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- Confederate soldier Frank Winslow is terrified of the war and eventually runs away from battle. But when he finds himself behind enemy lines with vital information, he must decide between his fear and his conscience.
- In the wayward western town known as Hell's Hinges, a local tough guy is reformed by the faith of a good woman.
- Peggy, a rambunctious young American girl, goes to Scotland to visit her uncle. Her American ways both shock and eventually delight the people of the old village--especially the handsome young minister.
- Gambler "On-the-Level" Leigh gives up his profession for his little sister, Alice, whose precarious health demands that she move to the mountains. There, the gambler meets the fiery dance hall girl Coralie whose advances he rejects. His funds exhausted from the expense of the move, Level unwillingly returns to his old profession, but Coralie induces the dealer to "cold deck" Level, and he loses every cent. Out of desperation, Level decides to hold up the passengers of the stagecoach while unknown to him, Black Jack shoots and kills the driver for the express box. Learning of the driver's death, Level surrenders himself to the law and is jailed. Escaping from his cell, Level discovers Black Jack uncovering the express box and arrests him. Level returns to town with the real murderer, is cleared of all charges and is reunited with his sweetheart, Rose Larkin.
- Everett Nelson was born on a farm and is an only son. He does all the hard work on the place for his father, who keeps the country bank. Unable to stand the bondage any longer, Everett leaves for New York in quest of work. While job hunting he sees a sign on the door requesting the services of a janitor. On entering to apply for the position he finds himself on the stage of a theater, where a rehearsal for a musical comedy is in progress. The astounded manager gazes at this apparition, and then an idea strikes him. He hires the "Clodhopper" for a rural number in his show. How the "Rube" makes the hit of his life as well as showing he is not to be laughed at as a prodigal son is shown in the events that follow.
- "Draw" Egan, a notorious bandit of New Mexico, has come to the end of his tether. His gang has been dispersed, many slain, and more in jail, and there is a reward of $1,000 offered for Egan, "dead or alive." While drinking in a saloon at Muscatine, Egan chances across Matt Buckton, a leading citizen of the neighboring village of Yellow Dog. Yellow Dog is a town infested with gunmen who make life miserable for the few respectable citizens. Buckton is on a still hunt for some strong men who will shoulder the unenviable responsibilities of sheriff, and put the fear of God and the law into the hearts of his undisciplined fellow-citizens. While Buckton is thinking over his seemingly impossible quest, the bully of Muscatine enters the saloon and accosting "Draw" Egan, finds himself crumpled upon the floor without opportunity for repartee. Buckton is so much impressed by the quietude and deftness of Draw Egan's work that he immediately offers him the job of cleaning out Yellow Dog. So Draw Egan, as William Blake, is installed as sheriff of Buckton's promising community. William Blake soon has the bullies and gunmen of Yellow Dog well in hand, with law and order restored by the capable ex-bandit. At the time when the respectable citizens are singing the praises of the new sheriff, one of the worst of Egan's old gang, Oregon Joe, strolls into town, sizes up the situation, and holding a threat of betrayal over the sheriff's head, proceeds with the aid of the tough element to undo the sheriff's good work. For himself Egan cares little, but while endeavoring to live down his past and lead a clean life, he has fallen in love with Buckton's daughter Myrtle. Day by day he submits to Oregon Joe's insults and the tough element gradually gets the upper hand. Things have reached such a pitch that one day the gunmen, headed by Oregon Joe, decide to drive the respectable citizens out of town and run the place for themselves. It is up to the sheriff to decide, and his manhood asserts itself. He confesses the evils of his past life, throws himself on the mercy of his fellow citizens and promises to surrender to the government if they will allow him one day to restore order. He makes good; the gunmen are whipped into submission and Oregon Joe, the blackmailer, meets his just reward. The sheriff surrenders and is locked up in the caboose, but the next morning a delegation of citizens greets him with the assurance that to them Draw Egan has ceased to exist and that Yellow Dog only recognizes Sheriff William Blake. Myrtle Buckton is one of the delegation.
- Alma Clayton is a butterfly type of girl. She is being wooed by a gilded youth, Neil Webster, whom she likes to a degree. At a public banquet Alma becomes acquainted with Wayne Burrous, a brilliant criminal lawyer, and won by the man's eloquence, she casts Neil aside and eventually marries Wayne. Her husband's strict attention to business piques her, and it results in Wayne leaving her use of their large mansion while he takes up his residence in the club. Alma, while out shopping with a friend, meets Neil, who tells her that his love for her is gone. At home she calls him by telephone. He arrives at Alma's home, and informs her that what he said about his love for her is not true, and that he is actuated by the desire of revenging himself on Wayne for winning her away from him. She is undetermined whether to elope with him or not. Meanwhile Jim Sims, a burglar, breaks into Wayne's room. After taking a number of gold and silver pieces his eye fixes on a portrait of Wayne. He recognizes it as representing the lawyer who had once saved him from jail, although Sims was penniless: He carefully replaces the articles from his sack to the dresser and is about to leave empty-handed on account of respect for his benefactor when he hears the excited conversation of Alma and Neil. He steals down the stairs and suddenly confronts them just as Alma is about to yield and go away with Neil. At the point of his gun he makes Neil sit quietly, while Alma is compelled to tie him with a rope to his chair. Then Sims makes the woman go upstairs to Wayne's room, where he shows her the picture of her husband and tells her of his saving Sims from jail. The burglar insists that such a man could not be the brute that she thinks him. He is so forceful in the presentation of the claims of Wayne and of the penalty that she would have to pay if she should break the laws of society that the woman is won over. Then Neil manages to drag himself, still securely bound to the chair, over to a telephone. He gets the receiver off the hook with his teeth and calls the police. On their arrival Neil is released. Alma hides the burglar and tells the officers that the burglar escaped through a window. When they are gone she rejects Neil. Neil goes out the back door, is mistaken for the burglar and is badly beaten up by an officer. Alma gives the burglar the picture of her husband as a souvenir of gratitude for his aid in setting her right. She then calls up her husband, and on his return there is a happy reconciliation.
