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- Jack and Helen were engaged, much against their will, for it was mighty disagreeable to them both. In fact, Jack's displeasure was so ill-concealed that his father decided to send him across the border into Old Mexico to learn common sense. Nothing could suit him better, although, of course, he did not let his happiness be known. At a humble home in Mexico lived Juanita, a pretty guitar player and singer, who was forced by her parents to sing and beg on the streets for their support. Their treatment of her was cruel, and, adding insult to injury, they were using every means to get her to marry Don Jose, a wealthy Mexican, who loved her in his fierce fashion, but whom she thoroughly detested. On this occasion Don came to the house and pleaded for Juanita's hand, but she, defying them all, ran from the house. Don Jose followed her until she came to a lonely spot, when he grasped her tightly and endeavored to force his love upon her. Juanita fought desperately, but her strength soon failed so that she must needs be his unwilling victim, but for the timely arrival of Jack, now a cowboy, who was quick to grasp the situation and free Juanita. Don Jose departed swearing everlasting vengeance on the stranger, while Juanita remained to thank her champion. It was love at first sight for Jack and Juanita, but their course, as usual, did not run smooth. Don Jose was not so easily outdone, and soon plotted against Jack. In a saloon he planned with his underlings, to unload Jack's gun and then waylay him on the road. Juanita, coming into the saloon to play, overheard the plot, and when they had gone, took a loaded gun from the bar and followed them. When the party set upon Jack, Don Jose raised his arm to strike with a knife, when a shot rang from the bushes and struck his wrist. The ruffians fled and Don Jose followed. Juanita's shot had saved her lover. There followed a pretty love scene. When his happiness seemed to have reached its zenith, Jack received word from his father to return and prepare for his marriage with Helen. He returned, and Juanita, heartbroken, wandered across the border into San Antonio, determined never to return home. On the eve of Jack's wedding, word was received that Helen had eloped with the man she really loved. He was glad, yet sad, for he had left Juanita without explaining, lacking courage to tell her that he was at that time engaged. As he sat thinking, dejected, there came the strains from a guitar below. Could it be possible? He rushed to the front of the house, and there stood Juanita. She sang, and he responded to her "Spanish Love Song."
- Doris is up a tree as to which of two suitors to accept. Tom is very companionable and Fred is very noble, each equally lovable. She is in the throes of despair, when an idea comes to her to test which is the better man. To the postmistress, her friend, Doris gives two letters, one of which each of the lovers is to call for the next day at noon. Meanwhile, she instructs her faithful old servant Pedro, in the part he is to play in determining the better man. Both letters contain the same: "To prove who is the better man, deliver this letter to me as soon as possible," and upon reading, the rivals mount their steeds and race for Doris' house. It is a desperate ride in which Tom shows no pity for his horse. He is far ahead of Fred when he comes upon old Pedro, who is lying on the road, apparently hurt. But Tom determines to win, so rushes on. When Fred sees the old servant in distress, he is touched, and even at the risk of losing Doris, helps the old man home. Doris and her folks have observed the whole thing through a pair of field glasses. When Tom arrives, he rushes to claim his bride, but is met with an indifference hitherto unknown. His horse drops from exhaustion. Fred arrives with Pedro, fully expecting he has lost the prize. Pedro gets suddenly strong and laughs, which makes Fred all the more mad at himself for having stopped, but when Doris explains her little plot. It does not take either long to understand which has proven "the better man."
- Bill Sanders, sheriff of Alkali County, gets a warrant for Red Rube, the tough. He gives it to his deputies to serve, but Rube gets busy with the strong arm and makes them look like monkeys. When several installments of deputies have failed, Bill Sanders gets on the job himself. Bill not only knows how to juggle the 44 Colts, but he keeps gray matter in his skull. In going after Red Rube, he decides to rely on his brains instead of his hardware. He disguises himself as a tenderfoot, arms himself with a camera, and gets on Rube's trail. Things are warm and lively thereafter, but Sanders gets his man, and the honor of Alkali County is preserved.
- In the days when Indian uprisings in the west were common, there took place a massacre near an old California Mission, in which all were killed save a tiny girl, who slept safely in her dead mother's arms. Mission Fathers, on their way to vespers, heard the child's cries, rescued it and adopted it. For seventeen years she waited upon the aged fathers faithfully, at the end of which period, a tragedy occurred that broadened her life considerably. Captain Courtesy, a bandit, had held up some cowboys, who when free, gathered a posse and followed him. The captain held them all at bay, and by a clever ruse, escaped and sought refuge in the Mission. The Mission fathers received him graciously, and the girl admiringly. He hid his identity, and soon became a favorite at the Mission, especially with Mary, the one-time waif. It was her first love. One day, while walking, Mary read a sign, offering a reward for the person dead or alive, of Captain Courtesy, distinguishable by a crescent-shaped scar on his forehead. She took no notice at the time, but upon arriving at the Mission, Courtesy declared his love to the girl, and she, in response, placed her hands upon his head to imprint a kiss. Her fingers slightly disarranged the hair, and there was exposed to view the crescent-shaped scar. The truth of the situation came to her and she ordered Courtesy from the room, but by no means dispelling the affection from her heart. Courtesy had not proceeded far when he discovered another and still greater Indian uprising than had caused the extermination of Mary's family. His first thought was of the Mission and the girl it harbored. He reached the old structure just in time to warn Mary and the fathers, who escaped into an underground passage. Courtesy remained to defend the Mission. From the subterranean passage Mary gained access to a camp of cowboys and called them to action. After a fierce conflict, the Indians were put to rout. Mary and the fathers emerge from the cellar and begin the search for Courtesy. He had been killed defending the girl he loved.
- Joel Sheldon, an old moonshiner, and his daughter Rachel, live in a secluded shack among the mountains, where, in spite of sheriff's searches and raids, he continues to make and dispose of his moonshine whiskey. Finding all attempts of affection wasted upon Rachel, Tracy, a nondescript young mountaineer, threatens to betray her father for the reward which is offered for information leading to his capture, and with this threat on his tongue, he leaves the shack, Fearing for her father, Rachel tells Sheldon the truth and the old moonshiner lies in ambush awaiting the arrival of the sheriff and the man who betrayed him. Meanwhile, Tracy, still revengeful and remembering the reward offered by the sheriff for any information leading to the capture of Sheldon, betrays the old moonshiner to the sheriff, who, on account of a wounded arm, is unable to act, but persuades and details his deputy, Forbes, to serve as Sheriff pro-tem. Guided by Tracy, Forbes makes his way into the mountains, and upon approaching the shack, is tired upon by Sheldon and left for dead. Rachel hearing the report of her father's rifle, and fearing for him, rushes out down the trail and stumbles over the senseless body of Forbes. She supports him back to the hut, where she bandages his wounds and then discovers the warrant for the arrest of her father in Forbes's pocket. In an instant all her attention turns to anger and taking her father's old loaded rifle, she sits down before him, and with the rifle across her lap guards her guest while she waits the arrival of "Dad." Meanwhile, Tracy reaches the shack, and, looking in through the window, sees the situation. He enters and Rachel, forgetting Forbes, arises and angrily accuses him of his treachery, and, driven to desperation by her taunts, he seizes the rifle and in the struggle for possession there is a report and a scream from Rachel as she staggers and sinks to the floor. Frightened, Tracy turns to the open door about to flee, when he is shot down by Sheldon from the outside as he rushes up, thinking as he saw the struggle through the open door, that Tracy had shot Rachel. Forbes now regaining consciousness, kneels beside the dying girl. Sheldon rushes into the shack, and, thrusting him aside, kneels beside the body. Realizing that his only child is dead, the old man's spirits are suddenly broken and he surrenders peacefully to Forbes. The old moonshiner is marched off to the sheriff's shack, where Forbes delivers up his man and in disgust with his duty done, he surrenders his shield and refuses to serve either the sheriff or the state longer.
