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- A young corporal in the United States Cavalry in the Black Hills is very much in love with a young ranchman's daughter who lives near the military barracks. He asks her to marry him and she promises to do so when he has won his third stripe, making him sergeant. It is not long before he receives an assignment from his superior officer to carry an important dispatch to the commanding general at Fort Darrow. In the successful fulfillment of his mission he would be promoted to the office of sergeant, secure his third stripe and his girl. He meets his sweetheart and tells her of his dangerous and important errand. In telling it he is overheard by one of the hostile Indians who notifies others of the tribe, and they watch his every move, follow him when he starts and pursue him when he tries to escape. The young fellow finds it impossible to get away from them and, as instructed in ease of danger, he burns the dispatch, faithful to the performance of his duty rather than the preservation of his life. The girl, feeling sure that the young soldier would become a sergeant and her husband, patiently and anxiously awaits his return. She sews the third stripe on his coat sleeve, anticipating his promotion, little knowing it would only bear witness to his honor while he lay silent in the grave. He is killed by the red men who find his body but not the dispatch, only the ashes of it. He has won his stripes and his girl, but has lost his life in his country's service.
- Lola refused to marry Jean, son of the Gypsy king, and sought consolation in the woods each day. On one of these occasions, her tears were interrupted by the sudden moans of Frank Hathaway, a young American, who had fallen from his horse. Lola assisted him to the Gypsy camp, where his wounds were dressed and his horse's faulty shoes mended. It was love at first sight for Lola and Frank and they made a habit of meeting in their sylvan retreat every day. Jean once more pressed his suit, and, upon being refused, cowardly attacked Lola. Frank heard the screams and rushed to the Gypsy girl's assistance. After thrashing Jean, he declared his love for the girl and suggested that they marry in order that she might leave the camp where she was so persecuted. Frank took the girl home to his father, but that proud, haughty gentleman was sadly disappointed in his son's choice and vowed he would disown the boy if he married Lola. Frank let love take its course and soon gained employment on a ranch. Not long after becoming the happy father of a bouncing baby, Frank is taken ill and his father is sent for. The old gentleman, not yet having forgiven his son, still refuses to come. When, however, he hears of the stork's arrival, things take on a new aspect. The express is not fast enough to carry him to his grandson, and the child, all unwittingly, brings reconciliation and happiness once more to the estranged father and son, with the final recognition of '"the Gypsy bride."
- A staged Wild West kidnapping goes awry when the cowboys accidentally capture an actress who uses her acting skills to turn the tables on them.
- A young lad, the son of poor parents, goes out in search of a treasure which has been concealed for many years. He has been warned in advance that he will have to sacrifice much to come into possession of the fortune. Being full of spirit and ambition, nothing can hold him back, and he sets out. Luckily a genie guides him in the right direction and notwithstanding all trials and tribulations he gains his goal. Ho fights with dragons and other animals, who have killed many men seeking the fortune, but the young boy exhibits such marvelous strength and bravery that he vanquishes the defenders of the fortune. His efforts are crowned with success, and he returns home with enough gold to make his parents happy forever.
- Hinemoa was a Maori maiden of high rank and rare beauty, the daughter of a chief. She dwelt on the borders of Lake Rotorua in all the splendor of her father's camp. On the island of Mokoia, in the center of the lake, dwelt chief Whakaue. his three sons, and Tutanekai, son of the chief's wife by another father. Thus Tutanekai, bearing the ban of illegitimacy, was scorned by his stepbrothers, but treated as a son by the noble old chief. The three brothers sought the hand of Hinemoa in marriage, but she bestowed her love on Tutanekai, much to the brothers' dismay and to that of Hinemoa's parents, who forbade her to marry Tutanekai because of the blight in his birth. She refused to choose another, so a great running match was decided upon to determine who should win her. Tutanekai was the victor. In spite of which, Hinemoa's people still refused to permit them to marry. And to prevent any possibility of the lovers joining, Tutanekai was sent back to the island of Mokoia and all boats were removed from the lake. Every evening at dusk, Tutanekai, from his island three miles distant serenaded Hinemoa with his flute, and she, in her camp, was thrilled and encouraged by his notes of love, until at length she could bear the separation no longer. Shrouded by the night, she plunged into the frigid waters of the lake, and, guided by his flute, swam three miles to the island of Mokoia. Exhausted, she rested and hid in a natural warm bath and resorted to strategy to bring forth her lover, for to be found by any other man and taken into his sleeping hut, would have meant to become his wife, according to Maori law and custom. By a clever scheme she attracts Tutanekai to the bath and together they secretly entered Tutanekai's hut. The three step-brothers were enraged, but the old chief protected and honored Tutanekai.
- About 1722, Spain, in her command of Texas (named from a confederation of Indians, who called themselves Tejas), established the Franciscan mission of San Antonio de Valero (The Alamo). Around this mission was built the pueblo (village) and presidio (barracks), which formed the nucleus of the present city of San Antonio. In 1824 Texas withdrew from Mexico and formed a separate republic, and the Mexican general Santa Anna, the self-styled Napoleon of the West, was sent to force her back into allegiance. At San Antonio in 1836 Col William B. Travis was in command of the fort. With him was Col. William Bowie, David Crockett, Lieut. Dickenson and a small force. He received word that Santa Anna, at the head of a Mexican army of several thousand, was advancing to take the city. Travis dispatched a message to Gen. Sam Houston for aid, sending Lieut. Dickenson and taking his force of 140 men and women of the city, among whom was Dickenson's wife, Lucy; he retired to the Alamo. On February 23, Santa Anna sent a message to surrender, and upon the brave refusal of Travis, he attacked the place. Travis held the Alamo until March 6, 1836, his little force constantly diminishing. On that day, when all seemed lost, Travis drew a line with his sword down the center of the room and asked all who would die with him to cross to his side. All crossed save one, Rose, who announced his determination to try to escape. He succeeded in leaving the building but was never heard from again. A breach was made in the wall by the cannon of Santa Anna, and the Mexicans entered to find all the men dead except Travis and four companions. These were immediately slaughtered on the spot, and Lucy Dickenson, with two other women and three children, were all to leave the Alamo alive.