- Tom "Wolf" Lowry, the owner of the Bar Z ranch, tolerates no intruders into his life. When he hears that settlers have entered his valley, he goes to confront them but has a change of heart when he sees Mary Davis, a young woman who has come West to find her missing sweetheart, Owen Thorpe. Mary nurses Lowry back to health after he is wounded by Buck Fanning, the real estate agent who sold Mary her claim, when Lowry prevents Banning from raping Mary. Lowry soon falls in love with Mary and she agrees to become his wife, having lost all hope of finding her former sweetheart. By coincidence, Lowry finds Owen, but when Owen and Mary meet and plan to run away together, Lowry insists that she honor her agreement to wed him. On the day of the wedding, however, Lowry has a change of heart and takes Owen and Mary to the minister and tells him to marry the two lovers instead. Lowry then leaves Mary a note saying that he is going to Alaska. Five years later, Mary and Owen are the parents of a young son, named Tom, and the recipients of a letter from Lowry who now lives in isolation in Alaska.
- Jim Treen, a road agent, is engaged to Molly Stewart, who has no notion of his secret profession. When she discovers Jim's hidden treasure cache, she breaks their engagement. Though he pleads with her, promising to reform, Molly will not marry the bandit. Bill Carey, interested in Molly's savings, woos and wins her. The evening they are to be married, she entrusts to Carey her bank account, asking him to invest it for her. Carey beats it out of town on the night stage. Jim Treen is notified that Carey has left Molly in the lurch. The former road agent rides after the stage. Carey bribes the driver with a bonus of one hundred dollars to make the eastbound limited. Treen, however, by taking a perilous short cut over the mountains, stops Carey at the train, snatches away his gun, and compels him, at the point of his own weapon, to hand over Molly's money. Jim restores her savings to the woman he still loves, and Molly becomes his wife.
- Cliff Hudspeth, the leader of a band of outlaws in Arizona, has won his place by the killing of notorious gun-bullies. At their headquarters, in the Gila Mountains, in consultation with "Ace High," his lieutenant, he plans depredations on the neighboring settlements. Although Hudspeth is powerful, their rule is disputed by El Salvador, a half-breed, and his following of desperadoes. Desert Pass is the scene of many conflicts between the contending bands. Rumors of the arrival of miners with gold causes El Salvador to send "Cactus" Fuller, his henchman, to levy tribute by a hold-up, which is successful. Flushed with triumph, he boasts in the "Golden Fleece" saloon of the ignominies to which he would treat Cliff Hudspeth if he ever met him. Hudspeth arrives and makes Cactus, whom he throws out of the saloon, realize that something must be done to retrieve a shattered reputation. Coming out of the saloon, Hudspeth sees Norma Wright, a milliner, standing at the door of her little store, and waves her inside, as he anticipates trouble. The shooting commences and Cactus is defeated. As Hudspeth is preparing to leave town Norma denounces him as a cold-blooded murderer. Stung almost to madness by the girl's accusation, he seizes her and gallops out of town. At his retreat he locks the stupefied girl in a room and seeks to drown the memory of her words with whiskey. The whiskey, and his awakened conscience, bring him to review his life, and, half delirious, he sees his victims pass reproachfully before him. The girl, too, becomes aware of the human side of the man and next morning she brings him around to her way of thinking and extracts a pledge that he will never willingly kill another human being. Soon after there comes from a member of the legislature offer of a pardon and restoration to citizenship if Cliff will undertake to rid Arizona of El Salvador. Hearing of Cliff's new appointment, El Salvador is wild with rage, and burns the town and drags Norma away to the mountains. Cliff Hudspeth rescues her and kills El Salvador, although mortally wounded himself. He places the girl on a horse, which bears her to safety, and passes away consoled that his last killing was in her defense.
- Van Dyke Tarleton is an artist. He is absorbed body and soul in his latest creation, "Lucifer, Son of the Morning," but lacks a model to depict the brooding evil, the smoldering, sardonic sin that he has visualized in the spirit's face. Naomi Tarleton, his wife, is a beautiful and gentle creature. Tarleton has an attack which necessitates a sojourn in the desert, and he, with his wife, arrive in Tophet, an Arizona border town, where "Bowie Blake," bad man, witnesses their arrival. Tarleton recognizes in Blake a Lucifer in the flesh, and insists that "Bowie" become his model. His demand is refused. Later Blake becomes enthralled when he sees Naomi. Tarleton witnesses the meeting from a window and determines that his wife shall accomplish what he has failed to do. He sends her to the gambler, telling her to beg Blake to come. She does this, and Blake becomes the model. Tarleton insults his wife continually in Blake's presence to prevent the brooding evil, sardonic hardness, and the grim deadliness in the eyes and face of his model from disappearing. One day Tarleton faints at the canvas and the doctor advises that he be taken to the mountains. The three find an ideal camp, and the painting goes on, Tarleton insulting his wife more and more, until Blake decides to leave them, as he can stand it no more. He hesitates on the road, not willing to leave Naomi alone with Tarleton, and eventually returns to find that "Red" Gleason and Jose Ramirez, two outlaws, have killed the painter and are drawing cards to see who shall possess the woman. He kills them both, and takes Naomi to a cave farther in the mountains. Through an injury, Naomi loses her mind. Blake treats her as a child, until her mind becomes clear. He then tells her that he intends to have her as his own. Naomi exerts her influence, and he fights his battle, and wins over himself, upon which he agrees to take her back to town. They stand where the trail leads to the desert town. She holds her hand out to him: "What can I say?" she cries plaintively; "What is there for you and me to say to each other?" Bowie remarks: "I'm sayin' just this: some day I'm comin' after you." She looks at him and answers softly: "Yes, I think you will do that, but I make no promise, there are things to be done, that time and striving will do. It is in your hands, Bowie." "That's all I ask," he answers. "I'm takin' that chance."
