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- Abandoned by her maidservant in an isolated country house, a mother must protect herself and her baby from an invading tramp while her husband races home in a stolen car to save them.
- Jimmie Endicott, a young man of well-to-do parents, worries his father and mother with his nightly debauches. One night at the club, while intoxicated, he strikes a waiter with his cane, and thinking he has killed him, he decides to leave town. His wanderings through the city take him to the lower part of the shipping district. Every policeman he sees he thinks is following him. As a last resort he climbs aboard a schooner as it is about to sail. Feeling secure on board the apparently deserted ship, he falls asleep under some canvas. On awakening in the morning he finds that the ship is far out at sea. He is brutally treated by the mate, whose actions are resented by Jib, the captain's daughter. Later he picks up a paper telling about the waiter's recovery. Finding that he is not guilty of murder, he decides to return. He is laughed at by all of the men and the brutal sailors. He even offers to buy the ship if they will return. The crew laugh at him all the more when he finds he has no money. The only one who believes his story is little Jib. Remembering his temper, Jim permits the sailors to treat him brutally, which gives him the name of "Chicken-Hearted Jim." Jim resents this treatment, finding him a gentleman and quite different from the rough sailors. A few days later the sailors plan to steal the ship and go to an island where one of the men knows where a treasure is hidden. Jim wakes up one morning to find the captain and his daughter lashed to the mast. Jim, single-handed, gets the best of the crew and releases the captain and daughter. Jim's kindness is rewarded by a happy marriage and a happy return home.
- ShortThe story opens in the ante-room of the royal bed-chamber. The queen dies. She was the mother of Snow White. A year later the king brings home a wicked queen. Snow White is presented to her stepmother. The queen sees in her magic mirror a message that Snow White will be prettier than she. The king leaves the country for a short period. No sooner is the king gone, than the queen compels a hunter to carry Snow White to the woods and slay her. The hunter weakens and sets Snow White free. He kills a rabbit, and in the blood of the slaughtered animal dips his handkerchief, which he shows to the queen as proof that he has carried out his mission. Snow White sees a cottage in the distance, and goes to it. Finding it apparently vacant, she enters and searches through the rooms, in the fireplace a pot is boiling. The table is spread. The beds are made. She lies on one of the beds and falls asleep. Seven little men are at work in a mine. At the close of the day they stop their labor and march home in military fashion. The leader finds Snow White. He summons his mates and they awaken the sleeper. Snow White agrees to keep house for the little folks. The queen, through her mirror, has learned that the hunter has played her false. The next day she goes in disguise to the hut. She gives Snow White a poisoned comb. Snow White falls unconscious. When the dwarfs return they soon discover the trouble and remove the comb, restoring Snow White. The next day the queen returns. In spite of the warnings of the dwarfs the queen is admitted by Snow White. The queen induces her to eat of a poisoned apple. Snow White falls dead. The dwarfs bemoan the loss of their princess. The queen learns of the death of Snow White. The glass tells her, "Oh, queen, there is none in the land so beautiful as thou." A prince now comes upon the scene. From a hill he sees a strange sight. He dismounts and approaches a casket of glass, surrounded by seven mourning little men. He leans over the casket and kisses the face of the still figure within. Immediately Snow White comes to life. The king and queen are at the head of the court assembling to greet a new prince and his bride. It is the prince and Snow White. The queen is exposed and turned out. The king welcomes his restored daughter and her prince and gives the two his blessing.
