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- The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm.
- Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest and Edna. He attacks patrons, a harem dancer, the singers Dot and Dash, and a fire-eater.
- Charlie does everything but an efficient job as janitor. Edna buys her fiance, the cashier, a birthday present. Charlie thinks "To Charles with Love" is for him. He presents her a rose which she throws in the garbage. Depressed, Charlie dreams of a bank robbery and his heroic role in saving the manager and Edna ... but it is only a dream.
- Charlie is trying to get a job in a movie. After causing difficulty on the set, he is told to help the carpenter. When one of the actors doesn't show, Charlie is given a chance to act but instead enters a dice game. When he does finally act, he ruins the scene, wrecks the set, and tears the skirt from the star.
- Charles Chaplin, a convict, is given $5.00 and released from prison after having served his term. He meets a man of the church who makes him weep for his sins and while he is weeping takes the $5.00 away from him. Chaplin goes to a fruit stand and samples the fruit. When he goes to pay for it he finds his $5.00 is missing. This results in a battle with the fruit dealer, but Chaplin finally escapes. He is held up by a footpad and finds it is his former cellmate. He is inveigled into joining him in robbing a house. They put a police officer out of commission with a mallet and stack up the silverware. They then start upstairs to search the upper rooms, but are met by a young woman who implores them to leave because her mother is ill and fears the shock will kill her. Chaplin's heart is touched but the footpad insists on ransacking the house. This results in a battle between the footpad and Chaplin. While they are fighting, a squad of police arrives. The footpad makes his escape, but the police capture Chaplin. The woman of the house, however, saves him by telling the police he is her husband. She gives him a dollar and he leaves. He goes to a lodging house and in order to save his dollar from thieves puts it in his mouth, swallowing it while he sleeps. A crook robs all the men in the lodging house but Chaplin takes the money away from him, and also the rings his "pal" had stolen. This starts a battle in which all join. Chaplin flees. In order to do a good turn to the woman who had saved him from the police, he takes her rings back.
- After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.
- Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her father, The Count, and three policeman. The pursuers drive off a pier.
- Out of costume, Charlie is a clean-shaven dandy who, somewhat drunk, visits a dance hall. There the wardrobe girl has three rival admirers: the band leader, one of the musicians, and now Charlie.
- An amorous couple. A crook. A policeman. A nursemaid and a stolen handbag. These are some of the things the Little Tramp encounters during a walk in the park.
- A man disguises himself as a lady in order to be near his newfound sweetheart, after her father has forbidden her to see him.
- Intent on scuttling his ship, a financially-pressed shipowner conspires with the vessel's captain to collect the insurance money, unbeknownst to him that his daughter and her beau, Charlie, are aboard. Will they get away with it so easily?
- A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
- Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.
- It is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over ice cream. Driven away by her husband, Charlie turns to the other's wife.
- Buster Brown and Tige, in real life enjoy their creator's caricature of them. Having purchased box seats at a theater where R. F. Outcault is appearing, they are given a splendid opportunity to see themselves as others see them. R. F. Outcault enjoys the entertainment as much as his protégés, and delights in giving their secrets away to the public.
- Broncho Billy saves an Indian from starvation. The Indian's intelligence is soon discovered by Broncho, who determines to make the red man a partner in his prospecting camp. An accident renders the prospector unconscious and the Indian hastens to the village for a doctor. The physician discovers that Broncho Billy's marred face is filled with dirt and gold. He tries to bribe the Indian. "Where did the explosion occur? See, Buck, I'm going to give you this money, tell me?" But the Indian is loyal. With the aid of two or three miners, the Indian is overpowered in Broncho Billy's shack, yet he will not tell them where the prospector has been working. Regaining consciousness, Broncho Billy enters the adjoining room in time to save the red man from the hands of the outraged miners, and the prospector voices his appreciation of the Indian's loyalty.
