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An alchemist has brewed a powerful poison; he has also experimented on an antidote. A prince and courtier come to the house to learn of their future, see the alchemist's daughter, and both fall in love with her. The girl, dreaming of the ...See moreAn alchemist has brewed a powerful poison; he has also experimented on an antidote. A prince and courtier come to the house to learn of their future, see the alchemist's daughter, and both fall in love with her. The girl, dreaming of the handsome strangers, forgets her pet dog; he drinks from the bowl of poison and is dying. Her screams bring the father. Eagerly he tries his antidote; it works; the dog is saved; the scientist is triumphant. In the castle the prince longs for the girl. With the aid of his friend he steals her, and places her under a lady-in-waiting in a room in his castle. There he tries to woo her without success. His friend enters the girl's room and attempts to take her in his arms. Frightened she flies to the prince for protection. He tells her his love is honest, and that on the morrow he will ask her father for her hand in marriage. With a heart full of hate the false friend goes to the alchemist and gets poison, telling the poor heart-broken father it is for the prince. The courtier puts the poison in water; the girl is dying. In this condition she is discovered by her lady-in-waiting. The prince is told and heart-broken falls beside his dead love. Meanwhile the father consults the stars. In them he sees his daughter's peril. Taking the antidote he climbs through a window in the castle and saves his child. When the priests and courtiers come with the prince and his friend to bury the girl, she rises and denounces her would-be murderer. The priests, who came to bury the girl, marry her to the prince. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less