Paramount Press Books (1918)

For Exhibitor’s information or house organ; the players and the story of “THE SPIRIT OF ’17” THE PLAYERS. DAVY GLIDDEK Adj t. Glidden Mrs. Glidden Capt. Jerico Norton., John Edwards Mrs. Edwards Flora Edwards ....... Carl Bender Frank Schmale ....... Tom Brand Susan Brand ......... Thomas Lee Randall Lee Corporal Trimble . . , , Private Butler ..... JACK PICKFORD G. H. Geldert Edythe Chapman L. N. Wells Charles Arling Virginia Ware Katherine McDonald James Farley Seymour Hastings William Chester Helen Eddy John Burton Ashton Dearholt Tom Bates J, W. Johnson Director .Wm. D, Taylor THE STORY. Davy Glidden, son of Superintendent Glidden of the Old Soldiers* Home, is a patriotic, lovable youngster of about thirteen, fond of listening to the stories of the old soldiers, and an active member of the Boy Scouts. The Soldiers* Home is situated on the outskirts of a little western town, and not far from the Big Top Copper Mine. Davy's particular idol is Captain Jerico Norton, an old soldier of about seventy-five years, who still retains his military bearing and is a leader among the others. He loves nothing better than to regale Davy wth tales of the Civil and Spanish American wars, in both of which he was a volunteer. One day Mrs. John Edwards and her daughter Flora, wife and daughter of the Superintendent of the mine, arrive at the Home to pay Mrs. Glidden a visit. Davy is secretly overjoyed, for he has long worshipped Flora from afar although she is a much older girl than himself. They two walk about the grounds and listen to the Captain's stories while their mothers are talking. The Captain's stories are often about spies these days, and it is possibly that fact which arouses Davy's suspicions that evening when he sees two men skulking about in the vicinity of the mine. A little later he sees an aeroplane rise from the very spot where he heard the men. Hurrying back to the Captain, Davy tells him what he has seen and the two plan to watch from the same spot the following night. 19