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- Jim Lewis, an honest young police officer, comes home of an evening with money that he has borrowed from a friend to send his sick sister away to a different climate. Before, however, he reaches his apartment, the pursuit of an escaping culprit attracts his attention. He joins in. He runs his man over buildings and finally corners him. It is his brother. After dropping what little money he did have on the gambling table, the brother had taken to theft to secure the money for his sister. Jim lets him go, telling his seniors that the man escaped. This is his first lie and he is dismissed from the service by the very friend who had loaned him the money. Thinking to retrieve his honor, Jim goes, with his brother and sister, to the Northwest, and Jim joins the mounted police. McNulty, the plain-clothes friend who loaned Jim the money, suspects that something is wrong and follows. When the brother catches sight of him he is staggered with fear and steals a horse and escapes into the hills. Jim, unaware that his brother is the one who has stolen the horse, asks the officer for a chance to make good. The alarm is given and Jim is told to get his man. Jim accompanies the mounted and the U.S. officer into the hills and the thief is cornered in a hut. Jim approaches, and is shot. He closes in and then discovers that it is again his brother. "I've lost my reputation through you, but you will not take my chance to retrieve it," Jim cries. However, the brother pleads that he be spared for his sister's sake, and Jim gives in. The brother is seen to leave the house and all give chase except Jim. The brother escapes. The officers, returning, find Jim upon the ground, dead of his wounds. The brother returns to his sister and, anyway he was always her favorite of the two.
- The father is busy with his business. The little child is neglected as the mother is occupied in romantic speculations. And then enters the "friend," who sees his opportunity. One evening when the father is detained on business the wife accepts the "friend's" invitation to the theatre. The father returns and finds his wife gone. When the child tells where the mother is, he realizes that her love has flown, and the next morning he arranges for a separation. A year passes and the mother and child are living together, lonely. The "friend" sends her roses and says he is coming that night to claim his love. While dressing, the mother accidentally finds a white rose that her husband gave her a year before on their wedding anniversary. Memories come back to her, but she disregards them and rushes into the garden to meet her friend. The child, alone and frightened, goes to find its mother in the garden. The child picks a white rose and approaches with it. This brings the mother to her senses and she rushes back to the house with her baby. The baby then takes sick from exposure. The father is sent for, but before he arrives the baby dies. The mother and father are reconciled by their common grief. In the garden the mother sees a vision of her child, which she follows to the house. Here they find that the child is still alive, so the family is happily reunited.
- Manoah and his wife mourn deeply because both have passed the middle-age mark and remain childless. As they become older, their sorrow increases until one day the old wife calls upon the Lord and prays that they may have a child to gladden their declining years. An angel appears in answer to her prayer and prophecies that she shall have a son but that his hair must never be cut. The angel also declares that the son shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hands of the Philistines. In due time Manoah's wife has a son and names him Samson. As he grows to manhood, his extraordinary strength is the marvel of his parents and the community. When he has attained a man's estate he goes to Timmath, where he meets and learns to love Zorah, a Philistine's beautiful daughter. Samson overcomes his father's objections to his marrying a Philistine maiden, and he conducts his parents to Timmath that they may see his bride. While they are nearing the Vineyard of Timmath a young lion roars at Samson. He becomes imbued with the spirit of the Lord, and after struggling with the beast he breaks its jaws. Arrived at Timmath with his parents the nuptial feast is arranged for and the betrothal is announced. During the interim before his marriage, Samson returns to the spot where he slew the lion and finds that bees have gathered there and have deposited honey in the carcass, Thus at his wedding feast he proposes to his guests the riddle, "Out of the eater came forth meat and out of the strong came forth sweetness," and he offers to give to him who solves the riddle 30 sheets and 30 changes of garments. Unable to