- Frank Donald, a young Englishman, who spent his summers at his western ranch, was fond of taking long rides through the woods on his favorite mare, a beautiful grey. On one of these occasions, he left the grey by the roadside, whilst he made his way through the thickets to the brook to drink. Pedro, a half-breed, was eagerly waiting this opportunity, and when Frank stooped to drink, make away with the mare. Several months elapsed when Dolan, a respected ranch owner, visited a camp of horse dealers and purchased a beautiful grey mare, with which he surprised his daughter, Doris. She tried out the mare, and upon returning, tied it in the front yard, while she sought her father, to express satisfaction, and thank him for the beautiful present. The ever-alert Pedro, now saw his chance to divert suspicion. Knowing that Donald followed close behind, with some cowboys, he slipped a branding iron on the grey's saddle as it stood in Dolan's, and rode hastily away on his own horse. Dolan noted Pedro's strange actions and gave chase. Meanwhile, Donald and the boys discovered the grey and the tell-tale iron at Dolan's. Doris innocently told them in which direction her father had gone, and they immediately followed. Donald, however, remained to claim the mare, much to Doris's surprise. Upon learning the truth from her, he realized with horror that a horse thief's fate was about to befall an innocent man. Directing her to ride the grey, he mounted his own horse, and together they rode madly to stay a hastily-formed sentence. The rope was already about Dolan's neck when Doris and Frank came into sight. The grey stopped short, Doris took steady aim, the rope cracked, and Dolan fell to safety. Pedro, the real culprit, was then sought, while Frank remained to receive the father's thanks and the daughter's admiration.
- Ruperto knows but one waltz, upon his mandolin, but he plays it with a charm that completely hypnotizes Batty Bill and his wife. They dance and dance, and the steps they execute would put even New York's society tangoing in the shade.
- Teria the daughter of Hoato-aru, one of the most influential chiefs of Tahiti, falls desperately in love with Jacques, a young midshipman of a French vessel which has dropped anchor off the island. She pleads with her father to secure Jacques as her husband. The French officers laugh in derision at the idea. So far does Teria's love go that the chief orders Jacques taken prisoner. He is brought before Teria, and through force and seduction accepts her proposal. Jacques comes to love Teria, but loyalty to his country demands that he return. At every attempt at escape he is outwitted by Hoato-aru's warriors, until at length the captain of the vessel sends out an expedition for him. At the very height of his love he is torn away from Teria, with only her last gift, a flower, with which to remember the sweetest experience of his existence.
- The drama opens in an engineer's office when business is about to close for the day. Hans, the spy, who wishes to obtain possession of the documents, plans to kidnap under false pretenses Frances Dagmar, the typist, who holds the keys of the safe where the plans are stored. She is led to take a ride in an auto; she is bound and gagged and thrown into the woods. Fortunately, she recovers quicker than the plotters thought, and races to the nearest telephone to give to the engineer an account of her experience. The message is received just after the burglary has been committed, and the thief is seen escaping by means of climbing a roof. His retreat is cut off, with the exception of one means of escape, and that is, by jumping on to the telegraph wires that run across the street, landing on the roof of the adjoining property, and thereby effecting his escape. This is a nerve-wrecking incident for one who is expecting the wires to break and let him down at any minute, but he successfully escapes. It is expected that he would take a train and leave the city immediately, so the engineer and his typist decide to take this train, hoping that they may see him. To avoid creating suspicion, the typist is disguised as a man. They quickly find that they are on the very same train as the thief himself, and make preparations to hold him up at the point of the revolver. Unfortunately for them, the thief sees them in earnest conversation and suspects their intention. Divesting himself rapidly of his overcoat, he lays in wait for the attack, wrestling the revolver from the engineer. They have an extremely excitable and fierce struggle on the rear of the train, where ultimately the engineer is thrown clean off the boards onto the railway siding. The typist, who has witnessed the struggle, runs up to the rescue. The thief seeing her with the revolver and about to shoot climbs up into the top of the train, where he is followed by the woman. Just at the moment when she reaches the top of the carriage, she loses the revolver. The thief, quick to realize his opportunity, rushes at her, and they have a fierce struggle on top of the train, which is still going at full speed. After biting, kicking and wrestling, he is able to throw the woman off the top of the train. The thief escapes and advises his employers of his success and his experience. Realizing the still greater danger now from the discovery of the theft, they decide to get rid of the woman at all costs. Knowing that she is due to keep an appointment at a place adjoining a building used for the storage of lions, they fix ropes to the cage doors and thread the same up to the roof. Having locked the door and made sure that the woman could not escape, they climb onto the roof of the building, pull up the ropes and thus free a number of wild lions, which bound out into the room and confront the typist. She is terror-stricken for some time and escapes into another room, but discovering a prong used by the lion-keepers, she is enabled to drive back the lions out of the room, and after a desperate struggle closes the door after them. While this is going on she fails to see one lion that escapes into the anteroom. Thinking herself free, she swoons away. While in this state, the lion that she had not counted upon, bounds into the room by smashing the door and immediately attacks her. She is mauled for some few seconds before she recovers. Then a fierce struggle takes place, and only in the nick of time does the engineer come upon the spot and shoot the lion.
- Ranch hand Jim is a friend to a boy named Billy at the corral he works for. When a Mexican gets fresh with a lady, he socks him, but the fight is broken up. Later, on the trail, Jim sends Billy to the store where he overhears the Mexican and his gang plot revenge.Jim's kidnapped and tied in the path of a large rock they plan to roll over him, but Billy rouses the other hands to ride to a rescue.
- The saying, "If you want to catch a bird put salt on its tail," is a pleasantry of such long standing it is familiar to every man, woman and child in existence. It furnishes a theme for this well-drawn and lively drama of home life, a tramp's gratitude and the cordiality of the little child who loses through an accident the canary bird which was given her by her father. A tramp calls at the child's home for a "hand out." The mother gives him something to eat, the child provides him with a loaf of bread and sends him on his way rejoicing. Shortly after the tramp has taken his departure the little girl tries to hang the cage with the bird in it on a nail on the porch. The cage falls to the ground and the bird escapes. Her mother is provoked and reprimands her for her carelessness. The child, sobbing on the steps of the porch happens to think of putting salt on the bird's tail and immediately sets out with a box of salt and the bird cage in pursuit of her lost pet. Across fields, through woods we follow the child, through flower-decked pastures and stretches of new-mown hay and gorgeous "snaps" of byways and highways, that make the picture a thing of beauty and the story a panorama of interest. The mother misses the child and goes in search of her. The girl, grown tired and footsore, lies down at the foot of a tree and falls asleep. The tramp is making his way leisurely through the brush and sees the escaped canary bird in the grass, cautiously approaches it and captures it with his cap, then resumes his stroll petting the bird as he goes along. He comes to where the little girl is sleeping, guesses the meaning of the salt box and the cage, decides to repay her for her kindness to him when he needed food, places the bird in the cage and hides behind a neighboring tree to watch the denouement. He doesn't have long to wait. The distracted mother coming along espies the child sleeping with her bird returned to its cage; she is astonished. The child awakens and can scarcely believe her senses. The lost are found and the smiling face of the grateful tramp adds to the happy ending.
