- The young American lieutenant is deeply in love with the handsome Spanish-Filipino girl, and one day, as he is visiting her in the little bamboo cottage, their love-making is interrupted by the appearance of a corporal who bears a note that tells the young officer to report at headquarters at once, and that the next transport is to take him home. The girl cannot read but sees that his expression has changed, and asks him why. He cannot tell her, but caressing her fondly, leaves her. To headquarters he goes, and the commanding officer hands him a letter in which his father says that he has provided for his future at Washington; that he should come home at once and marry the girl to whom he is engaged. The realization of the great bearing this has on his love for the Filipino girl overwhelms him, and he sinks into a chair, dropping the letter to the floor. In this be has not been unobserved, for the girl has been peering in through the lattice, and now, stealthily, she picks up the letter. Meanwhile, the lieutenant, pacing the room, is suffering untold tortures. Thrice he resolves to leave and thrice be resolves to stay. Finally, as the time for departure draws near, he follows the call of his love and cables home that he will come, but with another bride! Handing the cable to the corporal, be sets out to tell the dusky beauty the news. And none too soon does he arrive, for, her heart strings torn asunder by the prospects of the bitter disappointment, she is about to end it all with one thrust from the keen blade she holds in her hand. And the rose is saved for both of them.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- A young American lieutenant is deeply in love with a pretty Spanish Philippine girl. One day he receives orders to return home, as his father has provided for his future at Washington, and he should marry the girl to whom he is engaged. Overwhelmed he sinks into a chair, dropping the letter to the floor. Unobserved, the girl picks it up. Unable to read, she impresses the aid of the corporal. Sick at heart, after hearing the contents of the letter, she returns home. Pacing the floor, the lieutenant finally decides to cable that he will come home, but with another bride. Handing the cable to the corporal, he sets out to tell his dusky beauty the news. And none too soon does he arrive, as she is about to end it all with one thrust from the keen blade she holds in her hand.
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