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The Sergeant's Secret (1913)
Short | Short, Drama

The Sergeant's Secret (1913)

Short | Short, Drama

Lieut. Jim Brice is the wayward son of the Colonel. Troubled over his boy's conduct, the Colonel requests Sgt. O'Grady to keep an eye on him. Jim frequents a gambling house kept by a Spaniard named Gomez, and one night loses heavily, being...See moreLieut. Jim Brice is the wayward son of the Colonel. Troubled over his boy's conduct, the Colonel requests Sgt. O'Grady to keep an eye on him. Jim frequents a gambling house kept by a Spaniard named Gomez, and one night loses heavily, being finally compelled to give Gomez his I.O.U. for $1,000. Upon his return home, Jim, in a tipsy condition is seriously upbraided by his father, who threatens to disown him in a highly dramatic scene. Jim has been carrying on a clandestine courtship of a pretty Indian maid, Winona, and he promises to elope with her and build a home away in the wilderness. Gomez takes advantage of the desperate financial situation of Jim, and demands payment of his I.O.U., agreeing, however, to cancel the indebtedness if Jim will tip him off when the payroll money for the fort will arrive. Jim gives him this information, and Gomez and his band waylay the stage dressed as Indians, and massacre the escort. When Jim learns of this he is stricken with remorse, but dare not reveal his knowledge, for fear of implicating himself. The Indians are believed to have been the guilty parties, and with a strong guard of soldiers the Colonel calls at the Indian camp and demands that the Indians deliver to him the guilty parties, telling them that if the culprits are not given up within twenty-four hours they must suffer the consequences. At the scene of the battle, Sgt. O'Grady finds a cufflink and suspects that white men have done the deed. He says nothing, but does some clever detective work. In the saloon Gomez is playing cards, and O'Grady gives the cufflink to the porter and tells him to let on that he has just picked it off the floor. Gomez claims the button, exhibiting the mate as evidence of ownership. Jim has been distracted, and takes a drink. His sister sees him enter the saloon and sends O'Grady in after him. When Jim comes out his sister puts her arms around him and tries to make him come home. Winona sees Jim's sister and thinks her a rival, and her heart is filled with jealousy. Jim decides to call at the robbers' hiding place and demand that they return the money. Winona follows him, stealthily, and sees the gang. Fearing for her people, and burning with a desire for revenge, she tells the chief where the money and the thieves are. He decides to capture them, and save himself and his people from the unjust wrath of the soldiers, and starts out with a large company of braves in war paint. O'Grady has also trailed Gomez to his hiding place, and rushes to the fort for assistance just as word reaches the Colonel that the Indians are on the warpath. The Colonel immediately starts out to intercept the Indians, leaving word for his son to accompany O'Grady and capture the bandits. In the hut Jim has met with surly resistance to his demands, and be is finally knocked down and bound. The Indians attack the hut, and Gomez releases Jim and permits him to defend himself from the redskins. The Colonel reaches the village and is informed of the object of the Indians, and gallops toward the hut. O'Grady, at the head of his men, drives off the Indians and breaks in the door of the hut, in which the bandits have been all killed and Jim is mortally wounded. As the Colonel reaches the scene with his soldiers, O'Grady tells him Jim died fighting the bandits, keeping from the father the real story of his son's disgrace. Jim is buried with all military honors, and the old sergeant watches the funeral procession with a grim look on his face, resolved to guard his secret. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Charles Ray Lt. Jim Brice Lt. Jim Brice See fewer	The Girl I Loved (1923)
Shorty Hamilton Sgt. O'Grady Sgt. O'Grady See fewer	Denny from Ireland (1918)
Margaret Thompson Jim's Sister Jim's Sister See fewer	The Thoroughbred (II) (1916)
Richard Stanton Col. Brice - Jim's Father Col. Brice - Jim's Father See fewer	Graft (1915)
Ann Little Winona (as Anna Little) Winona (as Anna Little) See fewer	The Blue Fox (1921)
Raymond Hadley Gomez Gomez See fewer	Broadway Bill (1918)