An Unselfish Love Filming Locations

Our hero having been refused because of his lack of wealth by the father of the girl whom he loves, determines that he will overcome that difficulty and sets out to make a fortune by farming in western Canada. He leaves his home, carrying the love of the daughter, but no hope is held out to him by the father that he can ultimately succeed. We see him after his arrival at Strathmore, Alberta, where he takes up farming on the advanced scale with which it is carried out in this part of the country. Among his earliest acquaintances is a lady by no means unattractive, but of the type and age which is popularly designated as an "old maid." She immediately takes a great fancy to John and on every occasion of their meeting presents him with a few flowers. At first his kindly nature feels only amusement, but after a while her attentions become quite unwelcome, particularly as visit after visit to the village post-office finds no letter waiting for him from his loved one at home. Shifting back to the town which he left, we find that Mr. Willmere, the father of the girl, Mabel, now has very ambitious plans for his daughter, because of the fact that a very wealthy suitor, Mr. Moore, has entered the field. The old man's determination goes so far that he actually prevents a letter which Mabel has written to John, from being sent. We see John in the various stages of his successful farming, continually being followed by the spinster lady, Miss Gray. It is evidently a bad case so far as she is concerned. Finally mailers come to a climax. Mr. Willmere being determined that his daughter shall marry the man of wealth, causes to be inserted in the local newspaper an item to the effect that John Martin having succeeded in Strathmore, has become engaged to a Strathmore belle. The sight of this item temporarily at least turns Mabel's love to pique, and the other suitor being coached to make advances at just this time, is accepted by her. Soon afterwards John, on one of his frequent visits to the village post-office, finds, to his great delight, a letter, but his joy is turned to the deepest grief when upon reaching the attractive home which he has made for Mabel and opening the envelope, he finds it to be a wedding invitation announcing the forthcoming marriage between Miss Mabel Willmere and Mr. Henry B. Moore. In utter despair he sits down and starts a heartbroken letter to her, but is interrupted in the middle of it by the approach of Miss Gray. Feeling that his nerves cannot stand the strain of meeting her just at this time, he hastily leaves the room, leaving the half-written letter with the wedding invitation and Mabel's portrait on the table before him. Miss Gray entering with her customary floral offering and finding the room vacant, soon discovers the articles on the table. In a few moments the whole truth is revealed to her, and here her noble heart, though beating under an old-fashioned exterior, becomes evident. It takes her but a few moments to decide that she will try to prevent two lives from being wrecked, and immediately starts east. Just before the wedding day she reaches Mabel's home, whom she is fortunate enough to find alone. The meeting is naturally an embarrassing one, but even over this embarrassment her unselfishness and true nobility triumph and it is not long before she has acquainted Mabel with the fact that John in far-off western Canada is pining for her. From this point Miss Gray urges upon Mabel the necessity for prompt action, and after argument, prevails upon her to immediately start for John's farm. In order to escape observation, Mabel leaves surreptitiously by means of a ladder placed against her window. Going back to western Canada, we find John at the close of the day's work, heartbroken, with a vision before him of Mabel being led to the altar by Mr. Moore. He goes to his lonely home, and, thinking what might have been, bows down in grief under his misfortune. At that moment Miss Gray enters. He greets her politely, but coldly, and not being able even yet to completely repress her fondness for him, she offers him a bunch of roses which she has brought. This is too much for his over-wrought nerves. Brushing the flowers angrily away he intimates to her that he is in no condition to talk with her. Miss Gray, heartbroken herself, but ever true to her purpose, goes to the door and beckons, at which Mabel enters and going to John lays her hand gently on his shoulder. Thinking that it is Miss Gray, he angrily brushes the hand aside, but upon turning discovers the one person whom perhaps he never expected to see again. Thus the two lovers are made happy, and while we can rejoice in their happiness and their acknowledgment of it to the "old maid," our joy is almost overpowered by the sympathy which we feel for her as she furtively wipes her eyes and turns away. However, we may take consolation in the fact that, though she lost what she most coveted, she at least found two friends who will be true to her through life.