- Widow Catherine Winship treasures the memory of her late husband so greatly that she has given up her life to the adoration of his memory, spending her days strewing flowers on his grave. Catherine's idealism is rudely shattered, however, when she discovers a package of love letters in a secret drawer in Winship's desk. Deciding to throw aside her widow's weeds, Catherine's next hurdle is to choose a spouse from the many male admirers who are pursuing her. Among her suitors are the sentimental bore Archibald Herndon and Morley Morgan, a determined young man. After many misadventures, Morley finally beats out Herndon and marries Catherine in an impromptu ceremony at a hunting lodge.
- The U.S. Army and the Indians sign a peace treaty. However, a group of surveyors trespass on the Indians' land and violate the treaty. The Army refuses to listen to the Indians' complaints, and the surveyors are killed by the Indians. A vicious Indian war ensues, culminating in an Indian attack on an army fort.
- As a last resort, alcoholic millionaire Jack Leonard sees Countess Iva Ivanoff, famous for being a fortune-teller to the New York City rich and famous. She falls in love with him and promises to help him, but locks him up in her home. Her brand of "tough love" endangers Jack's health and his relationship with his wife and children.
- Colonel Warren, on his way to take up a position as commander of a Western fort, meets Mabel Kerns, who is also going to the same place to visit a friend. The two fall in love. Colonel Warren has contracted the opium habit while on foreign duty in China. He tries to break it, but seems unable to do so. His orderly does everything possible to help him. Just previous to Colonel Warren's advent some miners have taken up a mining claim which they are working illegally. The Indians demand this claim which rightfully belongs to them. The miners continue with their work and store the gold in the powder magazine at the fort. Mabel discovers that the colonel is an opium fiend and declares the ultimatum that he must either give up the habit or her. He tries very hard to give up the habit, but one day he gives way and during his dream thinks that the Indians attack and kill the miners. The troops are sent out from the fort and the Indians, learning of this, attack the fort from another direction. Just at the point of capturing the fort, the colonel rushes out, shows the white flag and makes the agreement with the Indians that he will give them the gold in the magazine and guarantee their rights to the mines if they allow the people in the fort to escape, he remaining as hostage. While showing them the bags of gold in the magazine, he touches a match to one of the powder cans, killing the Indians and himself, for he feels that he is not strong enough to overcome the habit. At this point he awakens. The dream has been so realistic that he takes the opium outfit and burns it up. Mabel and Shorty are overjoyed at this move.
- D'Artagnan goes to Paris and becomes a member of the famous King's Musketeers. The Queen sends him on a dangerous mission to England. His three companions are either captured or put out of commission in the course of fights on foot and horseback. D'Artagnan reaches London and recovers from the Duke of Buckingham a pair of studs the Queen gave him as tokens of regard. On the ship on which he returns the hero is captured by his deadly enemy, De Rochfort. Jumping over the side, he clings to the chains of the vessel till it reaches port in France. He restores the studs to the Queen, and she has them put back into the necklace where they belong. Cardinal Richelieu has induced the King to command the Queen to appear wearing the necklace at a great court ball. When he sees the complete necklace, his plan to embarrass the Queen falls through. In addition to obtaining the favor of the Queen, D'Artagnan is rejoiced over the safe return of his comrades and his reward from his sweetheart for his bravery.
- Luke McVane, a big, good-natured, desert miner, comes into the little adobe frontier outfitting town of Sage on the Arizona desert with about $300, the result of three months' hard work and a clean up on his desert claim. Not a bad sort at heart, but crazed by desert fire water and fleeced of his wad by "Crooked Jim" Ashley, a tough gambler. Luke turns bad, kills his man and, sobered by the tragedy, makes for the desert with the sheriff in pursuit. Jim Daly, the sheriff's deputy, forms a posse and follows the trail of the sheriff and Luke. Luke lures the sheriff into the sand hills and ambushes him and shoots him from his horse. Unaware of the pursuing posse, and not having the heart to let the sheriff die in the desert, Luke takes the wounded man with him to his claim. He matches up the sheriff's wound and nurses him back to health. The posse find the sheriff's horse but lose the trail in a sand wash and return to town. During the sheriff's convalescence, Luke tells him the facts of the case: that he really shot in self-defense and fled fearing that he would be lynched by the gambler's friends before he could secure a fair trial. The sheriff believes him and promises to use his influence to have the charge against Luke dismissed if Luke will surrender and accompany him back to town. Luke thinks it over and decides to take the sheriff's advice. When the sheriff is able to travel but still weak from the wound, they start back. Hostile Apaches jump their reservation nearby and they intercept Luke and the sheriff on the way back to town. In the battle that follows both the sheriff and Luke lose their lives. They are found by a posse from town after the Indians. Luke with a revolver in each hand wounded by a number of bullets, with his back supported by a small sand hill and across his lap the body of the dead sheriff.