- A magic spell has turned a handsome prince into a hideous and repulsive beast, and only the love of a beautiful woman can change him back. ]
- Arthur Vaughn, a rising young artist, steps into a cobbler's shop to "save his sole," and sees there a girl, the daughter of the cobbler. The cobbler is an habitual drunkard, and the artist tells the girl to leave the squalor of her surroundings and offers her work in his studio. The girl accepts. One day, the artist paints her as she stands, in her rags. It is pronounced a master work. Another day the girl dons the satins and silks of the models, and bids him paint her in those raiments. His trained eye notes the distinct contrast, and he paints her in fine feathers. The portraits, with their contrast and realism, are masterpieces, and quickly establish the artist's reputation. At an exhibition of the Art League it attracts the attention of the President, who becomes curious to know the model. He meets her, and exhorts her to leave the life she is leading. The girl ponders his advice, sees the truth of it and the fearful trend of her life and asks the artist to marry her. He tells her he cannot. The girl, resolved to return to a life of honor, returns to her miserable home. In her absence, the artist realizes that he really loves the girl, and goes to seek her. He enters in time to frustrate the maddened cobbler from wreaking his drunken vengeance upon the girl for leaving him, and leads her out into that life which through all the years she bad dreamt of.
- Juan, a rich ranchman, loves Carita, the daughter of a neighboring farmer. After courting her for some time she comes to love him. Betty, in whose veins flow none of the hot Spanish blood, is something of an adventuress and she concludes that she will marry Juan for his money. While she is planning to charm him, she likewise falls in love with him. Betty now begins the intrigue to the end of breaking up the match between Juan and Carita. Carlos, Juan's foreman, is in love with Betty and he proves a willing tool in her hands. Carlos hires a Mexican to hide himself in Carita's room that night with full instructions in what manner to proceed. At midnight Carlos leads Juan to a position from which Carita's window is in plain view. Juan sees the figure of a man emerge from his sweetheart's bedroom. Juan informs Carita the following day that he no longer desires to marry her. Her pride outraged, she leaves Juan forever. And Betty. Juan meets her once again and scorns her as if she were a viper.
- Agnes Duane, a young woman of the twentieth century, full of good red blood and with plenty of spirit, returns to her New England home and its prim atmosphere, after completing her course in college. Arriving there, she finds that her considerate parents have chosen for her a husband. The individual whom they have chosen for this honor happens to be an effeminate, insipid, very sanctimonious little minister. Upon meeting him Agnes laughs in his face, much to the humiliation of the minister and the consternation of her strait-laced parents. Thinking to cure her of some of her crudeness, her father sends her to his brother down in Kentucky, where she roams the mountain fastness in untrammeled freedom. One day while wandering about in the hills she becomes lost and is found and taken to her uncle's home by one of a queer duo of mountaineer brothers who harbor an inborn and intense hatred for each other. One of these men is a veritable giant in size and strength while the other, the one who rescued Agnes, is of small build and slight strength, but is possessed of a superior cunning. Soon she becomes acquainted with both these brothers and both fall deeply in love with her. Finally, one night the younger and smaller brother, tries to force himself upon her and he is confronted by the giant. In a dissolve the reason for this hate is revealed. As a result of this encounter the weaker man devises a diabolical scheme to put his brother out of the way. Fortunately for the giant, the scheme fails and he passes the trap unscathed. In the meantime, Agnes has felt herself drawn to the larger man by his sheer animal magnetism. She seems on the point of confessing her love for him when, through a cruel act, his true nature is revealed and she turns from him. Soon after she meets the Rev. Hugh Baxton, a real man at last, and to him she surrenders unconditionally.
- The story opens when a party of Indian trappers bring the news to the fur trader that a stranger, a white man, is hunting in their territory. Soon afterward the stranger, unaware that he is transgressing the traditional rights of the trader, is captured and brought to the post. Aurora, the trader's motherless daughter, has been raised to womanhood at the post and has associated with few people other than redskins. At her first meeting with the stranger she is deeply impressed. Their acquaintance soon ripens into love. The trader does not know exactly what to do with the poacher, and so holds him at the post. The stranger attempts to obtain a gun, some matches and a knife, that he may leave. His attempts are unsuccessful. The trader finally decides that the stranger's punishment shall consist of being turned out in the trackless forest without food or weapons. Aurora learns of her father's designs. To save the stranger she spirits a gun, knife and matches and gives them to the stranger. He escapes into the forest. He sprains ins ankle, however, and is taken prisoner by the trader's Indians. "Tell me who gave you the rifle and I'll send you safe on your journey," offers the trader. But the stranger declares that he will submit to death before divulging the secret. To save his mistress, Saskatche, a young Indian, declares that he gave the stranger the rifle. When the trader flies at him in an angry rage, Aurora confesses and that her action was prompted by love for the young trapper. The anger of the old trader is mellowed by his love for his daughter. His mind reverts to the romantic days of his own youth and he ceases to be the despot. He becomes a father. He forgives the stranger and his daughter and consents to their marriage.