- Many times had the sheriff's son Jim been warned against gambling, but when in spite of these advices, he continues, and when he is discovered teaching the game to his little sister, Leone, he is disowned by a sad but stern parent. Twelve years later finds Jim in the association of men and women of the lower class, a gambler by profession. He is enamored of and more or less under the influence of a Mexican coquette. As he sits with her, Leone, now grown to womanhood and beauty, rides up to the tavern and inquires the whereabouts of a doctor, her father having suffered an injury. Jim, not recognizing his sister, determines to possess this new beauty at any price. He outrides her to the doctor's, who is also the deputy sheriff, and assaulting him, dons his clothes, and when Leone arrives, poses as the doctor. He accompanies her en route for the sick man's home, but does not go far before making his advances. Dismounting and forcing her into his arms, he imprints a kiss on her powerless lips, but is soon repelled by Leone's eyes. It is the first time the gambler has seen the eyes of a good woman since youth. His conscience is awakened. Meanwhile the deputy sheriff and real doctor has regained his senses and with a posse gives chase and captures Jim. They take him to the sheriff's house, where at first the old man is inclined to take the law into his own hands. But when the gambler makes himself known as his own son and begs his sister's forgiveness, the sheriff leads him into the house and explains to the boys that he will decide on proper punishment later. Having gained his father's forgiveness, the wayward son cares not what punishment the boys might exact.
- A moneylender kidnaps the young son of an rich widow as part of a plot to cheat her of her fortune. The boy is sent away on a fishing boat with the intention of drowning him, but a kindly old fisherman intervenes.
- The only way Onésime could think of to get his inheritance quicker was to set the clocks forward. Surprise: the whole world starts speeding up wildly.
- Nellie and her father are from Boston, but every winter they visit San Antonio for the old man's rheumatism. Nellie is very fond of ranch life and it is her custom to spend part of the time at the Bar X, which is close by, while her father is undergoing all the delights of being "Boiled out" in the sulfur baths. Nellie meets all "the boys" and is particularly impressed with Jim Edwards, who constitutes himself her guide at the ranch. One day a horse runs away with her, and Jim neatly ropes it and thereby saves her life and wins her love. A short courtship is followed by an engagement and Nellie sends the news to her father. In honor of the engagement, the cowboys give a jamboree, a part of the festivities being an interesting "square dance" on horseback. The old man receives the letter and his temperature goes higher than the water he has been soaking in. He sets out at once for the ranch, but falls off his horse into the river. He is rescued by the cowboys, who supply him with some of their own clothes while his are drying. They are all on Jim's side and make the old man think he is quite a sport. Although unwilling at first, his ideas undergo a change under the genial treatment, and he is finally willing to forgive his daughter and her rough-riding knight errant. He finds that his short service as an unwilling cowboy agrees with his rheumatism, and his enthusiasm for ranch life increases with his health.
- In happy mood, a rollicking, good-natured party of "Jack Tars" on shore leave are out for a good time, and get themselves well under way in song and general good cheer by visiting the only place of merchandise and refreshment which the little seacoast town affords. Under full sail they are steering their way through the streets of the village, running foul of trees and posts, bowing in humble apology for their seeming rudeness and disturbance. They have apparently lost their "sea legs" and are a little bit unsteady in the joints, but merrily they roll along until they come to a swinging bridge crossing the river. Here is where they strike rough weather. The bridge begins to sway and they grasp the guard rails as the "old bark" begins to toss and the seas run high. The jovial crew are convulsed with laughter as the danger of being thrown into the water below increases. She's heaving mountains high now, and threatens to turn turtle, when, "scuttle me timbers," one after the other the whole mess is landed into the gurgling stream, at last they have to take water. This ducking is part of their sport and adds to the fun of it. Our mirth joins with theirs at every surge of the bridge, and does not stop until we find ourselves laughing in chorus with the festive salts as they look smilingly at us from the screen.
- It is Christmas Eve. At the Miller's home John and his little sister are sitting around the old Delft stove, an old curio that has been in the family for years. John tells the story of Cinderella, how she met the prince, came into a fortune, etc., and little Ethel's mind is set to wondering, wondering what that wonderful mysterious person, Santa Clans, has in store for them on the morrow. Mr. and Mrs. Miller come in and shake their heads at one another in silence. It has been a poor year for them and they have no money for Christmas presents. A Jewish curio dealer in passing the window catches sight of the Delft stove, and, ascertaining from Miller that he would be willing to sell it, goes to a wealthy customer, Mrs. Leeds, with the proposition. It is just what she wants to present to her husband, a lover of antiques. The bargain is closed, the movers come. But little Ethel has always loved that old stove and cannot bear the thought of parting with it, so she hides herself in it. Mr. Leeds is overjoyed with his wife's gift. He inspects it, top, bottom, sides, and then inside. Ethel runs into his arms and tells her fascinating story. It touches the hearts of the wealthy but childless couple. It fires in them the desire for that which was denied them, a child. Ethel leads them to her humble home, where, next day the Leeds see to it that Christmas is a merry one. Then they propose to adopt Ethel to love and cherish as their own, to which the Millers finally consent.
- The saying, "If you want to catch a bird put salt on its tail," is a pleasantry of such long standing it is familiar to every man, woman and child in existence. It furnishes a theme for this well-drawn and lively drama of home life, a tramp's gratitude and the cordiality of the little child who loses through an accident the canary bird which was given her by her father. A tramp calls at the child's home for a "hand out." The mother gives him something to eat, the child provides him with a loaf of bread and sends him on his way rejoicing. Shortly after the tramp has taken his departure the little girl tries to hang the cage with the bird in it on a nail on the porch. The cage falls to the ground and the bird escapes. Her mother is provoked and reprimands her for her carelessness. The child, sobbing on the steps of the porch happens to think of putting salt on the bird's tail and immediately sets out with a box of salt and the bird cage in pursuit of her lost pet. Across fields, through woods we follow the child, through flower-decked pastures and stretches of new-mown hay and gorgeous "snaps" of byways and highways, that make the picture a thing of beauty and the story a panorama of interest. The mother misses the child and goes in search of her. The girl, grown tired and footsore, lies down at the foot of a tree and falls asleep. The tramp is making his way leisurely through the brush and sees the escaped canary bird in the grass, cautiously approaches it and captures it with his cap, then resumes his stroll petting the bird as he goes along. He comes to where the little girl is sleeping, guesses the meaning of the salt box and the cage, decides to repay her for her kindness to him when he needed food, places the bird in the cage and hides behind a neighboring tree to watch the denouement. He doesn't have long to wait. The distracted mother coming along espies the child sleeping with her bird returned to its cage; she is astonished. The child awakens and can scarcely believe her senses. The lost are found and the smiling face of the grateful tramp adds to the happy ending.
