A Way to the Underworld (1913)
Being the Ninth Story of "What Happened to Mary." Mary, aided by John Willis, testifies in court against her uncle, Richard Craig, and his son, Henry. They are being tried for embezzling bank funds. They are found guilty and sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment; whereupon Richard turns to Mary and vows vengeance upon her. Shortly afterwards in his cell he communicates with his son, a few cells away, by means of a thread. Mary will be twenty-one in two weeks and if he does not appear then to claim her fortune the money goes to Henry. Hence the prisoners must find some way to get her out of the way. With this end in view Richard writes to Billy Peart. He at once comes to the prison and while the guard grows lax in his watchfulness he is instructed what to do. Peart goes at once to Mary's stenographic office but finds she has sold out the business. He learns her home address, however, and calls upon her. She is stunned to see him but is very affable. Without warning he feigns illness and has Mary help him down to the street but when he reaches the sidewalk he declares he cannot take another step. An automobile stands at the curb and the intriguing chauffeur tells Mary be will take them to a doctor. She enters the car with the ostensibly sick man but instead of being taken to a physician, is driven to Peart's home. There she learns it was all scheme and finds herself a prisoner in a room far above the sidewalk. The door is locked and, driven almost frantic, she makes a rope of the bedclothes and lowers herself to the ground. On the street she sees that Peart is following her and breaks into a run only stopping when she comes to a Salvation Army meeting room. She rushes in and suddenly decides to become a "lassie" and by this means find a way to the underworld and learn the secret of her parentage. When the heroine makes her escape from Peart's home she actually slides down two hundred feet on the side of an apartment building. It is almost unnecessary to say it is very thrilling.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| J. Searle Dawley | Director |
| Walter Edwin | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Mary Fuller | |
| Charles Ogle | |
| Barry O'Moore | |
| William Wadsworth |
