Show f eweul ew novelized from the notion lotion picture play of the same name by george kleine 1916 by adelaide Adel tlde U X SYNOPSIS Iler pont stafford with lila film daughter laut fliter gloria flor lit la Is wintering at beach gloria ls Is 4 vivacious but willful vill fill mounir ung lady t fat under the g hand of at from whom she bhe repeatedly esca ea liar her chialdi sh capers cause e a uso dounn doctor royce to fall in love lova wit with pung her coinIng lost last in the everglades sho she falls into the hands bandai of tn tha seminole indians indian glor gloria alpe falls ln in love with her rescuer re cuer fre mottu five years yeara later she be leavas be hool und meets frineau at abe theater he h has han forgotten or KOtten gloria later lar freneau Irene tiu per ballem liar her to forgive alint glorias wit nl ter er ln in law lots lol becomer bec omea intensely anten sely jeal ous oua and doctor aloyce ilsc discovers aver a in tier her an ally freneau takes leave leava of gloria no ablio BOPS aces from lier liar window an a attack t tack made upon ulna hini doctor llorca convince tier it la in delirium A tele genin followed by a letter comes from drom ti freneau lr eneau reneau she bhe replies but her telegrams are returned sho sha nc ac 01 dently seen to tho supposed suicide of ive neau report reported in the tha paper gloria sweat to find the murderer royce tells tella what ha knows of breneau lr Vi eneau reneau to 0 o mr stafford glovia to insists on going to palm hench beach hh she sees ee there lie he leavea fr the nortis north she la Is recognized by tier her onetime one time captor the young indian chief ile he tells tell hor that royce and not Freni 1 reneau jait was wa liar her rescuer at that time giorla attends night ourt court she blie seen there also tile lie I 1 mp who attacked Ii reneau but judg fudeo na krchman am an r rele I 1 ases h him m ahe bl follows tit lie a tramp when he leaves tile the court she bho finds herself in a low saloon aloon dance danca hall and Is detected by one of tile the patrons afta m hla his partner doctor aloyce however foli lowa to we her and when whan he attempts attempt a a L rescue e alls its down a rt riot t on their heu libuda d the e I 1 hall ll 11 I 1 IW la raided ao and nil tho thai crowd including gloria and y 1 la s arrested and taken atil before judge judge eri i an the newspapers pera f fat attire glorias arrest reporters burrt round casimir arrives with the hild child gloria promised prom laed to sha d era to take tahe Capil wife to the Z s tafford stafford home she follows tr trask as k and lands on a h houseboat 0 to tn hear bear him accused of ireneaus Fre murder baa confronts onta film lie but slie alio ties him up and escapes dy by many stages she ehe arrives at home in the yacht gloris and tho men pursue the barg barca trunk trask fares on them s as they near h him I 1 m in the he tight light that follow 1 8 trask Is in andly wounded ile he la Is taken to tho Star stafford rord bif royce anile endeavors ile avora to return to lnla tier her letters to rr freneau eneau durin a playful scuffle gloria as ea and recognizes reco enles tha envelop eighteenth EPISODE tho the bitter truth the distress of jealousy that gloria relt nt at tho the thought of 0 doctor flailing arid and waving at so nicolle elo lind had lind had it pleasant tang for is a phase of love but now gloria stared mared sit at royce with abhorrence lie iio was us repulsive in tier her eye cieus sas lie run ran toward tier her in pursuit of the hoy boy stas then checked himself und watched tier lier with guilty blien lio lie saw she the envelope lu in tier her hands gorla gloria soni sent tile hoy boy uway told him to rin to lila his mother sim sho to bo be rid fill of hi film ni abr the titue give me inc tho the envelope gloria bloyce ded olvo it to youl gloria cried what right limu havo lim u you to it I 1 know orv whose it wits was I 1 know that it was wan dicks Ulc kt therefore it Is 13 mine antl ami im going to keep keel it Il Il billetter letter titter liot lie ho nerod lili its fac in such a panic that lila his hut but ml fell irom from ills his hand ile ho stooped to pick it up 0 tits his back to gloria the envelope she held had suddenly revived tier her memories luero orka us clear as reality pitr first memory was of the in her room when hen she snatched tile envelope from dick preleau anti anil teased jilin him with tt it never what it e d next nest silo bhe saw aw anew that scene in front ot of sol titers and sall sailors ors which dhe he hall hail wit witnessed nessel ahr through the once she the tha nAnu ment in the moonlight arid the tile the man lunn in evening drew drees with his hl collur up and its hla hat in the juen tile tho eipl martinco ear tinco of trask the unexpected col ning of 0 dirla freneau Jr Pren eneau enu hla his pause to light lil 1 while gloria from afar helplessly watched the assassin creep creel up on litin and throttle him to t lentil trask vanished tin and the r come came by again stumbled over dicks hody body knelt listened to tits ills hear heartbeat theat then satisfied of 0 his death ghoulishly drifted rifted tits his pockets and took from thern them tills this very fry envelope that hall como come back bach lit into tier her hands BO curiously through tho the