This is a story laid in the time of Napoleon's great triumphs. A Lieutenant, on leave of absence, bids farewell to his sweetheart and rejoins his army. Two years elapse and the Lieutenant has not returned to his sweetheart. She becomes ...See moreThis is a story laid in the time of Napoleon's great triumphs. A Lieutenant, on leave of absence, bids farewell to his sweetheart and rejoins his army. Two years elapse and the Lieutenant has not returned to his sweetheart. She becomes impoverished and marries a Sergeant, who sends her to his mother's home in Paris. Years afterwards the Sergeant has been promoted to Field-Marshal, and he, together with his wife, is now in the court of Napoleon. During the court ceremonies the wife of the former Sergeant meets her false sweetheart, who has also been promoted from Lieutenant to Marshal. Her husband and old sweetheart meet on the field of honor. Napoleon hears of the intended duel and orders the officers to their commands. During a battle that follows soon after both the Marshals are killed. The wife, in searching the battlefield for her husband, finds near him her old sweetheart. The husband, dying, begs forgiveness of his wife for her old sweetheart, and the picture closes with Napoleon and his army passing by and the woman kneeling beside her husband and old sweetheart. Written by
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