- A moneylender kidnaps the young son of an rich widow as part of a plot to cheat her of her fortune. The boy is sent away on a fishing boat with the intention of drowning him, but a kindly old fisherman intervenes.
- Hinemoa was a Maori maiden of high rank and rare beauty, the daughter of a chief. She dwelt on the borders of Lake Rotorua in all the splendor of her father's camp. On the island of Mokoia, in the center of the lake, dwelt chief Whakaue. his three sons, and Tutanekai, son of the chief's wife by another father. Thus Tutanekai, bearing the ban of illegitimacy, was scorned by his stepbrothers, but treated as a son by the noble old chief. The three brothers sought the hand of Hinemoa in marriage, but she bestowed her love on Tutanekai, much to the brothers' dismay and to that of Hinemoa's parents, who forbade her to marry Tutanekai because of the blight in his birth. She refused to choose another, so a great running match was decided upon to determine who should win her. Tutanekai was the victor. In spite of which, Hinemoa's people still refused to permit them to marry. And to prevent any possibility of the lovers joining, Tutanekai was sent back to the island of Mokoia and all boats were removed from the lake. Every evening at dusk, Tutanekai, from his island three miles distant serenaded Hinemoa with his flute, and she, in her camp, was thrilled and encouraged by his notes of love, until at length she could bear the separation no longer. Shrouded by the night, she plunged into the frigid waters of the lake, and, guided by his flute, swam three miles to the island of Mokoia. Exhausted, she rested and hid in a natural warm bath and resorted to strategy to bring forth her lover, for to be found by any other man and taken into his sleeping hut, would have meant to become his wife, according to Maori law and custom. By a clever scheme she attracts Tutanekai to the bath and together they secretly entered Tutanekai's hut. The three step-brothers were enraged, but the old chief protected and honored Tutanekai.
- The workingmen were discontented. They had read how trades had secured an increase in wages by striking, and decided to use the same tactics if necessary. A committee was chosen and went before the owner of the mine, but he would not grant their demands. Then the foreman was chosen to intercede for the men, and his failure to obtain the raise in salary led to a tragedy, for it was known that he cherished a secret love for the mine owner's daughter, and his failure was mistaken for false play. Accordingly, the foreman was made a prisoner and the men instigated a hunt for the owner, who by the way, had refused his consent to the marriage of his daughter and the foreman, believing that the latter was in leagued with the workingmen. The owner was dragged from his home and both he and the foreman were taken to a lonely spot in the woods. They were bound and gagged and tied to a stake. A powder keg was placed beneath them with wires running to a battery, by which it was to be set off. Meanwhile the mother, who had passed her husband on the road in the hands of the villainous miners, rushed to her house and arrived exhausted, only able to tell Edith the daughter, what was happening before fainting. The plucky little girl knew what well to do. She mounted hastily and rode with all speed to save her lover and her father. On the hill the men were drawing lots to determine which of them should set off the dynamite. Bill Ford drew the marked paper, but was not overzealous about his task. He delayed, delayed. His hand was clutching the igniter, but still he delayed. A drink of whiskey, he asked, but the men refused, and soon there was a fight. Edith rode like mad, and had just untied and released the prisoners when the charge exploded. The men, in their struggle, had fallen upon the battery. They fled. In his flight, Ford came upon the foreman and the owner. He was stupefied. He could not believe his eyes, but when finally convinced of their reality, begged forgiveness. The men were pardoned their villainous acts, for the father had learned that the foreman was a square man and as such, deserving of his daughter. If not of salaries, there was a raising of hats at the Gringo Mine at news of the betrothal.
- Mr. Newhouse and his daughter, Doris, visit the oil wells of which Mr. Newhouse is proprietor. The father inspects the works while Doris remains in the carriage to read. Her attention is drawn to one of the workmen who is neater than the rest and who is evidently very much elated over something before him. Doris becomes interested and approaches the man. Tom, for such is his name, is very much flattered and proudly describes a new device he has just invented. But Doris fails to understand, as he draws a sketch for her. The foreman arrives and pays much attention to Doris, which she evidently dislikes. She leaves with her father. Tom shows the invention to the foreman, who says it does not amount to much, but who secretly knows it is wonderful. He sends Tom away on some errand, and copies the sketch. The foreman applies for a patent and tells Mr. Newhouse of his invention. 'The latter is pleased and helps the foreman along. The foreman meanwhile discharges Tom, who on his way from the wells meets Doris and her father in their automobile which has broken down. Doris at once recognizes him as the workman who showed her the invention and tells her father of the incident. All go back to the wells, where the foreman is faced with the truth. After a great struggle he is forced from the place and Tom comes into his own. And all this time Doris looks upon Tom with favor. She is the last to congratulate him, but not the least, for her hand lingers and her eyes speak volumes.
- About 1722, Spain, in her command of Texas (named from a confederation of Indians, who called themselves Tejas), established the Franciscan mission of San Antonio de Valero (The Alamo). Around this mission was built the pueblo (village) and presidio (barracks), which formed the nucleus of the present city of San Antonio. In 1824 Texas withdrew from Mexico and formed a separate republic, and the Mexican general Santa Anna, the self-styled Napoleon of the West, was sent to force her back into allegiance. At San Antonio in 1836 Col William B. Travis was in command of the fort. With him was Col. William Bowie, David Crockett, Lieut. Dickenson and a small force. He received word that Santa Anna, at the head of a Mexican army of several thousand, was advancing to take the city. Travis dispatched a message to Gen. Sam Houston for aid, sending Lieut. Dickenson and taking his force of 140 men and women of the city, among whom was Dickenson's wife, Lucy; he retired to the Alamo. On February 23, Santa Anna sent a message to surrender, and upon the brave refusal of Travis, he attacked the place. Travis held the Alamo until March 6, 1836, his little force constantly diminishing. On that day, when all seemed lost, Travis drew a line with his sword down the center of the room and asked all who would die with him to cross to his side. All crossed save one, Rose, who announced his determination to try to escape. He succeeded in leaving the building but was never heard from again. A breach was made in the wall by the cannon of Santa Anna, and the Mexicans entered to find all the men dead except Travis and four companions. These were immediately slaughtered on the spot, and Lucy Dickenson, with two other women and three children, were all to leave the Alamo alive.