- The story opens in a bank in Minneapolis. Fred Wentworth, one of the clerks, is sent out on a message, and while he is gone the cashier is shot dead by Frank Davis, a robber and bad man generally. Davis secures a package of bank notes and hurriedly departs. On his way to the street he runs into Fred Wentworth (who is returning to the bank) with such force that he drops the package. He recognizes Wentworth and, fearful of arrest, rushes away and catches a northbound train that is just pulling out. Wentworth stops amazed and lifts the package. Entering the bank, he discovers the dead cashier and a revolver on the floor. Horrified, he lifts the revolver, and while holding it and the package of bills in his hands the president of the bank enters. The proofs of murder are so clear that Wentworth is sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. Frank Davis, in the meantime, has gone to one of his old haunts in the North, near the boundary line. He induces one of his former associates to join him in whiskey-running across the border. While the men are engaged in this outlawry, Fred Wentworth escapes from prison and heads for the Northwest. He is saved from death in the snowdrifts by an officer of the mounted police, who carries him to headquarters. After his recovery he applies to the chief for admission to the force, and is accepted as a member. The president of the Minneapolis bank, a brother of the chief of the N. W. M. P., chances to arrive at the post on a visit about, the time that Wentworth is about to leave on a search for the whiskey smugglers. The president catches a side glimpse of Wentworth's face as he rides off, and tries to recall it. He fails, but it still haunts him, and the truth flashes on him some time after Wentworth's departure. He immediately denounces Wentworth as an escaped murderer, and the chief dispatches two of his men to arrest that officer. Wentworth, in the interim, has discovered the smugglers, and is badly worsted in an encounter with Davis, whom he recognizes as the murderer of the cashier. The two officers arrive at the spot shortly after the struggle, and Davis opens fire on them. They mortally wound him and he is carried into the cabin, where they arrest Wentworth. Davis, after confessing that he killed the cashier, and that Wentworth is innocent, dies. Wentworth is taken back to the post and is cleared of the crime in presence of the chief and his brother. He is then restored to his former position in the Minneapolis bank.
- Broncho Billy is in love with Marguerite Clayton, who is devotedly fond of him. Broncho asks her to go to a dance with him, but when he meets Elsa Larimer, who is on a visit from the East, he forgets his promise to Marguerite and takes Elsa to the dance. Marguerite's heart is broken, and Elsa finding her weeping, discovers that she is the cause of Marguerite's sorrow. She decides to sacrifice her happiness for the little girl of the west, so when Broncho Billy proposes to Elsa she shows him a ring and tells him that she is engaged to a man back east. All ends happily when Marguerite takes Broncho Billy back to her heart.
- When a young man's fiancee is killed in a train accident, he loses his sanity. The two lovers are eventually united in death.
- Vivian breaks her engagement to Frank when she hears he has lost all his money. Frank is forced to look for a job and has a mighty hard time of it. He meets his iceman, Bill, who tells him he can get a job with him. At a picnic Frank meets Bill's sister, Betty, with whom he falls in love, and eventually marries, when by a turn of the market his wealth is restored to him. When Vivian and her mother learn of Frank's good fortune they call on him, but great is their consternation and disappointment when Frank introduces them to his bride.
- A woman protects a burglar from her husband when she recognizes him as a former boyfriend.
- Broncho Billy, owner of a saloon in Big Horn City, is trusted implicitly by the miners in the surrounding territory. Several of them have gathered at the bar, when Broncho Billy receives a note, stating that the stage-coach will not stop at Big Horn until the following day. The men request Broncho Billy to keep their gold until the coach arrives. Broncho Billy locks the gold in an iron chest, and asks the men if they will keep the key. They tell him no, that it would probably be safer with him. Broncho Billy retires with his clothes on, to be able to protect the gold if necessary. During the night Broncho Billy walks in his sleep. He takes the gold from the chest, carries it under a nearby house, where he places it in a barrel. He then returns to his bunk, where he sleeps the remainder of the night. The next morning he is dumbfounded when he discovers the loss. He informs the sheriff, who suggests locking him in a cell to prevent the men from lynching him. That night, the men break into the jail, overpower the sheriff, and are about to make quick work of Broncho Billy, when they discover him walking around in the cell asleep. They open the door and allow him to go out. Broncho Billy retraces his steps of the night previous, gets the gold and returns it to the chest, goes quietly to his bunk, where he continues to sleep. The men, overjoyed at the return of the gold, and discovering their terrible mistake in believing that Broncho Billy had stolen it, help themselves to a good drink at the bar.
- Marguerite becomes weary as the hours and the Overland Limited roll on. Her trip from New York to the far west was a tedious one, and it is with a sigh of relief that she steps from the observation platform to pluck some flowers. The train had stopped for water. Marguerite wanders into the woods and when she returns, discovers that the train had pulled off. She is alone in a new country, without friends or funds. That evening she wanders into a deserted cabin and throws herself on a cot for a rest. In the meantime, her father has discovered her absence, gets off the train at the next station and, with the aid of the sheriff and his posse, they form a searching party. Broncho Billy and his pal, Lee, return to the cabin, and it is with difficulty that the former prevents the sleeping girl from being disturbed. Her father later finds her, thanks Broncho Billy for the protection and kindness extended to his daughter and continues on his journey, taking Marguerite with him. In the many long days and nights following, Broncho dreams of the little Red Riding Hood who had taken possession of his cabin.
- A mother's heart always goes out to her wayward son. Jim Barton caused his mother constant worry, and one night his father caught him in the act of tampering with the family strong box. Jim is severely admonished and that night runs away, leaving a note to his mother to the effect that he will never return. The parents are broken-hearted, but are consoled by their other son, who is a good, honest lad. Years later we see Jim's brother, now sheriff, searching, for two outlaws, who are terrorizing the whole countryside by their daring deeds. The outlaws inhabit an abandoned hut, hidden from sight by shrubbery. Jim saves a young girl from the insults of his partner, which causes enmity between the two outlaws. Desiring revenge, Jim's pal informs the sheriff of his whereabouts. Face to face with the fact that the outlaw is his long-lost brother, the sheriff is about to let him escape, but Jim will not allow him to sacrifice himself, and ends his own life just as the posse break in the door.
