In the Python's Den (1913)

At a military ball in India. Prince Houssein forces his attentions upon the wife of Captain Dare and is severely reprimanded. His Eastern blood craves for revenge, and with a cunning characteristic of his race, he sets out to attain this in a diabolical manner. A forged note is the means of getting his victim in his power, and when Captain Dare learns of his wife's abduction, his anguish can be readily imagined. The colonel of the regiment is informed of the facts, and without delay a search party of Gourkas is sent out to trace Mrs. Dare. The palace of Prince Houssein, which is almost inaccessible, is discovered to be the prison of the stolen wife, and in the endeavor to rescue her, Captain Dare is captured, and his sergeant shot. He is taken before the delighted Prince, who gloats over the mortification of the unhappy husband and wife. Mrs. Dare enlists the services of an Indian maid, who enables her to free her husband. Their freedom, however, is short lived. They are recaptured and imprisoned, and Prince Houssein determines to rid himself of Captain Dare by the easy but dastardly method of chaining him to a stake in a den of pythons. Meanwhile, however, the search party are making a determined attack on the palace, while the prince and his retinue are watching the agonies of the gallant captain. The snakes are curled around his body and his strength is fast failing. Shots ring out and the trusty Gourkas completely overpower the bodyguard and attendants. Prince Houssein is shot and falls wounded into the arena. The pythons leave their intended victim and attack Houssein, who meets his death in the inhuman manner which he had prepared for his enemy. Mrs. Dare releases her husband and the now happy pair leave the palace, to be escorted to barracks by the faithful Gourkas.