The Hieroglyphic

Peter Barton leaves his wealth to his niece, Mary, disinheriting his dissipated son, Edgar, who steals the will. Jack Smart, a rascal, an associate of Edgar's, keeps close watch upon him. At the point of a revolver he compels Edgar to surrender the will to him. Mary, the niece, is obliged to go to work, takes a position as a reporter, and meets Tom Swayne, who falls in love with her. Tom sees Jack Smart in a restaurant, and after the villain leaves, Tom picks up a menu card, upon which Smart has written some hieroglyphics. Mary shows him an envelope which she picked up in her uncle's room, where Smart took the will from Edgar, after he had stolen it. Tom compares it and the hieroglyphics on it with those on the menu card. They are the same.

Tom Powers

Tom Swayne

Zena Keefe

Mary

Harry Northrup

Edgar Barton

Wallace Reid

Edwin R. Phillips

Jack Smart

• Charles L. GaskillDirector

Release date

May 4, 1912

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

12m

Rated

NR

Genres

Crime

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