- The Rev. Dr. Newman receives a telegram requesting his services at a wedding at Redville. While on the train he gets into conversation with a whiskey salesman. The minister being near-sighted and slightly nervous believes he has arrived at the proper station and grabbing a suit case disembarks. He finds after the train has pulled out that he has mistaken Roseville for Redville. He makes the acquaintance of the president of the local bank who asks him to spend the night as there is not another train for Redville until the morrow. The maid takes his suitcase to the room he is to occupy and having a strong sense of smell for a certain commodity opens it. Much to her delight she finds it stocked with whiskey and starts in to satisfy her desire. This act causes dinner to be postponed, due to the food being slightly overdone. As the host and his guest are about to retire the bank president reads of a man going through the country impersonating a minister who is a very heavy drinker and who has the habit of passing worthless checks. His suspicions aroused he orders the maid to get the minister's suitcase and upon opening it he discovers the horrible stuff. Convinced this is the impostor he has him arrested at once. Meanwhile a young lady takes the seat in the train left vacant by the minister and attracts the attention of the whiskey salesman, who, wanting to be attentive opens his suitcase and much to his surprise finds a Bible and a minister's garb. This convinces the young lady, who is a sister of the prosperous bride that this is the Rev. Dr. Newman. He is made to get off at Redville by the bridal party and attends the dinner party the night before the wedding. He imbibes a bit too freely and after supper starts dancing the tango much to the surprise of the young people. He then makes an excuse and retires. Fortunately a burglar breaks in his room and after a struggle the burglar, who had intended chloroforming his victim, is chloroformed and the salesman changes clothes with him and escapes. The burglar awakes and accidentally upsets a table which awakens the other members of the household. He escapes, however, and is pursued by a posse which the sheriff gathers together. The whiskey salesman meanwhile discovers a motorcycle. Both the whiskey salesman and the burglar are captured in Roseville, where the Rev. Dr. Newman is experiencing the humiliating ordeal of reposing in the county jail. After many explanations the Bank President realizes the great injustice he forced on the real minister. The burglar escapes in the excitement, the Whiskey Salesman has to telegraph his firm for more traveling expenses and the Rev. Dr. Newman arrives at Redville the next day in time to marry the much worried young couple.
- Two girls put an advertisement in the paper stating they desire to make the acquaintance of a young gentleman with a view to marriage. To the numerous replies they receive from the ad, they send the same answer, designating the place of meeting and that each lover is to have a rose in his mouth. About thirty old beau brummels appear to keep the appointment, the girls enjoying the joke from a neighboring window. All goes well until they upset the box containing the answers to their ad, which falls at the feet of two of the disappointed ones. As the girls reach the street to recover their letters, they are made to pay the penalty of a kiss to each of the two disappointed lovers.
- Having sold out a good stock of cattle, the ranchman "sets 'cm up" for the boys at the town café, and in paying the bill, displays an enviable roll of greenbacks. Frank Hawley, a professional gambler, entices him into a game of poker, where, by the crooked work of the gambler and his confederates, the ranchman loses all and in the hope of "coming back" borrows from Hawley, only to lose again. It is the ranchman's "debt of honor" and he takes Hawley home with him to show him a goodly stock of horses, the sale of which will more than pay the debt. But Hawley becomes at once interested in the ranchman's daughter, Mary, who, however, has a lover, and spurns the gambler's attentions, dealing him a blow on the face for forwardness. Hawley becomes more than ever determined to have her for his wife by fair means or foul. He directs the theft of the ranchman's horses, then demands his money. But he did not count on losing his fat wallet in the very stables that he robbed, which Mary finds and brings to her father just as Hawley is demanding her hand most threateningly. To claim it would be to admit the theft, so he is forced to swallow the bitter pill of his own carelessness, and to see Mary and her cowboy lover about to start life as one on the handsome balance remaining in the wallet after paying the "ranchman's debt of honor."
- Grace and her lover, Graham, being caught in the rain while riding, Graham begs her wait beneath a tree while he searches for a place of shelter. When, however, he does not return in due time she becomes alarmed and follows the path he took. Peering in the window of a house she discovers a man dead and her lover embracing a prostrate woman. Her conclusions are that her lover has committed murder, and in a fit of jealousy, she informs the authorities. Graham is captured and about to be lynched when remorse fills the heart of Grace. Perhaps he has some explanation. She pleads with the lynchers and obtains a hearing for her lover. Graham explains that the woman he embraced was his sister; that he had arrived at the hut just after she had been choked to death by her husband, a gambler, who had forced her to marry him to pay a gambling debt of Graham's; that in a conflict that followed between himself and the gambler-husband, the latter was killed. The lynchers are convinced by this story and Grace reconciled.
- Foezel, a dim-witted police officer, is persuaded to loan his trousers to an actor who is playing a cop in a movie.
- Sheriff Johnson "grub stakes" Whitridge in a gold prospecting proposition and puts up the money necessary, with the understanding that should the expedition be a success the profits would he divided equally. Soon after Whitridge's departure the sheriff is shot and mortally wounded in rounding up a gang of desperate bandits. His dying act is to turn over the grubstake agreement to his little son, Jack, that he might derive the profits. Jack is adopted by the doctor, but soon runs away and becomes a cowboy. Whitridge makes a rich strike, but hearing of the sheriff's death decides to ignore the grubstake. Fifteen years later finds Jack foreman of a ranch. Whitridge, having made a sufficient fortune, has just purchased the ranch west of that on which Jack is employed and settles down with his wife and daughter, Ethel, a girl of seventeen. She soon meets Jack in a romantic way, for he proves himself a hero when his horse runs away. Ethel introduces Jack to her father, who, though he does not recognize Jack, is not favorable to the match. But lovers are not to be outdone and their meetings continue in clandestine. Soon after, Jack goes over his dead father's papers, and discovers the agreement with Whitridge, which he decides to present to the father to further his suit. While Jack is employed, however, Whitridge accidentally comes across his coat, finds the agreement, and learns Jack's identity. Taking a further dislike he tears the papers up. In doing this he is perceived by Ethel, who gathers the small pieces, realizes the truth, and hurries to give them to Jack. Together they go to Whitridge and ask permission to marry only to be sternly refused. Then they confront him with the agreement. Whitridge is nonplussed, but Jack, perceiving his discomfiture, lights a match and smilingly offers to burn the agreement up in return for his daughter and his blessing. Whitridge agrees and all are happy.
- From force of habit, some might call him a "Greaser," true, he is a Mexicano; he is no more, a man of noble instinct and chivalrous nature. He falls in love with the American ranchman's daughter, and while she appreciates his sincerity, she does not return his affection for her. Tony not only loves, he respects her, and will not inflict his attentions upon her, and will not inflict his attentions upon her, neither seeking recognition nor reward. He overhears a conspiracy among a gang of dissolute Mexicans to attack the American ranch, and when they insult the stars and stripes he defends the flag, makes away with it, and a bold dash for the ranch to warn Helen of the approaching danger. She jumps upon his horse and makes a daring ride at break-neck speed to reach her father and his cowboys, who hasten to defend the home. Tony, who has made a brave fight against the black-hearted devils, is captured and shot as he presses to his lips a handkerchief that once belonged to the idol of his undying love. The ranchman, his daughter and his men arrive in time to save the home and rout the desperadoes. Helen finds the lifeless form of poor Tony, clasping the evidence that shows his last thought was of her.
- The thrilling story told by an old native of Tahiti, of how, in years gone by, he saved the island's present great chief, Tati Kakao. Tati was dedicated to the Teva clan by his mother, the queen. Knekud, the old native, then young, spied enemies approaching the island and warned the queen. A rival clan, led by two Swedish beachcombers, armed with muskets, landed and demanded that the infant chief be surrendered or there would be war. The young and faithful native seeing that his tribesmen were weakening to the enemies' demands, to avert a great war, took the infant from his mother and carried him to a place of safety. And then there was a conflict in which the odds were even, until the young native, finding the Swedish sailors in need of water, helps them to a liquid poisoned with the deadly leaves of Kava. The Tevas were victorious and the clan's honor is sustained. Knekud is honored.