- At an embassy ball Robert Carlton meets the girl of his dreams. He is attracted by an odd ring she wears, a circle of perfectly matched rubies. The following evening Carlton is jostled by an evil-looking fellow. Pausing to light a cigarette, he discovers a ring upon the sidewalk, a counterpart of that worn by the girl he loves. He places the ring on his finger. Some evenings later Robert visits a Bohemian café. A distinguished looking foreigner enters; a gleam of satisfaction appears as he catches sight of the ring which Carlton wears. He drops a note into Carlton's lap and then leaves. Carlton finds the note a sort of cryptic invitation to follow. Outside the café he meets the stranger who, without a word, leads the way. Carlton follows into an evil-looking house. Once inside the stranger leaves him. Carlton begins a tour of inspection when he hears a slight rustle. Turning, he is astonished to see the girl uppermost in his thoughts. She accuses him of being a detective. Carlton explains the affair. As she is about to help him out of the place the stranger returns with a dark robe. The girl is at her wits' end. Entering, Carlton finds himself in an underground council chamber containing thirty or forty strange figures clad like himself in long dark flowing robes. The leader of the meeting calls for the password. Carlton cannot give it. The leader, accusing him of being a spy, condemns him to death. Carlton is chained to the wall, beside a lighted bomb. To save the man she loves, the girl leaves by a secret passage and informs the police. She saves her lover from the clutches of the Nihilists, by herself turning traitor to the cause.
- Betty and Molly, sisters, are employed at the railroad station as waitresses. Molly has been married by her step-father to a brutal drunkard, Steve Moran, while the mother of the two girls is married to Dan Morgan, who is also a slave to drink. A theatrical troupe visits the eating house and Betty meets Burton Howard, a theater magnate. He is taken with her appearance, and giving her his card, invites her to visit him should she ever find herself on Broadway, in New York. Martin Dane, who has just arrived in town to take a job as foreman at the Morrison Steel Works, admires Betty. He saves the girl's stepfather from a drunken brawl and is invited to call that evening. Betty, anticipating another marriage such as her sister's, does not encourage Dane. Molly's husband dies in a drunken stupor, and she, seeing that her sister is about to be forced into conditions like those under which she suffered, plans to use the money she had received from her husband's insurance policy to free her sister. Betty is thus enabled to run away just before she is to be married to Dane. She goes to New York, where she calls on Burton Howard, who finally recognizes her and gives her a minor position in one of his companies. He enables her to rise in her new profession, but Betty soon finds that his interest has strings to it. Meanwhile the brutal husband of Mrs. Morgan has also died, and Martin Dane has taken the poor woman to keep house for him in the cottage he had furnished in anticipation of his marriage to Betty. Molly shows him the letter she has received from Betty, realizing at last Martin's true worth and the mistake she and her sister have made in thinking otherwise. Dane visits the city and locates Hetty's boarding house. Betty has been endeavoring to stave off Howard's advances with the excuse of not having fitting gowns to accompany him to cafés. He has bought her a fine gown and now insists that she spend the evening with him. Dane gains admittance to Betty's room before she arrives home and conceals himself. When she arrives home she is surprised when confronted by the man she promised to marry and later deserted. She at first refuses to return with Dane as his wife, repelled by the sordidness she imagines will follow. Howard calls in his taxi to take her out. He is admitted to Betty's room and the two men come face to face.
- A southerner who is volunteering for the Union army is saved from assassination by a Negro girl who is in love with him. she dies in his place.
