The story
“Papita, the star horseback rider of the circus, is much annoyed by the unwelcome attentions of the ringmaster. He happens to see her with the doctor of the village where they are stopping. His jealousy aroused, he plans to avenge himself on the girl by cutting the rein of the horse which she is going to ride that day. The accident occurs, whereby Papita’s kneecap is fractured. The doctor, who is at the circus with his sister, attends her and takes her to his home. She is unable to go on with the show the next day, and that evening when her father comes to bid her goodbye, the doctor suddenly asks his consent to marry Papita, whom he confesses he has long admired and whose troupe he has followed from town to town. He offers the old father a home with them; and thus a serious mishap ends in much happiness.”
Summary from Reel Life · 16 May 1914