- Denton rides into Yellow Ridge with a money-belt filled after years of toil in the mines beyond the desert. The local gamblers covet the fortune but fail to get Steve to try the roulette table until the enticer, Trixie, comes to exercise her charms on him. He blindly follows her lead and is watching the wheel with stern stare when a telegram is received. He asks the woman to read it. She lies when she says it contains good news, for it tells of his mother's critical illness. In the morning Steve awakes to find his belt is empty. In his feverish search through his pockets, he comes upon the telegram. As the truth dawns he goes to the telegraph office to send home a wire. The operator hands him the news that his mother has died. Wild with rage, he shoots up the town and drives away with Trixie lying limp over his horse before him. His heart is now filled with hate for all women and Trixie becomes his slave in a community where he tolerates only the scum of the section. Across the desert comes a pack train of Mississippi farmers who have left their fertile valleys to hunt for gold. Their water is all but gone and their stock is fagged. Their leaders plead with Steve for aid, but the white race may expect nothing from him. Back to the wailing women and children go the despondent leaders. Mary Jane, a waif among them, is not cowed by the story they tell, and by night she goes to repeat their please to the harsh white man. He looks upon her as another victim to share Trixie's lot, but her innocent, fearless attitude toward him makes him hesitate. Meanwhile, his men have carried off the women of the train. As the men pursue and bloodshed is in the air, Steve yields to the little girl and trades the safety of those people for his rich mine, leaves his wealth to his followers and guides the strangers out of the desert.
- Lillian Hillary's mother encourages her to marry a rich man after her father's death and the loss of the family fortune. She chooses Bert Werden, who is more wholesome than her other wealthy suitor, financier Graham Henderson. When Werden loses his fortune, Lillian's goading causes him to work night and day dealing in the stock market. Although he regains his fortune, his health soon suffers and he develops an obsession with making money. Werden neglects Lillian, who misses his attentions. After Werden forgets their third wedding anniversary, he responds to Lillian's displeasure by coldly handing her a $50,000 check. When Henderson tries to gain control of a syndicate to bankrupt Werden so Lillian will leave him, Werden, to save himself, asks her to give the check back, but she refuses. Thinking that Lillian will accept Henderson, Werden is about to shoot himself when he overhears her tell Henderson that she refused Werden's request so that he would go broke and forget about greed. Werden sends Henderson away and is reconciled with his wife.
- Glory Wharton is the granddaughter of civil war veteran Jed Wharton. Jed entertains everyone with his war stories, but has a serious drinking problem. Glory is determined to help him overcome this.
- Jack Harding, a wealthy ne'er-do-well, becomes involved with a Broadway vamp. When she is murdered, Jack is falsely accused of the crime and must turn for help to his lawyer--his wife.
- Mary Beresford is the devoted and self-sacrificing wife of a man whose ambition is great, but whose energy in achieving that ambition is less than nothing. He has a fairly responsible place with a well-known firm and holds it solely because his wife does most of his work for him after hours in their home. One day a particularly important stack of papers is given to Al Beresford by his employer; a report must be in the hands of their most distinguished client that night. Al dawdles through the day and at night takes the unfinished job home. He and Mary start to work it out together, but he pleads a headache and goes to bed. She finishes the work and delivers the papers in person to Elihu Jasper. Jasper is a powerful operator in Wall Street and lives alone in a big mansion. He is attracted to Mary and in an effort to help her summons Al to an interview. He soon finds that the man is unworthy of consideration, but because of the woman he gives Al many tips that increase his income and enable the Beresfords to move into palatial quarters. Jasper is a frequent visitor there, bored by the man's egotism, but secretly admiring the woman. There comes a day when Beresford is convinced that his rise is due entirely to his own efforts, he regards the wife who has made his position possible as a hindrance and urges her to give him his freedom. A widow in society has attracted him. Mary departs and the world swallows her up. Jasper is informed of the situation by her maid. His mind quickly formulates a plan. Al Beresford is wiped out in the street and commits suicide. Then comes the long hunt for Mary, but not until Jasper goes into the market to thwart a plot to deprive him of a profitable mine does he discover her as the secretary of his broker. He saves the mine and wins the woman.
- Lieutenant Banks, of the United States Army, on special service in Japan, secretly courts Mirami, the daughter of a Samurai. Osaki, her brother, discovers the situation and warns his sister against the American. Banks is ordered back to America, and tells Mirami to be faithful and he will send for her. A year passes, and Lieutenant Banks marries an American girl, while Mirami still faithfully believes that he will return to her and her infant. She has been disowned by her father, and is living alone with a servant. The United States Ambassador writes to Banks, telling him about the child, and he replies, "I was shocked and surprised to bear the news. I want to do all I can for the baby. Explain to Mirami the social barrier that prevented my marrying her. Beg her to send the baby to me that I may look out for his future. Cable me result." Osaki has been ordered to America in the secret service of his country, and he plots with his sister for revenge on Banks. She complies with Banks' request and sends the baby to him, but travels on the same boat, disguised as a man, accompanied by Osaki. In California Osaki secures employment as a fisherman, while Mirami is engaged by Lieutenant Banks as servant. Her face touches his memory, hut in her disguise he does not recognize her. While in Japan Banks has secured maps of great value, and Osaki seeks to recover them. In the dead of night Mirami enters his room and secures the papers, passing them to her brother on the outside, through a window. Banks hears a slight noise and sees the figures in the darkness. He fires and mortally wounds Mirami, while Osaki makes his escape. The dying girl is carried to a bed, and Banks learns her identity. His wife comes into the room, bat Mirami has lapsed into the coma of death. Banks is alone with her as she expires, and falls to his knees by her side in a paroxysm of grief. Far away, safe from pursuit, Osaki destroys the papers he has traveled so far to secure.
- A parson, in love with a girl who is betrothed to a rich Count in her family's hope of partaking in the Count's fortune, uses his pulpit in a scheme to shame the family into allowing the girl to break the engagement and marry him instead.
