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Jethro^ now an outcast, goes to Fleda's home that night and under her window sings the story of what had happened to Ingolby, in revenge. Fleda's father, however, the old Gypsy king, finds him there and puts the dread Gypsy| curse of death upon him.
Now that Ingolby is ill, the fight between the two towns grows to a serious extent. Gabriel Druse is made head constable and, with the aid of the Catholic priest, succeeds in establishing a temporary peace.
For some time Ingolby lies ill and blind, and attended by Fleda, for whom he comes to have even a deeper love. It is often only his love for her which keeps him from committing suicide at the thought of his helplessness. One afternoon he senses trouble and gropingly makes his way to the bridge which he had built and which is the only thing that joins the two towns. He arrives just in time to prevent its being dynamited by two Manitou men, and Druse finds him there, collapsed, after it is all over.
In the meantime Fleda has been kidnapped by the outlawed Jethro and the gypsies, and is taken to the gypsies' celebration, which she is made to believe is the celebration of her marriage to Jethro. She is strangely impressed by the gypsy music and dancing and finds herself in a moment of weakness almost tempted to yield, to Jethro, but is saved by the memory of Ingolby and at the crucial moment is rescued by her father.
Ingolby suddenly regains his sight and appears among the surprised hostile population in time to suppress another riot.
While he is addressing them and attempting to conciliate them, news comes that the Catholic church on the other side of the river is on fire. The church is saved by Ingolby 's modern fire brigade, but the tavern nearby, the meeting place of the conspirators, also catches fire and is not saved. Tekewani, the Indian Chief, effects a thrilling rescue of Marchand, who was sleeping upstairs in a drunken stupor. Knowing his villainies, the old Indian is tempted to kill the man after having saved his life, but is prevented by his daughter. Summer Song.
In the final scene Fleda renounces her right to rule over the Gypsies, saying that she has forsaken her race and religion to marry Ingolby.
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