answer the riddle, the Philistines go to Zorah, and threaten her with death unless she draws Samson out and obtains for them the answer. She fights against their threats and persuasions but she finally weakens and after obtaining the answer from Samson she tells the Philistines. When the final day arrives and they answer the riddle Samson is deeply wrought up against his wife because he realizes her deceit. In his anger he renounces her and leaves her with her father. However, when his anger cools he returns and wishes to become reconciled. But in the meantime Zorah's father has given her to another. Samson's anger knows no bounds and he goes into the cornfields of the Philistines' and applies the fire brand. Driven to despair, the Philistines blame Zorah's father as the author of their misfortunes and they burn his house consuming Zorah and her father. Weary of the world, Samson seeks a cave on the top of the rock of Etan and dwells there. But the Philistines cannot rest in their hatred for Samson. They gather an army together and go to take their revenge on their enemy and upon the field of Ramath-Lehi, Samson meets the army of the Philistines and single-handed, with the jawbone of an ass he gives them battle, slaying a thousand soldiers in putting the remainder to flight. Samson then goes to the city of Gaze and strikes terror into the hearts of the people by his feats of strength. Sihon, the ruler of the Philistines, plots to take Samson prisoner, and he has the gates of the city locked against him. But when Samson is ready to leave, he wrenches the huge gates from their hinges and carries them away. Samson now meets the beautiful Delilah and is fascinated by her charms. Neither is she blind to the beauty or his strength and she receives him with favor. Making capital of their love Sihon entices Delilah to ascertain from Samson wherein his great strength lies. She refuses but Sihon convinces her that it is a matter of loyalty to her religion and people and she consents. She leads him to her home and employs her charms to fascinate him and she soothes and coaxes him as only a woman can until he is overcome and tells her: "There hath not come a razor upon mine head. If I be shaven then my strength will go from me." Then a prey to her seductions, he falls asleep and she cuts off his locks and summons Sihon and the soldiers. Then Samson is bound and thrown into prison where his eyes are put out with hot irons. He is then made to grind in the prison house and he is whipped as he works like an animal. When Samson's strength is gone he is for the moment forgotten and as the time passes his hair begins to grow out again. And when Samson's hair is again grown out the Philistines gather in the Temple and make merry and call for Samson that he may make sport for them. Samson is taken from the prison and led into the temple by a small boy. He is jeered and hooted at by the Philistines and is made to bow and do homage to Dagon the fishguard. Then Samson whispers to his boy guide to lead him to the sustaining pillars of the temple that he may lean upon them. Samson now calls upon the Lord for strength that he may be avenged for the loss of his eyes. The populace are wild with insane joy as they behold the once mighty man now their clown. As they rail and jeer him he places his mighty shoulders to the huge pillars. The frenzied mocking is frozen upon their lips and there is an awful silence. Then the massive pillars totter and crumble before his touch, the magnificent temple curves, collapses and tumbles upon the multitude. In that hour of death, the old, blind, dying Samson totters and crawls over the ruins until he finds a certain form, Delilah, and he falls upon the body of the faithless one he loved.
- Mr. and Mrs. Carter have a quarrel. She tries to make him sign the "demands" of the Wives' Club to which she belongs, and leaves him when he refuses. He telephones to the Strike-Breaking Bureau, and the manager gets a girl from the burlesque troupe to act as strike-breaker till Wifie gives in. Dolly Dimples fits wonderfully well into the Carter household, and all goes merrily till Wifie telephones to ask Hubby if he is ready to accede to her demands. Dolly's voice over the phone and the reply of Carter that her place is satisfactorily filled by the strike- breaker makes her furious and she sets out in hot haste for the house. Hubby has telephoned that he needs police protection, and when the cop appears he gives Carter a whistle, saying that he is to blow it if help is needed. When Wifie sees the blonde beauty she rushes at her to scratch out her eyes. Hubby calls the cop and threatens to have her arrested. She succumbs, and he makes her tear up the "demands" before his eyes. She consents, so that she may have the pleasure of dismissing the blonde strike-breaker.
