- Along the Mexican border Troop C of the 15th Cavalry is camped. John Burton lives nearby upon his ranch with his wife, Lucy, and daughter, Blanche, who has fallen in love with Sergeant Ross, to whom, with her parents' consent, she is engaged. Private Smith is disgusted with life in the army. With all his soul he longs for the day when, his enlistment expired, he will again be a free man. He has written a friend at Washington to ascertain the terms upon which he can be released, and is advised that he can purchase his discharge for $100. Smith can see no chance of getting this amount and considers his case as hopeless. One day Sergeant Ross is given $100 by the commanding officer to go into town to purchase supplies, Ross is told that the wagon and escort will report at his tent within half an hour. On his way back to his tent, the sergeant meets Private Smith, who sees the money. He follows Ross to his tent, and peering under the side wall, sees him hide the money under the head of his cot. Sneaking around to the back of the tent, Smith steals the money. The detail, with the wagon, reports. Sergeant Ross goes into his tent to get the money and is dumbfounded to find it gone. He tells the commanding officer, who promptly places him under arrest. Several days later a skirmish occurs between the troop and some Mexicans. Private Smith is severely wounded. Left for dead, he drags his weary, wounded body through the briars in search of aid. John Burton and his daughter find him lying helpless by the roadside, take him to their home and through the tireless nursing of Blanche, Smith's life is saved. Smith discovers that he is in love with the girl who has saved his life and proposes to her, only to learn that she loves the man he has wronged and who now is facing a court-martial. His gratitude and love for Blanche prompts him to do the manly thing and he hastens to the building in which Ross is being tried, declares his guilt, takes his place as the proper prisoner, while the sergeant, free once more, hastens to the side of the ranchman's daughter.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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