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Show SYNOPSIS OF "SIREN'S SOI" "The Siren's Song" tells a story of how a young man from a country town comes to New York and is en-veigled en-veigled in an illegitimate banking proposition. The schemers make their escape just in time to elude the duped depositors who make a run on the bank, wrecking it, and causing tho arrest of the country lad. He Is sentenced sen-tenced to four years Imprisonment after aft-er which he decides to begin rllfe anew in a foreign country. On board the steamer, he meets the couple that caused his downfall. After Aft-er a fierce battle he is thrown overboard over-board from an ocean-going steamer, (Falling seventy-five feet, into the water) after drifting all night, he is rescued by a fishing smack landed in a small New England Village. He secures employment and makes many friends among the inhabitants. His enemies, ignorant of his presence pres-ence In this village appear to blackmail black-mail a rich widow, who Is living with her .daughter in seclusion in this town. The hero hears of their presence, and knowing they mean no good, investigates, in-vestigates, and threatens to send them both to prison if they do not leave the village Immediately. They realize he has the upper hand and surrender There is also a beautiful love story entwined in "The Siren's Song" which gives it a sweet and pathetic touch. |