- The Civil War is on, and one of the Howard boys, Jack, is an officer in the Union army. He and his younger brother, Harry, who is a West Point cadet, are so much in love with pretty Emily Woods that they have grown to hate each other bitterly. They do not conceal their enmity even when in the presence of Emily, who does all she can to alleviate matters. Suddenly there comes a proclamation from the President that all cadets on furlough are to report for war duty, and Harry's luck is to be enlisted in the same regiment and under his brother Jack. Jack is hard and vindictive, and one of the first things he does to make the lot of his brother a miserable one, is when he orders him to polish his boots. Harry promptly refuses, and when there are no other soldiers around both men engage in a violent quarrel. Words grow more bitter, until Harry, while realizing that his brother had the upper hand as far as rank is concerned, suddenly springs on Jack. They struggle all over the tent, but Harry proves the stronger, and succeeds in binding Jack. Meanwhile, at home, their mother is in bed, dangerously ill. When the doctor finally pronounces her beyond his aid, Emily and her sister, who have been attending her faithfully, write a note to Harry in the vain hope that he might be able to let his mother see her baby boy before death. When the letter reaches camp, however, the cadet has disappeared and Jack gets it. Being an officer he has no difficulty in departing for home at once. But when he arrives and steps into the bedroom, he is astounded to find his brother already there. For a moment the men face each other like two tigers, but Emily and her sister speak softly to them, and they both drop over the feeble form of their mother. With her last strength she takes the hand of each in hers, and counseling brotherly love as her last wish, closes her eyes in the slumber that knows no awakening.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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