- Hazel and Jack are about to be married. At his death, Hazel's uncle, Howard Wild, has bequeathed to them as a wedding present a deed to the old Wild mansion. He leaves to each a key, believing in equal rights for man and woman. The gift recalls to Hazel and Jack the many happy hours they spent with the old man and how often he had acted as peacemaker in their childish quarrels. The wedding day approaches. A gossiping friend imparts to Hazel a bit of scandal, concerning Jack's name with that of another. They quarrel and Hazel, to avoid questions, decides to hide in the old Wild mansion till the scandal of the broken engagement at the eleventh hour blows over. Without Hazel's suspecting, Jack has followed her to Uncle Howard's country estate. Howard Wild, during his life, was not only famous as a collector of antiques, but also for his wine cellar. A couple of crooks seize their last chance to rob the place before the arrival of the bridal couple in a few days. Hazel arrives at the deserted house and makes herself comfortable, forlornly dwelling on her quarrel with Jack, when she is startled by the noise of the robbers. Overcome with fear, she watches them through the curtain helping themselves to her late uncle's treasures. They pause in their operations to see if any wine has been left in the cellar. Hazel takes this opportunity to escape, and as she runs out into the hall she encounters Jack, who has just entered with his latchkey. In the dark hall she mistakes him for another crook and, with a piercing scream, faints away. The burglars, hearing the scream, believe they are in a haunted house and beat a hasty retreat, leaving the booty behind. Jack revives Hazel, learns the reason of her fright and also that she does not intend to forgive him unless he humbles himself before her. Jack refuses to do this, knowing he is innocent. Uncle Howard's spirit comes to them and again acts as the peacemaker and the sweethearts start for home to be married on the morrow.
- Mario Busoni, a young sculptor, is the ward of his uncle, Father Busoni, pastor of the Church of the Holy Name at Fiesole. The boy has shown wonderful skill in his chosen profession, so much so that he is selected to execute a life-sized statue of the Madonna for his uncle's church. This commission fills both uncle and nephew with great joy, and the lad's departure from the studio at Naples to fulfill his commission is made the occasion of much rejoicing among his fellow-workers. A discordant note is struck by Janice, a model. This girl passionately loves the young sculptor. She begs and entreats him to remain with her, and he is on the point of yielding to her blandishments when the timely arrival of his uncle puts Janice to flight. Uncle and nephew arrive at the scene of the boy's future labors and the work is commenced. A month later an important letter arrives at the studio for Mario, and Janice undertakes to deliver it to him. She arrives at the church, delivers the letter and attempts to ingratiate herself with Mario. She is again defeated by the watchful uncle, but determines to bide her time. Meanwhile Mario becomes dissatisfied with the conditions under which he is working, and finally induces his uncle to permit him to have a living model. It is found in the person of a beautiful young fisher girl, the widowed daughter of Pietro Ferrari, a fisherman. Later Mario heroically rescues the girl's father from the sea. Soon after the girl and her baby boy pose for the young artist. Tomasco, a hulking fisher lout, is in love with Mario's model. He offers marriage, and being refused, suspects Mario of being his rival. Meeting with Janice, her heart like his, aflame with jealous rage, the two plot the destruction of Mario's masterpiece, the almost completed statue of the Virgin and Child. Mario has proposed and been accepted by the fisher girl and the news of his betrothal determines Janice and her accomplice to put their plot into effect at once. Arriving at the church, the man carrying a heavy sledge, they are confronted by the finished work, a marvel of beauty of the statue. He throws down the hammer and refuses to perform the bidding of the jealous woman. She laughs at him for his sentiment and, seizing the hammer, swings it aloft. The destruction of the statue is imminent, but Divine intervention is at hand, and the eyes of the beautiful Madonna open. The poised hammer is dropped and both man and woman fall to their knees at the base of the statue, where they sob out their penitence in contrite prayers. The curtains hiding the statue are pulled aside and the bishop and his followers view the marvelous work of the young artist. Enthralled with admiration, the bishop extends his hand in blessing. The scene changes to a quiet nook near the seashore home of the fisher girl, where we find her and Mario in loving embrace, the patriarchal father holding aloft the baby boy, who is clapping his hands at the incoming rollers of the mighty sea.
