Live Sparks

Summary

A kinetic exploration of industrial larceny and moral recalibration, Live Sparks follows the trajectory of Neil Sparks, a sybaritic scion whose indolence facilitates a subterranean heist by the predatory duo Craig and Abbott. Transitioning from the opulent vacuity of Eastern high society to the rugged veracity of the Texan oil fields under a pseudonym, Sparks orchestrates a sophisticated counter-maneuver to reclaim his heritage and provide restitution to the orphaned Myrtle Pratt. The narrative culminates in a defiant subversion of social mores, where a fabricated scandal—Sparks claiming Myrtle’s five siblings as his own progeny—serves as the tactical catalyst to dissolve a mercenary engagement and secure a genuine matrimonial union with the daughter of a man the antagonists betrayed.

Synopsis

Wealthy wastrel Neil Sparks devotes more attention to the pursuit of pleasure than to his inherited oil business. Neil's neglect allows two schemers, Craig and Abbott, to siphon the Sparks' Texas oil through the construction of an illegal pipeline. Upon receiving notification that his wells are running dry, and in an attempt to rid himself of the unwelcome attentions of his mercenary fiancée, Bess Kinloch, Neil ventures West to investigate, using an assumed name. Discovering the theft, Neil sends for his butler, and the two of them force the crooks to buy a parcel of land and deed the property to Myrtle Pratt, whose father had been swindled and murdered by the scoundrels. Justice served, Neil returns East to be followed by Myrtle and her five brothers, who arrive during his engagement party to Bess. Neil shocks his guests by announcing that the children are his, and he and Myrtle wed.