The Scar of Conscience - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Neil Carter is leaving on a hunting trip to South Africa, much to the discomfort of Agatha, his fiancée, who is, perforce, very apprehensive as to his safety in the dark interior. In Africa, Neil's negro guide is bitten by a snake and soon...See moreNeil Carter is leaving on a hunting trip to South Africa, much to the discomfort of Agatha, his fiancée, who is, perforce, very apprehensive as to his safety in the dark interior. In Africa, Neil's negro guide is bitten by a snake and soon after being removed to a hut occupied by John Winter, dies, revealing, however, the hiding place of a diamond. Neil and Winter start out to find the precious stone and their efforts are crowned with success. Each desirous of retaining possession of the stone, an argument results, and Winter is burled over a cliff to his death. The diamond rolls over with him in the scuffle. Neil descends the cliff to find the stone, but seeing the dead body of Winter, dares not pick up the stone. A deep gash has been made in Neil's face by Winter in the death struggle. Returning to America, Neil is cordially greeted by Agatha, who questions him about the scar. The vision of Winter falling off the cliff haunts Neil and he refuses to talk about the scar. Others question him until he is almost driven insane by the nervous strain. His indifference toward Agatha, due to mental excitement as a result of his own silence, prompts her to disdain him and break their engagement. Realizing that peace will not be his so long as he remains in company and refrains from easing his mind by telling of the tragedy, Neil goes to the mountains, and, purchasing a hut, prepares to settle down as a hermit. More than thirty years have passed and Neil's hair is silvery. A party of hunters stop at his hut and ask to rest a while. They start to tell stories and one, an engineer, relates how, while traveling in South Africa, he come upon the skeleton of a man. A short distance above the fossil remains was a brilliant gem, which had every appearance of a diamond. Upon examination, it was found to be only quartz. With a stifled cry, Neil attempts to explain, but the shock is too great and he falls over, dead. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less