The Secret's Price (1915)

Billy, the beloved son of Mrs. Atherton, is ill and the doctor tells his mother that the only thing that will save him from death is a sojourn in the mountains. Mrs. Atherton is without money, but she refuses the help of Col. Stanhope because her dead husband had warned her against him. Heinrich Meyer, a foreign agent, learns that Mrs. Atherton has the plans of a great invention of her husband which will revolutionize modern warfare. He buys them from her. Stanhope learns of this and goes to Meyer. He tells him that he is the inventor and has kept silent because of his love for Mrs. Atherton. He pays Meyer back the money and keeps the plans. Mrs. Atherton goes to Meyer to make a bargain for the papers. Meyer tells her all and when Stanhope comes to her with the papers, she asks his forgiveness. He declares his love and the three go to the mountains.

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