- An narcissistic woman with the ability to charm, Leila Aradella reaps delight from preying upon weak men. Her first victim is John Morton, a talented lawyer, whom she ruins both morally and financially. Her second victim, Rex Walden, the generous son of society matron Mrs. Walden, becomes her complete slave. Mrs. Walden sends her elder son Franklin to try to dissuade Leila from toying with Rex's affections. Franklin, however, also falls under Leila's spell, and Rex is driven to suicide by her callous behavior. Desperate, Mrs. Walden enlists Adele Harley, a girl of strong moral character, to fight Leila for Franklin's affections. Adele's determined victory causes Leila to lose her confidence, and in a drunken state, she cuts her own face with a shard from her shattered mirror. Permanently disfigured, Leila ends a broken and lonely woman.
- Jack o' Diamonds and his partner, Two Spot Hargis, are known as square sports in the desert town of Oxide. Jack gives liberally to all charities, and is surprised when one day a pioneer missionary refuses to take his money as he considers it ill-gotten. About this time Col. Ransome enters Jack's gambling place. The colonel, a big ranch owner, intoxicated and loaded down with money received in a cattle deal, insists on a game for the highest stakes. Jack consents, wins the colonel's money and also a deed to the ranch. In the fight that follows Colonel Ransome is shot by one of his own foremen, Anastacio, who has previously planned to rob his master and hates to see the money get away from him. The onlookers think that Jack killed the colonel, but as there is a general shooting no fuss is made about the matter. Jack becomes disgusted with his present mode of life and quits the gambling game. He takes up the ranch that has been deeded to him by the dead colonel. When Jack and his partner, Two Spot, arrive at the ranch they discover that the colonel has left an only daughter, Virginia Ransome, who is being educated in New York. Jack determines to put the ranch in order and hand it over to the rightful heiress. When things are in shape he writes to Virginia to come west. When Virginia arrives she treats Jack as a hired servant. He still keeps on with the work around the ranch, but is hampered by Virginia's attitude, as this encourages Anastacio and the hands to almost open mutiny. After plotting to dethrone Jack and secure both the ranch and Virginia for himself, Anastacio tells Virginia that Jack Diamond is the murderer of her father. Virginia dismisses Jack and makes Anastacio her foreman. Jack and Two Spot leave the ranch, but determine not to leave "the little lady" to the mercy of Anastacio. Jack dispatches Two Spot to the nearest fort for the rangers and returns in time to rescue Virginia from Anastacio and the rangers arrive in time to clear up the ranch. One of Anastacio's associates tells Virginia that her father was shot by Anastacio and not by Jack. Virginia apologizes to Jack for her past unkindnesses and offers to turn over the ranch to him as rightful owner. Jack will only entertain a proposition that involves a half ownership, and eventually wins Virginia as his wife.
- Jim Neal, proprietor of the Halfway Saloon, between Tucson and Gold Creek, is discovered selling liquor to the Indians by the minister. When Jim is asked to desist, he tells the minister that he is running the place and he will please mind his own business. The minister pleads with him, telling him that the place is not a fit home for his little daughter. Mrs. Neal, realizing that which the minister says is true, takes the little girl and starts to visit her sister in a distant settlement. She is attacked by the Indians, crazed with firewater. Hiding the little girl in the bushes, she drives on alone, but is captured by the Indians and tied to a tree. In the meantime Jim has gotten into a fight at the saloon and is driven out. The minister finds the little girl and is returning to the settlement with her, when he is seen by Jim who, feeling that he is the cause of his trouble and feeling that he is kidnapping his child, fires at the minister, killing his horse. He is much surprised when he hears the story of the child. He asks the minister to take the child safely to the settlement while he goes to the rescue of his wife. Jim sees troops approaching, and realizing that they are about to be caught in a trap by the Indians, warns them. The soldiers turn the tables on the Indians, capture them and rescue Mrs. Neal. That night they find Jim, dead, with a note to his wife in his hand, telling her that the minister was right.
- Dr. Dudley Duprez is a well-known Louisiana physician. His beautiful but wayward niece, Rose Duprez, is abducted by Paul Crenshaw, a friend of the doctor, and to prevent her shame from becoming known, Rose kills herself. Dr. Duprez learns her secret and determines to make Crenshaw expiate his crime. While traveling on a Mississippi River steamer, the doctor wins Mercedes, a beautiful slave, at cards. He takes her home and, passing her off as a distant relative, arranges it so that Crenshaw falls in love with the girl. A wedding is arranged, and immediately after the ceremony Dr. Duprez announces to the assembled guests that Mercedes is a slave and that he considers he has punished Crenshaw sufficiently by making him the husband of a "nigger." A yellow fever epidemic breaks out shortly after, and Crenshaw is shot when attempting to evade the quarantine. Dr. Duprez is told by a dying overseer from the plantation where Mercedes was born that the girl is of Spanish and American ancestry, without a drop of negro blood in her veins, and was made a slave through a conspiracy. The doctor returns home, confesses his wrong to Mercedes and is forgiven by her. In the end they are married.
- Jim Flint, a young crook, with the assistance of his pal, Flora, a young woman of about twenty-five, robs a diamond broker's office and secures several large, brilliant diamonds. They make their get-away in a taxi and during the drive home Flora asks Jim for her share of the loot. Jim tells her he will divide it later, as it will not be safe for her to have the diamonds in her possession. He leaves Flora at her apartments. While Jim is gone the "Dip" calls on Flora and begs her to marry him and go away. Flora refuses. Jim returns and finds the "Dip" with Flora. He is very nasty to the "Dip." When Jim leaves Flora the "Dip" trails him and finds that Jim has another sweetheart, Molly. The "Dip" returns to Flora's apartments, gets Flora and shows her Jim with Molly. Flora sees Jim give Molly her share of the loot from the diamond robbery. Flora is hurt and angry. She agrees to go away with the "Dip," but before leaving, she informs the chief of police on Jim, also implicating Molly. As the "Dip" and Flora are about to leave the city, Flora becomes conscious-stricken. She confesses to the "Dip" and they resolve to save Jim and Molly. Flora goes to the Park Hotel, which Jim has planned to rob that night, but is too late to save Jim; he is taken by the police. Jim is sentenced to the penitentiary, but on the way there escapes. He returns to the city, learns there that Flora has married and "Dip" is living in Philadelphia. He resolves to get her. He travels to Philadelphia, goes to Flora's house and as he is almost about to shoot through the window, he is shot and killed by a policeman.