- David Kelly, known as "Cricket," is bell hop at one of the large metropolitan hotels. Selden is the head clerk and the bane of "Cricket's" life. Mary McFee, the cigar counter girl, is the idol of the bell hop's heart. Jack Hewlitt, a drummer, arrives at the hotel, and arouses the ire of "Cricket" because of his attentions to Mary. General Grouch, an old veteran, arrives and angrily orders the bell boys away when they try to take his luggage, but "Cricket" outwits him and takes charge of his baggage by force. In the days that pass "Cricket" does many kind services for the old man. He notes the growing interest between Mary and Jack with dismay and resolves to break off their interest in each other. The General's nephew is staying at the hotel and is quite a "rounder." The old man finally takes sick. He refuses to have a doctor and gets worse. "Cricket" sees the old man is in bad shape and one day he stops a doctor who is calling, and asks him what he charges for a visit. The medical man tells him two dollars, and after a search, "Cricket" digs up the amount in nickels and dimes and pays him for a visit to the old grouch. The old man is touched by the boy's thoughtfulness for him. The doctor tells the General that his condition is serious and orders him sent to a hospital. Before leaving, however, he writes out a legal paper, which the doctor witnesses, and presents it to "Cricket." "Cricket" learns that Mary and Jack are going out to supper and resolves to follow them. Jack sends him to his room for a box, containing a present for Mary, and the boy opens the box and substitutes a photo of Jack's wife and child for the present, then ties the box up. "Cricket" learns that Grouch has died, but does not think of the paper he has. Jack has taken Mary to a cheap restaurant, where he tries to caress her. She repulses him, and thinking to placate her he opens the box supposed to contain a present for her. When Mary sees the photo she rushes out to "Cricket," who takes her home. While "Cricket" is waiting on his bench he takes out the paper. It is the will of old Grouch giving him his entire estate, which is worth millions. He goes to Mary, who has taken a great liking to him since he has rescued her, and asks her to marry him. At first she agrees but then tells him that she cannot marry a millionaire. "Cricket" pleads with her. In his pleading he drops his cigarette and the will catches fire. Mary then agrees to marry him. He hurries to the phone and getting Bliss on the line tells him to hold the job of assistant clerk for him, he having previously resigned his job. Bliss agrees, and Mary will soon be Mrs. "Cricket."
- A young seminary girl finds romance.
- Westerfeldt made millions and died. The son became known as Westie and was a favorite because of his money. Some friends invited Westie to a supposedly stag affair, but many girls were there. Westie tried to escape from the house. Finally he decided to say he was engaged, and asking who the girl might be, manufactured the name, "Annie Smith from Calliope Center." After this he enjoyed himself. The host came to the conclusion that Westie was lonesome and wired to Calliope Center to Annie Smith, asking her to spend the weekend with his wife. Annie Smith, the editor of the paper, had become interested in Westie through the newspaper articles. Urged by her boss, she consented to accept this invitation. Annie was approaching the house when Westie bumped against her. She showed him the telegram, and they planned that she should play the part of his fiancée. The host and the guests insisted that Westie and his fiancée should be married right away, Westie wired to a friend to send a fellow to impersonate a minister. Annie consented to take part in the fake marriage. A minister arrived, who failed to see why Westie nudged him and winked. After the ceremony, Westie watched his chance to sneak downstairs. He realized he loved Annie. Pondering over the situation he met a man who handed him a note. The note said, "This man will do the work all right." Westie woke up the host to ask if that was a real marriage. The host thought him crazy. Westie rushed to Annie's room and found her in bed. He told her that it had been no fake ceremony, and that he couldn't say he was sorry, and she remarked, "Well, don't expect me to be." He was stunned, and delighted.