prank drunk of at 11 mischievous child into tile the vivid tableau of that memory the kneeling figure of doctor royce fitted tu to perfection gloria lind had ft a sudden intuition that she bho understood the truth lit at last docor decor royce had told tier her that tier her vision wits was delirium because it was himself that she lind seen been all hla his devotion deot lon now took look on a new and hideous look lie ile had not eared cured for her ber ile hi had meant only to blind hir her tin and divert tier her front from lie her r revenge lie had nearly succeeded she lind had frit fretted tell away anway lier hr time she se had teller ildved d tho the indian chief who sold bidd that it was etoye and not fre leau who battled buti bati I 1 for her in r find saved her she hall had allowed A herself to think disloyally ot of her deal deai lover silo sho would exact double for that she sit at once on the kneel ins ing royce and cried out upon himi him it was wag you ini theril then I 1 you of till nil the IH people ople in tho world I 1 I 1 see you sou now na as plainly as n I 1 did that night only I 1 ivas ng twi too foolish to suspect you sou want do you mean royce disked 1 I mean that you tint had a eliare in the murder r of 0 my poor lover you hired that beast trask and an you PU vent there to make sure lie did hia its work well ivell gloria glorial gloria 1 royce sighed so BO deep and ami honest a sorrow in ills iila face that was staggered stagger td but only for a moment ifer her wrath carried tier her on you made it fool of me for a long time hut but you were ere too clover clever too long tind mid now I 1 know kno I 1 know a little tit at least aind im going to know more why did you ou kill my dick 1 11 I want to kill him gloria I 1 lilies knew how you ou loved loed him and I 1 would have given lii my lifo alf to keep you ou front from pain then us its now youve got to be lleo nic inc ll nelleva elleve you when you told nie me that nil all I 1 saw ra wits as deliff lim when iou drugged tile mo that night in tho the hope that I 1 would forget when you dragged ills his boily body away and throw it in the river ugh the horrible brutality of it ill too false even cn for you to to ile be hove gloria royce protested 11 1 did tint not drag lila it body away und and you ou know it it r know nothing of tile tho sort I 1 fainted ns as you ou stole this from its ills lody body do you ou deny that you iou did thiet royce stood trembling with confusion gloria tool took hla his silence for it confession sliu she quivered before mhd confirmation of tier her charge cli arge from froin tier her wink weak hand tho the envelope slipped As sho she bent to recover it ono one of th tho 0 letters fell out and the breeze blew afew it cr crisply llly away opening it na its it fluttered she caught it tit nt the edge of nf th crool site she could riot not hi hup 11 reading it lit at a glance blanco the handwriting she recognized without tho kid of the dg denature nature iler her brain almost refused to accept ept what tier her eyes behold beheld beloved HelO Ted dick dont liate hate me for compelling you to make win trip but I 1 am frantic with Jen jealousy lousy of gloria and if you foil fall me I 1 will to do something desperate your alluring adoring and once adored LOIS gloria dropped on a marble bench beach while the ground seemed to he be shaken beneath lur her so freneau had bad planned to make n journey with lola it wits plainly at lols demand yet he hall consented and arranged to go TIB the story prank frank told her lind been it II lie ile too toi freneau Imi pu imd had hall tin nn affair with lols with tile tho wife of Cl glorias orlas own br brother otherl I 1 this treachery trench cry in tier own household like a nausea ninis cn it sickened her ber silo turned to royce lloyce no longer loneer demanding but appl allag in heavens name tell tile ine the truth royce felt that the time fline wits over for deel deception eption the truth could nut not hurt florla than appearances you have the truth gloria or nn its of it us I 1 know I 1 tried to lo keep it front from you bemuse because you lit and 11 nd aydn yo u were vw young und and I 1 wits afraid that the ugly reality would kill you while you were still very ill with I 1 stumbled on 11 tit tam fact that freneau was wag currying carrying on till nil arrall with with the woman tin the wrote wretched led woman who wrote that hint letter I 1 happened to over overhear hur litell tell tier her to meet him tit at midnight tit nt ill the pay illon the I 1 find known that lint lie wit was 4 a scoundrel and lind find always been it roue hut but you ou lind hall loved illin so RO I 1 had begged nat to play piny fair with you and lie he had promised when I 1 heard hint him make that rendezvous with ith with that woman I 1 went vent right ro rn lilan will told him abat I 1 knew of lii it lie scheme heine me I 1 demanded that lie he break on off the affair ile hides th the womans comans husband was wag one of my iny dearest friends and 1 I r wanted to protect tits his lionte tia as well as your heart frenena Fren enu laughed nt at rny my earnestness arid ridiculed tile nit resented entea my iny interference called nio me meddler and it busybody I 1 told him in I 1 would prevent tits his treachery at all costs