- Ordered to foreign waters, Ensign Carver bids his fiancée goodbye and sails for Japan. Carver, his chum Blake, and two or three other officers, take shore leave at Nagasaki and go sight-seeing. They visit a Japanese garden and meet Myo, a beautiful Geisha girl. Carver falls in love with the girl. So infatuated is he that he refuses to return to his ship. Blake, in order to save Carver from himself, attempts to arrest him, but Carver makes his escape. Blake, to save Carver from disgrace in the service, tells the captain that Carver has fallen and broken his thigh and will be compelled to remain in the hospital for some time. Carver marries Myo and remains in Japan and writes to Cecelia, breaking the engagement. Two years later, Cecelia's father Senator Ridgway is ordered to Japan on diplomatic service. They meet Carver in the Japanese Tea Garden. He is now a derelict, spending most of his time drinking. Carver learns that Senator Ridgway is desirous of procuring certain papers from the Japanese government and in order to regain his lost favor in Cecelia's eyes attempts to steal the papers from Baron Yoshido. He is watched by Takura, Myo's deposed lover, and followed to Senator Ridgway's apartments, where Carver commits suicide rather than be captured by the Japanese soldiers. The picture closes with Myo sobbing at her shrine in the garden.
- A powerful contrast of two kinds of women, opposite in their moral code and way of living, yet extremely alike in the dominating sex impulse.
- Sheriff Hale, the idol of the citizens of a frontier town, is suspected of cowardice when he fails to bring in a noted outlaw who has been seen nearby. Earlier in the story the sheriff was befriended by the mother of the outlaw, she rescuing him from death in the desert. The mother has died and the sheriff corners Bill in her cabin after her death. The memory of her saving his life causes the sheriff to release Bill Todd, with the warning that if he ever returns to the county he will be shot. In the meantime the sheriff is accused of cowardice and his resignation is demanded by a committee of townsmen. The sheriff turns in his star and resigns. A fortune in gold bars from a nearby mine is stored in the bank at Gold Bar. Bill and his gang attempt a raid on the bank. The townspeople are terrified and it is only the bravery of the sheriff that saves the treasure and captures the bandits. The sheriff again gets the drop on Bill Todd and forces him to commit suicide to avoid capture. The grateful townspeople return the sheriff's star and reinstate him in his old position.
- Joe Labarge, a highwayman sought by the Canadian Mounted Police, in the guise of a clergyman, enters the little town of Grand Pierre in the Northwest woods. He is kindly received by the people, who are glad to have a preacher among them. The love and respect of the villagers awakens Labarge's better self, and he resolves to be the man they believe him. He holds religious services to the best of his ability, tends the sick, and does all the good he can in the community. Corporal Ireton of the mounted police happens to get stranded in Grand Pierre and recognizes in the supposed priest, Labarge. He sends him with a written message to Sergeant Grey at headquarters. The letter discloses its bearer's identity. Grey, however, has been hearing for some time of the good work the ex-highwayman has been doing in Grand Pierre. He writes back to Ireton that the real Labarge died three years before.
- Jim Morrison, an English army officer who comes from a very old and prominent family, marries the ravishingly beautiful but unscrupulous Cleo, who has no qualms about using her sexual allure to get the luxuries she wants but that her husband can't provide. When Jim is sent off to war, Cleo embarks on a series of affairs, one of which results in her becoming the love slave of a German spy--the very spy that her husband has been assigned to track down.
- A thrilling story of the East and West, with scores of sensational incidents; the great strike, the riot, the destruction of the factory, the unjust arrest of a man who is imprisoned and years later is reunited with his family through a stirring chain of circumstances.
- Prince Tonio of Bothalia, a mythical kingdom in the Balkan Mountains, escapes an arranged marriage to Princess Athalia, the elderly daughter of a neighboring king. Filled with wanderlust, he becomes a sailor and goes to San Francisco where he becomes a member of a Bohemian artist colony. After Burton Randall, an artist friend, gets him a job as a Maitre D'Armes fencing instructor, Tonio meets a young singer from the Barbary Coast named Fluffy, falls in love with her, and rescues her from political boss Murphy who tries to seduce her. Later, an ambassador from Bothalia, Count Metropolski; arrives to tell Prince Tonio that his uncle has been assassinated and that he is now the sole heir to the throne. Tonio must decide between duty and love, and he chooses love, renouncing the throne.
- Shy Joel Parker seems bound for nowhere, until Abbie Nettleton enters his life. With her prodding, Joel goes from timid nobody to a baseball star with bravura.
- When San Francisco social butterfly Octavia Van Ness falls into decline, on a physician's advice her grandfather, mining king Ezra Whitney, takes her to Alaska, hoping that she will regain health and find a mate more suitable than the gilded youths of the California city. In the far north they meet "Chuck" Hemingway, whom the girl supposes to be a "sourdough," but whom the grandfather recognizes as a young collegian from the east. When she rejects Hemingway's advances, the caveman instinct wakens within him. The day before she is to return to civilization, Hemingway kidnaps her, enters into a forced marriage with her, and installs her in his cabin--where she suffers no more harm than if she were with her mother. Six months later, Octavia is now well and strong and rejoices in housework, but is still antagonist to Chuck. When Kitty Malloy, the queen of the Arctic Cabaret, suddenly arrives in the city, Octavia's jealousy is excited. She realizes his true worth and for the first time loves her husband. They return to California, where they are united with Octavia's family.
