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The Wreck of the Hesperus Synopsis

About a poem of Longfellow. The skipper of a ship took his daughter along for company on ill fated voyage. The skipper tied his daughter to the mast so she wouldn't be sweep over board during a hurricane. She called out to her father as he and the ship washed ashore. A fisherman discovered the wreck the next morning with the daughter still tied to the mast. All aboard were dead.

The Eagle Synopsis

After his mother's death, John Gregory becomes the "Eagle," a thief determined to get even with the mining company that stole his family's fortune. No one suspects that he is a bandit, not even Lucy, the girl he loves, and her brother Bob. John finally breaks into the mining company's main office, but discovers that another robber has preceded him and killed the night guard. The robber is Bob, and when the boy is arrested, John interrupts the trial and takes the blame himself for Lucy's sake. Bob commits suicide, and Lucy, who discovers his written confession just before John is to be hanged, rides wildly to the jail and saves John's life.