Press sheet for THE WHEELS OF FATE, 1913

              The WKeels of Fate
= The Dramatic Story ol a Wreck at Sea which Righted Two Wrongs =
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FIRST REEL.
[p)HILLIP WYNN is a rising young author, whose achievements are
a source of astonishment and gratification to his friends, but the source
of strength and love that should emanate from the home, constantly
chills and repels him in the person of a careless, flighty and unappreciative
wife. She seems bent upon pleasure for herself and while the plaudits
of her gifted husband rings in choice circles, she is frittering her time
away at card parties and studying bridge whist. He comes to her with
enthusiasm over his new triumphs; she tosses his new book aside and goes
on with her primping with a bored air. He retreats to the solitude
of his study, and trying to make joy out of bitterness, begins a new work,
"The Inspiration Girl." His wife comes in, makes a "touch" for bridge
bets, and he attempts to read a part of his new manuscript, but she is too
busy to hear it and rushes away to keep her social card list filled. Cards
are not the only weakness of this frivolous woman, for she has a persistent
lover, Lawler, who is lawlessly trying to induce her to elope. Repulsed
and discouraged by her attitude and her cynicism, the poor husband
retreats to a secluded cottage in the woods. In his tours thereabout for
inspiration, he meets with a young girl whose ideals have a kinship with
his own and he immediately nominates her as "The Inspiration Girl."
Lawler who is going fishing with a friend, has become so thoroughly
saturated with "snake medicine" that he is in a very surly and savage
mood. The friend deserts him and goes on to Wynn's cottage, boldly
entering the house and helping himself to a drink, as the master is else-
MR. PHILLIP WYNN (    	
 Thomas Carrigan
MR. BROWNE	
MRS. BROWNE	
 Wm.   Walcott
 Rose Evans
where at the time. Lawler follows him, and keeps up the quarrel he
has begun. In a fit of passion, he picks up a revolver he finds handy
and kills his friend. The shock of this sobers him in a degree and
sharpens his powers of natural deviltry. He concludes to fasten the crime
upon the owner of the cottage, who happens to be the husband of the
woman with whom he is enamored.    Wynn returns to the cottage and
Lawler who has found the game warden, takes that functionary back to
the cottage, telling him that Wynn has committed a murder. They find
him in a compromising situation and Lawler declares that Wynn murdered
his friend in cold blood.
SECOND REEL.
Having placed Wynn behind the bars, Lawler calls upon his wife and
gives her a minute description of how her husband killed Bradly. He had
already persuaded her to begin a suit for divorce so the charge of murder
and her own bill is filed and appears in the same issue of the papers.
Nell Browne, "The Inspiration Girl" is deeply grieved over the terrible
predicament of her friend, calls at the prison, and does everything in her
power to relieve and sustain him, asserting her own belief in his innocence
and her willingness to do everything in her power to bring justice in his
behalf. In contrast to her, is Wynn's fickle wife, who does not now even
annoy him by her presence. Largely on the evidence of Lawler, the
author is condemned to death in the electric chair. Having accomplished
this much Lawler perfects his work by setting sail with the now divorced
wife, to Europe. "The Inspiration Girl" is the sole solace of the condemned man.— In mid-ocean, the ship on which the guilty pair are
voyaging strikes a leak and founders. As she is about to disappear the
conscience-stricken Lawler tells the captain as a last act of humanity that
he must confess, so the wireless while calling for aid flings out his tale to
the world. It reaches the ears of the prison authorities and the Governor
commutes his sentence just in time.
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