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They Shall Pay Synopsis

Margaret Seldon's father, who has been victimized by three business associates and sent to prison, calls his daughter to him in his dying moments and asks her to avenge him. Through a detective agency she locates Amos Colby and Courtland Wells; and learning that the third man is dead, she adds his son, Allan Forbes, to the list. She foils Colby's attempt to ruin two financiers by gaining a position aboard his yacht. Disguised as a Spanish dancer, she appears at a reception given by Wells's fiancée, traps him into making love to her, and then exposes him. But she meets Forbes, Greenwich Village architect, and falls in love with him before learning his identity; stifling her feelings, she leaves him, but finding no satisfaction in pursuing her revenge, she returns.

Schools and Schools Synopsis

Nevada Warren is a poor girl who can neither read nor write and suddenly finds herself surrounded by luxury. Nevada's father dies, and she is sent to live with his wealthy brother in New York. Her cousin, Barbara, soon becomes jealous of the attentions that Gilbert Ross, an artist, is paying her, and when he sends Nevada a note about some flowers, Barbara tells her it is a request for her to come to Gilbert's studio at midnight. Nevada goes, thinking Gilbert is ill. He is surprised to see her, but as he really loves her, and learns of Barbara's deception, proposes an immediate elopement, to which Nevada agrees with alacrity. She confesses to Gilbert that she cannot read or write, but he says that can easily be remedied, and that the note about the flowers proved to be the best letter he ever wrote.