- Exterior of miner's cabin; Nellie sitting on stump at right, tying a bunch of wild roses, which are scattered all around her; a kitten comes out of the cabin and jumps into her lap; she pets it and then places it on her shoulder. Philip, her father, appears at doorway, and watches her fondly during this piece of business; then comes forward and places his hands over her eves Business of guessing who it is. Finally she throws off his hands and turning around, she embraces him fondly. They suddenly draw apart and assume a listening attitude; the girl clings to her father in terror; he leads her to the cabin, which they enter. Philip reappears immediately with gun, motions to Nellie to lock the door, assumes a listening attitude and walks rapidly down the path to the left. Out on the plains; single tree in center, Philip near tree, shading his eyes with his hand peering down the road to the left; raises his gun to his shoulder and shoots, then runs off to the right. Enter a band of Indians on horseback, with captive, Clyde Darrow, bound with a lariat; they dismount and tie him to a tree; then gather the fallen branches and pile them around his feet, apply torch and dance the war dance around the victim. Cowboy quarters on Bar X Ranch; cowboys playing cards, etc., their horses tied nearby. Enter Nellie on the run; excitedly tells them of the Indians and their captive, pointing back from whence she came. Cowboys drop their cards, scamper to their horses and mount. All ride off in the direction of the Indian band. Indians dancing around the burning captive; shots heard in the distance; Indians cease dancing and scamper for their horses, shooting meanwhile at the advancing cowboys. Hand to hand battle. The Indians are finally defeated and retreat, followed by the cowboys, while Philip, who has dropped off his horse, kicks aside the burning branches, cuts the prisoner free, throws him over his shoulder and takes him to his cabin. Interior of miner's cabin; Clyde reclining on a bed, his head bandaged and his arm in a sling. Nellie is sitting beside him, and he takes her hand and kisses it. Then he thanks her for her tender nursing, and tells her he loves her; she shyly drops her head and answers that she returns his love then buries her face on his shoulder. They draw apart as Philip enters. Clyde takes Philip by the hand and thanks him for saving his life, Nellie kneeling beside the bed. Kitchen of miner's cabin: Philip on chair, Nellie placing dishes on the table; comes over, stands behind Philip s chair, smooths his hair and kisses him. Enter Clyde with a letter in his hand, which he gives to Philip to read, meanwhile telling him that he must leave them. The letter reads: "Denver. September 1, 1909. My dear son Clyde: Your letter stating that you are better, received. You must hasten home at once, to get ready for your wedding to Emily which you know takes place in two weeks. With love, your mother." Nellie starts forward as her father reads the letter, goes to Clyde, and entreats him to say it is not true: kneels at his feet and begs him to stay. Philip looks on wonderingly, then comes forward, lifts Nellie to her feet, and motions Clyde away. Exit Clyde. Nellie whispers to her father that Clyde has wronged her under promise of marriage; she hides her face on his shoulder, and sobs violently. Philip starts back angrily, takes the pistol from his belt, and makes a move as though to follow Clyde, but Nellie takes the pistol from his hand, meanwhile shaking her head sorrowfully, and pointing upwards. Philip pushes her aside and rushes out. Exterior of cabin, bench in front, and chair beside it. Clyde sitting on the bench, smoking a cigarette. Philip enters from the cabin, advancing angrily on Clyde, who rises from the bench and faces him. Philip tells him he'll make Nellie his wife, or he will kill him. Clyde snaps his fingers in Philip's face and turns his back to him, as though he did not care, and Philip, overcome with rage, picks up the chair and knocks Clyde down with it. Nellie rushes out from the cabin into her father's arms, just as Clyde, raising his gun, shoots at Philip. Nellie, being between the two, receives the bullet, and falls dead in her father's arms. Philip, in agony, calls on her to speak to him, then lays her on the ground and feels her heart. Realizing that she is dead, he falls prostrate on her form, sobbing bitterly. After Philip has recovered from his paroxysm of grief, he looks around to take vengeance on her murderer, but finds he has left the cabin, but has left his gun behind. He picks up the gun and kneeling beside Nellie's body, he raises his right hand to heaven and swears that the gun which killed his Nellie should send the fatal ball that should pierce the heart of her murderer. Rocky pass in the mountains; camp of miners in the foreground. Miners gathered around a fire, telling stories. Suddenly Philip enters, gun in hand, and peers eagerly into the faces of the miners: then shakes his head sadly, and turns to go away, when one of the miners calls him back, and asks for whom he is seeking. He tells them his story, and the miners tell him to search through their camp, and if he finds his man, to kill him according to his vow. The miners all line up in a row, at back, and Philip goes along the line slowly, peering into each bearded face, until he comes to the last one, then he utters a yell of rage, pulls the false heard from the miner's face, and reveals the face of Clyde, who tries to escape, but Philip drags him to center, forces him to his knees, and tells him to ask Heaven for mercy, for he is going to kill him. Clyde draws a revolver with his free hand, and shoots Philip, who staggers back into the arms of two of the miners, while the others prevent Clyde from escaping. Philip slowly sinks to his knees, then picks up his gun, which he has dropped, slowly raises it to his shoulder, takes aim at Clyde, and pulls the trigger. Clyde falls, face downward, on the ground and Philip falls dead in the arms of the miners.
- All during the night a storm raged furiously, but day dawned beautifully. Tom, a young fisherman, discovers on the beach of the little island evidences of a wreck, and then the limp, unconscious form of a sweet young woman, bound to a piece of the wreckage. Tom lifts her gently and takes her to the humble cottage where he and his mother live alone. With their care Ruth soon again regains health, but the terrible ordeal through which she has gone results in the complete loss of memory of the past. However, Tom loves her, and she, too, has the same passion for him. They marry, and the little household becomes a haven of happiness, until a launch party of sight-seekers stops at the little fishing island for luncheon. One of the strangers approaches Ruth and is promptly knocked down by Tom for it, but not until Ruth has recognized and remembered, and in her horror she staggers into the shack. The sight of the strange face was a shock sufficient to give back her memory of the past, memory of her marriage to a man who was not Tom, a marriage she had no memory of, and of a husband living whom she had forgotten. While she struggles with her secret, her misery and her memory, he comes, her husband, the stranger, declaring his identity and demanding her, his wife. Ruth comes from her room and reveals to him the too unhappy truth of the stranger's claims. The launch is waiting. Ruth is forced to go away from a happiness she had never before known, he gives Tom back the wedding ring, which he kisses and places on his own finger. Then he watches the fast-disappearing motorboat which takes away from him all that he held dear in life.
- Batty Bill plans to make his honeymoon the one big event of his life, and it is. He hires a most unique postilion-led carriage with which to begin the journey, but his wife is oh, so heavy, and pretty (?) coin a word. Perhaps the horses are frightened, but certainly there is a good reason for the carriage not holding together. And so with every conveyance they select, chaise, cart and motor, all fall, and it is not to be wondered that the bride's dress-basket is the last resort of the harassed couple. It at least brings ultimate happiness, and in a way least imaginable.
- Danny, the little eight-year-old cowboy, while amusing the boys with his lariat, is interrupted by the arrival of Dick, the artist, to whom Mr. Wilson introduces his daughter, Bee. The artist falling in love with her, wins Bee away from Jake, her fiancé. Jake seeks revenge and with Slim, steals the proceeds of a sale of cattle made by Bee's father, and kidnapping Dick, forces him to sign a note, saying that he stole the money, after which Jake's gang intend to compel him to quit the country. Bee's father suspects Dick, owing to his disappearance, and Danny, sent to get Jake's help to capture the thief, discovers the plight of the artist and tells Bee. The two ride to the rescue and with their pistols drawn compel a surrender. Releasing the artist who, with Bee's assistance, binds Jake and Slim, Danny rides for help. The cowboys, led to the appointed meeting-place, capture the whole gang and Danny receives the congratulations of the ranchers for ridding them of the band of horse thieves who had so long remained undetected.