- Village school comedy: class of boys take advantage of old gray-headed schoolmaster and become very unruly. The master attempts to chastise them, and led by the bully they desert the school in a body, but come docking back when a young lady supersedes the old schoolmaster. The bully falls in love with the new teacher, shows it in every way, coming to school in his best store clothes, bringing bouquets in the morning and threatening the other scholars if they attempt to annoy the school "marm." The bully escorts the school "marm" home after school and one day proposes. She laughingly rejects him. The old school master's son in the meantime returns from college and begins paying attention to the young lady, whereupon the bully vows vengeance and starts to disrupt the class. The old schoolmaster's son happens to be passing at the time when the revolt was at its height; he steps in and endeavors to give the bully a thrashing, which is done with difficulty. The bully is expelled from school and the school "marm" becomes daughter- in-law-to-be of the old schoolmaster.
- While covering a sensational divorce case, reporter Janice Salsbury becomes disillusioned with the institution of marriage. Convinced that her impending marriage to fellow reporter Billy Williams will result in a loss of her freedom, Janice breaks her engagement and enters a period of Bohemian living. Her mentor, elderly Phillips Hartley, sadly watches as Janice's friends lose all respect for her and finally succeeds in effecting a reconciliation between Billy and Janice.
- A young author, Everett Dryden Hale, has written a book of such strength and originality that it becomes one of the best sellers. The book is entitled "Waifs" and deals with the underworld, a subject of which Hale, who is a New Englander with a Puritanical strain, knows by personal experience, practically nothing at all. The principal character is a girl nicknamed "Rags" by her associates in the dives and haunts of night life. A leading producer is anxious to have the book dramatized and his leading woman, Mavis Marberrv, insists on her right to create the part of "Rags." Hale accedes to the manager's request, but rejects Mavis for the part, as he believes her talent is exclusively of the refined comedy order. With the aid of a dramatic critic Mavis stages a surprise for the author and is introduced as "Chicken Casey," a typical "Rags," in a low Bowery dive. She enacts the part so well that Hale, unaware that she is a famous actress, starts to reclaim her and informs the manager that he has found his ideal heroine and "Chicken Casey" must have the star role. The play is a success. Mavis playing the part of "Rags" with the same realism with which she invested the mock creation "Chicken Casey." Hale recognizes that he has been the victim of a trick, leaves the theater hurt and indignant. Mavis, whose masquerading had given her an insight into the nobility and chivalry of the man, way finds a to earn his forgiveness and secure a happy future for both star and author, and "Chicken Cnspv" becomes only a memory.
- Laughing Moon, sister of the Sioux Chief, saves the life of Lieut. Eldridge after he protected her from a drunken Mexican. The friendship rapidly ripens into love. Some time later the chief arrives at the Post with all his tribe and Laughing Moon demands to see the colonel, whom he tells that Laughing Moon has a child by one of his officers. The colonel at once orders all the officers before him and tells Laughing Moon to pick out the man. She refuses to betray Eldridge but he admits it. The colonel demands that he marry her at once; this is done. As time passes, Laughing Moon realizes that her husband is ashamed of her, and her heart is broken when she hears him say that he knows that the baby will grow up to be ashamed of her. The Sioux chief, owing to the fact that his sister has married an officer, disobeys the colonel's orders regarding hunting, and in the dispute that follows one of his warriors is placed under arrest. When the colonel refuses to release him, the chief attacks the fort. During the battle the imprisoned Indian escapes and discovers a small wooden gate in the rear of the stables which is unguarded. He throws away the wooden bar securing the gate, and hastens to inform the Indians. Laughing Moon sees him and, realizing the gate must be held, throws her arm in the bar slots in place of the wooden bar. The Indians try to batter down the gate and chop through at her arm, badly wounding her, but she manages to cling there until a detachment of soldiers arrive. The Indians are beaten off. Laughing Moon is the heroine of the hour, and her husband is now very proud of her, and brings the baby to her, telling her when it grows he will delight in telling of his brave mother. She, however, knows that his first statement is true, and realizes when she is an old shapeless squaw her son will be ashamed of her when he compares her to the beautiful white mothers of boys of his acquaintance. She feels it is best that he should remember her as a beautiful Indian Princess who saved the fort. She opens the bandages binding her wounds, and when they find her, she is dead.
- John Peters' daughter, Jane, marries Edward Marsden against her father's wishes. Marsden turns out to be a scoundrel and a card sharp, and after she discovers his dishonesty, Jane refuses to be his tool. Destitute. Marsden plots to rob Peters' safe, and Jane, overhearing the scheme, warns her father in an anonymous letter. Peters conceives the idea of having the safe fitted with electric wires in such a way that a burglar, placing his hand on the knob, will be electrocuted. The plan is put through, and Peters notifies the police, who arrive and lie in wait for the crook. Meanwhile. Marsden, in an attempt to decoy his father-in-law from the house, sends him word that his daughter is seriously ill. Peters, however, sends to Jane. Ralph Miller, a business associate, who he had hoped his daughter would marry. When Marsden enters the library and touches the safe, instantly the electric shock kills him. Jane returns home with Miller, and a reconciliation is affected.
- Larry Thomas works as a minor employee in a large insurance company. He loves Ellen Horton, who has great faith in him. When Larry is falsely accused of murder, it is Ellen who saves the day. She also manages to help him achieve the position in the business he deserves.
