The Trail of Hate

• 1917
• Other, Drama

Lieutenant Jack Brewer of the Sixty-Seventh had risen from the ranks, but he was adored by his men. Some of his brother officers, notably the West Pointer, Captain Dana Holden, did not share this opinion. Madge and her father were on their way to the west, traveling by stage. Road agents held up the stage, and the 67th were called out to get them. In the skirmish which ensued Madge's father was killed, and she is protected by Lieutenant Brewer. Jack Brewer after a month's furlough returns and finds that Madge has been made a servant at the fort. He has brought her some clothes, as she is in rags. Scandal is the result, so Jack promptly marries the girl to stop the talk. Once safely Brewer's wife, Madge begins to act strangely. She cares nothing for Jack, who she thinks has married her only out of pity. She carries on a flirtation with Holden, and sends him a message to say that she will meet him at seven that evening when Jack goes on duty. Jack leaves for duty at seven, but, returning for something forgotten, finds them together. A fight takes place between the two men. A few years later Jack is the captain of a Constabulary in the Philippines. There is trouble with the Moros, and Jack and his troops are sent into the interior. Jack is informed that Holden and his former wife are traveling in the interior. It is true, and Holden has left his wife at the post while he goes on scouting duty. He is cut off from his men, and to save himself abandons his wife and the post and tries to make his way to Manila. The Moros make an attack on Fort Craig, and one of Jack's scouts finds Holden wounded, and takes him to the office of the Constabulary. Jack saves Madge from the Moros, and returns with her. There they find Holden. Madge begs Jack to continue to protect her, but he turns aside in disgust, throwing her off forever.