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Fires of Conscience Synopsis

George Baxter presents his new wife, Margery. Paul Sneed, Baxter's neighbor, knew Margery before the marriage. When Baxter returns home unexpectedly one night, he finds Sneed and his wife together. As Sneed runs away, Baxter shoots and kills him. Both Margery and Sneed's father, Judge Randolph Sneed, witness the shooting. Baxter flees the town and takes a train west, where he goes to work in a mining camp. Meanwhile, his wife commits suicide. At the mining camp, Baxter meets a dance hall singer named Nell Blythe. She recognizes something is bothering Baxter and begs him to go back east and face whatever trouble he is in. Baxter returns east, and surrenders to his father, who is the police chief. During the trial, Judge Randolph Sneed presides, and ultimately tells the jury that he witnessed the shooting, that this is a case of "unwritten law," and that Baxter should not be found guilty. Baxter returns west and proposes to Nell.

Ready Money Synopsis

Steve Baird travels West, and with miner Mike Reardon, buys an abandoned mine called The Skyrocket. Hoping to raise money to cover his notes, Steve goes to New York where he meets forger Jackson Ives. Ives gives Steve $50,000 in counterfeit money for stock in the mine just before the notes are due. When Grace Tyler and other wealthy friends see the money they also buy stock, believing that Steve is a success. Meanwhile, neighboring mine owner James Morgan discovers that The Skyrocket contains gold, and he sets off an explosion, hoping to kill Mike before he discovers it. Instead of killing Mike, the explosion uncovers the gold and everyone becomes wealthy, including Ives who now has the money to make his forgeries good. At the end, Steve and Grace are married with Ives as best man.