The oldest of five daughters of a small town newspaper owner, Abby Hopkins is urged by her family to marry the wealthy, twice-widowed J. B. Hanks. Abby leaves Hanks on the night of the ...

A ruthless, miserly millionaire wakes up one day and finds that a quarantine sign reading "Danger Within!" has been tacked onto the front door of his mansion, and guards have been stationed outside to make sure that no one enters or leaves the building. The only other person in the house is Dolly, his chief clerk's six-year-old daughter, who went into the house out of curiosity just before it was quarantined.

A propagandistic view of the First World War, showing the political greed of the German Kaiser Wilhelm, the resistance of some of his own soldiers, and fanciful prediction of the nature of ...

After the death of her father, a young girl goes to live with her uncle in Kentucky. She immediately comes into conflict with her uncle's shrewish wife.

Danny, the driver of a brewery wagon, marries Mamie. Soon after, Mamie becomes infatuated with the artist Gaston Bouvais. When Marie gives birth to Daisy May, Danny is led to believe, at the hospital, that the child is not his. Shattered, he embarks upon a life of drinking and carousing. Nevertheless, he loves the little girl, and as she grows up, Daisy May joins him on the brewery wagon. On one of these trips, Danny drinks too much, loses control of his horses and in the melee, Daisy May is injured. Meanwhile, Bouvais has finally convinced Mamie to run away with him, but Danny's accident finally awakens in her the love she feels for him, and she refuses to go. Rejected, Bouvais then marries another woman and happiness is restored to Danny and Mamie. When they reconcile, Daisy May recovers and Danny embarks upon the new career of driving a milk wagon.

Judge Thurman begrudges the small amount necessary to send his niece, Dora Flynn, to college. He is absolutely heartless in his business associations and refuses to help Thos. Hardy, who is president of a bank, and this causes Hardy to kill himself. Attending the same college with Dora is Thos. Hardy's son, Alan, and the two have married secretly. Alan is summoned home by the death of his father and wires Dora of this. She is unable to keep her secret, and it reaches the ears of the principal, who dismisses her. She is afraid to return to her uncle, and obtains employment in the city. Alan learns of the part the judge played in the death of his father and vows to break the old man. He is successful, and it is a bitter effort for the judge to seek favor from the younger man. Meantime, Dora is unable to win a livelihood for herself and baby, and places it on her uncle's doorstep. Later she asks him to allow her to return home in the role of servant. The child, Bessie, has secured a place for herself in the heart of the judge. Alan comes to make a proposition to the judge regarding his financial position, and for the first time sees Dora. The judge is astounded at this revelation and pleads with the two to allow the child to remain. Alan is obdurate, and the three leave, but have only gone a short distance when Dora persuades Alan to return.

After being abandoned by her mother and adopted by Dr.McLean, little Johanna grows into an attractive young woman. She falls in love with medical student Gerald, but trouble ensues for both when the naive fellow falls for an older woman, who turns out to be Johanna's long lost mother. Now it is up to the kindly doctor to bring Johanna and Gerald back together.

