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John Stuart, a young business man of the east, comes to San Antonio to locate for the good of his health. While walking about the city he sees an old padre, or priest, fall from sunstroke. ... See full summary
John Stuart, a young business man of the east, comes to San Antonio to locate for the good of his health. While walking about the city he sees an old padre, or priest, fall from sunstroke. Young Stuart runs to his assistance. At the same time, Marion, a young heiress, is passing in her automobile and stops to lend aid to the stricken man. They lift him into the auto and young Stuart is invited to ride with them to the Mission, where the priest lives. Thus an acquaintance is formed which ripens into an engagement between Marion and John Stuart. Marion's aunt strenuously objects to this alliance but through the interposition and kindly offices of the old padre, who has become a close friend of the young couple, they are soon married. A child is born to them, but does not live a great while. The husband is very much depressed by the loss of his little one, leaves his sorrowing wife and goes out in the hills to shoot game and divert his mind. The wife does not enjoy being left alone and ...

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    • Author: Bort
    A love story which begins and ends in the shadow of a picturesque old mission at San Antonio. Suspected of unfaithfulness, the young husband almost despairs, but when visiting the grave of his child, his wife discovers him and there is a reconciliation. The interest will center in the excellent acting and the picturesque pictorial work. The picture has two deaths, both of which increase its dramatic force, though they rather increase the feeling of depression which the unfortunate quarrel begins. However, inasmuch as the ending is good, one need scarcely complain about the remainder of the picture. It is, on the whole, an excellent bit of motion picture work. - The Moving Picture World, October 1, 1910
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