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The Greater Love (III) (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

The Greater Love (III) (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

On the way to his ship, which is about to sail on a long voyage, Jack stops at Mary's home and declares his love. The few precious moments remaining are cherished by the lovers till sailing time when the girl accompanies her sweetheart to ...See moreOn the way to his ship, which is about to sail on a long voyage, Jack stops at Mary's home and declares his love. The few precious moments remaining are cherished by the lovers till sailing time when the girl accompanies her sweetheart to the dock to bid him a loving bon voyage. After some time of eager expectancy news from the absent reaches the girl, but the further destination of the vessel being undecided Jack is unable to give an advance address. He expresses the hope, however, of being home again in about thirteen months. While Jack is away the girl becomes an orphan through the death of her mother. Her misery is increased by the lack of news from the man she loves. The disconsolate girl closes her house and starts out to seek a living in a distant town. Jack has been unable to send a letter to Mary, but the tedium of the long voyage gives him many moments for thought of the girl he left behind. At last the vessel is homeward bound and the heartsick sailor writes his sweetheart of the prospect of seeing her soon, but the letter is never delivered, as Mary's address is unknown. In the course of her journey Mary meets an old friend of her father's, the lighthouse keeper, whose sympathy is excited by the girl's plight. She is taken to live at the lighthouse and a little later, having received no word from her sailor boy, and believing him dead, marries the man who befriended her. Soon after this a shipwreck off their shore startles the occupants of the lighthouse, who aid the sole survivor in his fight for safety. When the exhausted man is brought to shore he is recognized by Mary as her former sweetheart. She nurses him back to strength, but learning of her marriage Jack upbraids her for her faithlessness. The old love for Jack still burns in Mary's heart, but the insurmountable hopelessness of their position drives Jack to the shore, where he broods in despair. He is found thus by Mary's husband, who, having witnessed the scene, reproaches Jack for trying to come between himself and Mary. In the scuffle that follows Jack is thrown from a high cliff, but fortunately is not badly injured. Mary comes to his rescue. She descends by a rope to where Jack is lying and succeeds in pulling him up to safety. The lighthouse keeper, in the meantime, hesitates between a fiendish desire to cut the rope by which the two are ascending or allow the rescue to proceed. His better self prevails, however, and he relinquishes his wife to the man she loves. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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