- The punchers of the XL outfit are wild with joy, 'cause Mary, the idol of the ranch, is comin' home from college. Billy James is Mary's special friend, and goes to bring her from the station, but, suffering snakes! Look what's traveling with her, his nobs, "Sir Percy Granville," who owns the nearby ranch. This gets Bill's goat for a time, but Mary rides and "ropes" with the punchers, and soon shows them she is the same genuine, good-hearted Mary, and doesn't care a whoop for Sir Percy. Sir Percy insists on sticking around, however, and shows his true nature by striking Mary's younger brother, Bobby, when he defends his sister from insult. Billy James is for perforating Percy at once, but Mary is there with the calm good sense, and fixes up a better scheme to get rid of his highness. Mary arranges to elope with Percy, but Bobby, disguised as Mary, really does the stunt. Sir Percy swallows hook and all, and after a desperate ride to escape the pursuers, he reaches the preacher's house, only to find his intended bride just married to Billy James, and that the lady at his side is Bobby, the kid brother. He is about to strike Bobby again, but Bobby has the 48 caliber drop on him, and makes him march out of the gate through a double line of punchers, each of whom contributes a whole-soled kick to help him along to the tall grass.
- A soldier is always subject to his country's call, therefore it is with a quick response that the young officer of the Confederate army, fighting under the Stars and Bars, answers the call of duty and tells his wife that be must join his regiment and meet the enemy. Bidding his weeping young wife and child a hasty good-bye, we next see him with the cavalry en route to the military camp. His superior officers trust him with an important message and he immediately starts on his way to deliver the document. Passing over many perilous obstacles through a wide stretch of country, he reaches the outposts of the Union forces, where he is captured and made a prisoner of war. Under close guard he tries to send word to his wife, but can get no one to take the letter to her. The poor wife knows nothing of his fate and it is not long before the Federal troops are attacking old Vicksburg, the bombs and shells crashing into the houses, and she is driven from home. When the war is over in 1865, the husband, who has lost an arm and is suffering from fever, returns to his home to find it deserted. Unable to learn the whereabouts of his family, he goes to the hospital, where he is ill, and constantly grieves after his wife and child. Convalescent, he is wheeled about the city park by an attendant in an invalid's chair. His wife and daughter, now a good-sized girl, are in the park. A peddler of fruit passes by and the little girl buys some oranges from him. At the same time she sees the sick soldier, for whom she feels very sorry, gives him one of her oranges, and he kisses her in return. The little girl tells her mother about the incident and insists upon her mother going to see the sick man. To humor the child she goes with her and soon discovers that the man is her own husband and father of their child. This happy reunion of the three loving hearts presents a picture that impresses itself deeply on one's mind and we cannot resist the rising sob and the sympathetic tear.
- Padre Dominguis, the village priest of a quiet little spot in old Mexico, has been on a visit to the daughter of his dead sister and is about to return to his charges. He is much surprised and more than a little pleased to find that his niece is in love with John Brown, a progressive American, who has settled among them, for the Padre is a broad-minded man and knows that Mexico needs the influx of American energy to make her a great country. A different feeling possesses some of the Mexicans, however, and Brown is particularly hated by Baptiste Matteo, a "caballero," who is infatuated with Anita, the Padre's niece. Finding that Brown is favored and fearing to have a personal altercation with him. Baptiste lays a trap to injure his rival. He seeks an isolated spot, where he knows Brown will pass, and ties a rope between two trees, just high enough to "garrote" a man on horseback. Brown returns from a visit to his sweetheart and is riding fast to reach his home. The trap is successful and the hated American is caught by the rope and thrown to the ground. He is stunned by the fall and Baptiste, who has watched from a clump of "mesquite," is satisfied that his "gringo" rival is dead. He writes a letter to Anita, to which he signs Brown's name, saying that he is leaving the country as he is convinced that Anita has been flirting with Baptiste and making sport of Brown. Anita receives this forged letter and as she is not familiar with Brown's handwriting and the latter fails to appear, she believes the letter to be genuine and yields to the ardor of Baptiste's persuasion that she shall be his wife. In the meantime, Brown has been found on the road by a fellow countryman, who takes the injured man to his plantation and nurses him back to health. Baptiste, while he has been successful in his intentions, is sorely troubled in mind and sees frequent apparitions of the man he thinks he has killed. Under stress of conscience, he journeys to the distant village of Padre Dominguis and, not knowing that the reverend Padre is Anita's uncle, he confesses the murder of Brown and asks for absolution. His mind is relieved by his confession, and he returns to his own village and makes preparations for his marriage to Anita. The latter writes a letter to the Padre, asking him to officiate at her wedding and the priest immediately departs for her home. Here he is introduced to the prospective bridegroom, and he is horrified to recognize the man who has so recently confessed to him a murder. He is torn with conflicting emotions. On the one hand is his duty to his dead sister's child, to guide and guard her, and on the other are his vows to the church he serves, to preserve the secret of the confessional. He dare not betray the fact that Baptiste is a murderer, but resolves to let the marriage take its course, hoping that he may eventually succeed in converting Baptiste to a life of righteousness that will atone for his crime. Brown, after a hard siege with death, in which he has conquered, thanks his benefactor and rides leisurely into the village of his sweetheart. He is shocked to learn, at her home, that she is on her way to be married. He puts spurs to his horse and dashes into the mission church just in time to interrupt the ceremony. Anita is overjoyed to see him again and he quickly explains the forged letter. Baptiste attempts to escape, but is stopped by the men of the wedding party, and the Padre continues the service with a change of grooms, while he gives thanks to God that his niece is spared from becoming the wife of a criminal.
- Danny, the little eight-year-old cowboy, while amusing the boys with his lariat, is interrupted by the arrival of Dick, the artist, to whom Mr. Wilson introduces his daughter, Bee. The artist falling in love with her, wins Bee away from Jake, her fiancé. Jake seeks revenge and with Slim, steals the proceeds of a sale of cattle made by Bee's father, and kidnapping Dick, forces him to sign a note, saying that he stole the money, after which Jake's gang intend to compel him to quit the country. Bee's father suspects Dick, owing to his disappearance, and Danny, sent to get Jake's help to capture the thief, discovers the plight of the artist and tells Bee. The two ride to the rescue and with their pistols drawn compel a surrender. Releasing the artist who, with Bee's assistance, binds Jake and Slim, Danny rides for help. The cowboys, led to the appointed meeting-place, capture the whole gang and Danny receives the congratulations of the ranchers for ridding them of the band of horse thieves who had so long remained undetected.
