A Treacherous Rival (1914)
When John Flynn saved the life of Ellen Ryan's little sister, he laid the foundations of a warm friendship which soon ripened into love. Ellen was a thoroughly nice girl. Her efforts to keep her small family together were tremendously hampered by the one great sorrow of her life, a drunken father. Peter Ryan was a gentle, kindly old man, and also a very weak old man. He had made alcohol a staff to lean upon and now after many years of dependence upon it, found that his feeble will could not subsist without it. When Bill Moffat learned that Ellen cared more for John Flynn than she did for him he laid a careful plot to ruin the policeman in the girl's estimation. Moffat knew that Ellen had been taking charge of her father's wages for some time. He knew the old man was almost crazy with the desire for drink. So Moffat deliberately put temptation in old Peter's path. He refuses to lend him any money, but left his fat bank roll within easy reach of the old man's shaking hand. Peter Ryan fell. He took Moffat's money and hastened with it to a saloon. Luckily Ellen intercepted him at the very entrance and took him home. Meanwhile Moffat hastened to John Flynn and telling him that an unnamed person had stolen money from him, demanded his assistance. Confronted by Ellen and the evidently guilty Peter, Flynn casting his duty to the winds, refused to arrest the poor old man on the strength of Moffat's testimony. Flynn was suspended from the force. Moffat went to Ellen and told her that he would not prosecute her father. Flynn had been the object of his plot and now that Flynn was ruined he was willing to let the matter drop. Ellen and her father hurried to the Police Commissioner's office and there the trembling old man poured out the true story of the whole affair. The Police Commissioner was a kind man and a just man. After a careful consideration of the matter, he restored Flynn to the two things he cared for most, Ellen and "the force."
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Preston Kendall | Director |
| Bannister Merwin | Director |
| Bannister Merwin | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Ben F. Wilson | |
| Sally Crute | |
| Martin Faust | |
| Charles Ogle |
