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A Question of Conscience (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

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A Question of Conscience (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

George Gray and Frank Wright are clerks in the office of the latter's father, Silas Wright, an aged capitalist. Gray, energetic, alert and faithful, is admired by his employer, while the son, because of his laziness and general ...See moreGeorge Gray and Frank Wright are clerks in the office of the latter's father, Silas Wright, an aged capitalist. Gray, energetic, alert and faithful, is admired by his employer, while the son, because of his laziness and general indifference, is merely tolerated in the position of bookkeeper because he is his father's son. His father's feeling of disgust toward him is increased by the fact that he is rapidly becoming a slave to drink. Gray's wife is an invalid. Long continued illness accompanied by heavy expenses for doctors has thrown him into debt which presses him. One night when he has tried in vain to figure out a way to meet his obligations he decides upon the desperate expedient of "borrowing" money from the office safe, and at the same time altering Frank Wright's books so that the deficit will temporarily be concealed. Before there has been opportunity to make the shortage good his employer learns that the doctor has advised that Mrs. Gray's only chance to recover is to go west. He offers to send Gray west to superintend a mine which he owns and Gray accepts the offer. The western climate has the effect on Mrs. Gray's health which the doctor anticipated, but the husband broods over the shortage, which he knows must be discovered soon. It comes to light at last, but instead of the real culprit being suspected, it is blamed on young Wright, whose ways have become so dissolute that his father is more than ready to believe any ill of him. Young Wright, realizing this, and also that, sooner or later his father will cast him off, accepts his dismissal. Silas Wright writes to Gray telling him that he has disowned his son for theft and expressing a determination to visit the mine. Gray, conscience-stricken, decides to confess all but is interrupted and postpones writing the letter. Frank Wright's downward course is rapid. Soon he is a common saloon bum. He falls in with a couple of tramps and goes west. The father and son, unknown to each other, arrive at the railroad station where the mine is located. Silas Wright is entertained at the home of the Grays. Meanwhile Frank and his companions have fallen in with a gang of yeggmen who have planned to rob the mine office. Frank protests but is overruled. He deserts the gang and starts for the mine alone to give warning. The others give chase. A shot, fired by the pursuers, kills him just as he reaches the mine office. Gray and the father are aroused by the shot, investigate and find the body. Standing over his son, killed, as he believes, in the commission of a crime, the father turns to his trusted employee begging him to take a son's place. Gray, having to decide quickly whether to relieve his own conscience or preserve his employer's sole remaining consolation, chooses the latter course. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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George Routh Actor Actor See fewer	While the Children Slept (1913)
Lee Shumway Actor (as Leon C. Shumway) Actor (as Leon C. Shumway) See fewer	Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936)
Webster Campbell Actor Actor See fewer	The Single Track (1921)
Dolly Larkin Actress Actress See fewer	The Labyrinth (1915)

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