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Willard Gryson, a clerk in the employ of the government, leads an ideal home life with his charming wife and his two-months-old son. Tyson Rockwell, a capitalist, and his henchman, needs ... See full summary
Willard Gryson, a clerk in the employ of the government, leads an ideal home life with his charming wife and his two-months-old son. Tyson Rockwell, a capitalist, and his henchman, needs certain private government reports to put over a big deal, and meeting Gryson one day coming from the government offices, offer him a flattering price for the necessary papers. Gryson at first is firm in his resolution not to be bribed, but finally succumbs to the temptation. His wife accidentally finds the slip of paper telling him, "There is $5,000 waiting for you at a certain hotel. Come and get it." Her woman's intuition warns her that her husband is on the brink of an abyss, so when he is leaving that evening, she takes the government reports from his pocket and, substitutes this little note: "Is the father of our baby going to make us ashamed of him?" Which, when he reads it, brings him to his senses and makes him realize what a narrow escape he had.

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    • Author: Andromathris
    We are hardly made to believe that this story happened in just this way, but it is a pretty story and it has some characters that a human being can sympathize with and so, as an offering to the average audience, is distinctly ahead of pictures with unpleasant stories even though they more vividly convince. The actors are not chosen well for their particular parts; to the emotional player has fallen the role of detective and he is about the poorest sleuth we remember. The people liked it, but will not remember it long. - The Moving Picture World, January 31, 1914
  • Cast overview:
    Richard Travers Richard Travers - Willard Grayson (as Richard C. Travers)
    Ruth Stonehouse Ruth Stonehouse - Mrs. Willard Grayson
    Harry Mainhall Harry Mainhall - The Detective
    E.H. Calvert E.H. Calvert
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