- Billy, a waiter with savings, comes to the summer hotel and registers as a foreign nobleman. He becomes popular with the girls. Bess' mother determines to capture him for her daughter. Billy buys a conjuring outfit from a showman, and invites the guests to a show. Charles bribes a small boy to steal the hat which he has hidden in the trick box. Billy searches for another, and grabs one off a woman's head. Her wig comes with it. This is Bess's mother. The boys from the city arrive and tell the guests that Billy is a waiter. They all chase him. He takes refuge in mother's room. She is hiding her bald head, and he promises to return her wig and say nothing, if she will support what he says. When they all break in, the mother has to offer her daughter's hand to Billy to make him keep her secret. But Charles and the boys are outside the window. They pull him through it and throw him in the lake. Then Charles takes Bess in his arms.
- Tom Worth is unable to remember anything that happened the night before Jack informs him that what he did is worse than burglary or murder. Tom imagines the headlines in the newspaper proclaiming him a desperate criminal, guilty of triple murder. Effie Jane Page. Tom's sweetheart, phones him that she is going home and asks if he will accompany her. He is to meet her at the station. As Tom is hastening in an auto to the station a detective and a policeman chase him. Tom jumps out of the machine and runs into a store, the men after him. He is caught, and handcuffed. The detective forces him to get on a train at the railroad station, telling him they are going to the scenes of the crime. Jane and Tom and the detective are in the same train. Tom tries in every way not to be seen by her. He covers the handcuffs with a newspaper and introduces the detective as Count de Marmalade, a friend of his. But she sees that his hand is fastened to that of the detectives. Tom tells her that it is a bet. Tom is mistaken for "Curley, the Fox," He is put in a cell. The phone rings and the chief is told that a man positively identified as "Curley, the Fox" has been caught and that they are on their way to the station with him. The Chief sends for Tom. The detectives arrive with "Curley, the Fox," who is an exact duplicate of Tom, and along with him are Tom's friends, Jack, Billy and George. They laughingly tell him that his "crime" was signing the pledge. Tom laughs, but when he suggests that they all have a drink, Effie Jane remonstrates.
- Fred Brandon and Eileen Northcote are the two heirs of a million-dollar fortune, on the condition that they are united in marriage within twenty-four hours. Both are indignant over the will. Mr. and Mrs. Hardman, being friends of both, persuade them to submit to the marriage. This they do. Eileen standing on one side of a curtain and Brandon on the other. The next day Eileen and Brandon are house guests of the Hardman's. When Eileen has finished dressing for dinner she locks her bedroom door, and turning quickly collides with Brandon, whose room is adjoining hers. The two have seen each other on different occasions and there has been mutual admiration. Eileen threatens to tell her husband if Brandon doesn't immediately leave this room, so near to hers. Hardman and his wife, listening at the keyhole, shout to Brandon not to be afraid, for Eileen is his own wife, whereupon Eileen faints in her husband's arms.
- A shot is fired in the darkness of the cabin on an ocean liner; a man falls prostrate across the table while a frightened woman throws a revolver from her and rushing out on deck she flings herself over the rail into the waves. The man was not badly hurt. The woman was washed ashore next morning on the beach of a fishing village. The man traces the girl to be revenged upon her. Meantime in the hut of some fishing folk, Mary, the girl, is happy. Two fishermen love her, one, big and stalwart, the other, weak of mind and weak of body. The big fellow, John, proposes to Mary and she accepts him. Ralph, the other boy, sees the progress of this love affair and smiles upon it, although it breaks his heart. The man of the boat arrives at the fishing village and one day as Mary is dancing over the sands to meet John she comes face to face with this visitor from her past. He asks her to go away with him back to the old life. Mary protests and tells him she has a chance for happiness and begs him to go away and leave her free. He laughs at her; he taunts and goads her into a rage. Ralph comes to the girl who sits sadly on the sand and asks her the trouble. "That man makes you unhappy?" asks the boy. She nods. "Then 1 will take him where he can never make you unhappy again." That night Mary determines to confess all to John. Ralph steals out and finding the stranger, suggests that he row him to the mainland. The stranger jumps into the little craft that sets out on its last voyage. Mary confesses to John, telling him of the past of the days when she was the accomplice of the man on the boat, and how, finally unable to stand the life, she pleaded for a chance to go away and be free and when the beast laughed in her face, she shot him. John soothes her and when he learns that the man has come to disgrace her he vows to kill him. But the dawn breaks on two bodies washed in by the tide, Ralph and the stranger side by side.
