The story is supposed to have taken place during the Cuban War and the hero is a young cavalryman who goes to war and leaves a sweetheart behind promising to return and claim her at the ... See full summary
The Rough Rider's Romance (1910) Online
The story is supposed to have taken place during the Cuban War and the hero is a young cavalryman who goes to war and leaves a sweetheart behind promising to return and claim her at the close of the war. During a spirited engagement, as shown in the picture, the young man is seriously wounded. When taken to the field hospital the surgeon in charge gives him up as a hopeless case but a young army nurse thinks that she can save him by persistent and faithful attention, succeeds in doing so. During his convalescence the young soldier realizes that the pretty nurse has grown very fond of him and also learns from the surgeon that he owes his life to her. Moved both by gratitude and affection he becomes betrothed to the nurse and marries her. When he returns to his old home with his bride he is confronted by his former sweetheart and for the time being almost forgets what he owes to his young wife. Indeed, he is about to desert her when there is an occurrence which brings back a flood of ...