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Delia Fletcher and Bill Kent go to a fashionable hotel at the beach, bent on robbing a wealthy Mrs. Burdett of her famous jewels. Here Delia meets the Rev. Edgar Raymond, a young rector, who becomes interested in her, paying her marked ...See moreDelia Fletcher and Bill Kent go to a fashionable hotel at the beach, bent on robbing a wealthy Mrs. Burdett of her famous jewels. Here Delia meets the Rev. Edgar Raymond, a young rector, who becomes interested in her, paying her marked attention. Filled with new dreams, and thoroughly ashamed of her past, Delia tells Kent that she intends to reform. He reminds her of the gang's motto, "Dead men tell no tales," and threatens that if she withdraws she will have to pay the penalty. She pleads with him, and finally he agrees to let her go, provided she will help pull off the job in hand. The following day, Della succeeds in stealing Mrs. Burdett's gems. To avoid detection, however, she is obliged to take refuge in an adjoining room which chances to be the rector's. She drops the jewelry into an empty satchel of his, and escapes. Raymond returns. He has just time to catch a train which is to take him home to his sick mother. He throws a few things into the satchel and rushes off. Delia and Kent, who is very angry at the gems being in another's hands, pursue the rector in an automobile. In the city, Delia succeeds, by a ruse in gaining entrance to the rector's house. He listens to her story of having been robbed of her purse and invites her to stay there until she can communicate with friends. However, she cannot bring herself to smuggle the gems to Kent. He breaks in, taking the jewels from her by force. Raymond and a doctor enter just in time to rescue Delia and to capture the thief. The girl remains as companion to Raymond's invalid mother. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less