- Betty has a rich inheritance, but she can't find it. She is engaged to Detective Duffer. One day. "The Flea" comes to rob her, bringing his accomplice, the ape. Betty has just time to call her fiancé, when she is locked in a cupboard with the ape. Duffer arrives and fights "The Flea." He fires, but the crook is wearing a bullet-proof vest. Duffer handcuffs him, but the ape unlocks the bracelets. Betty yells for help and Duffer finds her. The men fight again, and "The Flea" escapes up the chimney, where there wages a battle with bricks. The ape goes up the chimney after Duffer, who hangs on to two bricks. They finally pull out and prove to be the sold bricks of which Betty's inheritance consist. They bless the ape as their friend.
- Zoe is visiting her aunt, and is disappointed when she hears that the horse, which she wanted to see, has been sold. She finds some letters in an old trunk, and takes them out to Tom, a little boy, and the two children play post office with them. Zoe sees a man on horseback, and writes a note asking God to send her a horse like the one she has just seen. She tells Tom to send it by "Speshul Delivery." John Watkins was the rider of the horse. Years before he had left town on account of a quarrel with Muriel, and he has just returned. He stops to speak to an old friend, leaving his horse outside. Tom takes the horse by the bridle and leads it to Zoe, who takes it to her aunt. John comes out and misses it, and Tom tells him that he has taken it to Zoe. He follows her, and on the way picks up the letters which are strewn over the grass. He recognizes them as his own. John enters the house with the letters, and confronts Muriel. Zoe is absorbed in the horse, which she has brought into the sitting room. Reading Muriel's face, John tells the child that he thinks they can arrange to keep the horse.
- The owner of a bird and pet animal store forgets to fasten the padlock on the cage of a huge monkey he keeps on the sidewalk in front of the store. The delivery bus belonging to the merchant next door is standing at the curbing and the monkey decides to take a ride. He hides in the bus, and is carried to the home of John Stevens, a wealthy banker. Bob Stevens, the son, has just had an unpleasant scene with his father, who has refused him more money for card debts. While the delivery boy is flirting with the house maid, the monkey enters the library through an open window, and finding the safe open, takes a pack of bank notes and buries them under the hedge. A little later a policeman finds the monkey wandering about and returns him to his owner. Mr. Stevens accuses his son of stealing the money and orders him from the house. Helen Davis, ward of Mr. Stevens, and sweetheart of Bob, later buys the monkey for a pet. The monkey picks up Mrs. Stevens' handkerchief, one afternoon while they are seated on the veranda, and takes it to the same place where he buried the money. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens follow him and discover Helen and Bob in the garden. Bob's father again orders him away, but Helen sees the monkey dig up the money and things are all satisfactorily explained.
