During World War I, Arthur Morgan, an inventor from the South who has perfected a revolutionary airplane engine, needs money to complete his work because his family fortune was lost during the Civil War. A German spy offers to buy his invention, but Arthur refuses, after which the spy tries to capture Arthur's sweetheart and then seduce him through the wiles of the Countess Von Shoenburg. When the spy finally resolves to destroy Arthur's workshop, Rover, the family dog, carries the bomb away and drops it by the tree behind which the agent is hiding.

Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border. They are stopped by the efforts of munitions factory heiress Patria Channing and U.S. Secret Service agent Donald Parr.

Beatrice Fairfax, the original advice-to-the-lovelorn reporter and her friend and not-so-secret admirer Jimmy Barton investigate calls for help and escape exotic perils and dangers. Episodes include exciting and fun stories of baby-napping, blackmail, jewel thievery, disguise, counterfeiting, and the long-unseen episode featuring entrancing cult starlet Olive Thomas and the real New York Yankees and Giants playing a game in the Polo Grounds.

The Right of Way