- A senorita. With whom two young matadors, Jose and Pepe, are in love, tries in keep both on the string. She lends each to believe that he is the chosen one, creating a strong jealousy between them. Pepe calls to see the girl and she receives him with a show of great affection and preferment. While they are courting, a caballero, friendly to the other lover, Jose, tells him of the girl's duplicity. In a rage he goes to his inamorata and, demanding an explanation, accuses her of harboring his rival in the house. She cajoles him, and playfully stealing his dagger from him without his knowing it, endeavors to hold his attention by caresses as Pepe tries to make his escape. Unfortunately he is seen and pursued by the enraged Jose, who, coming up with him as he seeks the protection of a priest busy pruning trees in the grounds of the monastery, engages in a terrible struggle in which the priest Is powerless to interfere. The rival breaks away, and the lover, discovering the loss of his dagger, seizes the pruning knife of the priest and again goes off in pursuit, the priest following as quickly as he can. Unfortunately he is too late, the rival is dead, and Jose, now sobered and full of despair at what he has done, begs the priest to give him absolution. The crime is discovered and the priest arrested, as his knife was found near the body of the murdered man. Being bound by his office as priest not to reveal the secrets of the confession, he cannot excuse himself nor give the name of the real murderer. The guilty man goes to the home of the senorita and gloatingly tells her of his revenge. Knowing that the priest has been accused, the girl hurries out of the house and, hastening to inform the authorities, she reaches the Magistrado's office just as the priest is brought in by the soldiers. She informs them of the murderer's whereabouts, and the soldiers at the command of the Magistrado release the priest and start in pursuit of the guilty man. The soldiers enter the girl's home, and the hunted matador, jumping from the window, mounts his horse and flees, pursued by the soldiers, who are hidden in a wild and unfrequented ravine, where he shows fight and is shot dead by the troops. When the senorita realizes the results of her intrigues and duplicity, she is conscience-stricken. She goes to the old village priest and confesses her misdeeds. He receives her with fatherly tenderness, admonishes and advises her to make amends by seeking the seclusion of the convent. Acting upon this suggestion, she is received by the nuns as a novice of the convent and prepares herself to take the vow of the church and devote the rest of her life to good deeds.
- Ranch hand Jim is a friend to a boy named Billy at the corral he works for. When a Mexican gets fresh with a lady, he socks him, but the fight is broken up. Later, on the trail, Jim sends Billy to the store where he overhears the Mexican and his gang plot revenge.Jim's kidnapped and tied in the path of a large rock they plan to roll over him, but Billy rouses the other hands to ride to a rescue.
- The native dance of the Tahitians, performed by natives of the island who pass it down from generation to generation. It is a typical barbarian dance, both highly comical and educational.
- A minister and his daughter, Flora, John, mate of the ship, and a few sailors are the sole survivors of a disastrous wreck. The little rowboat in which they are saved washes them ashore on a barren island, where the sailors dig for themselves and the mate endeavors to look after Flora and her father. In their search for food along the shore the sailors find a box of whiskey, which they hail with gladness and are quick to consume. Drunk, they make an insulting attack on Flora, which John, their mate, is able to quell only by the use of his revolver. The mutineers make their escape in the only boat, leaving John, Flora and her father stranded. In vain do they signal passing steamers. The minister, near death from long privation, requests John to marry Flora and care for her. He performs the ceremony with his dying breath. Some days later the boat in which the sailors made their escape is again washed ashore, and John sets to work repairing it for his and his wife's departure. Meanwhile Flora finds his diary, in which she discovers a passage addressed to "Dearest Evelyn," and fearing that John is already married, she decides to free him. Throwing her hat and coat into the water, she hides in the interior of the island. John believes her drowned and departs without her. When near death Flora is rescued by a passing steamer, which lands her in San Pedro, where she secures a position as a milliner. Five years elapse. John is back home in San Pedro with his sister, Evelyn. He realizes more and more that he loved Flora, and when, through the ordering of a hat by Evelyn, he comes face to face with Flora, great is his joy. But Flora shrinks from him, believing Evelyn to be his wife. John then explains to Flora and the two are united a second time.
- Denton, a young easterner, arrives in the gold-fields, looks about for a "find" and a partner. Entering a saloon, he partakes of some refreshment, watches the patrons of the place and studies their characters, while thus engaged a young miner, named Harper, somewhat prejudiced against easterners, engages in a quarrel with a Mexican who is about to plunge a knife into the miner when Denton seizes his wrist and wrenches the weapon from his grasp. Harper thanks Denton, and after learning the eastern man's desire to find a prospecting partner, Denton loins forces with him and they start in to work a lead and strike paying dirt. They have hardly started operations when Denton meets with a serious accident and again Harper shows the manner of man he is by nursing his pal back to health and strength. This brings about a strong friendship and they go to work with a will and it is not long before they strike it rich. Weighing up their gold-dust they find they have a handsome pile and are now on easy street. Harper goes out to work and has proceeded but a short distance when he is seen by the treacherous Mexican who stealthily watches him on his way and then makes tracks for the pals' shack. Just after Harper leaves the shack Denton receives a telegram from his wife telling him that his mother is sick and advising him to return home at once. He leaves a letter for Harper with the dispatch stating that he will leave the gold dust intact as he has sufficient cash and the message will explain the cause of his hasty departure. The Mexican can be seen peering through the window watching Denton and the hiding of the dust in the chimney. Denton then hastily exits and hurries for the train. The villainous greaser enters the cabin, steals the gold and destroys the letter and telegram and replaces them with a note saying Denton had gotten tired and skipped. When Harper returns and finds the note he is furious, tells the sheriff and follows Denton east. Arriving at Denton's home town he traces him through an accident to a little child who happens to be Denton's own daughter. He carries the child home and the next day calls to see the little girl, and while he is sitting by her bedside Denton comes in. It is a dramatic situation, but after explanations and the reception at that moment of a "wire" from the sheriff in the gold-field announcing the confession of the Mexican, all is understood and once more the two men become pals and renew their bond of friendship.