- Dora Watson, a pretty nurse, is taken by her father, the doctor, to attend Tidewater Pete, a cowboy, who has broken his leg. By the time Pete is well, the other boys have become so fond of Dora that they are loath to let her go back home, and conspire to keep her. Shorty has an idea. He feigns intense pains in the stomach and the boys carry him to Dora, who was just leaving. The latter suspects their little plot and administers a dose of bitter medicine that sends Shorty to the nearest pump to cleanse his mouth. Finally, in desperation, Long Jim resolves to wound himself in the foot. Closing his eyes he pulls the trigger, but accidentally misses his foot and shoots Ralph, the ranch owner's son, who is really in love with Dora. She has to stay and attend him, and the period of nursing, under the watchful eyes of the cowboys, completes the romance, much to the surprise of the doctor and the boy's father, but to the pride and joy of all the boys.
- John Stuart, the young Londoner, who received a monthly remittance from the estate of his late uncle, found life rather boresome, now that all his whims were satisfied by the aid of plenty of spending money, and as a last recourse, decided to go to America and buy a mine. In a lonely spot in Colorado, far from the usual path of any "pale face," sat Starlight, only daughter of White Buffalo, the dead chief, mourning his death. At his resting place she remained until bodily wants overcame her and she sank in a faint. Stuart, the miner, in search of a suitable location, found the girl exhausted and carried her to his cabin. In a week or so Starlight became better and Stuart thought it time she return to her camp. The Indian girl was surprised. Was she not by every Indian right bound to marry Stuart? Could an Indian maiden return to her camp alone? With the fervor of her youth, she clasped Stuart about the neck and begged him. The marriage over, the little cabin soon gave evidence of her housewifely skill. All was happiness and bliss until one day Stuart received word from his London solicitors that, his aunt was now dead, he sole heir to his uncle's estate and to come to London at once. Stuart left Colorado hurriedly and secretly, lacking courage to bid Starlight farewell. In England a grand reception awaited the heir. Ambitious mothers with marriageable daughters flocked about him galore. They bored him with their attentions. They asked him about his life in America, which suddenly brought back to his mind visions of his little cabin in the woods, and of his little Indian bride. He realized he never should have left her, that she might now be dying, waiting for him. It was the call of the wilderness. He returned with all speed to the little Colorado town, hastened to his cabin, but it was empty, and devoid of all evidence of recent habitation. He roamed the woods, calling: "Star-light. Star-light," but there came no answer. Suddenly he thought of the dead chief's grave. He rode like mad to the spot, and there lay Starlight, almost gone. He clasped her to his breast, gave her drink and warmed her hands. Finally she opened her eyes and recognized her husband. With a last feeble effort she once again clasped her arms around his neck and drew his face close to hers for a kiss. And then, with a contented smile, she sank back in his arms. A broken heart had been given eternal rest.
- Jim lives in the Golden West. He owns a young apricot orchard and is engaged to marry Mary. His brother, Tom, is a blacksmith back east, but as business is bad, decides to join his brother. He sells out his shop and bids farewell to his wife, promising to be back soon with a fortune. While on his way out his brother's orchard is ruined by frost. Tom arrives unexpected, full of hope, only to find out Jim's misfortune. Both are disheartened, but Jim cheers him up optimistically, and says they will pull together and make their pile. Several weeks pass. Tom is unable to secure a position, and to cap the climax his wife writes that she is in need of money. In desperation, Tom decides to hold up the stagecoach. He takes a large handkerchief bearing Jim's name to use as a mask and stealthily leaves the house. Mary detects him and informs Jim. Tom lays in ambush for the coach, but not knowing the roads well, has selected the wrong one. Nevertheless, he rushes out at the sound of approaching hoof-beats and is dumbfounded when he finds but a single rider. It is the governor. Tom orders his hands up at gun's point. We leave them thus and next see Jim riding desperately to prevent his brother from holding up the stage. He comes upon Tom riding easily home, who assures him that he did not rob the coach. But Jim's suspicions are aroused when he discovers Tom counting a roll of bills. He tells his sweetheart, and they decide to go to town to learn if there was a hold-up. From a distance they see Tom in the company of two sheriffs, and conclude that he has been arrested. Jim decides to shoulder his brother's guilt, and making a dash to the group, cries, "I am the guilty man; he is innocent." The sheriffs smile and Tom tells his brother the story of mistakenly holding up the governor, of how the benevolence of the old man aroused his conscience, of giving back the stolen articles and how the governor, upon learning his story, gave him money, and an official card to the sheriff, giving instructions to make Tom a game warden.
- The rancher, notified that cattle thieves are coming his way, and fearing the loss of his herd, arms himself and his assistant and starts out to round them up. Whilst searching through the mountains they are suddenly attacked by the thieves, who have been hiding in ambush. They open fire and the rancher falls from his horse, a wounded man. His assistant, fearing the worst, retreats and rides home for aid. Arriving at the ranch he tells the rancher's daughters what has happened. Taught by their father from their earliest childhood to protect themselves in case of danger from roving bad men, they are expert markswomen, and so, arming themselves with pistols, they rush to the rescue of their injured father. By skillful riding and careful reconnoitering they surprise and capture the band and release their father, who was about to be tortured. The neighboring ranchers, hearing of the capture, turn out to congratulate the girls on their bravery and success, thanking them in the name of the community for ridding the country of so great a pest.
- This is a film that will delight the hearts of all children and give great pleasure to all lovers of animals. There is also a flavor of Hans Anderson about it, as we feel that the animals are the real heroes and play the chief part, so that we feel as much sympathy for them as for the immortal "Babes in the Wood."
- In a western town, Smiling Bob, a miner, is in love with Molly, the pretty daughter of another miner. Soon an easterner arrives, whom Bob defends against the attacks of the rough miners, and among other witnesses, introduces him to Molly at a dance. Molly falls in love with Jim. At the mine where Jim secures employment a workman named Pete. Jim has a quarrel with Pete and threatens to take it up later. An accident occurs, in which Pete is seriously hurt, and the miners, having heard the threat, accuse Jim. He is tried and condemned, and locked in a room preparatory to being lynched. All this time Bob has seen the girl of his love won from him, gradually, degree by degree, for indeed she let him down easily. But he took it with a smile and good nature, such as had characterized his every dealing in life, and his true love for her remained steadfast. At this crisis in Jim's life, Molly turns to Smiling Bob for help, and for the love he bears the girl and to make her life happy, though to virtually wreck his own, he accomplishes Jim's release and escape. And until the paper upon which these were written disintegrated, he carried these words near his heart, "Jim and I were married today. We will never forget what you did for us. I am so happy. Molly."
- Mrs. Atkinson, through the death of her husband, becomes the possessor of a large cattle ranch. The manager attempts to get possession of the property, but fails. In revenge he turns loose a vicious bull, which charges at Mrs. Atkinson. Thornton, the executor of the estate, saves her. The actions of the bull, however, cause the herd to stampede, and the manager, unable to get out of the way of their run, is trampled to death.