- The story of a two jewel thieves whose lives intersect during the course of their crimes.
- The story opens in the training camp of Kid Regan, a prize fighter who has aspirations for the middleweight championship. He is scheduled to meet Sailor Brown, the holder of the title, who is of the type of prize fighters commonly called a "pug." Sailor Brown is inclined to consider Kid Regan an easy mark, and neglects his training. He is backed by J. Felton Whitney, a typical sport, who is attracted to Mrs. Johnson, a sales clerk in a large dry goods store. Mrs. Johnson is a young widow with a son about five years old. The floorwalker is a friend of the sport, Whitney, and by means of bribing, attempts to bring the two together. Mrs. Johnson, realizing the sport's ulterior motives, naturally repulses him. Kid Regan, under the guidance of his trainer and friend, Bill Sweaney, adheres to his training religiously. It is during one of his daily runs in the country that he sees Whitney, half intoxicated, with a girl in his car, run over a boy. The victim was Mrs. Johnson's son, George. Whitney attempts to run away after hitting the boy. Kid Regan seeks to interfere, but his trainer restrains him with the words, "You must take care of your hands, Kid. You'll need them in the fight." The "Kid" takes the boy to the hospital and there meets Mrs. Johnson. He becomes enamored of her and she invites him to visit her home. It is after this that Whitney attempts again to foist his attentions on the pretty widow. The "Kid" rebukes him, though failing to strike because of his hands. The widow's son, convalescing, becomes attached to the "Kid." The fight is about to take place when Whitney realizes that his man, Sailor Brown, is unfit. He decides that he must "fix" the situation, as he has a large sum of money at stake. "Bud," a dope fiend, is hired to dope the sponge used by the "Kid" to rinse his mouth. Little George, who has been taken to the dressing room as a mascot, finds the sponge and would play with it. But Sweaney, a careful trainer, decides that this same sponge would be unfit for his charge. Accordingly he throws it away, using a new one instead. The fight taken place. On account of the "Kid's" excellent training he knocks out Sailor Brown in four rounds, After the fight is over Bill and "Kid" enter their dressing room and find Bud attempting to escape through the window. The "Kid," who has been successful, sees through the plot and attempts to thrash Bud when Whitney enters. Enraged at Bud, he gives away the secret and Kid Regan, as there is no cause tor delay, now soundly thrashes him. Later the "Kid" takes George home to his mother. They are followed by Bill, who has an armful of toys. Naturally, it was pre-arranged that should Kid be successful, the widow would be his to have and to hold regardless of his bruised and bandaged hands.
- A marital romance in which a married artist woos the wife of another man.
- Dr. Harrison, a student of human nature, believes that environment largely molds one's character. He writes as much to his friend, Bob Stannard, who, owing to business, has been neglecting his wife. Resenting this, his wife has permitted the attentions of Dr. Harrison, an old admirer. Bob discovers the slight affair between his wife and the friend and he realizes that something must be done, that his place in the wife's affections are threatened. On the following day he calls upon the doctor and recounts his troubles. He is reminded of the primeval days when men carried their women to lonely caves and held them until worldly cares were forgotten. The suggestion strikes home to the disconsolate husband. In the meantime Bob's wife has decided to leave him and join the admirer. Bob learns of it and as she is about to depart takes her by main force, blindfolds her and carries her bodily to an auto. In the lonely hills he forces her to dress in skins while he adopts the same garb. Although he longs to take her in his arms he is stem and compels her to obey. As time goes on she admires his strength and finds his domination less irksome. A final test is decided upon. A letter is sent to the old admirer by the doctor, informing him of the whereabouts of Mrs. Stannard. The misguided youth starts in search; he comes upon her in the strange garb. Bob, waiting, surprises both and drives the interloper off and the wife demonstrates that she is fully conquered and love is complete for her husband.
