In the Service of the State (1916)
Mona and Mary become volunteers in the service of the government to aid Jones, of the Secret Service, recover from the foreign agent, Mr. X, important fortification plans. Mr. X has escaped to an ocean liner, and for diplomatic reasons it is necessary that Jones recover the plans without creating any disturbance or publicity. All Jones' efforts and the attempts of the girls to make the acquaintance of Mr. X at first prove fruitless. Then, following a new plan, Mary becomes a close friend of the purser, the only person on board besides Mr. X knowing the combination of the safe in his stateroom. At the dance on the last night of the voyage numerous articles of jewelry disappear, and when the discovery is made Mary is accused of the crime because of an incriminating necklace found hidden in her girdle. While a search of Mary's room is being made by the ship's officers and Mona, who claims to have lost a diamond brooch, Jones enters and tells of having seen Mr. X steal up to his stateroom during the dance, put a suspicious looking package in his safe and later, on deck, slip the necklace in Mary's girdle. To avoid making a false step it is decided that the purser shall search the safe. Mona watches at the door to give the alarm should Mr. X arrive. As the safe door swings open, she calls a warning and the purser runs to the door. Mona who really has the stolen valuables in her handkerchief, hurriedly slips them in the safe and extracts the fortification map. Mr. X, accused of the thefts, notices the loss of the map, and immediately takes on a mask of silence. At Mona's suggestion, the captain decides that since the stolen articles have been recovered and to avoid scandal for the line, no prosecution will be made.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| James W. Horne | Director |
| George Bronson Howard | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Marin Sais | |
| Ollie Kirby | |
| Forrest Taylor | |
| Frank Jonasson |