- "I don't know this woman and I don't want to know her, but I do know you will have to give her up. Your mother has had her investigated and has found out several things, either one of which is sufficient to cause me to speak as I do. In the first place she is thirty-six while you are but twenty. In the second she is not in your class socially. She lives in what is known as 'Across the line.' Therefore should you marry her you could not expect to raise her to your level; you must lower yourself to hers." Horton Manners, man of the world, a power in business, a man who had lived and was living, rested his case. Horton, Jr., just out of school, and to whom the above remarks were addressed, looked at his father, then at his mother, and for once his mother failed him. She, a leader in society, had no intention of jeopardizing her position by allowing her son to marry beneath him. The boy pleaded, his father softened and yielded one point. Take a trip around the world, boy, stay away a year, then if at the end of that time you still love this woman, I have nothing further to say. The boy, however was firm and told his parents that he would rather dig ditches than give up Mildred. He leaves to tell his sweetheart what has happened. The woman in the case, Mildred Fontaine, has lived and yet is just beginning to live and consoles herself with the thought that, although she has passed the age before which a woman is supposed to marry, she has found a man she loves and who loves her even though he is but a boy. Horton, Jr., goes to her and tells her his father's ultimatum and the answer he gave to it. She, worldly wise and knowing that love cannot exist without the proper food, advises him to take the trip. The boy leaves for Paris. Mildred decides that she cannot live without him and plans to bring him back to her. She secures a position as social secretary in the Manners home. She plays upon Manners, Sr., whose weakness is women. She places him in a compromising position with herself and with the aid of Casey, a friendly chauffeur, secures a photograph of it. She shows the father the photograph and he offers her money for it. She refuses and demands the return of the son. He writes a cablegram as dictated, but before sending it he tells her why he objected to the marriage, compares their ages and shows Mildred that in ten years she will be comparatively an old woman while the boy will be just in the prime of life. He pictures to her how unhappy they both would be in a few years' time. In the end, Mildred, loving the boy as she does, agrees and returns "across the line." In the meantime the boy has verified all his father's arguments by falling in love with a girl in Paris.
- A maid risks her life for her employer, with whom she is in love.
- Lord Helpus (Ernest Shields) has no money so he accepts a job as a social worker/uplifter. It pays no salary but the city will provide funds for the needy...if needed. Helen (Yvette Mitchell) is a rich girl who loves to go slumming and pretends to be poor. Her father (Orin Jackson) and sweetheart Bob (Albert MacQuarrie), hatch a plot to break her of hanging out in the slums. Lord Helpus is concerned as he has discovered he can steal money from her purse and she doesn't miss it.
- This film comprises views taken of the celebrations attending the opening in March of Universal City, Cal., the only municipality in the world devoted entirely to the production of moving pictures. "Big Charlie," the Universal elephant, leads the parade up to the gates of the city, where, before a crowd of twenty thousand people, President Laemmle opens the giant lock on the gate to the city with a solid gold key, six inches long, presented to him by Laura Oakley, "chief of police" of Universal City. President Laemmle, Vice-President Robert H. Cochrane, P.A. Powers, their wives, representatives of the moving picture trade press, the employees of Universal City, several thousand strong, and thousands of Los Angeles and Southern Californians thereupon enter the city and attend the ceremonies attendant thereon. The spectators view the aeroplane flights of Aviator Frank Stites in the production of "The Mysterious Contragrav," a Gold Seal two-reel drama featuring Marie Walcamp and William Clifford, which was released on April 6. Visitors are then taken to the great stage, where twenty photoplays can be produced at once. Later a rodeo is staged and Jane Bernoudy, an actress, and hundreds of Indians and cowboys display their skill with the rope and as equestrians. Director McRay then tries to mount a bucking mule with laughable results; a director's horseback race is held, in which Francis Ford wins a foot-high silver cup, and cowboys indulge in a potato spearing contest. The final scenes show the grand ball held on the outdoor stage, pictures of which were taken at night.
- Bill is a lunatic in an asylum. His friend, Penpoints, happens along and Bill pleads so that his friend decides to use his strength. He spreads the iron bars and Bill escapes. The guards chase them until Bill and Penpoints find a raft on the beach. They remain on the raft for one week, when they drift on an island, inhabited by cannibals. The cannibals decide to have a feast. As they are about to put their visitors in the boiling water, they discover a ring around the moon, which is a sign that no one should be killed that day. Bill tells them that he is the moon god. They all see his baseball and believe him. They make Bill the new king and he has the time of his life with the cannibal girls. Bill suggests a game of ball, which he tries to teach the cannibals, but it ends in a fight. Penpoints tells the cannibals that Bill is a baseball player and not a god, and they decide to kill him. But Bill's wonderful pitching saves his life. Just as the cannibals are about to attack him he finds cocoanuts on the tree near him and starts throwing. He then awakens and finds himself in a padded cell in the lunatic asylum.
