Alberto Capozzi

Cristina Ruspoli

Giovanni Enrico Vidali

Banker Chavertin lives with his wife and niece, Helen. Chavertin is a partner of Mr. Ducroz in a bank in Paris. The stock exchange, the siren of the financial world, which attracts so many rash people into its coils, has got a pec...

La ruota della fortuna

Banker Chavertin lives with his wife and niece, Helen. Chavertin is a partner of Mr. Ducroz in a bank in Paris. The stock exchange, the siren of the financial world, which attracts so many rash people into its coils, has got a peculiar fascination for Chavertin, Deceived by false financial outlooks, he speculates and continues to speculate. Not having enough means to meet his losses, Chavertin appropriates his partner's funds. His partner discovers the loss and listens to the confession of his unscrupulous partner. We have said that Mr. Chavertin has a niece, and Mr. Ducroz is passionately in love with the girl, who is engaged to young Mr. Pontois, a secretary to the foreign office. He says to Mr. Chavertin, "I love your niece Helen, prevail upon her to marry me and I shall forgive you." Pontois receives a note from Helen, inviting him to spend the evening at a family gathering. But the foreign minister shortly after asks him to finish a copy of a secret document of importance. "I shall take the document home and make a copy of it there," answered Mr. Pontois. But when Pontois leaves Chavertin's house the important document had disappeared from his pocket. Chavertin is making full preparation to utterly ruin him. Helen's lover vigorously protests his innocence, but when an anonymous letter arrives, sent by the villainous Chavertin, asking him when he intends to deliver the secret document he has agreed to sell, this letter being ample proof of his guilt, James Pontois is sentenced to prison at hard labor, so the wretch Chavertin thus succeeds in separating the lovers. Helped by his prison comrades, James escapes. He makes for the city. His mind has only one thought, to prove his innocence. Not far from the place where James has fallen asleep there is a gambling house. That evening Mr. Pierreval runs in ill luck. He throws down his last hank note on the table, the roulette goes its constant, giddy way, and Pierreval has lost again. In despair he goes off in the direction of the river. Just before a young couple from the same gambling house, who had been more fortunate, see James sleeping. The lady has a compassionate thought. She asks her husband for a gold coin and throws it into the vagabond's hat. Pierreval comes along, the passion for gambling is still strong within him and he puts forth his hand and takes the money from James' hat. He runs back to the gambling house and the wheel of fortune this time turns in his favor. He thinks of the poor man who had been the cause of his good luck. He retraces his steps and arrives just in time to prevent James from jumping into the river, "I owe my fortune to you and I place it at your disposal," said Mr. Pierreval. Both go to the Grand Hotel, where Pierreval is staying. Helen, rather than marry Ducroz, leaves her uncle's home and offers her services as a housemaid in the Grand Hotel. Very touching is the meeting between James and Helen. They tell each other of the painful vicissitudes they have passed. Pierreval, however, says to them, "Pretend you don't know each other and leave everything to me." George finds Chavertin in a café. The wretch who had been struck with remorse now tries to drown the remembrance of his guilt in alcohol. Pierreval pretends to have been entrusted by a foreign country to buy secret political documents. James and Pierreval arrange a meeting and for a certain sum of money they will receive the document. Pierreval goes at once to the minister and he explains, "Place a detective at my disposal and in twenty-four hours I will give you proof of my friend's innocence." The minister, who after having heard Pierreval's words, is convinced of James' innocence, accepts the proposal. Chavertin is in his study. He has an attack of delirium tremens. Someone knocks at the door. He thinks it is the foreign agent coming for the document, but a vision of vengeance appears before his eyes. James Pontois, Helen, Pierreval and a police detective surrounded by his men. Denial is useless. Chavertin confesses his infamy, then the wretch has an attack of furious anger and attempts suicide. His body is twisted in a sardonic laugh. Madness has got the best of Chavertin. Justice has passed over his head. James Pontois and his wife are fondling a pretty baby a few months old. Pierreval enters and has a little gift for the baby, a charm to bring luck. This remembrance, which Pierreval fastens to the baby's neck is none other than the famous gold coin.

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