In our story, a physician is plainly in love with his ward, a pretty young miss whose parents died when she was a baby. One day, while she is out riding, her horse is spooked and runs away.... See full summary
A Bachelor's Love (1910) Online
In our story, a physician is plainly in love with his ward, a pretty young miss whose parents died when she was a baby. One day, while she is out riding, her horse is spooked and runs away. A young man who happens to be a physician, rescues her unhurt, and after he has taken her home, it is clear that she has run away with her heart. Now it is doctor against doctor, in a game of love. Of course, the elder man has the advantage of intimacy with the girl, but the other is not at all deterred. Some time later the girl's guardian applies for life insurance, and who is the examining physician for the company but the young man. His rival in love visit him as an applicant for insurance, and departs. He has not been at home long, however, before he gets a notification that his application for insurance is rejected because his lungs are affected. It is a terrible blow to the man, and as is usual in such cases, he thinks his plight more serious than it really it. The knowledge that he is not a ...