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William Carr, manager of an ostrich industry, receives a big order for feathers and boas from an heiress, who selects colors of the off-shade and pastel tints. The head dyer is ignorant of some of the necessary formulas, but insists that ...See moreWilliam Carr, manager of an ostrich industry, receives a big order for feathers and boas from an heiress, who selects colors of the off-shade and pastel tints. The head dyer is ignorant of some of the necessary formulas, but insists that he can act on the order successfully. The tints are not according to order, and the heiress refuses to accept the feathers. Carr sends for the most expert dyer in the world, John Williams, severely reprimanding the head dyer. When John Williams arrives, he brings with him his daughter, Bessie. Judd Brown, the dyer, leads the other dyers in revolt. He is determined to get the formulas from the old man and when he adds an insult to the daughter he is discharged by the manager. Judd Brown then begins an active campaign of enmity and determines that he will get the formulas at any cost. He excites the other men to his way of thinking, and they go to the cottage of the old man one night to bully him into disclosing the formulas. The old man is teaching his daughter the formulas in cipher when the men enter. He quickly tears the formulas into ribbons. This infuriates the ruffians and they drag the old man and girl to the dyeing room. In the struggle along the path, Bessie's hat with a beautiful feather, which the manager presented her, is lost. In the dye rooms the villains torture one against the other, trying to coerce the secret from Williams. Failing to get the secret, they drag the girl off, telling the father they are going to cast her into the ostrich pen, stampede the ostriches and the girl will be kicked to death. Car has worked late that night and coming from his office he finds Bessie's hat. Knowing the insubordinate attitude of his men and the ruffian, Judd Brown, his suspicions are aroused and he goes to the dyeing rooms and sees evidence of a struggle. From a window he witnesses the outrage of Brown and the ruffians as they drag the father and daughter toward the pen. He makes all haste to the scene, rescues the girl and her father, and a struggle follows, the manager and the old man conquering Brown and his gang. The simple little English girl has wound herself around the manager's heart with her sweet way, and all ends happily. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less