A C. & M. film which represents two young men who profess to be lovers of their king. One is really a traitor, but in a brawl over a girl he succeeds in having the loyal one locked up. The girl, whose lover he is, follows him to jail, regales the jailer on drugged wine and gains entrance to the cell. The other appears at this juncture and is admitted to the cell for the purpose of taunting the one who has been arrested. With the girl's assistance he is bound and gagged, and covered with his coat the prisoner escapes. He secretes himself in a barn, and as he lies down he discovers papers in the coat which incriminate its owner. He hurries with them to the king and is rewarded with knighthood and the hand of the girl he loves. The other is publicly degraded and hurried away to execution. The film is excellent technically, and the staging is consistent throughout. - The Moving Picture World, April 24, 1909
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