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88 TECHNIQUE OF THE PHOTOPLAY tions. (a) Frank and Paul desire to marry Mary. (b) Frank has knowledge of Paul's father's indiscretio—. (c) He uses this knowledge to dispose of his rival. (d) Paul's father, not knowing this, upbraids him for a laggard in love. That is doing much better, but we have only started on our search for the punch. Paul knows of some grave reason why Frank should not marry Mary, yet he dares not use his knowledge to warn the woman he loves. To tell that Frank is addicted to the morphine habit will be to bring ruin and death to his father. Not to tell will bring lifelong misery to the girl. Now let the old man know these facts about Frank as well as Paul and let him be eager to warn Mary himself since it seems that Paul will not. Paul knows that to tell him of his own knowl- edge of the affairs at the bank and of Frank's possession of the facts will be almost as bad as a general exposure. He seeks to prevent his father from telling Mary without giving his reasons why. That is better, but there is more yet. The father determines to take the situation into his own hands. He starts for Mary's house. On the way he meets Frank. Frank guesses his errand and warns him that if he tells Mary he will do so at the cost of his own exposure. The old man is badly shaken, but he argues that the happiness of Paul and Mary is of greater importance than his own short- lived happiness. No longer with hot eagerness, but with slow determined steps, the old man continues on his way while Frank goes in search of the President of the bank. The duty done, the old man goes home and prepares for the suicide that will take him beyond the reach of human justic. He is writing a farewell note to Paul when the latter bursts into the room with the news that Frank was struck by an engine while crossing the railroad tracks. Here the story might stop, but there is one more possible development. Paul sees the letter of farewell and realizes the situation and the sacrifice that his father has made for him. The slight anger of the past few weeks vanishes. More than ever they are father and son. Now from the simple start that two men want to marry the same girl, we have evolved these complications of the punch. (a) Frank and Paul desire to marry Mary. (b) Frank discovers the peculations. (c) Frank threatens Paul with the exposure of the father. (d) Paul renounces Mary for his father's sake. (e) The father quarrels with Paul over his failure to urge his suit. (f) Paul knows Frank to be a drug fiend but dares not tell. (g) The father discovers Frank's habit and urges Paul to tell, (h) He decides to warn the girl himself since Paul will not. (i) Frank discovers his purpose and threatens him with exposure. (j) For the sake of Paul and Mary, the old man persists in telling.