Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1914)

340 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD a fierce return of strengtli, grapples witb him and in the struggle which follows he falls against the low winilow and crashes through, falling into the street, sis stories below. Roual, hearing Vera's screams, rushes to ber protection and says he will care for their futures, so from the chaos of her present the future looks bright and full of promise of content. PRINCESS. WHEN THE CAT CAME BACK (Jan. 16).— Joe's young and pretty wife, May, is extremely enspicious and jealous of the landlady's daughter, and when Joe tries to get a speck of dust out of Nell's eye, May thinks it is a love scene. When Joe enters the room she accuses him of making love to the girl, and Joe ridifules her. Later, May rashes out angry. Joe, thinking it will blow over, reclines on a couch to read, and Nell chases a runaway cat into the room only to be caught by Joe's wife returning. This time she's sure things are not right, and leaves the house, with Joe in pursuit. The difference cannot be patched up, and May returns to sob it out alone on the couch. And the kitten figures again, but this time Mr. Gordon chases it, only to be caught by the returning Joe on his knees at the couch, looking for a whip he dropped. Of course Joe knew it was all right, but be wouldn't let May think so, until it dawned upon her that that was just the posi^ tion Jne was in when she accused him of infidelit.v. And then she insisted upon being forgiven, and Joe forgave her. THANHOUSER. ADRIFT IN A GREAT CITY (Jan. 13).— A workinginan in a larjie city saved his money and was finally enabled to send to his wife and daughter in Europe passage money to his new home. He arranged to meet them at the pier, but on his way there he was injured in an accident and taken unconscious and unidentified to a hospital. The two women arrived in America, to find themselves homeless and friendless. The daughter finally secured a position in a sweatshop, but her eyesight failed her rapidly, and she was soon thrown out of that position, blind and helpless. In her happier days she had been an amateur musician and now the violin, once a source of amusement, became the only reliance of these two women, for the daughter played the violin and the mother begged in the streets. In the meantime, the father had been convalescing in the hospital, and messengers he sent to seek his loved ones returned to report that no trace of the women could be found. One pleasant afternoon the convalescent was weakly re.''lining in a chair on the ho'^pital grounds, and a blind girl stairsered in and explained to the doctor, who was chatting with the patient, t'-at sVe had lost 'her way. The kindly doctor questioned her and she told her story, not knowing one of the two listeners was ber father, who at first had not recognized her. Her grief was speedily' turned to joy when he announced himself and a fresh cause for thanksgiving came when the doctor told them that he knew the girl's sight could be restored. Thus after many tribulations was the family reunited. COALS OF FIRE (Jan. 16).— The merchant had sncceeded in business because he was utterly heartless and had ground down all opposition. His employees hated him, his competitors feared him. and the servants in his home lived in mortal dread of him. There was only one person in the world who was not afraid of him and that was his motherless little daughter, a mere baby, but w-ho knew that her word was law witb her father. One of the merchant's employees was a clerk who had grown gray in the service of the firm, and who in any ordinary business would have been regarded as a pensioner. In this case, however, he was brutally discharged for no reason other than age, and found It Impossible to senure a pla'^e elsewhere. The clerk had supported his little grandson, his only surviving relative, hut soon positions were reversed and all that the old man and the small boy bad to live on were the pennies that the youngster made by selling newspapers. One day the clerk came home to find his grandson feeding a little girl whom he had picked up on the streets lost and not knowing where she lived. The clerk recognized her as the daughter of his employer, and his heart filled with rage. He ordered the child to leave at once and scowled angrily at her. but the little girl did not know what fear was. for in all her young life no one had ever spoken crossly to her or looked angrily at her. She thought the old man was trying to amuse her. gurgled happily when he frowned, confidently climbed into his lap and told him she liked him. Probably he would not have been cross to her under any circumstances, but the child was so sweet that no one could "stay mad at her," so the old clerk Instead of throwing her out made her as comfortable as possible, put her to sleep In his own bed and watched over her while his son went to notify her father. The merchant came to the house post baste to find his darling child guarded by the man be had turned out to starve. For once he was stricken with remorse when he realized how the man he had injured had done him a kind • ness he would never forget. Now the clerk is back at his old desk again and he knows he has a life-long job, for his employer, no longer gniflf and bullying, has told him so. MAJESTIC. A TICKET TO RED HORSE GULCH (Jan. 11).