The story
“When John Baird, ex-counterfeiter, was released from prison, he resolved to give Muriel, his daughter, a chance. But his efforts to live an honest life were thwarted at every turn by Farley, a detective, who systematically hounded the old man, forcing his discharge from one position after another. Farley was determined that Baird should reveal to him the identity of his former associates. But the old man stubbornly refused. At the Bennington quarries father and daughter had a brief taste of happiness. The young superintendent fell in love with Muriel. But the shadow of Baird’s enemy again fell across his path. Farley appeared with orders from the general offices of the marble company to discharge the ex-convict, and Muriel, casting her lot with her father, broke her engagement with Tom Wells, the superintendent. On the day that Baird and his daughter were to leave, an opportunity was put in Baird’s way to rid himself of his enemy forever. Farley stumbled on the rocks and fell into the quarry where the men were blasting. Old Baird was the only person who saw him fall. He clambered down the jagged side of the cliff to Farley’s rescue. The detective escaped, but after the explosion, they found John Baird’s body, maimed and lifeless, in the pit.”
Summary from Reel Life · 6 June 1914
