Hearts and Swords (1915)

• 71%
• 1915
• Drama
• Jay Hunt
• Louise Glaum
• George Fisher
• John Davidson

Donna Gonzales has a daughter, Rosa, and a son, Maxim. Maxim is fighting in the Rebel cause, his mother being the widow of a Rebel general. He is pursued while taking important dispatches to the Rebel general, takes refuge in his home, hides himself in a chimney and eludes the Federals. Maxim is badly wounded, and his sister, Rosa, volunteers to carry the dispatches. She departs dressed in her brother's clothes and is captured. Her horse, which has been slightly wounded in the leg gallops back home. The dispatches are found on her and she is condemned to be shot. Lieut. Salza, son of the Federal general, recognizes in Rosa his former sweetheart, takes the place of the girl and she escapes. He is about to be shot, when Donna Gonzales, who has ridden rapidly to the Federal camp and who has obtained the general's mercy, arrives on the scene and prevents the execution. Salza leaves the camp disguised as a girl and later they meet and exchange a pledge of love.