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Flaming Barriers Synopsis

Patrick Malone, owner of the Malone Truck Company and inventor of a fire-fighting apparatus, seeks financial aid from local banker Joseph Pickens, who, hoping to control the manufacture of these machines, sends for a man to assist him. Sam Barton arrives. He is impressed with Malone's innovative fire truck, falls in love with his daughter, Jerry Malone, and refuses to enter into Pickens's scheme. During a visit of neighboring fire chiefs, a fire breaks out, and Sam and Jerry are able to prove the value of the apparatus by dousing a burning bridge, thereby saving the lives of hundreds of people. This act promotes the sale of a number of firetrucks and brings happiness to Malone, his daughter, and Sam.

A Celebrated Case Synopsis

Foster sister of the Duchess d'Aubeterre, Madeline, marries Jean Renaud, a French soldier, and has a daughter named Adrienne. Five years later, on a battlefield, Renaud is entrusted by the Count de Moray with jewels and papers proving that Adrienne is his heir. After Moray's death, Renaud gives everything to Madeline and then returns to the battle. Lazarre, who had followed Renaud, then goes to Madeline and demands the jewels. Madeline's refusal awakens Adrienne, but Madeline quiets her by saying that her father is home. When Madeline still refuses Lazarre's request, he stabs her. Later, Adrienne tells the neighbors that her father had just been with her mother. Renaud is sentenced to prison for life, after which the Duchess adopts Adrienne. Many years later, Adrienne re-encounters her father and eventually the true murderer is revealed and Renaud is pardoned.