Plot

A penniless European aristocrat finds love in the tobacco fields of Cuba.

Prince Gustave, a young German nobleman, alights from a vessel at Havana, Cuba, to earn a livelihood. He reads an advertisement in a paper that hands are wanted on a tobacco plantation and he applies in person for the job at the office of the tobacco planter. Inez, the daughter of the grower, is in the office and is immediately infatuated with the handsome young foreigner, whom she tries to impress. Prince Gustave is indifferent to her and the fury of a scorned woman is aroused. Prince Gustave is given a clerical position in the office and is getting on famously when the titled bookkeeper sees Dolores, who is employed on the plantation. The jealousy of Inez is displayed and she induces her father to remove him from the office and put him to manual work on the plantation among the tobacco stalks. There he again meets Dolores and there is a mutual attachment. Inez mails Gustave a letter, informing him his presence is required at the office of the German consul. There is a pretty scene between the prince and Dolores in the tobacco field. He sorrowfully tells her he needs funds. Dolores visit the office of a dealer in hair and sacrifices her luxuriant tresses, emerging form the shop with cropped head. She gives the money to Gustave, who is surprised, hurt and grateful. Gustave visit the consul only to learn that nothing can be done for him, and retires humiliated. He returns to the tobacco fields, but later receives a visit from the representative of Germany, who informs him of the death of his elder brother, and that he has come into his own as heir to the estate of his father. The visit of the consul is witnessed by Inez and her father. Gustave proudly points to the medal on his breast and tells them that he is a titled nobleman with vast estates. Inez is all attention. She turns to him with a smile calculated to win the prince, but he holds out his arms to the faithful Dolores and takes her to him. The consul congratulates the prince, and the girl he has chosen, and they walk away, leaving Inez, the intriguer, disappointed and desperate.—Moving Picture World synopsis