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The Warren and Niles families have a feud. Bert Warren has killed Zeke Niles' father. Niles returns to get revenge. He follows him to the field where he is plowing and secretes himself in ... See full summary
The Warren and Niles families have a feud. Bert Warren has killed Zeke Niles' father. Niles returns to get revenge. He follows him to the field where he is plowing and secretes himself in the bushes and shoots the old man. Warren's daughter and son Bert arrive on the spot as the old man is dying and Bert promises his father to carry on the feud until the Niles family is wiped out. Niles and his sister Beth receive a letter from their uncle up north asking them to go and make their home with him. Bert Warren visits the deserted hut of the Niles and discovers to his anger that his proposed victim has flown the country. The war breaks out. Zeke Niles enlists in the Federal army and Bert Warren joins the Confederates. A battle between the opposing armies takes place and the Confederates are beaten and are forced to make their retreat, leaving many of the wounded of the north and south on the battlefield, among them being the two feudists. Zeke Niles is severely wounded and his cries for ...

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    • Author: Pumpit
    This is a melodrama of a pronounced type. The story is of a feudist who kills a man and leaves the section. Later, in the Civil War. the slayer and the son of the man killed meet on the field of battle. There is a combat when the recognition takes place, which is later followed by a reconciliation. It is not a strong story. - The Moving Picture World, April 12, 1913
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