The girl, very much broken up over the lawyer's departure, decides to go to the beach with her mother and put up at the same hotel where the uncle and the others are stopping. The girl sees her sweetheart with the other woman, hears the uncle speak of him as the woman's husband and is nearly heartbroken. Meanwhile the husband has been ordered home and finds the telegram. He immediately sets off for the beach. There is a grand scramble when all parties get together, the parties all get together, explanations follow, and everything ends happily.
- Joe has become a fugitive. While the sheriff's posse is hunting him, one of the men, Bill, is wounded and falls from his horse. Joe returns after the posse have gone, and after blindfolding Bill, Joe takes him to his shack, dresses his wounds and takes care of him until he is able to travel. Joe then takes Bill to the edge of the town and points out the way. Bill goes immediately to the sheriff. Having blazed the trail, he tells the sheriff that he can take the suspect alone, but that the boys are to follow. Bill returns to Joe's shack, much to the surprise of the fugitive, but Joe, nevertheless, gets the drop on the newly-made deputy, and leaving him in the shack, starts outside for his horse. The sheriff's posse, riding up from the rear, fires upon him, the shot going through the window to where the deputy is seated. Joe makes his escape on his horse. The sheriff and his men run into the shack to investigate, only to find Bill, the deputy, dead, and a letter addressed to Joe from his brother, explaining that it is the brother and not Joe who is wanted.
- The girl and boy have many ups and downs in their love affair on account of the girl's father, who has a bad case of the gout. He is peeved at the smallest thing and when he sees them making love becomes so angry that he "throws a fit." The doctor tells him that he must have a change, so he makes preparations to take an outing at the beach. Billie tells his sweetheart, and when they arrive at the beach he is nearby and gives her "the glad signal" behind father's back. Hardly do father and daughter get settled when Billie sneaks out and meets her lover on the sands. They are having a "spoony" time, when father, who missed Billie, runs across them. He tells the boy that the next time he catches him with Billie it means jail for him. Father orders Billie to her room and sternly tells the clerk that she is not to be allowed out and will have her meals served in the room. The boy, not to be foiled thus easily, becomes, by a subterfuge, a waiter in the hotel. Father is pretty "foxy," however, and one day he observes a scene that proves his suspicion that the new waiter is his daughter's sweetheart. He catches the boy with his disguise removed spooning with his daughter. Dad is still in his invalid chair, but gives the boy a chase around the corridors. Father has been accustomed to taking an outing every day and has for his attendant an old native, who shies at the appearance of a "skirt." One day the attendant gets a letter supposedly from a woman telling him that she admires him. He is so enthusiastic that he runs at once to her apartment. Here he meets the boy, who promptly ties him up, cuts his whiskers and with the aid of some glue disguises himself as the attendant. When the boy shows up to take father out, father upbraids him for his tardiness and they set out. Father is taken to a lonely spot on the beach and shoved in the water. The boy now discloses his identity and tells father that if he doesn't consent to his marrying the girl he will be left in the water. The tide is coming in and the water rises from father's feet to his knees, but he is still obdurate. The two enjoy themselves and when they return the water is up to father's neck. He then relents. When he is rescued he tries to change his mind, but fear of another ducking makes him agree, and the two escort him away from the sad sea waves.
- Aunt Jemima and her nephew, Neal, are in the garden reading when they notice a newspaper article saying that she has inherited a large fortune. Auntie promptly faints and Neal goes into the house for a pitcher of water just as Betty, his sweetheart, calls him on the phone. Neal returns to the garden and revives his aunt. Uncle Jasper also sees the article and shows it to Betty, who is delighted. Captain Obadiah, an old sea captain, also notes the article and the two men decide to win the hand of the rich aunt. Both buy flowers and meeting on the way, go to her house together. Each is jealous of the other and Aunt Jemima tries to keep peace between them, finally telling them that she is too young to marry. Both men are angry and leave. Neal meets Uncle Jasper at the gate and tells him of his own engagement to Betty, but the uncle says there will be no wedding for them, as Aunt Jemima will not consent to marry him. Neal starts plotting. Knowing that Uncle Jasper is nearsighted, Neal dresses in one of his aunt's dresses and hats and goes into the garden, where he tells Betty of his plans. Uncle Jasper comes in and mistakes Neal for Aunt Jemima and starts making love to her. Neal pleads with uncle to allow the young folk to marry. Neal sees the captain coming and tries to break away from uncle. He finally succeeds in doing so and later joins Betty at the curb, where a man has left his bicycle. This Neal mounts and rides away after knocking down the captain and other bystanders. About this time Aunt Jemima, who has been shopping, comes on and questions the man who owned the wheel. An officer comes on and arrests Stella. On the way they discover the captain, but he refuses to say a good word for her, and she has to go on with the cop. They finally meet Uncle Jasper, who takes her in his arms and the two officers leave. Meanwhile Neal has returned home, changed his clothes and has hunted up Betty in the garden. They have a hearty laugh over the situation. As they look off they see uncle and auntie in the swing, which breaks. Nothing daunted, the two old folks kiss and embrace.