A wealthy American named Jack Walton, foils an assassination attempt on Maud and he falls in love with her.
The ceremony takes place through her cell window, and soon the United States military arrives to save the now wife of an American.
It states: "Maud, the beautiful queen of Rumania, is deposed through the efforts of her wicked cousin, Rupert, who seizes the throne.
While on a steamer, her cousin's spy locates her and decides to give her poison, but his attempt is detected by Jack Walton, wealthy young American who has seen the queen and fallen in love with her without knowing anything as to her history.
A number of noblemen urge the queen to make an effort to regain the throne, and when Jack joins his plea to theirs, she consents.
He was an experienced newspaperman employed by The New York Evening World while writing scripts for the Thanhouser productions.
[1][note 1] This was likely a reference to Anthony Hope's works like The Prisoner of Zenda and may have been made due to the arrival of a foreigner who resolves a royal conspiracy.
[1] One article in The Moving Picture News referred to the film as an example of a problematic use of the United States flag appearing suddenly with the marines at the climax of the plot, all while on foreign soil.
Cameramen employed by the company during this era included Blair Smith, Carl Louis Gregory, and Alfred H. Moses, Jr. though none are specifically credited.
Abbe, Justus D. Barnes, Frank H. Crane, Irene Crane, Marie Eline, Violet Heming, Martin J. Faust, Thomas Fortune, George Middleton, Grace Moore, John W. Noble, Anna Rosemond, Mrs. George Walters.
[7] Walton of The Moving Picture News stated that the film was "[a] very feeble echo on Anthony Hope.
"[1] The reviewer for The Moving Picture World was decidedly neutral, highlighting only the novelty of the plot and refraining from any criticism or praise of the merits of the production.