The Chalice of Courage

Based on the novel The Chalice of Courage: a Romance of Colorado by Cyrus Townsend Brady, it was produced and directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon.

Their relationship comes to a swift end after Armstrong's attentions shift to another woman at a dance, and Louise returns her engagement ring.

[1] After five years pass, Armstrong meets Enid Maitland, a girl from the Eastern United States who is new to the West, and falls in love with her.

She is beset by an American black bear while swimming and cries out in help; drawing the attention of Newbold, now a reclusive mountaineer, who rescues her by killing the animal.

[1] When the coming of Spring melts the snow, Armstrong accompanied by the mountaineer Robert Maitland, Enid's uncle, and the guide Jud Kirby, arrive at Newbold's cabin.

[3] The film was praised in The Moving Picture World for its displays of California's topography spanning all four seasons.