- Felix goes to work on the fatal morn that is the time setting of this film. He finally gets to his work after taking a forced ride on a moving "dolly." His work for that day consists of shingling a roof belonging to Tad. He goes to work and makes a mess of the whole affair, and then gets into a quarrel with Tad and his two boys. He finally sets fire to the house and then when it all collapses is thrown into the nearby river. But that is not the end, as he manages to throw the whole tribe of Tad into the river for revenge. This is not all that happens in this little comic classic, but in any case it is enough to know that in the end Felix comes to grief.
- Gertrude, an Italian girl, has a brother Jack. He is employed in a stone quarry, and she is a nurse in the family of the owner of the quarry, Jim. There is a strike agitation among the workmen at the quarry. A leader among the agitators makes love to Gertrude against her will. Jim sees this, and not realizing Gertrude's unwillingness, discharges her. He also discharges the threatening workmen. Jim has a sum of money at his quarry office, and fearing to leave it there, takes it home. A workman sees this and notifies the leader. They telephone Jim, luring him from home, with the false report that trouble is expected at the quarry. Jim leaves his house unprotected. Jack overhears this plan, and rung to her with the news. Gertrude sends Jack for Jim and goes herself to his home. She and Jim's wife and child are besieged by the robbers, who break down the doors. The dining-room door is barricaded with a sideboard and Gertrude leads the wife and child to a bedroom. The robbers break through the dining room, and pursue the women through a hall, and to the bedroom door which is barricaded with furniture. Meanwhile Jack has notified Jim at his office, and he is on his way home with a rescuing party. They arrive just as the last defense gives way. The robbers are overcome, and Gertrude's bravery receives the recognition that it deserves.
- Billy and the wife, stranded in Thinville, decide to open a beauty parlor for thin women. He poses Sylvia as a wonderful example of before and after taking. He learns through a beauty column in the newspaper that watermelon seeds are a great fattener. He buys a large supply of melons and tacks up his beauty doctor sign. A husband and wife in Thinville get notice that an eccentric uncle in his will has left orders to give the couple the wife's weight in gold. She decides to take the treatment of Billy. A young girl is engaged to a Turkish Prince, but when he sees how thin she is he refuses. She also takes the treatment. After a few weeks both the thin women are thinner and poor Sylvia is fatter than ever. The husband of the thin woman, the father of the thin girl and the Turkish Prince all go to bring vengeance on Billy. A battle with the watermelons ensues and results in Billy and Sylvia taking passage for other parts.
- Gertrude lives with her uncle, who is rough, uncouth, and treats her unkindly. Jim, a river pirate and thief, comes with his boat. He is taken with Gertrude, and she is so unhappy with her uncle that she is glad of his attention. He proposes that she elope with him, which she does, and they sail away in Jim's boat. In the morning Gertrude implores Jim to take her ashore to a minister, that they may be married, but Jim refuses. He sails away from the town at which they anchored. While Jim and his crew are drunk, Gertrude escapes in a small boat. She endures great hardships, but finally reaches the shore. She is found at dawn by some fishermen, but has suffered a lapse of memory, and can tell nothing of her past life. A minister, who is called to the scene, takes Gertrude home to his mother. Gertrude helps the minister in his work among the fisher folk, and in time they are married. One day Jim's boat puts in at the village. A subscription has been taken up to build a new church. The minister takes the money home with him. One of Jim's men sees this and tells him. That night Jim goes to rob the minister. He is discovered by Gertrude, who, in shock of recognition, recovers her memory. The minister awakens, and sees Gertrude with Jim. Gertrude follows Jim to the shore, in the hope of recovering the money. The minister is overcome, but recovers and follows. Gertrude appeals to Jim, but he laughs at her. The accomplice demands his share of the money. Jim refuses, is knocked into the water and drowns. The accomplice runs away, and the minister and Gertrude are left alone with Jim's body. Gertrude confesses to the minister, who takes her in his arms.