- Rawhide, Arizona, was certainly some tough town when Reverend Simpson first blew in from civilization and started his campaign of redemption. From Alkali Ike to Shorty Smith, not a man of them had seen the inside of a church in fourteen years; there has never been a sermon preached in the county, and the only hymns that had ever been heard were those of the coyotes. The Rev. Simpson soon set up the "Rawhide Mission," but in spite of the hot weather, the result was a heavy frost. Nobody came even as far as the door, except Black Mike, who was drunk and who thought he was at the XXX saloon. The worthy pastor pleaded, prayed and billed the town without result. He undertook a one-man raid on the Silver King club-room, but soon landed wrong side up in the street. He was in despair and the redemption of Rawhide seemed a long way off. Just at his darkest hour, however, his daughter came to town to assist him. The results were magical. The boys straightened up and brushed up. They didn't bank very much on the sermon, but certainly were strong for Sunday School, where Mary taught. Mary had the Bible class and they were all in it. The town soon turned temperance and the faro dealer made a shack to shack collection for the heathen. At length, they all wanted to make love to the teacher, and to prevent a riot she agreed to keep company with the one that learned the most scripture texts. The result was the hottest contest ever known in the west, and it turned out, well, it turned out to the satisfaction of all concerned.
- Jack and Helen were engaged, much against their will, for it was mighty disagreeable to them both. In fact, Jack's displeasure was so ill-concealed that his father decided to send him across the border into Old Mexico to learn common sense. Nothing could suit him better, although, of course, he did not let his happiness be known. At a humble home in Mexico lived Juanita, a pretty guitar player and singer, who was forced by her parents to sing and beg on the streets for their support. Their treatment of her was cruel, and, adding insult to injury, they were using every means to get her to marry Don Jose, a wealthy Mexican, who loved her in his fierce fashion, but whom she thoroughly detested. On this occasion Don came to the house and pleaded for Juanita's hand, but she, defying them all, ran from the house. Don Jose followed her until she came to a lonely spot, when he grasped her tightly and endeavored to force his love upon her. Juanita fought desperately, but her strength soon failed so that she must needs be his unwilling victim, but for the timely arrival of Jack, now a cowboy, who was quick to grasp the situation and free Juanita. Don Jose departed swearing everlasting vengeance on the stranger, while Juanita remained to thank her champion. It was love at first sight for Jack and Juanita, but their course, as usual, did not run smooth. Don Jose was not so easily outdone, and soon plotted against Jack. In a saloon he planned with his underlings, to unload Jack's gun and then waylay him on the road. Juanita, coming into the saloon to play, overheard the plot, and when they had gone, took a loaded gun from the bar and followed them. When the party set upon Jack, Don Jose raised his arm to strike with a knife, when a shot rang from the bushes and struck his wrist. The ruffians fled and Don Jose followed. Juanita's shot had saved her lover. There followed a pretty love scene. When his happiness seemed to have reached its zenith, Jack received word from his father to return and prepare for his marriage with Helen. He returned, and Juanita, heartbroken, wandered across the border into San Antonio, determined never to return home. On the eve of Jack's wedding, word was received that Helen had eloped with the man she really loved. He was glad, yet sad, for he had left Juanita without explaining, lacking courage to tell her that he was at that time engaged. As he sat thinking, dejected, there came the strains from a guitar below. Could it be possible? He rushed to the front of the house, and there stood Juanita. She sang, and he responded to her "Spanish Love Song."
- Full of booze, bluster, and fight "Black Pete," a big "bad man" of the wild west comes from the local saloon ready to put daylight through anybody and everybody within the range of his voice and the reach of his gun and, to further convince the crowd that he is the terror of the territory, lands on an inoffensive bystander knocking him down. "Billy" is an entirely different sort of a citizen; he is a young chap living with his sister whom he loves very dearly; their love is mutual. Billy has received a letter and stops on his way home in an opening in the woods to read it. While thus engaged, an Indian girl is making her way through the woods. "Black Pete" coming along the pass sees and attacks her. Billy springs to her defense and knocks "Pete" down; in falling he strikes his head on a stone and is killed. In his haste to get away, Billy drops his letter. Shortly after the death of "Black Pete" his body is found by some of his gang, who at the same time pick up Billy's letter which readily connects him with the killing of Pete. They decide to capture and lynch him. The Indian girl overhears their vow of vengeance and warns Billy and entreats him to escape. He makes good his escape, tells his sister of the accident and the determination of the gang to lynch him. His sister, with a woman's quick wit, quickened by love and impending danger, tells him to take off his cowboy togs and put on his store clothes, mount her pony, catch the next train at the railroad station and get away as quickly as possible. He loses no time in starting and if now on his way to reach the train. His sister soon follows him dressed in his discarded outfit, her long hair turned up under the sombrero. She looks the counterpart of "Billy," the ranger; it is not surprising that the gang mistake her for "Billy" and give pursuit, exactly what she wanted them to do: by misleading them "Billy" has plenty of time and chance to make his "getaway." She leads the gang a long and rapid chase. There's a flash, a dash: it's a wild, exciting ride: whiz! whir! Goes the lariat and swish! it lands over the girl's shoulders, caught by the desperate men who pull her from her horse, drag her to a tree and throw the rope over a branch; but they fall back astounded when "Billy's" sister looks into their faces and shakes down her long brown hair and stands defiantly before them. They ask her what has become of her brother. She tells them he is further than they care to travel and a heap farther beyond their reach. They release her and she goes back to her home, where she rewards her faithful horse with her caresses and gratitude for his part in the saving of "Billy."
- (Taken at Djokjakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies.) A highly interesting and instructive reel of the odd, symbolic dances that prevail on the Dutch East Indian Island of Java, Nowhere in the world are dances just like them to be seen. They are motion to rhythm, and as such are unique and novel. They are performed by skilled professionals in the art of Javanese symbolic dancing. First is the quadruple "Tanda." a dance principally of the arms, but graceful and interesting. Next comes the dance of the "Abduction of the Princess," in which the Princess, being repulsed by the haughty Black Knight, takes to arms. There comes to her defense the chivalrous White Knight and the long-haired God of the Mountains, but both being defeated, the haughty Black Knight claims the Princess as his prize. She, having been once repulsed, now refuses, and the Black Knight attempts to obtain her by force. The White Knight comes once more to the rescue, has a set-to with the Black Knight, wherein he proves himself victor, and wins the Princess as wife. The "Kitihoging," or Monkey Dance: the "Tjetilan," or Horse Dance; and characteristic dances by a company of road dancers who travel from town to town throughout Java, are interesting features on this reel.
- This is a screamingly funny comedy, where the cabby, tired and worn out, goes home and goes to bed. During the night we see him slumbering in his bed with his wife, when the nightmare takes place. Then we get a realistic picture of the horse walking into the bedroom, kicking the driver out of bed and forcing him to take the shafts of the cab, while the horse takes the seat. The poor cabby is made to change places with the horse. This is one series of continuous laughter, as the tricks he goes through are very remarkable. The whole thing ends with the poor cabby falling out of the bed and receiving a proper scolding from his wife.
