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Learn more- Scene 1. The Wedding: Here we have the family and friends assembled on the lawn for a typical Southern wedding. The old parson says the final words which join the two and the ring is slipped on the finger. Note the man at the extreme right. There is something between him and the girl and when she is left alone with him for an instant it is apparent that the bride knows him, oh too well. But the festivity goes on and after all hands have returned from toasting the bride, an old darky fiddler appears and all hands make ready for a jolly country dance. Scene 2. A Month Later, False to Her Vows: It is now a month later and the bride and groom have settled down in their little home. We see the husband as he leaves for his daily work in the sugar fields, and the deceitful woman kissing him good-bye, although she knows her lover is only waiting for the husband to disappear. Now the husband is gone and the lover rushes in. See she is absolutely faithless. But they are not alone as they think. One of the farmhands has come in unexpectedly. He slips beneath the porch, and there he overhears all they say. He is amazed, but there is all the evidence anyone could wish right before his eyes. Scene 3. Grinding Sugar Cane, The Husband Warned: Now we see the primitive method of grinding sugar cane in the South. The cane as it is brought fresh from the fields is ground between two iron rollers turned by a patient horse, and the sap as it oozes out is gathered in barrels and taken to the big kettle nearby where it is boiled down into syrup for the family use. The residue is frequently distilled and made into moonshine whiskey. The young husband is directing the operation all unconscious of the perfidy of the wife at home. But see the hired man rushes in all out of breath and tells his story. The young husband at first will not believe him and springs at him like a wild beast. But the man persists in his story and the husband goes with him to see whether he is telling the truth. The others are dumbfounded at the situation. Scene 4. Trapped: Back to the house, husband and the man. Still the husband is unbelieving and he hallooes to his wife to come out. But there is no response. He tries the door. It is locked. Now he suspects the truth. His rifle is handy in its usual place at the door. He seizes it in a wild rage. He batters at the door. The hired man helps him. Now they have the door open and they rush in. Scene 5. The Husband's Death: Hearing the hammering on the door, the man and woman realize their danger and rush to the second story of the house. There at the rear window they are intent on making their escape. This is their only chance. The woman comes out first and lands in safety. The man follows her, sliding down the rope. But hardly does he touch the ground when the husband appears at the window above. The lover draws his revolver and shoots. The husband gets the shot and would have fallen headlong had not the hired man caught him. But the wounded man drops his rifle and the guilty wife, creeping up, seizes it and darts away with her lover. She sees that her husband has been killed and she knows she and her lover are in desperate straits. Scene 6. Neighbors Organize a Posse: At the corner grocery where the neighbors are wont to congregate the news makes a tremendous sensation as the hired man rushes up and tells the dreadful story. He asks for help to pursue the guilty pair. The men all respond instantly; seizing whatever weapons are handy they rush away led by the hired man, and woe be to the man and the woman if they are overtaken, for in the South vengeance is swift and sure. Scene 7. At Close Quarters: The guilty pair have fled headlong knowing that they will be pursued, and the woman is about exhausted. And hearing the coming clamor they rush for refuge into the old barn, first ascertaining how many shots remain in the magazine of the rifle. They have hardly closed the door when the pursuers arrive and find the evidence that the pair are in the old barn. They burst open the door. Two rush to the rear to guard there, but as they do so, the pair rush out of the other door and finding their way clear, run for the swamps. But the posse quickly finds their trail and is in close pursuit. As they rush out through the forest they come upon an old negro chopping wood. The man treacherously fells the old man, but he is able to tell the posse in what direction the couple have fled. Scene 8. Through the Banana Grove and the Swamp: Into a dense grove of banana trees, almost hidden by a thick growth of tropical underbrush, the couple fly, but the pursuers are close after them and there is little hope of escape. And from the banana grove they run into a dense swamp. Here one of the pursuers is shot and matters are rapidly coming to a desperate climax. Scene 9. The Last Stand: Into an abandoned hovel they rush and hardly have time to get inside when the crowd is upon them. Now it is a fight to the death. Shots are pouring into the shack from every side, but from within shots are returned and it looks to be impossible to take the pair alive. So they decide to smoke them out. One of the crowd crawls beneath the porch and sets fire to the dry moss and in an instant the stifling smoke pours out in great volume. The men now rush into the house. But the desperate pair climb out of a window and amid the smoke and flames they climb to the roof. Even here they are followed. And the woman, exhausted by the long flight, is unable to keep her footing on the moss covered shingles. She slips and falls, she rolls off the roof to the ground below and her lover, in a last frenzy, follows her. The woman is instantly killed by the fall, but the lover lands in safety. However, the posse is on him like a flash. He is captured and will be taken back to face the laws of the land, while the guilty woman will go to an unhonored grave. - The Moving Picture World, March 13, 1909
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