The Corsican Brothers

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This picture tells the story of two brothers, born as the Siamese Twins, united by a ligament, which was severed by a surgeon, a few hours after birth. Though separated by a surgeon's scalpel, they still remained united by suggestive mentality. No matter what physical sensation one experienced, it was reciprocated by the other. One of the boys falls in love with the daughter of a French officer then stationed in Corsica, and when he is transferred to Paris, taking his daughter with him, he is shortly followed by the ardent youth. He learns, with dismay, on his arrival there, that his adored one has been married to an elderly naval officer, who is about to sail on an extended cruise, leaving his young bride at home. Louis makes it his business to watch over her like a mother. Notwithstanding his vigilance, she is ensnared into a compromising position by a famous duelist and libertine, Chateau Renard. Louis interposes to save her, and for his temerity is killed in a duel that follows. At the moment of his death, Fabian, his brother, is in his native mountains hunting, and feeling a sharp pain in his side, places his hand there only to find it covered with blood, although there is no trace of a wound. He hurries home and tells his mother of the singular occurrence and while he is relating it, a vision of the duel appears. He immediately journeys to Paris, meets Chateau Renard, fights and kills him, and then returns to Corsica with his brother's body.