Polly Vance is at a loss as to where to get the next day's food. The children scream, "Polly, put the kettle on," but she finds only a few tea leaves. The kids are disappointed when they find no jam. Polly, though only eighteen, has been mothering these children a long time. Polly enters her father's workroom, where he is poring over the plans for the invention which he is confident will bring them riches. He becomes irritated when Polly reminds him of their poverty, and she leaves the room. Polly obtains a position with Johanna Webb, a spinster. Chester Creigg, Miss Webb's nephew, has completed his preparations for leaving home. He is returning to college, this being his finishing year. Chester is impressed with Polly's good looks and there seems to be a mutual attraction. After some weeks Polly is overjoyed to learn that Chester is coming home. Chester has been awarded a prize at college for writing the best play. In the meantime Vance, Polly's father, has completed his invention. He takes the model to a well-known manufacturer, only to be told that the invention is already on the market. Chester has a tilt with his aunt because he will not submit to her arrangement for him to enter a bank, as he has chosen play-writing for his profession, and she disinherits him. Polly comes in with some wool and the old lady finds it is not the right color. Chester listens as the spinster scolds Polly. Polly is told to leave, and they go off together. Chester cannot convince Polly that it is the proper thing for her to allow him to help her until she gets another job. As he walks aimlessly on he is attracted by an excited crowd. He finds a man has fallen and been injured. He takes him home and has the doctor called. Polly comes home and finds Chester at her father's bedside. She is overcome with emotion at his goodness. Later Chester prevails on Polly to allow him to send her to the hospital for training as a nurse. While she is there Chester takes care of the family, though he is hard up, not having sold any of his plays. On a visit to Polly's house he finds a fire started accidentally by one of the children. He is overcome by an explosion of the father's chemicals and is taken to the hospital, after risking his life in rescuing the children. One of the neighbors comes to the hospital and tells Polly she will care for the children if Polly will nurse Chester. Chester is made blind by the fire. Polly feels it is incumbent upon her to help him, so she secretly goes to the old aunt and tells her of her nephew's plight. She says that Chester has sworn not to touch a cent of hers. They hit upon the plan to tell Chester his aunt has suddenly died, leaving all her wealth to him. In this way he is brought to her old home with Polly as his nurse. Polly in the meantime has sent his finished play to a play-broker. A friend of Chester's, Pendleton, a famous oculist, comes rushing in his old boyish fashion and brings the newspaper speaking of the great new play, "Polly Put the Kettle On," and of the mystery surrounding the identity of the author. Of course, it is Chester's play, and he bemoans the fate that makes it impossible for him to see his first play. Pendleton suggests an operation. Polly takes care of the patient. Her sweet face is the first thing that greets Chester's restored vision. He is too overcome for words. But he finds the speech when he sees his aunt Johanna. Her spirit has been refined in the fires of adversity, and there is a happy reunion.

In 19th-century France, young, single and wealthy Bettina is pursued by dozens of young men, but she believes that they're interested more in her money than in her and rejects them all. Young army Lt. Jean Reynaud meets her and falls for her without knowing how wealthy she is; when he finally finds out, he is afraid that, because of her high social status and his low one, he'll be perceived to be just another gold-digger, and his sense of honor won't permit that, so he turns her away. She, however, doesn't want to be turned away, and he finds the tables turned when she pursues him.

On a lonely island, several miles from shore, lived a lighthouse keeper and his assistant, Dan. The loneliness of his life prematurely aged the keeper. One evening during the monotonous routine of caring for the lights, he observed a storm breaking, and throughout the night the keeper and his assistant kept a watchful vigil. With the dawn, the storm broke. Through his marine glasses the keeper scanned the shore in search of wreckage. Close to the island he discovered a few spars thrown roughly together drifting inward with the tide. Hastening to the beach he discovered a tiny form lashed to the raft. Wading out, he found a little girl half unconscious. Dan, his assistant, hurried to him, and as the keeper carried the child ashore, the younger man noticed a bottle drop from the raft. Picking this up, he discovered that it contained papers, and after breaking the bottle he found this to consist of some letters and a will identifying the child. The little girl was taken to the lighthouse and Dan was sent ashore to purchase clothing for her. She and the old keeper soon became boon companions, and as the years went on, he was no longer lonely. During the day time, she played upon the sands and rocks, making toys of the sea weed and the many vari-colored shells. Near the island there lived a family of fisher-folk, and with them a boy a few years older than the little girl. This lad, Edgar Reynolds, had been a pet of the old lighthouse keeper since his babyhood, and he and little Mary soon became close playmates. Later he went away to school, and finally to college. During all of this time, Dan laid his plans to woo and win Mary, and thus gain control of her inheritance. When Edgar returns from school and renews his boyhood love affair with Mary, Dan decides to put him out of the way. Later, when rowing Edgar to the mainland, Dan suddenly attacks him. Dan is thrown into the sea and Edgar returns to the island. During the scrimmage some of the papers which Dan had continuously carried with him, dropped from his pocket and thus Edgar discovered that his sweetheart was an heiress. Soon after they married and went away to make their home in a distant city. The old keeper was urged to go with them, but he preferred to remain at his post. The story closes as the old man makes his way up the lighthouse stairs, lights the lights, as he has done throughout the years, and returns to the living room to sit in loneliness before the empty hearth.

A five-year-old girl's father, a prospector, lies dying in their cabin in the woods. He sends the girl for a doctor, and she climbs on his horse and rides off to save her father. However, a passing Indian war party spots her and gives chase. She must outrun the Indians and make it to town to get help for her dying dad.