The Blazing Trail (1921)

Young doctor Bradley Yates has been trying to come up with a serum to counteract blood poisoning with no results Exhausted he takes a rest in the Blue Ridge Mountains and stays in a small mountain community When a young schoolteacher comes to town a romance develops between her and Bradley but the local gossips have spread rumors that he has seduced Talithy a local girl and will abandon her for the teacher Complications ensue