- The Boob's country sweetheart goes to the city for employment and finds it as scullery maid in the house of a family of "would-be" society people. The Boob, in the meantime, has been left a large sum of money by a distant relative. He writes of his good fortune. The letter falls into the hands of the scheming mistress of the house, who is looking for a wealthy husband for her daughter. She decides to capture him if possible. The Boob arrives in the middle of an afternoon reception, causing considerable mirth. The mistress cleverly keeps him from seeing the scullery maid by entertaining him. The Boob appreciates the entertainment so much that he finally goes to sleep. A quarrel is started in the kitchen between the scullery maid and the house maid, which results in the scullery maid chasing the house maid up and down the stairs. The scullery maid finally trips and falls down stairs, landing in the Boob's arms with the result of a happy reunion.
- Ruth Mayhew, an heiress, lives with her uncle, Henry Mayhew, who is also her guardian. She has a sweetheart in Richard Dare, a rising young engineer. Paula, an adventuress and her accomplice, Gilbert Carstairs, work themselves into the confidence of old man Mayhew. posing as brother and sister. Richard Dare, after a tender parting with his sweetheart, leaves for Mexico, to take up the construction of a new railroad line there. Paula lays siege to the heart of Henry Mayhew and he finally marries her. She and her accomplice then proceed to do the old man out of his fortune. The new turn of affairs proves irksome to Ruth Mayhew, and she leaves her uncle's house to make her own living, but is unsuccessful. Later Richard Dare returns from Mexico and, going to the Mayhew home, learns of Ruth's continued absence. He is very much worried. Outside the house he meets an outcast, who informs him that inside the Mayhew home is the woman who has been the cause of his ruin. Richard Dare cares for the outcasts who is on the verge of collapse. The outcast tells Dare how at one time he was a trusted employee in a bank; how he later was led to commit a crime by his false sweetheart, the same woman who is now plotting the ruin of Henry Mayhew. He declares that at that time, as now, she works with her accomplice, Gilbert Carstairs. Richard Dare informs the police of the maneuvers of the guilty pair. By chance he meets Ruth Mayhew and together they go to the Mayhew home. The police arrive and take into custody the adventuress and her accomplice. Ruth and her uncle are reconciled and the story ends happily.
- A journalist is reluctant to ruin a woman's reputation for the sake of a juicy story.
- Betty starts out for a walk and is warned by her sweetheart and his friends to be careful as there are likely to be bandits about. She laughingly tells them she is not afraid, as she has her dog with her, who will be ample protection. During her stroll Betty finds a shack and decides to investigate. She notes there is a sign on the door, but it is covered with a coat. A Mexican enters and speaks in Spanish to her. She is unable to understand and he cannot understand English. The Mexican is joined by some of his countrymen and their gestures and strange actions give Betty quite a fright. Betty discovers the house contains a lot of dynamite and explosives and decides that she is in the hands of bandits. Their peculiar actions strengthen this belief and she decides to make a rush for the door. They have quite a rough and tumble scrap, and the Mexicans are getting the worst of it, when one of them finally pushes Betty in a side room and locks her in. She finds the window barred. Betty peeps through the keyhole and sees the men getting dynamite and decides they are going to blow her up. She is frantic, but when her dog shows his face at the window she hits upon a scheme to escape. Hastily writing a note she ties it to the dog's collar and sends him to find her sweetheart. Meanwhile Betty sees the men light the fuse and hurry away. The dog runs back to the boys and they find the note. Hastily piling into a machine, they dash to her rescue. On the way they meet some soldiers and tell of the captive girl. The soldiers join the rescuers. The boys get Betty out and just as they leave the house the explosion takes place nearby. As the boys start towards the Mexicans a white man comes on and asks the trouble. The boys tell of the captive girl and the man breaks into laughter. He explains the Mexicans are section laborers and locked Betty in the house, fearing she would not understand them and wander near where they were blowing up some rocks. Betty gladly joins her sweetheart and allows the boys to take her home, claiming she has had all the exercise she wants.
