- An old fisherman lived alone with his daughter in a little cabin on the sea coast. The natives soon saw that the man and his daughter were well educated people and suspected that there was a mystery connected with their lives. One day the fisherman's daughter saw a man struggling in the surf. Despite his efforts to keep afloat he disappeared beneath the surface of the water and would undoubtedly have perished if the girl had not plunged into the water and brought the man to land. In the little cabin father and daughter cared for the stranger, but their solicitude changed to terror when a police officer's shield was found in their guest's possession, and he was identified by a newspaper article as a detective who had been searching for a bank embezzler. And the man for whom the detective was searching was the old fisherman. The fugitive was innocent, but circumstantial evidence was so strong that if he was placed on trial it would mean a long term in prison, and would leave his daughter without a protector. The detective recovered. During his illness he had grown to care for his nurse, and although he realized that he owed his life to her and to her father, he was tormented by the fact that his oath as an officer of the law obliged him to arrest the fugitive and bring him back to the city with him. The officer telegraphed his mother of his safe return, and then the conflict between love and gratitude on one side, and duty on the other began, and duty won. The detective told the fisherman that he was under arrest, and the fugitive obeyed without protest, but as they turned to go the police officer read the mute appeal in the girl's eyes. Love seemed so much stronger than duty, he wavered, and it seemed to the anxious girl that he had decided to disregard his duty as an officer and let her lather go free. But he did not have to make a decision, for a messenger arrived with a telegram for the detective, telling him to return to the city, for the embezzler for whom he was in search had been proved innocent by the death bed confession of the real culprit. A happy girl bade farewell to the detective, who told her that he would soon return, and she knew in her heart the question which he would ask when he came back to her.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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