- An old veteran tells how the Civil War unhappily changed his life. Unfounded jealousy, nurtured while he was in battle, caused him to loose his best friend and his young bride.
- Through indiscretion, the young wife has compromised herself, and although innocent, is cast out into the world by her young husband. Her efforts to prove her innocence are fruitless. She passes the house of Grandpap Martin, and goes in. The old man welcomes her, and the girl pours out her story. The old man comforts her. The young husband is filled with uneasiness, and calls on old man Martin for advice. The old veteran rushes the girl into another room, and the boy tells his story. The old man gravely tells him he is on the brink of a precipice, and to impress the matter tells of an experience in his own youth. When the Civil War broke out, Martin was called to the colors, and left behind him his girl wife. He begged Joshua, a friend, to look after the wife and see that she wanted nothing. Joshua promised. In the struggle, Martin lost his arm, and when peace was declared he returned home with a happy heart, and full of love for his wife. Upon arrival at the house, he finds his wife and Joshua, his supposed friend, in lover-like attitude, and filled with a frenzy, orders the wife out of the house. Secure in his false pride, he drags along several weary years, and then receives a note from Janet, the wife, begging him to come and see her before she dies. He hurries to the address and finds he is too late. The woman had been taken up by Joshua, and then deserted, and at last had died in poverty and want. The old man's story makes a powerful impression on the young husband, and he declares he is going to search for his wife. The old man smiles, and opening the door, brings her in. The two are happily reconciled, and leave to build their house of love anew.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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