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Sergeant Peters, found guilty of theft, is drummed out of the service in disgrace. Lieutenant Taylor, having just graduated from West Point, arrives in Arizona. He and Peters take the same ... See full summary

Sergeant Peters, found guilty of theft, is drummed out of the service in disgrace. Lieutenant Taylor, having just graduated from West Point, arrives in Arizona. He and Peters take the same stage and they realize that their resemblance is remarkable. The stage is wrecked and Taylor loses his reason completely, the past becoming a blank. Peters, finding cards and letters of Taylor's, resolves to go to Taylor's home and impersonate him. The next day he reports at Fort Graham as Lieut. Taylor. In a card game Peters is killed by one of the gamblers. Fearing that the news of Mrs. Taylor's supposed son's fate will kill her (and the fact that she is blind), the Colonel plans to keep her in ignorance of it and substitutes Lieutenant Taylor. The Colonel is about to leave the post for a campaign against Wounded Hawk, and refuses Lieutenant Taylor permission to accompany the troop. Taylor dresses, however, as a private and accompanies the ammunition train, which is later cut off from the main ...