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This story, probably taken from some old book of tales, presents sharp contrasts. A poet of the people in rags reads a poem to a king in which his majesty is severely criticized. Small wonder that he is hurried away to summary execution. But here enters a girl, a ward of the king, whose heart has been touched and whose love flows freely toward this poet is following a poet's duty in attempting to lighten the wrongs which oppress the people. Her plea for him is successful and though the noose has been placed about the unfortunate poet's neck, the king and his ward arrive in time to pardon him. Then the gathering get something better than an execution; they get a wedding. The crafty old king here, he looks very much like Louis IX of France, is an excellent piece of acting. If all the parts had been as well acted, the picture would have been an "all star" affair. - The Moving Picture World, May 6, 1911