- The story opens with the circus giving a performance at a small western city. In the audience is the young mayor, Rene Rembrandt, of the city, come for pleasure and relief from his arduous official duties. He is greatly amused at the antics and capers of the clowns and other such preliminaries, and finally the show is in full swing. Event follows event in rapid succession but throughout all the glitter and gaudy array, his eyes have been riveted to a slight girlish form standing daintily a-tip-toe on the bare back of a prancing steed the while he dashes about the enclosed arena. To the vast audience surrounding the ring, the performers have nothing but smiles, but poor little Rose, overcome by the long and fatiguing journey of the night before, and even as she throws a kiss to the assemblage totters, steadies herself and then falls from her horse from utter exhaustion. Rene, the young mayor is the first at her side and anxious for her comfort, he directs that she be carried to her dressing room where he orders everything that may add to her comfort and ease. As he bends anxiously above her couch, awaiting for the decision of the consulting physician, the manager makes his appearance upon the scene and demands noisily of Rene who he is and what right he has in the dressing room. The manager commands Rose to arise and go on with her work, but this she is utterly unable to do. His commands change to threats and finding these to no purpose, he uses his whip upon Rose. The young mayor, seeing this, remonstrates with the manager, and a wrangle follows which ends with Rene purchasing Rose's freedom from the degrading life of the circus. He takes Rose home to live with his mother, where her gratefulness to Rene for her release is shown in many lovable and winning ways. Maud Jackson, Rene's former sweetheart, arrives at the home and seeing Rose there decides to take her away to school and thus separate her from Rene. Before this scheme is consummated the family attend a party, and while there Rose surprises Rene and Maud in a quiet tete-a-tete on the moonlit veranda. Broken-hearted, Rose again returns to her old life as circus performer, but Rene, finding his love for her stronger than he supposed, goes in search and finds her at the old work. He arrives just in time to rescue her from another accident and the story closes with Rene and Rose starting on their honeymoon happy in the knowledge of each other's true love.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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