— Jack Oliver, who was a telephone lineman in a large city, had a disagreement with his superior and was discharged. He had never been able to save much money and when, after several weeks of earnest searching he found no work, the situation began to look serious. The opportunity knocked, for Jack found a railway ticket on the street, and in spite of diligent effort, was unable to return it to its owner. The ticket read to Red Horse Gulch, a mining town in the city, so. determined to have a tilt with fate he took the ticket and set out for the mining tort"n. An old miner. Bill Salter, was in need of a man to help him with his claim. Laborers were scarce, and he finally ohanced upon Jack Oliver. The "Tenderfoot" proved to be a good worker, and developed into a miner of no mean ability. Molly Salter, the miner's daughter, who had charge of the little telephone exchange at Red Gulch, became a warm friend to the young man. Gold was discovered on Bill Salter's claim, but before it could be properly registered, "claim jumpers" seized it and sent one of their number on a swift horse to town. When Salter and Jack discovered the intruders they learne«l that the men's confederate would reach Red Horse Gulch In half an hour. The roads were rough and tlie distance to town could not be covered in less than two hours, and .ret the seemingly impossible was accomplished, for .f:]' k n.anaged with the aid of Molly to file tbe claim n«f criwit the desperadoes. JAKE'S HOODOO (Jan. 13). — Jake Towne. poor but enterprising, loves Lucy Small, who does not share her father's prejudices. She agrees to elope •\;ieii cpportunity offers. Jake is instructed by let'er to be at Lucy's at dark, Friday, the 13th, when the coast will be clear. Jake, owning only one suit, upsets a pan of beans on his trousers, llr rci-ai'": r'e damage with gasoline and hangs t'e garments out to air while he shaves. A tramp frp'^h from an encounter with a bulldog sees Jake's pants and succumbs to temptation. Jake, minus an indispensable article of attire, is desperate. Henpeck runs out of tobacco. Mrs. H. gives him ten minutes to get some. Jake holds him up and bo-rows his loud but whole trousers. Henpeck, friglitened to death of his wife, wraps a blanket round him and sneaks home through back alleys. But Mrs. H. has already gone to look for him. She sees his trousers going down the street with a girl, follows them to the minister's, and sets the i-oliceman on the track of t'ne bigamist. The brldesroom is rudely torn from his wife and taken to jail. The tr.nmp in Jake's pants sees Lucy's window open and gets a ladder and gets into Small's. Mrs. Henpeck goes home and faints when she finds Hen in bed. They get Jake out of jail, and he goes after Lucy, who has gone home, climbed f'e ladder and cried herself to sleep. Jake calls her and she does not hear. Then the tramp, carrying her father's cash box, steals in and appropriates her jewelry. The slam of the door awakens her. s''e shrieks, and Jake rushes to tbe rescue. Tramp and husband collide half way up the ladder and fall, each trying to get the box. Lucy shrieks and the policeman who responds meets with Small. The policeman seizes the tramp, Jake recognizes his trousers and makes the unfortunate one take them off. Indoors Small decides t'-at Jake wouldn't be a bad sonin-law after all. "When he realizes that it is too late to object he gives in with a good grace, and invites Jake to remain, which he thankfully does, his day of hoodoo being over. THE LACKEY (Jan. 17).^udge Stevens, of the Supreme Court, was a jurist of tbe highest type, and a devoted father. He was a widower, wholly engrossed in his pretty daughter. Mary. The girl had many suitors, but seemed to regard them all merely as friends, for love had not yet come into btr 'ife. 1 he butler in the Stevens' home was a young man who bad enjoyed a considerable education and was far superior to the majority of people in his station of life. Mary Stevens regarded him as a well-trained servant, but tbe butler, realiing fully the hopelessness of his position, fell in love with his employer's daughter. He told no one of his passion, but the judge accidentally learned of bis regard and scornfully dismissed him. Then tbe father, to his surprise and indignation, discovered that his daughter had begun to look upon the manly young servant with favor. The judge dined at liis club one evening, and while enjoying an after supper chat with friends was summoned to tbe phone. The call was from his house, and he did not recognize the voice at the other end of tbe wire. He w-as soon enlightened, for the man Informed him that he was a prisoner whom the judge had sentenced several months before and who had just escaped from prison. The outlaw told the judge that he intended to kill his daughter and escape. The father heard his daughter's voice at the phone, and then tbe convict took her place and tauntingly declared that lier end was near. A pistol shot rang out. and the judge staggered back from the telephone, covering his face with his hands. Meantime, in the lonely country house; a battle raged, for the butler returning to the bouse, discovered Mary's danger, and tbe pistol was