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The Tell-Tale Step Synopsis

Giovanni Pallazzi, a former member of the Black Hand, an Italian criminal organization, comes to America with his blind daughter Lucia and prospers. Hearing of his success, his former associates demand that he aid in their support. Giovanni refuses, and the organization decrees that he must die. Luigi, the leader, comes to America and tries to force Lucia to marry him, but she refuses. While praying one night, her father is killed. Though blind, her hearing is acute and she notices a peculiar cadence in the walk of her father's slayer. Luigi now takes charge and forces her into the street to play her violin for gratuities. After she is picked up by the prosecuting attorney, her eyesight is restored by physicians. When the police apprehend Luigi, Lucia puts on a blindfold and is able to identify him as her father's killer by the sound of his step.

Devotion Synopsis

Society matron Mrs. Wayne announces her daughter Marian's marriage to Teddy Grandin, a man of position, and hopes that Ruth, her other daughter, will marry wealthy Stephen Bond. However, Ruth disappoints her mother and marries commoner Robert Trent. Later, escaped convict Jim Marsh finds his ex-wife, Lucy, remarried to a wealthy man, but she agrees to hide him if he does not harm her child. When Robert loses his job and finds Ruth wearing expensive attire supplied by Marian, he accuses his wife of having an affair with Stephen. After Jim is shot by police, Lucy hurries to Robert's apartment, where she identifies Stephen as the father of her child. Robert realizes that Ruth has been faithful and both couples are reconciled.