I 1 took my revolver with in me I 1 mean to kill him the Te revolver volver was wag not even loaded hut but I 1 intended to frighten him with it 1 I never neer dreamed of mirse course that th the e b binoculars Inoc ulars I 1 gave you yon to amuse yourself with would give you a sight of tile whole tragedy I 1 waited and waited for Fre frelent nent to appear at last I 1 walked down tile the drive expecting ng to met meet M et himi found his body lying lit in tho the snow I 1 knelt down and listened list ned to n his film heart it was still lie was dead beyond all rescue 1 I raw baw lint envelope in hit his rocket pocket I 1 know what wat was tit in it but was wa 4 afraid of what it nil might ht contain I 1 imagined tile tho police discovering him anti and the newspapers publishing what was found on tits his person before I 1 realized what I 1 aia vs doing I 1 took the envelope I 1 somebody coming along the drive I 1 know who it was I 1 dont know now but bat I 1 TUB iran uway away when I 1 got back to my office I 1 got wo word rd that your our nurse had culled called me I 1 ran to your house you tot told me you had seen tho the murder done yon yol had bad seen me without recognizing me inc I 1 tot told you it was a delirium like tile the other you had had I 1 looked through t lie binoculars when I 1 went out on the drive Fre ireneaus body was gone 1 was dumfounded duin dum founded I 1 utmost almost believed that I 1 had imagined the whole thing luy self 1 I went to the pavilion there I 1 saw aw n woman the aroi woman nan hafting wafting for fro fre neau I 1 told her that lie had been N 1 l k k V 1 j s dont tell me any more lle lies judge 11 killed she PIP was frantic with grief I 1 bent it lii li it i home and went back to you you were in ID a state of hysteria I 1 gave ave you a drug to lo keep you from losing you mind 1 I had no idea then tind and have none now us its to fo the murderers name or tile the jamo anine of tho the mun mint who took the lie body away I 1 hall had never seen been this man trask till you pointed him out to roe me I 1 cant what grudge lie had against freneau or whether lie he disposed of the body or not lie ile Is your captive now mil find I 1 intend to do all I 1 can to get tho the truth from him 1 I ought never to have tried to de calvn you even fr our own wood the truth Is a dangerous dang crout tiling thing to tamper with ith 1 I it now but my illy only guilt was it a longing to protect you it was my love that led me to hoodwink you and nu r my lovo love must i ar n r tho punishment I 1 glorias mind was not too busy bug r with mith its own thi hta to laced the profound devotion of his tone iler heart toward him bilm a little fina and once more freneau was waa on trial before her soul BOUL but all she said fluid was the file night courtl court I 1 judge freeman let trask RO go lie ile tried to persuade tile B not to pursue him again what reason did lit hi have ile HP must have known trask ilus flus rot got to tell the truth 11 all II knowledg of judge freemans freemanb Fre emans actions or his big motives lie saw judge freneau Kr enu coill ing into the driveway lit in his him car ile hi raw the judges juila Ju ilc laughter daughter lols lola greet him gloria saw him too loo anti anil sit alif did not wait site glared at lola with savage distrust and curtly demanded demun ded it 11 word frota the judge jiul she beckoned 1 honed to him and walked away anti and the old jurist followed follow d be her like it guilty till lad going to his film punishment gloria moved awny anny to a secluded bench in a hered nook tin an exquisite irp clan inclosure more bulted to a courtship thun than to tin nn inquisition into a crimp crime borla the hr judge e to sit down low title mude made puro fure nobody wits was within sight or hearing then sliu site throw off on till all pretence predence pre tence of respect fur for ago age anti and seizing the old mail by tile lapels of tits lifs colit nt film dim now you speak you tire lire RO go liik ing to tell nio why you let the murderer of dick freneau go freo free you are going it tell me you ou know about him I 1 run can only think of one reason you know that your daughter wits going to run ran away with him and you ou lind find him put out of the wey it wits you ou and nobody else that hired trask and that hint Is 14 why you sent kent him awny when lie happened to be brought into your court judge Fir venion smiled drearily nt at the accusation ile he shook tits his head no my child you cant fasten a murder on oil me and once more I 1 advise you ou to keep keel your our pretty tin nn gers gern out jut of the fire it if you dont destroy homebody who Is very dear to you i ou dont tell rue me tiny more lies hex judge or burn your own lingers fingers you dont know how much I 1 have found ol 01 out it better tell roe me what you sou know or aull destroy your our own daughter for david will divorce tier her w when lien bo be learns how false she elie lias has been to him david knowal david knewl the judge retorted driven to buy bay by glorias manner gloria laughed tit at this do you suppose that my brother would tolerate tier her presence hero here tit at his side if lie he knew looks there they are together she pointed to a distant hilltop where david stood with his arm about tits |