- Foster Borrum is the wealthiest man in the town of Norwalk. He practically owns everything. He has won his position by merciless grinding and is regarded by the villagers with fear and contempt. A stern man, with only one softening influence in his life, his wife, whom he idolizes. The wife dies and Borrum turns on the world with added bitterness and hatred. He is living a life of dreary isolation when one day a visitor steps off the train at the station, a little girl; also alone in the world; who has been tagged to her destination in the search of a relative who has long since disappeared. The villagers are too poor to adopt the child. In a cynical mood Borrum takes possession of the girl. Ivy Marten, and installs her in his home. Ivy, aching for sympathy, meets with no response from the austere man, whose treatment of her borders on brutality. Exaggerated reports of this reach the authorities, and Borrum is haled before them. Ivy, who loves the old man in spite of his coldness, is the prime witness for the defense and her loyal support of her guardian wins the day. A change comes over the attitude of Borrum towards the child and the world in general and with a softened heart he strives to make life happier for the orphan and for the hitherto despised inhabitants of the poverty stricken village.
- Brilliant but besotted attorney, David Harmon, wins a big case but ends the day in a dingy waterfront flophouse. His fiancée puts him on a sailing ship in an attempt to get him to dry out, but once at sea a storm wrecks the ship and strands Harmon on a tropical island. He rescues the daughter of a native chieftain from being sacrificed to the lava gods and together they live an idyllic life for a time. Harmon is drawn back to civilization though and he returns to his former city only to find that his fiancée has wed his best friend. Another bout of drink finally brings Harmon back to realize that his true life is back on the island so he returns to once again find his beloved about to be sacrificed, this time with their son in her arms.
- Betrayed by a man when she was a naive young girl, Honore hates all men and takes her revenge on every man she can. When she meets General Durand, the uncle of her betrayer, she sees a chance to ruin his whole family. Durand falls in love with her and proposes, and she sees her plan for revenge about to come to fruition. Then she falls for a young French soldier who knows nothing about her past. Complications ensue.
- The counterfeiter, Golden, lives in luxury with his daughter. His partner is captured by the police and put through the "third degree," and confesses. A raid is made on Golden's plant and his men are made prisoners, but by a clever trick Golden knocks down the detective who is watching him and escapes, taking his daughter west with him. Dick Farron, of the secret service, is detailed to catch the fugitive. Golden buys a cattle ranch, and a long drought threatens his stock. Mary falls in love with Lieut. Graves and promises to marry him. Detective Farron is injured in a stagecoach accident and is rescued by Golden and his men. He accepts the hospitality of the Goldens, unaware that he is in the house of the man he is searching for. The drought has worked havoc with the Indians, and they come to the fort and demand rations, but the colonel is unable to assist them. Golden loses his cattle, and is unable to pay his men. The money for the fort payroll is sent from Washington, and the colonel is advised by wire. In desperate financial straits, Golden secures access to the money chests and substitutes counterfeits for the genuine greenbacks. The soldiers get their pay and when they try to pass the money in the town it is refused, and a big fight is started. An investigation is started, and Detective Farron discovers that Golden's men have been paid off with new ten dollar bills. Golden endeavors to destroy his plates, but is watched by Farron, who arrests Golden on the night of his daughter's wedding. Golden pleads with Farron to let him remain free until after the wedding, and the detective remains at the side of his man, watching him closely. The ceremony takes place, but before the detective can get Golden away the fort is attacked by the Indians, and a fierce struggle takes place. Golden, to save his daughter from disgrace, fights like a mad man, exposing himself again and again, and is finally struck down by an Indian bullet. The redskins are repulsed, and the detective goes away without having revealed his secret.
- Dr. Coles loses all his money at the gambling table, and in a spirit of despondency contemplates suicide. Ford, the gamekeeper, stops him, and gives him back his money, making him promise never to gamble again. In a spirit of gratitude. Coles invites Ford to his home, where he meets Coles' wife. Mrs. Coles is attracted by the gambler, and he is evidently infatuated. Some days later the doctor is called to the bedside of a very sick child, and Mrs. Coles waits for him at the gate. Ford coming from his gaming house sees her and walks to her home. The inevitable happens, for he suddenly clasps her in his arms and kisses her. Intoxicated for the moment she does not resist, and the doctor coming home at that moment sees through the window the tableau of his wife nestling in the arms of Ford. Coles storms into the house and orders the gambler away. Crestfallen, Ford leaves. Coles then tells his wife to follow Ford, and she attempts to take the baby, Dolly, with her, but Coles stops her. Outside Ford is waiting for her, and he finally persuades her to go with him. Six years later Mrs. Coles has paid the penalty. Ford has become a drunkard, and has slid down the ladder of life. She remonstrates with him one day, and he attempts to strike her but is prevented by one of his friends, but he tells her that he is tired of her and turns her out. Penniless, homeless and friendless, she wanders out in the street. Passing a saloon she is struck by a bullet fired from inside, where a terrific fight is taking place. She is carried to a house and laid on » bed, while a cowboy runs for Doctor Coles. Little Dolly has been taken very ill, and Dr. Coles is anxiously watching at her bedside when the call comes, and it is with grave misgivings that he permits himself to be led away by duty's demands. When he reaches the injured woman and recognizes her he starts back in amazement, and picks up his hat to depart without attending to her but a cowboy forces him back at the point of a gun. With skillful hands he extracts the bullet and binds the wound, and the pathetic plight of his wife touches his heart. Impulsively he kisses her, and at the touch of her lips a wave of tenderness sweeps over him. When he reaches home he finds that his little girl has passed away, and he is broken-hearted. He breaks the news to his wife, and their mutual grief bridges the chasm which has yawned between them.