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The Siren's Song Synopsis

A young man, who comes to the big city to make his way in the world, has been unfortunate in securing employment. At last he receives a position with a bank. Through his limited knowledge of the world he is used by his employers as a tool to dupe patrons into purchasing worthless stock. Fearing detection, the employers make their "getaway," and leave the clerk to face the rioting depositors. The young man is arrested and sentenced to serve four years in prison. His prison life ended, he adopts the name of John Grey and decides to go to a foreign country. On board the steamer he meets Blake, the former bank president, and his confederate, Helen Granger. Grey becomes so embittered against Blake that he awaits an opportunity to demand reparation. Late at night he finds Blake on the deck alone and accosts him. There is a fight, at the termination of which Blake throws Grey overboard. After floating all night on a stray log, he is rescued by the crew of a fishing boat, who land him in a small village along the fishing banks, and he finds employment among the fishing folk. John Gordon's wife, a drug fiend, left him, and not having heard from her for several years, he again marries. The second union is blessed with a daughter, Katherine. While this happy family are visiting a summer resort, Gordon is confronted by his first wife. The shock of seeing her is so great that he suffers a heart attack and dies. His wife and daughter, knowing the truth, retire to the same village where John Grey has by this time endeared himself to the inhabitants. Helen Granger gains the confidence of the first wife and purchases her marriage certificate. Armed with this document and accompanied by Blake, she seeks the second Mrs. Gordon and attempts to blackmail her. Katherine, who is the affianced wife of John Grey, tells him of their predicament. Upon his discovery of who the plotters are, he secretly goes to the rooms occupied by Helen Granger to obtain the marriage certificate. He is discovered by Blake, who attacks him, and hearing the noise of the scuffle the adventuress enters the room. Grey, having secured the paper, is threatened with the exposure of his past life by his enemies. He tells them he will make a clean breast of the whole affair which would ultimately send Blake and his companion to prison. Realizing that he has the upper hand, the conspirators promise to leave town in the morning. This brings a happy ending to an interesting story.

Runaway Romany Synopsis

"Inky" Ames, theatrical press agent, through a fictitious story makes it appear that Anitra St. Clair, an actress, is the long lost daughter of Theodore True, the copper king. True accepts the actress as his daughter, and they, in answer to a telegram from Bud Haskel, representative in the west, decide to go westward immediately to inspect a newly-discovered copper mine. Bud Haskel is, incidentally, volunteer "school master" to the flower of a gypsy camp, Romany. The girl is loved by Zinga, son of the gypsy chief. Upon her father's threat to wed her to Zinga, Romany seeks the help of Bud, who aids her to escape. Zinga suspects Bud of conniving at Romany's escape and follows him constantly. Irking under the restraints of her new life, Anitra decides to give her former gayeties a whirl and finds in True's nephew Hobart, a willing assistant. She incurs the enmity of "Inky," who resolves to put True wise to the fact that the actress is not really his daughter. Romany, with the broader knowledge of life imparted to her by books, turns to her new world with keen expectancy, and is glad to receive Bud again at her first party. That same evening Romany discovers Hobart at his uncle's safe, but does not discover the fact that Hobart has extracted money from the strong box. Determined to make True see that he is being imposed upon by Anitra, "Inky" seeks out Bud Haskel, telling Bud that the actress is not True's daughter, and that he ("Inky") has cooked up a press stunt to advertise the show she was in. Zinga's persistent shadowing of Bud to uncover Romany's whereabouts succeeds at last. One development is that Romany writes a letter to True stating that she has been grateful to True and Haskel for their kindness, but that she must leave the True home; that she is broken hearted. Romany is then suspected of taking the money from True's safe, but after Anitra's deception is exposed to True, Hobart confesses to his uncle that he (Hobart) is the guilty one. Bud discovers Romany's whereabouts and persuades her to return to True's mansion. Bud also secures Zinga's release from prison, where he has been confined upon Zinga's assurance that he has a revelation to make to Mr. True. The gypsy tells True that Romany is really True's daughter; that when the girl grew up Zinga wanted her for himself. That the gypsies named her Romany. True is happy in the recovery of his daughter, and Bud and Romany plight their troth.