Earlier Leonard Brandos, a suitor whose only interest in Muriel was financial, overhears William reveal to Dr. Ackerly that his wife had died insane.

After a series of misadventures Muriel returns home to find Leonard ransacking her father’s house in search of the elusive cache.

Fate steps in though, when a bolt of lightning strikes the house, dispatches Leonard and reveals the location of her father’s treasure.

The Billboard, September 25, 1915[2]Ivy Troutman, the famous Broadway star, makes her initial bow to Mutual audiences in The House with Nobody in It.

For her first appearance as a star of the screen Miss Troutman was furnished with an exceptionally important role, one that permits her to demonstrate the many emotional and dramatic talents with which she is gifted.