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The young detective, Jack, was successful in his profession; but there was one thing needed to complete his happiness and that was the hand of the girl he loved. Fortune favored him in his suit. Juanna returned his affection and the lovers...See moreThe young detective, Jack, was successful in his profession; but there was one thing needed to complete his happiness and that was the hand of the girl he loved. Fortune favored him in his suit. Juanna returned his affection and the lovers appeared to be on a fair way to a life of peace and sympathetic companionship. Trouble, however, came from an unexpected quarter. Juanna's mother was a woman of fashion who led a double life. At home she was all that a mother should be. Abroad she was a determined devotee of pleasure, associating with the wealthy and fashionable. At a well-known resort she made the acquaintance of a great financier, in whose handsome salons she was always an honored guest. The financier's house was entered one night by burglars and all the valuables stolen. The task of tracking down the criminals fell to the young detective, Jack, who, armed with a clue, succeeded in running them to earth in a secret cave where they were accustomed to meet and divide the spoils. And here a horrible discovery awaited the young man. This was nothing more nor less than the staggering fact that the mother of the girl he was in love with was the chief of the band of burglars. To think that this handsome refined woman who moved in the best circles was guilty of such depraved conduct was a great blow to the young detective. Nevertheless he resolved to do his duty. He confronted the woman in her house. She was amazed. She denied his accusation. He threatened her at pistol's point. But she outwitted him. Touching a concealed bell push, men servants entered the room and bound and secured the young detective while the woman wrested the revolver from his grasp. The fate of the young detective was horrible in the extreme. He was flung, bound and gagged into a subterranean stream from which after truly Herculean efforts he managed to escape, floating out into the open river and being rescued more dead than alive. His escape is the signal for the guilty woman to take alarm. She realizes now that her arrest and condemnation to prison life are certain. Frightened beyond description she takes to flight. She makes her way to a steamer setting out for a foreign port. But the young detective is in hot pursuit. He boards the ship and unmasks the woman. Determined to escape, the guilty woman leaps into the sea and is drowned. The young detective returns to the girl he loves and she in losing an erring mother finds a husband who will console her for her loss. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less