- A thrilling story of the devotion of two soldiers to one another until one loses his life in battle. The other at great risk, carries the dying man's message to his old father, and while there finds an opportunity to further serve his dead friend by giving his life for that of his comrade's father.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- A drama, illustrating the fact that when war's alarm is sounded men's highest and lowest passions are aroused. In a fierce encounter a soldier is mortally wounded, and his comrade makes his way to the young man's home to break the news to the father and younger brother. A party of the enemy arrive at the cottage and the fugitive soldier is hidden in a chest. The premises are searched, but the soldiers do not discover the hiding place and take their departure. The old man, beside himself with grief, sends a parting shot after them, and this, of course, brings them back resolved on vengeance. Hasty preparations are made to shoot the old man. The soldier, full of sympathy with the grief of the little son, forms the noble purpose of giving his own life in place of the father's. He declares that he fired the shot and is executed forthwith. A rude burial is given him at the spot, and the father and son tend the grave of their deliverer, watering it with their tears.—The Film Index synopsis
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