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Delaying his return to guard duty, Stephen, an Austrian soldier, is anxiously watching by the bedside of his dying wife. He gets to his post in time to take the place of the retiring guard.... See full summary

Delaying his return to guard duty, Stephen, an Austrian soldier, is anxiously watching by the bedside of his dying wife. He gets to his post in time to take the place of the retiring guard. While he keeps sentinel, his little girl comes to him to tell him that her mother is dying and is calling for him. A war within himself is waged betwixt love and duty. Love wins, and, though it means martial punishment, he leaves his post and runs to see his wife before she dies. He arrives just in time to bid her a last farewell, and while bowed down with sorrow a detachment of soldiers comes to his home and arrests him for breach of military discipline. He is tried by court-martial and sentenced to death. His little girl, who is now left in the care of a friend, loves her father dearly and constantly prays for his reprieve, and is determined to intercede in his behalf. Inspired with childlike faith that her father will be saved, she goes alone to the Grand Duke Otto and appeals to him for her ...