Timid Don Diego Vega grows faint at even the mention of bloodshed and would rather read poetry than defend his own honor. No one suspects that the effete aristocrat is living a double life as Zorro the fox, bold fighter of injustice, whose sword is ever ready to defend the poor and oppressed against a corrupt governor and his merciless army.

Onverkorte heruitgave van het feuilleton "The curse of Capistrano" uit 1919, dat in 1924 in boekvorm verscheen als "The mask of Zorro".