fired as he seized the desperado. „After a hard struirgle. he crawled to tbe phone and , told tbe frantic father that bis daughter was safe. As tbe girl watched the struggle and knew that this servant, whose affection for her she had long known, was risking bis life for her, the liking which she had alwa.vs had grew stronger, and she realized that she loved him, even though the barrier of social position separated them. The judge arrived at his home and the convict was taken away to prison, but the father was confronted with a great problem, for he realized that although his daughter loved the butler, that the barrier of caste separated them and that the future would hold much unhappiness In store for them if they married. It was the butler who solved the problem. Bravely he explained to the judge and his daughter tliat he felt his presence in their home would be no longer wise, and with a smiling face, which belied a breaking heart, he went forward into the world, treasuring forever a parting glance from the woman whom he loved but could never wed. BRONCHO. ROMANCE OF STINSHINE ALLET (Jan. 28).— Jimmy Mullen, a bootblack, secretly admires Mary Denton, a factory girl of Sunshine Alley. He rescues her from a gang of loafers, putting up a fight with the ringleader. The fight is witnessed by Bill Cross, a fight promoter, who is always on the lookout for new material, and sees a wonderful future in Jimmy. Jimmy is arrested and when Mary explains to the judge why Jimmy was fighting, tbe judge paroles Jimmy in Mary's care. Mary has an invalid mother, for whom she Is very anxious to buy an invalid's chair. Jimmy, when approached by Bill Cross to go into training, breaks bis promise not to fight, so as to get money to help Mary buy the chair for her mother. The fight is witnessed by tbe judge who sentenced Jimmy. When Jimmy is brought before him for having broken hia parole he remembers the ardous fight that Jimmy put up. When Bill Cross explains to the judge that Jimmy went into the fight just for the money because Mary needed it. he sentences Jimmy to either marriage with Mary or ten years In jail. DOMINO. THE PRIMirrVE CALL (3 parts— Jan. 15),— Bored by tbe conventionalities of society and the conditions that existed in his own particular circle, Roland Van Dyke develops melancholia, much to tbe distress of his mother. Roland is ordered on a long sea voyage: the ship is wrecked and he is cast upon a cannibal island. His strugsle with several wild men is witnessed by a wibl girl, who. attracted and fascinated by tbe strange new creature, helps him to get away from his foes. Roland, half frenzied from loneliness for human company, starts to follow the wild girl and she eludes him. He tries to charm ber by playing the flute, which he had learned aboard the s'ip. His efforts are successful and they take up their abode togef'er. Two years later, some sailors looking for wjiter sight the signal that Roland has fived and tl'-ey offer to take him back to civilization. On arriving home, lie finds his mother has died of grief at his loss, and her property given to the girl Roland was to have married, but who is now married to Roland's cousin. Roland finds that be cannot return to the old life, so after a settlenient with the girl. Edith, be takes a few thousand dollars and returns to his wild girl, who is now the mother of a child. KAY-BEE. THE CIRCLE OF FATE (2 parts— Jan. 16).— Antone Tojetti and his pretty daug'iter, Maria, are street musicians in Venice. John Strom, an American millionaire, makes love to Maria, and finally persuades her to leave for America with him. Her father sees them just as they are leaving, but she wMl not return to him. Two years later, Maria, abandoned by John, returns to her father, who has now become a guide in tbe mountains. She dies and Antone vows vengeance. Some time after this. John Strom, now married, is touring Europe and he and his party seek a guide to visit Vesuvius. Antone takes the position. John not recognizing in him the father of Maria. They make the ascent at night and when they have arrived at the top, Antone tells Strom that from another angle a better view can be had. When Antone and Strom have reached this point. Antone makes himself known, tells him what has happened to Maria and that he Is going to push him into the crater. Strom Is horrified, but Antone with the madness of a wild man, hurls bira into tbe burning mass. His tH)dy In the descent falls in front of his wife and the remainder of the party, who are Iforror stricken as they see his agonized j face pleading with tbem from the mass below. RELIANCE. SLIM HOG-VN'S GETAWAY (Jan. 12).— Slim Hogan, a gangster, earns tbe gratitude of Jane Gray, a young seamstress, by saving her and her old father from an attack by the gang. The old man is badly Injured, and is assisted home by Slim. Jane is grateful, but Slim mistakes her gratitude ' for love. Doctor West, who calls frequently to see.] the old man. wins Jane's heart. Slim and the gang , get into trouble, and are pursued b.v the police. Slim, cornered and at bay. shoots one of them, but j Is still pursued by otlier police. He manages to elude tl'ein, and asks Jane to bide him in her flat. Jane's sense of gratitude Is too strong to resist his plea. They hear someone coming and Jane