- Tom does his best to strike oil on his property, but ill luck seems to be his. The workmen become discontented and leave, all save a faithful Indian who swears by Tom. Together they put up with many hardships to keep the plant working. Meanwhile back home, Anne is commanded by her father to marry old Harvey in order that he will not foreclose the mortgage. In vain she pleads with her father and at last writes Tom with a broken heart that she must marry another. But shortly before the letter reaches him, Tom at last strikes oil, and a mighty well it is. He seeks a partner and obtains may dollars cash for a half interest. But his former foreman gets wind that there is money in the air and plots to get it. But Tom's faithful Indian again proves his worth by frustrating the foreman's designs and Tom is enabled to board the first train for home. The bridal party is at the very church door when Tom gallops up. Anne reads the good news in his countenance and rushes to his arms. When Harvey interferes, Tom thrusts a packet of bills in his face in settlement of the mortgage and gives Anne her choice. And papa and all assembled approve her choice, for everybody loves a hero.
- Joe Fuller, the outlaw and bandit, draws rein at a humble cottage and begs refreshment. The traditional hospitality of the west is at once shown him by Jane White, who is alone in the house at the time, with her baby daughter. The bandit is given food and drink, while he is eating which, the baby takes a child-like fancy to him. Fuller also takes a liking to the child, but contents himself with fondling it and receiving, at the child's suggestion, its photograph. When, later, Mr. White returns and finds the child missing, suspicion is at once cast on the bandit, of whose visit Jane has informed him. But the child has only responded to its fancy and wandered. In hope to again see the "nice man." In a shaded place, the bandit has laid down to rest, when he notices the child, followed by an Indian, about to kidnap it. He rushes to the baby's rescue, and bravely risks the chance of capture to take the little one home. Assembled In the cottage are the sheriff's men. The outlaw gets the "drop" on them, returns the baby to the distracted mother, collects all the guns and makes as graceful a departure as ever Raffles made. Then to the border line, where he leaves a note. Informing the sheriff that he need not follow him more, for he is for a "straight" life in another country, and all because of "the kid."
- In a western saloon, Pedro and the boys are playing cards and drinking, when one cheats and there is a gunfight. It all happens so quickly that no one knows who to blame until Pedro, knowing that he shot at least one man, steals quickly from the place and rides furiously off. The others see him go and at once decide he started the fight and is responsible for the probable loss of life. They mount their horses and pursue him. Meanwhile Pedro has succeeded in reaching a spot not far distant. Here he meets his sweetheart, Melita. They both hear the approaching pursuers, and Melita, fearful for her lover, jumps on the same horse and they ride away. Reaching a barn, Melita changes clothes with Pedro, and after telling him to hide in the barn she rides away to mislead the pursuers. They follow her, thinking her Pedro, but at last find out their mistake when they overtake her. Forcing her to go with them, they search farther and find Pedro in the barn just after he has subdued a young girl and her mother who had entered to collect eggs. Pedro is imprisoned in the sheriff's house as there is no jail in town. Melita frees him in a novel way and bids him fly to Mexico. The sheriff suspects Melita knows Pedro's whereabouts, and she, offering to show them where Pedro lives, leads them there, knowing he is even now on his way to Mexico. Returning to town in disgust with Melita accompanying them, they are just in time to see, with the aid of a field glass, Pedro crossing the boundary in the valley below. A week later Melita receives a letter from Pedro asking her to join him that the Padre may make them one.
- This photoplay was produced in Tahiti, one of the South Sea Islands, and is the reconstruction of an ancient ballad sung by the "Kanakas," natives of the island, since the year 1650. Of all the great chiefs of Tahiti in the year 1650, Tavi was the most generous, and, therefore, the most powerful. Sharing his high position was his consort, the beautiful Taurua, whom Tavi cherished and honored more than was the custom. So that when the neighboring chief Tuiterai dispatches envoys of peace imploring the loan of his wife for seven days, Tavi must needs comply, though it break his heart, for Tavi was generous. The seven days up, Taurua is not returned and Tavi declares war. It is a long, fierce barbaric struggle. Taurua is regained and Tuiterai taken prisoner to the camp of Tavi, for none but a chief can kill a chief. But "Why?" says Tavi, "did you bring him here. My home now makes him a sacred guest." Alas for Tavi. He cannot punish Tuiterai, and to cap the climax, Taurua has fallen in love. But Tavi is generous, and surprising the lovers in tender embrace, he nobly blesses them, and gives Taurua to Tuiterai "for all time."
- A young lad, the son of poor parents, goes out in search of a treasure which has been concealed for many years. He has been warned in advance that he will have to sacrifice much to come into possession of the fortune. Being full of spirit and ambition, nothing can hold him back, and he sets out. Luckily a genie guides him in the right direction and notwithstanding all trials and tribulations he gains his goal. Ho fights with dragons and other animals, who have killed many men seeking the fortune, but the young boy exhibits such marvelous strength and bravery that he vanquishes the defenders of the fortune. His efforts are crowned with success, and he returns home with enough gold to make his parents happy forever.
- Dick Dresler is one of the most faithful guardsmen of the Union line; one who hates a Confederate soldier like sin, and who swears to show no mercy on any rebel who crosses the line. Tom Newhouse, a Confederate, gets news of his mother's approaching death and hastens to her side, having to steal his way through the Union line, Dick is on guard and discovers the footsteps, which he trails to Tom's home. He rushes into the house with raised gun and orders everyone to surrender, but is taken suddenly aback at the scene before him, a son's sorrowful farewell to his dying mother. He slowly lowers his gun, realizing the meaning and the sacredness of Tom's visit. Dick himself has a mother, and in a moment of fond memory, disregards the rules of war and allows Tom's freedom. For many a day his conscience asked him the question that he concluded only the Great Judge could answer: did he do Right, or Wrong?
- When Bob Stanley from New York arrives in Sulphur Mountain he gets mixed up in a fight with Jose, a Mexican, and is injured. Joe, a miner, takes Bob home where his wife dresses the wound, and offers him shelter until he shall become well. Joe mistakes Mary's sympathy for Bob for love and decides to put himself out of their way. He causes an explosion, at the mine, leaves his hat and coat and makes it appear as though he has been killed. But Mary loves Joe, and her grief at his apparent loss is great. Six months later Joe, in rags and with beard, comes back to the scene of the explosion. But his mind does not recall everything perfectly, for in his brooding he has become mentally deranged. Miners see him, and believing him a ghost, flee in fear. Bob heads a party to investigate the place of the reported apparition and in a most unexpected manner comes face to face with his old benefactor. The man's mind slowly regains balance and he remembers that he has a wife. Bob persuades him to come back, but as they approach the house they discover a doctor just leaving. Joe enters to find his wife still longing for him, and to share with her the joy that has just come to them both, an offspring.
- Jack Robbins is a gentleman bandit. For months he has been hunted in vain by Bob Ford, the sheriff. Mary Gray, a young lady physician, comes west; Robbins befriends her and, not knowing him to be a bandit, she admires him. One day the sheriff gets close enough to Robbins to seriously wound him and he is in desperate straits. By accident Dr. Gray finds him and he becomes her patient. As a matter of professional honor, she refuses to reveal his whereabouts, and she nurses him back to health. Robbins in the meantime has grown to love and admire the brave, honorable little woman, and he lets her know his love. Now, down in her heart, she loves Robbins in return, for she sees the good in him; but she also realizes that he is a thief. Bidding him good-bye, she gives him a few words to think over: "Remember that no good woman can love a thief, and that you can't build happiness on a life of crime." Robbins does think the words over, and the man who never feared the guns of the sheriff's posse now shrinks before his own conscience. He gives himself up to Ford, the sheriff, and is soon doing time in the penitentiary. Five years later, he is released, a reformed man. Now with self-respect, but with an aching heart, he is about to leave the west forever when the doctor hears all about it. Her heart is still in the right place and soon what threatened to be a tragedy becomes a delicate romance.
