- Young Hester is kidnapped in India by revolutionaries. As she grows up she becomes one of them, and is sent to England to recover a holy ruby taken from India by her father, Sir Christopher Radwick. However, she falls in love with the manager of her father's estate, and gives up her revolutionary activities. The revolutionaries aren't the forgiving types, however, and follow her to England. When Hester's father dies and is found to have been poisoned, Hester is accused of the crime.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
- Sir Christopher Madgwick won the love of Natalie away from Sani, a leader of the Indian Seditionists, even after the latter had imperiled his immortal soul by stealing the sacred ruby, "The Heart of the Hills," from the altar of a temple, nearly slaying a priest in order to secure the precious stone. But all of his offerings and applications were of no avail, because Natalie loved Madgwick, and was determined to marry him. Sani brooded over his disappointment, and resolved to revenge himself on those who were responsible for it. About two years after the Englishman married Natalie, and a beautiful little girl had come to them, Sani appeared one day before the woman he had formerly loved, and took her child away. In her struggles to retain possession of the infant she clutched the slender chain from which the Sacred ruby was suspended around the neck of Sani, and when Madgwick came home to find her dying and his child abducted he picked up the ruby by her side and kept it as a memento. Sani, in reparation for the crime he committed in stealing the ruby, consecrated the child he had abducted to service in the temple from which the stone had come and then vanished. After making a wide search for his child, Madgwick, wearied of India, returned to England and married. He had two children, and gradually his memories of India faded away. He was happy until his wife died, but after that, his sorrows were many, because his daughter. Edith, was vain and selfish, and his son, Eric, was wasteful. While the years were passing by in England, time was also running its course in India. Irma, the stolen daughter of Madgwick, reached an age when she had to face the ordeal of consecration into the ranks of the vestal virgins. Sani loved the girl because she was a daughter of a woman he had loved, and although he was old and weak, he was present to see her pass through the flames at her time of consecration. When he saw that she came safely through the cleansing fires, his emotions got beyond his control, and he was recognized by the priest that he had slain many years before. The priest rapidly formed a plan to secure the return of the lost ruby, and before the aged Sani died he agreed to the plan. and wrote a letter which would introduce Irma into the home of Madgwick in London. Irma, knowing her mission and sworn to secrecy, is sent to England by the Seditionists, for the express purpose of regaining possession of the jewel, but in London she falls in love with Dannis Redgell, a business associate of Madgwick. She wishes to marry Madgwick and implores Karaji, the London representative of the Seditionists, to release her from her vows, and he consents to do this on the stipulation that she will contribute a large sum of money to the treasury of the organization. Shortly after this Madgwick dies, and. in a will made shortly before his death, leaves the bulk of his estate to Irma, practically disinheriting his children by his second wife. Irma leaves the house and cannot be located, and when Eric, desirous of obtaining possession of the sacred stone that was to be buried with his father's body, enters the vault and opens the casket and finds evidence that his father died from poisoning, suspicion is directed against the girl. An investigation is started by Scotland Yard, and Irma is informed, and the police are searching for her. One night, disheveled and nervous, she appears before Redgell in his apartment, and tells him that for many days she has been held a prisoner by Karaji, who wished to make sure of obtaining the money that he demanded for her release. She informs Redgell that there was a meeting of the Seditionists in progress when she escaped from the house of Karaji. Scotland Yard is notified and a raid which results in the arrest of the mutinous Indians is made immediately. Among those who are caught in the raid is Ali, an Indian who was trusted servant of Madgwick He is accused of the murder of his employer, but he denies his guilt, at the same time clearing absolutely the name of Irma. He tells how Madgwick, years before, was afflicted with a disease that made him susceptible to attacks that would suspend the function of his body for several days at a time, leaving him dead to all appearances. Fearful of being buried alive at some time, he prepared a small vial of virulent poison which Ali was sworn to place on his breast when he was buried. Ali did this and Madgwick, waking from his trance and finding himself buried, took the poison and ended his life. With the Seditionists broken up and Eric and Edith having gone to Australia, this story comes to an end with Redgell and Irma happy in each other's arms.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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