- Fifteen years had elapsed since Mrs. Coleman's son had been kidnapped by the family butler, who took this method of revenge for being discharged. John Gilbert, poor and out of work, answered an ad in the paper, which brought him to Mrs. Coleman's home, and he secured the position. He had received the wrong kind of training since childhood and when he saw a safe open the temptation was more than he could resist. Mrs. Coleman caught him in the act and getting a revolver, shot him as he was about to escape. The next day a letter came from the detective agency who had been trying to locate her missing son, stating they had learned he was alive but in very poor circumstances and was using the name John Gilbert. Realizing she had shot her son the mother was heartbroken but the services of a noted physician pulled him through his illness and a happy reunion resulted.
- Russell applies for a position in the bank, but is refused because of his shabby dress and apparent lack of refinement. Passing along the street he finds a purse and, while searching in it for a clew to the owner, is accosted by the latter and accused of pocket picking. A policeman is called, and, rather than be arrested, Russell flees and the mob gives chase. Arriving at the beach exhausted, he tells of his plight to an old beach comber and his daughter, Bess, and is protected by them. He falls in love with Bess, and becomes a beach comber. Russell finds a bottle floating into shore, which reveals the hiding place of a fortune. The beach combers are jubilant over the find and decide to give up their occupation and live comfortably. But soon after making a few purchases, including an engagement ring for Bess, Russell learns from the newspapers that the $30,000 was stolen from a bank. He notifies the bank authorities, who come to the little cabin and are given all, even the ring, which, however they refuse to accept. It is back to beach combing for the little family, but they are at least happy because they have been honest. It is not very long, however, before a bank official arrives with a check of handsome denomination and offers Russell a better job than he was once refused.
- Cynthia Moore, daughter of Colonel Moore, who is the commander of a cavalry post near the Mexican frontier, is much beloved by two junior officers in her father's command. They are Lieutenant Robert Bright and Lieutenant Arthur Hartley, both graduates of West Point, where they had been rivals during their Academy Days. This rivalry, which had been friendly at West Point, became very bitter when they were both assigned to Col. Moore's post and met his attractive daughter, and the true nature of the two men began to assert itself. Under the influence of Cynthia's smiles, Hartley worked with a will, mastered the intricacies of frontier strategy, proved himself in several tight places, and won the respect and esteem of the Colonel. Bright, on the other hand, became surly and morose, drunk a great deal, and placed himself daily farther and farther away from Cynthia and the hope of winning her. Hartley took up the study of wireless telegraphy, so necessary to maneuvers in latter-day warfare, and perfected himself in it. He also taught it to Cynthia, and when they were bending over the sender, with the blue spark hissing and biting as it leaped through the air, with their heads in proximity and their hearts beating time to the mysterious dots and dashes of the Morse code, it was all that Hartley could do to keep from blurting out his deep love. The agony that Bob Bright would undergo, when he would see them thus together, can only be understood by one who has suffered from the pangs inflicted by the green-eyed monster, Jealousy. Hartley has invented portable wireless equipment which may be carried in one's pocket, and he repairs to a spot away from the fort to test the success of his invention. Cynthia is at the sender in the wireless room at the post, and receives his call. Distinctly there comes to her the query, "Cynthia, are you there?" and she flashes back the reply, "Yes." Overjoyed at the success of his invention, Hartley is emboldened and flashes through the message, "Cynthia, I love you." Cynthia receives the message O.K. but the ardent lover is surprised and chagrined when his receiver spells: "Your instrument must be out of order." Hartley feels that he is successful in his love affairs, however, and Bright, with the eyes of jealousy, knows that he is. In this extremity, when he can stand it no longer, he resolves to destroy Hartley and conspires with a band of smugglers and desperadoes, who infest the frontier, to waylay Hartley, with the intention of killing him. This is done, but the revengeful Lieutenant cannot forbear a sight of his rival, and so accompanies the party who abduct Hartley. The latter realizes his fate, particularly as he is kicked and cuffed by Bright, but instead of being killed at once, he is allowed to suffer until sunrise of the following day. He is placed in the courtyard of an old ruin, from which it is impossible for him to escape, as his captors guard the entrances. By cutting the ropes on a jagged stone, he succeeds in freeing his hands, and taking the wireless instrument, which has been unmolested by the ignorant bandits, he sends Cynthia the well-known distress signal, "C.Q.D." She receives a call but cannot locate it, but soon through the air come the words from Hartley, telling of his plight and the place of his incarceration. Bright is present, endeavoring to press his suit, and is annoyed by the call from the wireless machine, which he does not understand. Cynthia, as soon as she can get rid of her undesirable visitor, excuses herself and rushes to her father with the news. The latter immediately dispatches a troop of cavalry to the spot, and in a pitched battle the bandits are defeated and Hartley is rescued. Bright is not aware of the miscarriage of his plans, and has sought out Cynthia with the intention of again declaring his love. Cynthia is overcome with horror of the man, and will not listen to his protestations. Maddened by her actions, Bright takes her in his arms just as Hartley enters the wireless room. Bright is astounded to find his rival unharmed, and when Col. Moore tears off his shoulder straps in indignation, he leaves the post and the service.
- John Stuart, a young business man of the east, comes to San Antonio to locate for the good of his health. While walking about the city he sees an old padre, or priest, fall from sunstroke. Young Stuart runs to his assistance. At the same time, Marion, a young heiress, is passing in her automobile and stops to lend aid to the stricken man. They lift him into the auto and young Stuart is invited to ride with them to the Mission, where the priest lives. Thus an acquaintance is formed which ripens into an engagement between Marion and John Stuart. Marion's aunt strenuously objects to this alliance but through the interposition and kindly offices of the old padre, who has become a close friend of the young couple, they are soon married. A child is born to them, but does not live a great while. The husband is very much depressed by the loss of his little one, leaves his sorrowing wife and goes out in the hills to shoot game and divert his mind. The wife does not enjoy being left alone and feels neglected; she determines to follow her husband. While making his way through the woods, the young husband meets a bewitching Spanish girl who is attracted by him, and. to secure his attention, pretends to sprain her ankle. He assists her, and, as she is unable to walk, he lifts her in his arms and carries her across the stream. His wife appears, immediately concludes that he is unfaithful, and refuses to have anything more to do with him. Their home is broken up and the young couple separate. Again the old padre is appealed to by the young man, and, although he is sick and dying, the old man tries to bring them together by writing a letter to the wife informing her that her husband cannot live without her and hopes she will return to him. Marion receives the letter, is greatly distressed and goes to her child's grave in the garden of the Mission and comes across the newly made grave of the old padre, who has died and been buried near the grave of the child. She thinks it is her husband's and kneels weeping over the little mounds of earth. The young husband visits the graves of his child and his old friend and there sees his wife, whom he lovingly approaches and tenderly touches on the shoulder. She looks up at him as if he were an apparition. He holds out his arms and she draws closer and closer to him until folded in his arms they are happily reunited in wedlock's fond embrace under the shadows of the old Mission.
