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Dr. Wagner has been experimenting in human grafting ; the patient having succumbed, he is severely censored by his colleagues. One day the disappearance of the doctor and is wife is reported. A year passes and the sole survivor of a wreck ...See moreDr. Wagner has been experimenting in human grafting ; the patient having succumbed, he is severely censored by his colleagues. One day the disappearance of the doctor and is wife is reported. A year passes and the sole survivor of a wreck is washed ashore on a lonely island in the Pacific. He proves to be George Ramsey, the editor of an American paper. Dr. Wagner with his wife and few half-witted assistants have taken possession of the island, and here the doctor continues his grafting experiments on black victims, brought each month by a tramp steamer. Ramsey is roused one night by movements in the next room, and is horror stricken to see a stream of blood flowing from under the door. However, Dr. Wagner sets his suspicions at rest. Some days later Ramsey is given a note by Mrs. Wagner in which she tells him of the horrors of her life and begs him to help her escape. This he promises to do, and spends all his time in constructing a raft. Dr. Wagner is making a new experiment. In the night Ramsey is disturbed by terrible cries. The experiment is again a failure, and having no new subject, the doctor determines to use Ramsey. A terrible struggle ensues, and Ramsey escapes, pursued by Wagner and his assistants. He takes refuge in a cave from which his hunters endeavor to smoke him out, but he climbs through the roof, takes a header into the sea and swims out to the raft which he had floated that afternoon. Meanwhile, Mrs. Wagner, seeing the flames lighted by the doctor, thinks it is Ramsey's signal, and mounting a horse, gallops to the shore. Ramsey swims to meet her and the two gain the raft in safety. Next morning the raft is sighted by a passing steamer and the fugitives are rescued. Meanwhile, the doctor, attempts to continue his experiments on one of his assistants. The man struggles and an oil lamp is overturned. The three men rush to the door, and escape,pushing Wagner back into the flames and fasten him in. The little wooden structure is soon blazing, and within, lying unconscious amid the smoke, is Dr. Wagner. Written by Kinematograph Weekly - November 20, 1913 See less