The Swiss Guide

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Away up in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, at Lake Louise, Laggan, the beauty spot of North America, which is justly celebrated for the magnificence of its scenery, this motion picture plot is laid amidst the snow-capped peaks and eternal glaciers of that region where nature has done her finest work for mankind to feast its eyes upon. The story deals' with human love and passion, weakness and infidelity, all centered around a romantic-looking Swiss guide and his pretty wife, who are located at Lake Louise (a summer resort) for the purpose of guiding tourists over the dangerous passes and deep crevasses of the glaciers which lie surrounded by huge mountains at the foot of this God's Mirror. One of the guests of the Chalet Hotel is a young and beautiful girl. The rough mountain guide soon falls under the spell of her beauty, and she, all unknowingly, is playing havoc with his heart. He dogs her footsteps constantly, worshiping her from afar with all the mute but intense passion of his nature. His young wife learns of his infatuation but remains silent, like the heroine of one of Richard LeGallienne's short stories. She, in her way, feels that his soul is only sick and that time will bring him back again to his own. But the heart when once filled with love cannot long remain silent. At last, while away up in the mountains alone with the girl, the guide can restrain himself no longer and reveals to her his infatuation. Shocked and stunned by his boldness, she awakens him from his dreams by a ringing blow on the cheek and without further word leaves him, to find her dangerous way back over the crevasses alone. While passing over a perilous path she slips and falls, spraining her ankle. She is rendered helpless by the accident, and, unable to attract attention by her cries, is on the point of giving up in despair, but the guide's faithful dog finds her and carries the news of her plight back to the guide's wife. Here the nobility of the woman is shown as without a moment's hesitation and forgetting self and all, she follows the dog, finds her helpless rival and carries her safely back to her friends. The only reward she will accept is a pair of gloves, the gift of her husband to the girl. It is hardly necessary to say that the guide after his rude awakening soon realizes the nobility of the woman by his side, and once again husband and wife are united.