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The text given refers to Cain and Abel; but we were not sure of it even after seeing the picture until we looked it up. A clearer title would have been better. The story deals with two brothers, both of whom love the same girl. She loves the absent one, but after misinterpreting a torn letter, she consents to marry the other. The mind will not acquit this younger brother or his mother of taking advantage of the absent one and the picture's weakness is that it tries and fails to excite our sympathy for them in its later developments. The story, nevertheless, holds our attention, for it is well acted and has some strong scenes; but it is weak in both art and ethics. As years pass the younger brother commits theft to keep his wife and baby alive, and the older brother, a Northwest Mounted policeman, following a trail, discovers this and notifies his superior officer; yet at the last moment thinks better of it and helps the criminal brother to escape. The leading role is taken by Phillips Smalley, who is also the producer. The script is by Lois Weber. - The Moving Picture World, September 20, 1913