The Measure of a Man is a 1915 silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse, written by Tom Forman, and featuring Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush.
Helen MacDermott has been brought up in a strict religious environment by her widowed father until she meets Bob Brandt, a dashing adventurer/ gambler who sweeps her off her feet.
She elopes with him over her father's objections, and all is well until 6 months later when the local Vigilant Committee denounces Brandt as a cheat and a swindler, and orders him to leave town.
A month later, Bob accidentally shoots himself in the shoulder; he is discovered by Jim Stuart, a lieutenant in the Northwest Mounted Police, who takes him and Helen to his cabin and nurses the injured man back to health.
Jim falls in love with Helen, but because of his friendship with Bob, he leaves without saying goodbye to her and resigns from the Mounties.