- During the American Revolution, an innkeeper's daughter learns of a plot to assassinate George Washington while he will be staying at her father's inn.
- Far away in the wilderness nestles the sheepherder's cabin. Due to the depredations of wolves and other prowlers the herder is kept on the go all the time to preserve his flock. As a consequence of his absence all day, and sometimes far into the night, his wife is much alone. The wife wishes for someone to break the monotony of her loneliness, and so one day when a masked man comes into the house, she is more pleased than scared. The man tells her by means of a note that he is dumb. The wife is glad of company, even though it comes dumb and masked and the two have a pleasant visit. After dark comes, the man leaves, after promising to call again next day. The herder had previously noted the effects of loneliness upon his wife and notes that she is particularly happy that night. The next day the wife and her strange caller spend another happy day and as time passes the two become very friendly. Each night as the bandit leaves, he kisses the girl good-bye, and the husband notices her growing animation. At last one day the husband returns unexpectedly earlier than has been his custom. The wife sees the dog coming over the hill and his fear hurtles the dumb bandit into an adjoining room. So great is her haste that she fails to see the bandit's hat is still on the table. A few minutes later, the herder comes in. The wife, nervous and confused, tries to regain her composure. The husband notices the hat on the table and accuses his wife of having a lover in the house. The husband starts to the door of the other room. The wife bars his way and they have a scuffle, the wife being thrown aside. The husband enters the room. A few minutes later the wife sees the bandit, and going to him, pleads with him to hurry away, but the bandit pulls his gun, tells the wife in dumb he is going to kill her husband. This threat brings the wife to her senses and she begs for her husband's life, pleading that she still loves him. She tells the bandit she hates him, and springing on him, tries to wrest the gun from him. In the struggle the mask is torn from the bandit's face and the wife sees the face of her husband, who has been trying her love. She begs forgiveness and the husband takes her into his arms, promising that he will never leave her alone so long again.
- A soldier finds strength after being given a rosary at the hospital where he was treated.
- The story is staged in an imaginary German principality. While working in the fields the wife is taken ill and her husband in leading her home passes the palace of the Duke of Safoulrug, on the grounds of which she sees the fleur de lis, and is so attracted by the flower that she can think of nothing but it for months after. When her baby girl is born there is a birthmark of the flower on her shoulder. The mother dies, and fifteen years later, Lisette, the baby girl, who has grown to be a charming young lady, is endowed by prenatal influence with a strong fascination for her mother's favorite flower. Passing the Duke's palace, she demands that her lover, Antoine, pluck one for her. As he is about to do so, the gardener, who ordered her mother away from the palace, demands that they move on, but Lisette manages to get a flower. This is witnessed by the young Duke, who says that she may possess it, notwithstanding the fact that it is a flower worn only by persons of royal blood. Lisette's father reprimands his daughter for taking the flower, and tells her the story of her mother. Lisette eventually marries the Duke, and although he is deeply in love with her she cares little for him save that by her marriage she is in possession of the fleur de lis. During a reception by the King, His Majesty becomes infatuated with Lisette and while dancing with her he takes her in his arms just as the Duke enters. The King extends his hand for the Duke to kiss. He obeys and subsequently goes into the garden where he commits suicide. The announcement does not affect the Duchess, and she is later installed in the King's palace as his mistress. His Majesty is taken ill and Antoine, who has become a famous surgeon, is to operate on him. Lisette is at the bedside of the King the next morning when the doctor arrives. Antoine does not recognize her, and she, puzzled, goes to her suite where she paces up and down for hours while the doctor is working on the King. The operation is a success, and Antoine carries the glad news to Lisette, who says she does not care, and puts her arms around the doctor. He throws her aside with the remark that the fleur de lis is between them. This enrages Lisette to such an extent that she burns her birthmark out with a hot iron. After a lapse of time Lisette is back with her father, and Antoine, feeling the power of love, also returns to the principality where, over the grave of Lisette's mother, a reconciliation is effected between Antoine and his sweetheart.