The Power of Love

Becauseofhisfinancialtrouble,DonAlmeda(NoahBeery)promiseshisdaughter,Maria(BarbaraBedford),toDonAlvarez(AlbertPrisco).ButMariadoesnotloveDonAlvarez,and,infact,shefallsinlovewithTerryO'Neil(ElliottSparling),astrangerwhohasbeenwoundedbyrobbersassociatedwithAlvarez.O'NeiltakesAlvarez'splaceatamaskedball.Alvarez,inturn,robstheoldPadre(JohnHerdman)ofsomepearlsandstabshimtodealwithO'Neil'sknife.HethenaccusesO'Neilofthemurderandtriestoshoothim,butwoundsMariainstead,becauseshehasthrownherselfinfrontofhim.Mariarecovers,and,afterprovingthatAlvarezisathiefandakiller,wedsO'Neil.