- Two young men are in love with a beautiful and popular young girl. She favors one but rejects the other. The latter in revenge closes a switch which will cause the locomotive carrying the girl's wounded father to collide with an approaching engine. To prevent the collision the lover lassos the switch, turns it over and the engine takes the siding, where it runs off the track, crashes into a house and kills the villain.
- Nora, who is the president of the Bachelor's Club, receives a letter announcing the death of her uncle in the west and that he has made her heir to his immense fortune. Including a ranch at Grey Oaks. Nora decides to go west and take charge of the ranch and run it herself a la suffragette fashion. She invites all the girls to go with her and they start for their new home. Arriving at Grey Oaks they pay no attention to the cowboys who greet them at the station but go at once in the old stage-coach to the ranch. The cowboys follow, approach the ranch, offer their services and are rewarded by being driven from the premises. The boys make up their minds to "get next" to the girls and devise a scheme. Two of the girls on their way to town are attacked by some of the cowboys and two of the bunch rescue the girls from the "desperadoes," the trick works and the two fellows gallantly escort the girls on their way. Two more of the girls no fishing, one of the boys fixes up like a bear, attacks the girls, who are saved from "instant death" by the cowboys. The girls are deeply grateful and reward the boys by allowing them to escort them back to the ranch. Nora is the only one left. She is indignant to think the girls have forgotten all the rules and by-laws of the club by paying attention to men. She starts on a wild ride to town, declaring she will have none of it. We watch her riding a rough and unfrequented road where we see a "Mexican greaser" lurking. He hears Nora approaching, jumps on his horse and rides to meet her. She eludes him but he follows as she urges her horse at a mad pace, he goads his animal in the chase until he comes alongside Nora and snatches her bodily from the sadly. She struggles, they both fall to the ground and she fights with the Mexican for her life. The remaining one of the cowboys coming that way hears her screams and with a lash and a plunge he hurries to Nora's assistance. He flings the ruffian aside, but before he can pull his gun the villain attacks him with a knife which the cowboy succeeds in wrenching from his hand. This places the greaser at his mercy which be shows by allowing him to escape without further ceremony. It is right here where the leader of the bachelor girls denounces her allegiance to the club's principles and falls into the arms and gives her heart into the keeping of the leader of the cowboys who so valiantly saved her life. The hero and Nora go to the ranch where they are met by the rest of the girls and boys with a laugh, a shout and a hurrah.
- Denton, a young easterner, arrives in the gold-fields, looks about for a "find" and a partner. Entering a saloon, he partakes of some refreshment, watches the patrons of the place and studies their characters, while thus engaged a young miner, named Harper, somewhat prejudiced against easterners, engages in a quarrel with a Mexican who is about to plunge a knife into the miner when Denton seizes his wrist and wrenches the weapon from his grasp. Harper thanks Denton, and after learning the eastern man's desire to find a prospecting partner, Denton loins forces with him and they start in to work a lead and strike paying dirt. They have hardly started operations when Denton meets with a serious accident and again Harper shows the manner of man he is by nursing his pal back to health and strength. This brings about a strong friendship and they go to work with a will and it is not long before they strike it rich. Weighing up their gold-dust they find they have a handsome pile and are now on easy street. Harper goes out to work and has proceeded but a short distance when he is seen by the treacherous Mexican who stealthily watches him on his way and then makes tracks for the pals' shack. Just after Harper leaves the shack Denton receives a telegram from his wife telling him that his mother is sick and advising him to return home at once. He leaves a letter for Harper with the dispatch stating that he will leave the gold dust intact as he has sufficient cash and the message will explain the cause of his hasty departure. The Mexican can be seen peering through the window watching Denton and the hiding of the dust in the chimney. Denton then hastily exits and hurries for the train. The villainous greaser enters the cabin, steals the gold and destroys the letter and telegram and replaces them with a note saying Denton had gotten tired and skipped. When Harper returns and finds the note he is furious, tells the sheriff and follows Denton east. Arriving at Denton's home town he traces him through an accident to a little child who happens to be Denton's own daughter. He carries the child home and the next day calls to see the little girl, and while he is sitting by her bedside Denton comes in. It is a dramatic situation, but after explanations and the reception at that moment of a "wire" from the sheriff in the gold-field announcing the confession of the Mexican, all is understood and once more the two men become pals and renew their bond of friendship.
- A minister and his daughter, Flora, John, mate of the ship, and a few sailors are the sole survivors of a disastrous wreck. The little rowboat in which they are saved washes them ashore on a barren island, where the sailors dig for themselves and the mate endeavors to look after Flora and her father. In their search for food along the shore the sailors find a box of whiskey, which they hail with gladness and are quick to consume. Drunk, they make an insulting attack on Flora, which John, their mate, is able to quell only by the use of his revolver. The mutineers make their escape in the only boat, leaving John, Flora and her father stranded. In vain do they signal passing steamers. The minister, near death from long privation, requests John to marry Flora and care for her. He performs the ceremony with his dying breath. Some days later the boat in which the sailors made their escape is again washed ashore, and John sets to work repairing it for his and his wife's departure. Meanwhile Flora finds his diary, in which she discovers a passage addressed to "Dearest Evelyn," and fearing that John is already married, she decides to free him. Throwing her hat and coat into the water, she hides in the interior of the island. John believes her drowned and departs without her. When near death Flora is rescued by a passing steamer, which lands her in San Pedro, where she secures a position as a milliner. Five years elapse. John is back home in San Pedro with his sister, Evelyn. He realizes more and more that he loved Flora, and when, through the ordering of a hat by Evelyn, he comes face to face with Flora, great is his joy. But Flora shrinks from him, believing Evelyn to be his wife. John then explains to Flora and the two are united a second time.
- Robert Burton was an only son and his indulgent mother had spoiled him. Bob was not all bad, but he was woefully weak and could not stick long at any one task. Also he paid more attention to rolling cigarettes than he did to his work. One day he was discharged by the foreman of the crockery store where he worked and appeared at home disgusted and sullen. His mother tried to comfort him, but the boy was anxious to have his way and announced his intention of going west, where he thought there would be better opportunities for him. Poor Mrs. Burton, who was a widow, was horror-struck at the idea of letting her only child away from her, but habit was too strong and so she gave in to Bobby in this as in other things. She supplied him with money from their meager store, and he arrived in the west and was fortunate enough to secure work on a ranch. His idea of his own important did not appeal to the cowboys, however, and they hazed him in a pretty rough manner. Bob left that job and a number of others, and since he was unpopular, he took to drink. One day, when all his money was gone and he was desperate, as he had received no reply to the letter he had written his mother for aid, he held up the mail carrier and escaped with the mailbag. The sheriff was soon on his trail, but Bob eluded him and sought refuge in a dilapidated cabin where he had a chance to open the letters he had stolen. From one there fell a ten dollar bill, and the boy's amazed eyes caught his own name and his mother's familiar handwriting. He suddenly realized how no-account he was, and how little he deserved the mother he had. Seized with a sudden determination, he gave himself up and served hi term in prison, after which he returned to his aged mother, who had never failed to ask each day for "the letter that never came."