- The newly elected sheriff posts reward for the capture of a bandit camping out on Devil's Rock. When she approaches his hiding place, she is injured by the bandit. Ruth, the sheriff's daughter, takes up the trail single-handed.
- Mary is only the assistant housekeeper of the ranch, but she has a heart as big and faithful as a queen's. Bob, who has been turned from home by his uncle because he has his own notions of marriage, comes to the ranch and Mary falls in love with him. Bill Rank, the foreman, contrives to ruin Bob's good name and make him "do time." Mary is faithful to Bob and makes a big sacrifice to help him in his trouble. Times are dark for a while, but Fate works things out at last. Bill Rank is hurt in a runaway, and, looking death to the face, he confesses the truth. Bob's good name is restored, he marries Mary, and, to cap the climax, he falls heir to a fortune.
- This photoplay was produced in Tahiti, one of the South Sea Islands, and is the reconstruction of an ancient ballad sung by the "Kanakas," natives of the island, since the year 1650. Of all the great chiefs of Tahiti in the year 1650, Tavi was the most generous, and, therefore, the most powerful. Sharing his high position was his consort, the beautiful Taurua, whom Tavi cherished and honored more than was the custom. So that when the neighboring chief Tuiterai dispatches envoys of peace imploring the loan of his wife for seven days, Tavi must needs comply, though it break his heart, for Tavi was generous. The seven days up, Taurua is not returned and Tavi declares war. It is a long, fierce barbaric struggle. Taurua is regained and Tuiterai taken prisoner to the camp of Tavi, for none but a chief can kill a chief. But "Why?" says Tavi, "did you bring him here. My home now makes him a sacred guest." Alas for Tavi. He cannot punish Tuiterai, and to cap the climax, Taurua has fallen in love. But Tavi is generous, and surprising the lovers in tender embrace, he nobly blesses them, and gives Taurua to Tuiterai "for all time."
- This film is the only one taken of the Centenary of the Founding of the Archdiocese of New York. Some of the scenes shown in this most imposing and elaborate picture are: 1. Celebration of children during the centenary week. 2. Grand celebration at the St. Patrick's Cathedral. 3. Procession of Cardinals and Prelates from Archbishop Farley's residence to the Cathedral. 4. The monster Parade of Saturday, May 2nd.
- Foezel, a dim-witted police officer, is persuaded to loan his trousers to an actor who is playing a cop in a movie.
- Making an exceptionally good haul early in the morning, Jim and John, partners in a fishing smack, declare a holiday. Jim's wife, Annie, prepares luncheon and, leaving the children in care of the obliging John, goes for a long promised row to sea with Jim. Returning that night the boat springs a leak, then sinks, and husband and wife are thrown into the water far from shore. Jim places the oars under his wife's arms for support and swims for help. Ann is washed ashore safe, though exhausted, and is revived by John, who, worried by their long absence, was at the shore searching for them with a sea glass. Jim is picked up by a smuggler's boat, and when well, is forced to become one of them. He attempts to escape when in port by instigating a mutiny, but is overpowered and threatened with death should he try it again. He is put under close surveillance. Five years have passed and Ann is still waiting and watching for Jim. Not once but many times, John, as Jim's best friend asks her hand in marriage, but she refuses. When the smugglers' vessel nears Jim's own port the temptation is too strong for him. He risks his life to jump overboard. On the shore are little Mary and Jim, Jr., his children, but they do not know him. They rescue him as he reaches shore exhausted and then call their mother. Ann recognizes him at once and the happy family are reunited once more after years of love and belief.
- Bob Ford, a young college graduate and a man-about-town, self-willed and wild, who tries his father's patience and generosity by going the limit, is called to a sudden halt by the old gentleman and sent out west with his valet to work on Jones' ranch in Texas and prove to his father that he is not a hopeless renegade. Bob arrives in Texas with his valet, whom he tells to take his place and pretend that he is Bob while he, Bob, will pretend to be the valet. Mr. Jones has a very pretty daughter, Flora, for whom her father feels some anxiety about coming in contact with a young city fellow, college bred like Bob, fearing that she will fall in love with him. Jenkins, the valet, presents the note from Bob's father to Mr. Jones, and the valet is received as Mr. Ford's son, while Bob is treated as the valet. The "Boys" about the ranch lay plans to put Jenkins through a course of sprouts and the way they do it would do credit to a "hazing bee." Bob runs against a snag when he meets Langdon who has the reputation of being a "bad man," in a fight and tries to put is "all over" the tenderfoot. Bob is game and tells Langdon, if he wants to fight like a man, to put down his gun and put up his fists. They get busy; Langdon is put "down and out" and loses his reputation as a terror. From that time on, Bob is one of the most popular men on the ranch. He falls in love with Flora and Flora doesn't object. From this point on, Bob has easy sailing and when his father comes to visit him at the ranch he is delighted to find his boy in good shape and a man among men, and just as happy when he learns that Bob is engaged to Flora Jones.
- Winky Willy visits his aunt in a village where public opinion has begun to be prejudiced in view of strange events taking place. Apparition has succeeded apparition and all the population is under a spell. It is pie for Winky. Can you not imagine the mischievous little fellow confronting a situation like this?
- Margie, of the "Flying B" ranch, knew it was to run across a snake in the tall Texas grass, but she did not realize that there are people who, like snakes, conceal themselves until they are ready to sting. Consequently, when a sleek looking tenderfoot asked to become a boarder at the "Flying B" Margie favored him, though her father was suspicious. Margie is soon smitten with the stranger, much to the chagrin of Jack, the foreman, with whom Margie had previously been very friendly. Jack does not get ugly over the matter, but keeps his eyes open. He knows that the sheriff is out for "Texas Ed," a desperado, and he soon observes that the sleek tenderfoot keeps a villainous supply of hardware under his bed tick. Finally the day for cattle shipping comes, and all know that there will be a liberal supply of money at the ranch house after the sale. The tenderfoot now becomes even more tender than before. The cattle are rounded up and shipped, and Margie's father deposits the money in the old family chest. The tenderfoot, who sits up late to read an innocent novel, observes this, and is soon giving mysterious signals from a certain window. Jack is watching, however, and just as a desperate gang thinks it has the ranch held up, Jack and the punchers are on the job with big guns; and after some exciting moments the tenderfoot is revealed as "Texas Ed," the bandit, and snake in the grass. It is needless to say that Margie has learned her lesson and takes immediate steps to square herself with Foreman Jack.
