Lusiello and Raffaelo are peasants engaged upon a farm, the proprietor of which has an only son, Alexander, with whom Lusiello is in love. He has no thought for her, beyond finding her a pleasant girl to have a chat with now and then. Alexander is affianced to the daughter of a neighboring farmer, and one day, as he rides away to meet his sweetheart, Lusiello follows him, and has her worst fears confirmed. She vows vengeance, and endeavors to administer poison to the unsuspecting girl. Alexander detects the poison, and saves his sweetheart, at the same time suspecting Lusiello. He accuses her, and orders her away from the farm. Meanwhile, Raffaelo has been discharged for indolence, and spends his time drinking in the village inn. His sister goes to him, and, concocting a story of Alexander having insulted her, she goads her brother to attempt to kill him. Whilst he is preparing his plan of vengeance, Lusiello meets with an accident, is rescued, and carried to the house of Alexander's fiancee. She waits upon the unfortunate girl, and so wins her affection that she repents her plan of vengeance, and escapes from her sick-bed and arrives at the place where her brother had appointed to intercept and kill Alexander, and is in time to save her brother from a terrible crime. The two men are struggling for life, when Lusiello rushes up and separates them, declaring that her accusation was not true, and that Alexander was innocent. The brother and sister are reconciled, and together leave the neighborhood, while Alexander and his fiancee are left in peace.
—Bioscope - August 22, 1912