- When a baby becomes King, his wicked uncle usurps the kingdom. A young officer and Lady of Honor sneak the baby to a neighboring kingdom. The officer is caught and the child's location is soon discovered. Will the baby king survive?
- To the Princess Helen, who had reached the mature age of five, he was only "My dear little Baby Brother." To residents of Ilicia he was "King Alfonso VII," their much beloved King. The young ruler was only a few months old and his uncle, the wicked Regent, determined to take the throne for himself. Through his command of the army, he was enabled to cause an uprising, and the reins of authority quickly changed hands. The Regent had also expected to seize the baby monarch, but the child was saved because of the bravery of a young officer and the Lady of Honor attached to the person of the Princess Helen. The officer smuggled them out of the Palace and when overtaken by troops of the usurper, stood them off in a single-handed fight, long enough to enable the children and the Lady of Honor to escape. Their defender was finally overpowered and taken back to the capital a prisoner. The fugitives found refuge in a neighboring kingdom, and although the usurper sought them, his messengers returned without any information. Believing he could learn the secret from the young officer, the usurper gave him his choice of two propositions: one was to reveal the hiding-place of the living King, the other to maintain silence and die as a traitor. The prisoner chose the latter alternative and was led out for execution. Through the assistance of an old retainer, he managed to escape from the tiring squad and was believed to have fled over the border. The facts were that he remained in the capital, in disguise, and secretly arranged with other followers of the rightful King for an uprising that would dethrone the wicked Regent. Their plans were successful, but they found that their enemy was not at the end of his resources. He told them that the hiding place of the King had been discovered and men he trusted sent with orders to slay him. This plot would have been carried out had it not been that the bright Lady of Honor again outwitted them. She put a dummy in the Baby's bed when the soldiers forced their way into the room, the Princess Helen slipped out with the baby, mounted her horse and rode rapidly away. The Lady of Honor gained a few precious moments by parleying with the intruders and the children were safely out of sight before the trick of the dummy baby was discovered. Within a few hours, the followers of the rightful King arrived and the Lady of Honor accompanied them to the hiding place she had picked out. At the door of the cottage they were met by the Princess Helen, who held up her hand and said in warning tones, "His Majesty the King has just completed his bath." The noble visitors entered the room. There they knelt in homage before "His Majesty," who was gurgling with delight, while a peasant woman completed his bath in a matter of fact fashion.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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