- Cecil Rand has been allowed a monthly remittance by his brother, the Earl of Essex, and sent to Western America to make something of himself. He registers at a rough Western hotel, where he soon has a fight with Buck, a gambler and inebriate, who made sport of his English clothes, and after "licking" Buck, leaves the hotel. Helen Evans, the pretty daughter of a miner, has witnessed the encounter, and rather falls in love with the Englishman. She hurries home and places a card reading "Room to let," on her house. Sure enough, Rand applies for it and is taken in. Helen determines to make a westerner of him, and making him change his English riding costume for a real western outfit, secured for him a position in her father's mine. But Buck has never forgotten his beating, and revenge is his creed. He steals unobserved to the mine, and as miner Evans is being lowered in the shaft, cuts the rope. Great confusion follows, and Helen, in her excitement, promises to marry the man who saves her father. Buck rescues him and in a few days claims his bride, and when she says she loves Rand, he accuses Rand of having cut the rope. When things look worst for Rand and Helen, Ah Ling, the local launder, brings a satisfactory solution of the mystery by identifying the knife found near the rope as that of Buck's, which had maliciously cut off his own queue. Buck is put under arrest, and to complete Rand's happiness, news is received that the Earl's death has made him heir of the title and estate. And he invites Helen to share it with him.
- When Bob Stanley from New York arrives in Sulphur Mountain he gets mixed up in a fight with Jose, a Mexican, and is injured. Joe, a miner, takes Bob home where his wife dresses the wound, and offers him shelter until he shall become well. Joe mistakes Mary's sympathy for Bob for love and decides to put himself out of their way. He causes an explosion, at the mine, leaves his hat and coat and makes it appear as though he has been killed. But Mary loves Joe, and her grief at his apparent loss is great. Six months later Joe, in rags and with beard, comes back to the scene of the explosion. But his mind does not recall everything perfectly, for in his brooding he has become mentally deranged. Miners see him, and believing him a ghost, flee in fear. Bob heads a party to investigate the place of the reported apparition and in a most unexpected manner comes face to face with his old benefactor. The man's mind slowly regains balance and he remembers that he has a wife. Bob persuades him to come back, but as they approach the house they discover a doctor just leaving. Joe enters to find his wife still longing for him, and to share with her the joy that has just come to them both, an offspring.
- One of the oddest sights that can be beheld by the traveler in the Far East. The procession is led by a gong band creating terrific noises to scare away the evil spirits. Giant grotesque figures are employed for the same purpose. All the friends of the deceased parade to the grave where, while the casket is being lowered and covered with cement, they partake of a meal furnished by the deceased's relatives. It is the Chinese custom to feast and be happy as a fitting culmination to the long days of prayer and vigil. The rites and ceremonies of a Chinese funeral are the most interesting of any burial.
- Jim lives in the Golden West. He owns a young apricot orchard and is engaged to marry Mary. His brother, Tom, is a blacksmith back east, but as business is bad, decides to join his brother. He sells out his shop and bids farewell to his wife, promising to be back soon with a fortune. While on his way out his brother's orchard is ruined by frost. Tom arrives unexpected, full of hope, only to find out Jim's misfortune. Both are disheartened, but Jim cheers him up optimistically, and says they will pull together and make their pile. Several weeks pass. Tom is unable to secure a position, and to cap the climax his wife writes that she is in need of money. In desperation, Tom decides to hold up the stagecoach. He takes a large handkerchief bearing Jim's name to use as a mask and stealthily leaves the house. Mary detects him and informs Jim. Tom lays in ambush for the coach, but not knowing the roads well, has selected the wrong one. Nevertheless, he rushes out at the sound of approaching hoof-beats and is dumbfounded when he finds but a single rider. It is the governor. Tom orders his hands up at gun's point. We leave them thus and next see Jim riding desperately to prevent his brother from holding up the stage. He comes upon Tom riding easily home, who assures him that he did not rob the coach. But Jim's suspicions are aroused when he discovers Tom counting a roll of bills. He tells his sweetheart, and they decide to go to town to learn if there was a hold-up. From a distance they see Tom in the company of two sheriffs, and conclude that he has been arrested. Jim decides to shoulder his brother's guilt, and making a dash to the group, cries, "I am the guilty man; he is innocent." The sheriffs smile and Tom tells his brother the story of mistakenly holding up the governor, of how the benevolence of the old man aroused his conscience, of giving back the stolen articles and how the governor, upon learning his story, gave him money, and an official card to the sheriff, giving instructions to make Tom a game warden.
- A shipwrecked crew, consisting of an officer and several men, find themselves on an island in the East Indies. After consuming the scant stores saved from the ship, they resolve to venture inland, following a path through the tropical forest. Already a mutinous spirit against the officer has developed, and this culminates when, one of the crew having surprised and seized a native girl, the officer releases the girl and sends her on her way. In anger the men next morning lay hold of the officer and bind him to a tree. On the principle that dead men tell no tales it is resolved to kill him, and lots are drawn to determine who shall commit the deed. One man is chosen, and is in the act of raising the officer's pistol to shoot him when a poisoned dart from the jungle ends the man's life. The officer's bonds are at the same time severed by a knife, a dusky figure showing dimly through the bushes behind the tree and unseen by the captive. Wondering at his release, but thankful to be free, the officer follows his men and, amid the general dread inspired by the poisoned dart, once more takes command. The survivors struggle on through the forest, but one by one, as they menace or ill use the officer, the men fall victims to poisoned darts mysteriously shot from the jungle. At last the officer is alone, and, utterly wearied, he falls asleep under a tree. On awakening he finds fruits, cakes and water by his side. Then he realizes that, because he saved the girl, the unseen natives are saving and succoring him. Eventually they appear, invite him to their village, and nurse him through a fever. News is brought of a ship in sight, and the castaway is carried to the beach by his faithful native friends, and rescued by the passing vessel.
- Jerry and Tom, tramps, see a boat crew out for practice. Jerry had rowed in a college crew in his younger days. They fall asleep and Jerry has a dream in which he again rows in a race which he wins. Suddenly they wake up in the water having been kicked off the pier by a watchman.