- When a rich stranger drives his automobile into a backward mountain village, he sweeps a young girl off her feet with his attentions. This infuriates the local schoolteacher, who's been in love with her for some time. Eventually the stranger lures the girl into running away with him, and the teacher must act quickly to make sure it doesn't happen.—WesternOne
- The girl is a dainty little school miss of the mountains, still ignorant of the world. She is loved by the teacher. He is a kindly, grave young man of the Puritan type, and the girl, though she loves him, resents his just severity and impartiality. They quarrel, and the angry girl wanders off until she comes to a fork in the road. She hesitates, undecided whether to take the right or left branch, or to turn back. If she takes the right-hand road and meets a city stranger who is leisurely touring the country, casually looking for mineral prospects. Her fresh, dainty beauty arouses his jaded interest, and he deliberately determines to possess her. Flattered, and still angry with the teacher, she allows herself to be lured on, and she finally agrees to the girl meets a stranger. A young mountaineer who has loved her since she was a child attempts to save her; there is a fight in which the stranger is killed and the girl mortally wounded by a stray bullet; she dies in the teacher's arms. The brokenhearted mountaineer flees the country; the spirit-crushed teacher returns to his dreary life with no hope or ambition. If she takes the left-hand road, the girl meet the young mountaineer, who renews his suit, and impulsively, she agrees to marry him at once. They make their way across the mountain, and are married. Returning, they encounter the stranger, who wants water for the radiator of his machine, and the mountaineer conducts him to a spring off the road. The stranger observes an outcrop of mineral, learns that the land belongs to the mountaineer, and purchases it for a sum which seems a fortune to the mountaineer and the girl. The stranger hurries away to arrange for the development of his mine, and becomes very wealthy. He has scarcely noticed the girl, his attention being given entirely to his interesting and exciting discovery. The brokenhearted teacher leaves the region, and in the city he becomes a famous author. The girl and the mountaineer are prosperous in a rude way, but she is never happy; too late she realizes that the teacher had her love for all time. If she turns back, the girl finds the teacher as sorry for the quarrel as she is, and there is a reconciliation. The stranger, having found nothing to interest him, turns back and never returns to the mountains. The mountaineer, having lost hope of winning the girl, and the teacher being his friend, goes quietly away. The teacher gradually puts aside his ambitious dreams, being busily engaged with the practical problems of making a living for the girl and himself. They, the teacher and the girl live a commonplace but contented life together. Which road will she take?—Moving Picture World synopsis
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