Through the Clouds

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Judge Grey is a candidate for the nomination for Governor. His opponent is a man named Roberts, a thorough politician, who realizes that Grey will easily defeat him in a fair fight, and therefor begins to deal in what some people call "good politics." In other words, he throws mud at his opponent by prompting a newspaper report to the effect that Judge Grey has tried to bribe a contractor named O'Brien in return for political influence by offering him a ten million dollar interstate water supply contract if elected Governor. This, of course, is false as far as Judge Grey is concerned, but not so with Roberts, himself. He has offered to throw this contract to O'Brien providing the latter will swear that the newspaper report is true. This O'Brien agrees to do, first forcing Roberts to sign an agreement as to the facts of the deal in order to hold Roberts to his part of the bargain. Jack Stanley, a young aviator, who is in love with Judge Grey's daughter, does not learn of the existence of the incriminating newspaper report until late in the afternoon of the convention day. By a clever trick he succeeds in securing possession of it and starts for the nearest railway station. Here he learns that he will be unable to reach the convention hall in time, and so is forced to send a telegram to his sweetheart, telling her of his discovery and instructing her to meet him in her auto at such and such a field, as he is coming in his aeroplane. This fact is discovered by the opposing party, and here follows a real novelty in motion picture stories, introducing the latest and fastest mode of travel. Of course, all is not accomplished without obstacles, there being a fight and many other thrilling happenings, but at last the young aviator arrives at the great convention hall in the nick of time, the convention is stampeded, and Judge Grey is nominated for Governor. He eventually becomes Governor of the State, and the aviator, the hero of the hour, wins the girl of his heart