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The Hornet's Nest Synopsis

Nineteen-year-old Muriel Fletcher suspects her severe guardians, William and Freda Whitefield, of trying to rob her and her cousin, Fletcher Hempstead, of their inherited estate. For romance, and to find someone to help her, Muriel decides to drop her purse with a note inside inviting the retriever to return it, but when she sees Ashe Colvin helping an elderly lady across a busy street, she puts the purse in his hands. When Ashe meets Freda, he recognizes the woman who years earlier ruined his career as district attorney in a scandal. Muriel's lost cousin Fletcher, who was driven to forgery by the Whitefields and is now a burglar known as the "Hornet," takes refuge from the police with Ashe, who gets him to rob the Whitefield's safe of documents clearing Ashe's name of scandal and confirming Muriel and Fletcher's inheritance. After the police arrest Ashe, disguised as Fletcher, for the robbery, Fletcher makes Whitefield confess. Upon his release, Ashe embraces Muriel.

Marrying Money Synopsis

Ted Vandeveer, a lawyer without clients, receives notice that he has been included in his rich uncle's will, he and his partner, James Sweeney, are excited, then they find that Ted's cousin Archie inherited nearly everything. With the $700 left after paying their creditors, Ted and James go to a fashionable resort, where the hotel clerk mistakenly puts them in the exclusive suite reserved for Archie. Passing for a wealthy man, Ted attracts many eligible girls, among them Mildred Niles, the daughter of a wealthy broker. After Mildred and Ted become engaged, James encourages him to elope before the money runs out. When Mildred's father announces that he lost his fortune in the market, Mildred's mother persuades Mildred to elope before the news is known. Three days into their honeymoon, Mildred and Ted mutually confess their poverty and unable to pay their hotel bill, until Ted learns of a codicil to the will stating that he really inherited a million dollars. It was intentionally kept secret until he married so that no woman would marry him for money.