1910 The Bagpipe Player

Douglas, the bagpipe player, is in love with Flora, the younger daughter of the chief of an unfriendly clan. Through the jealousy of her sister Janet, who feels herself slighted. Flora's secret meetings with her lover come to the ears of her father, and the old chief not only seizes and holds the young man prisoner, but has him marooned on a barren island. One of the clan deputed to convey Douglas by boat to the Island is, however, not unfriendly towards him, and he consents to carry a message back to Flora asking her to kindle a beacon fire on the mainland at nightfall. Flora obeys her lover's request and Douglas endeavors to swim across, but the guiding light is suddenly extinguished. Janet's jealousy is again responsible for this, and Douglas, unable to direct his course, becomes exhausted in his battle with the waves. His strength gives out and in the morning his body is washed up by the tide. Flora eagerly on the lookout finds her way to the spot and, heartbroken, sobs bitterly over the unconscious form of her lover. She is interrupted by her father and Janet, and the sound of their voices attracts Nancy, an old wandering gypsy woman commonly looked upon throughout the countryside as a witch. She owes a debt of gratitude to Flora and now is her chance to pay it, so she restores life and animation to him. He rises to his feet, and the old man unable to withstand his daughter's pleadings any longer, relents and clasps him warmly by the hand.