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The Master Man Synopsis

Attorney General Emanuel Blake, who controls the state's political machine, sends McCullough Davenport to steal a document from Governor Wheeler that can ruin Blake and iron magnate George R. Vanter. After Davenport kills the governor, Blake arranges evidence to pin the murder on State Senator Mitchell Murray. When Vanter marries his ward, Janice Ritter, whom both Blake and Murray love, Janice's father, in a crazed state, poisons Vanter. To defeat Murray's labor bill, Blake leaks his "evidence" concerning Murray, but during questioning, Davenport implicates Blake. Blake has himself committed to a sanitarium run by his cohorts, and he leaves when they report his death. While working at the iron mill, Blake learns about the worker's life. When Janice is tried for murdering Vanter, Blake pulls strings to become a juror, and after seeing a vision, he acknowledges his responsibility for Wheeler's murder and proves Janice's innocence. Although Janice wants him to escape with her, Blake says he has to pay his debt to society, and urges her to help working people.

The Unfortunate Marriage Synopsis

At the request of her dying father, heiress Laura Fairlie marries Sir Percival Glyde, despite her love for Walter Hartridge and the warnings of Ann Catherick, a half-witted girl who bears a striking resemblance to Laura. After the marriage, Glyde schemes to appropriate his wife's money. When he learns that Ann has escaped from an asylum and has perished, Glyde takes Laura to the asylum and commits her, claiming that she is Ann. He then informs everyone that his wife had died, and buries the body of the insane woman in her place. Walter and Laura's half sister, Marian Halcombe, become suspicious, however, and remembering Ann's previous warnings, discover what Glyde has done. After Glyde meets his death in a fire, Walter rescues Laura and the two lovers are reunited.