The Inner Chamber

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Ralph Morgan, the ne'er do well husband of Fadette Devore, an actress, deserts her and goes to the metropolis to operate a bucket shop. Successful in his enterprise, Morgan is welcomed in society, and wins the heart of Marian Day from her humble suitor, Guy Darwin, a cub reporter. Morgan is blind to consequences, and proposes marriage to Marian. On the wedding day, Guy saves a woman from committing suicide. The woman is Fadette. With approaching motherhood and no funds she has become desperate. When Guy learns that she is the wife of Morgan, he rushes with Fadette to stop the wedding. They arrive at the church just in time. Morgan is also wanted by the police for swindling, and is sentenced for several years. Marian finds that old love is best, and is soon Guy's wife. Fadette dies shortly after her child's birth, and Guy and Marian promise to take care of her child. In prison, Morgan acquires the drug habit from a fellow prisoner, who has the drug smuggled to him. Several years later, Morgan escapes and finds a haven in an abandoned mine. While going to the city for his drug, he sees Marian and Guy, who are very prosperous. The drug-crazed man thinks only of revenge, and plans to steal the child, Hope, from them. A careless nurse gives him the opportunity, and the child goes away with him. Morgan ties her in the mine, and then goes to gloat over Marian and Guy. They convince him that Hope is his child. He promises to bring the child back. Meanwhile, a railroad construction gang has set a tremendous charge of dynamite in the hill above the mine. When Morgan comes up they try to prevent him from entering the mine, for the charge has been set. Morgan is frantic. He breaks away from the men, and releases the child. He collapses as a result of the years of drug using. His last words are a command to the child to run away, and a few moments later, the fearful explosion takes place. Beneath the tons of earth is Ralph Morgan's body, the retribution for his years of sin. The child is returned to Guy and Marian, and never learns the truth.