- Jimmy, the impecunious, arrives at the club, where his fellow members are engaged in a game of cards. He helps himself to a cigarette and borrows a five spot from one of the boys in the same breath. Baxter, a fellow club member, receives a message from the family doctor, stating that he had better return to his home immediately. Arriving at home he sends a message to the boys at the club telling them that the heiress has arrived, and that some of the nice marriageable fellows had better come up and meet her. Enthused with the spirit of being "near uncles," they buy everything from a rattle to a rocking horse, and with the cargo under their arms, swarm in upon the new father. In their excitement they leave the message on the table at the club. Jimmy picks it up and returning to his home, dresses for the unusual occasion of meeting the "heiress." Out of funds, he returns to the club, where he makes a small touch. Returning to his home again Jimmy takes all of his earthly belongings and proceeds to a pawn shop with them. He then calls at Baxter's home and, mistaking the maid for the heiress, invites her out to dine. With his roll of hard earned money he buys the best of everything for her from soup to wine. Mason, one of the club members, sees Jimmy and the girl, and tells Baxter about it. They all go to the restaurant where Jimmy introduces the girl to his friends as his fiancée. Baxter invites them all to his home. The second maid brings in the baby, and the proud father introduces the baby to Jimmy as the heiress, and explains that the young lady Jimmy has been dining with, is his maid. Realizing his terrible mistake, Jimmy dashes madly from the house, leaving behind a heart-broken imaginary heiress, and a hilarious congregation of club colleagues.
- Jim Carrigan receives a letter from his friend, Frank Moore, requesting that Tim send him his hunting outfit, as he is going hunting with the boys. Jim decks out Charles, his boob farmhand, with the hunting paraphernalia to deliver to Frank. The funny incidents that happen and the side-splitting contortions that Charles goes through, will please the most sedate and exacting audience.
- Greed for gold, this is what has dragged many a man downward. Skinflint, a miser, not satisfied with the gold he boards, tries to make a practice of selling whiskey to the Indians, taking from them practically all the gold they possess for just a few glasses of the fire water. Skinflint might have succeeded had it not been for Bill Riley, a prospector, who quickly takes the bottle of intoxicating liquor from the Indian and smashes it on a nearby rock. Skinflint becomes enraged and determines to get even. That afternoon the Indian becomes intoxicated from the whiskey he finally purchased from the miser. Many tangled situations are straightened out that develop from the miser selling the Indian the fire water.
- A brother sets out to prove his twin innocent of counterfeiting.
- Silas Kendall, a prospector, and his daughter Nell, so the story goes, are prospecting in the mountains, a few miles above Canyon City, a little western town, and the basis of supplies for the hundreds of more or less successful gold prospectors. Kendall has built him a cabin and he and his daughter, a robust little woman, have managed to eke out a living, always hopeful some day of making the "big strike." Kendall is old and not thoroughly responsible at times. In fact, his simplicity and childish trust in all strangers has earned him the uncomplimentary title of half-wit. Twice before our story opens he has lost two valuable claims because of his too freely proclaiming his finds with the consequence that his claims have been staked by other prospectors. The story opens showing Kendall and his daughter leaving the cabin for the hills. The girl works with him until close to the noon hour when she lays aside her pick and shovel to return to the cabin and prepare dinner. While she is thus engaged, there is a knock at the door and a young miner, Hal Martin, steps in. Martin has accidentally wounded himself in the arm while cleaning his gun and applies to the girl for help. She assists him to bind the wound and thanking her he leaves, after bashfully asking to be permitted to call again. Kendall, at work in the hills, is about to give up in despair, when he turns up two small nuggets and other fine pay dirt. With a glad cry he springs to his feet and hurries back to the cabin. Showing the specimens to Nell, he tells her he is going down to Canyon City and have them assayed. Nell, however, pleads with him not to do so, having in mind the other two valuable claims which he had unwittingly lost. He finally gives in and during the old man's absence from the room Nell hides the specimens in a coffee pot. Kendall returns and while Nell is busy outside, finds the specimens and skips out of the room. At the town store the old miner shows the specimens to a number of miners and despite the entreaties of the old store-keeper they entice Kendall to tell them the location of the mine. Nell returns to the cabin shortly after her father has left, finds the coffee pot on the floor and the specimens gone. She is about to give up in despair when there is a knock at the door and Hal Martin enters. The frantic girl explains her troubles and pleads with Martin to help her save the claim. At the store the old man has boastfully told of the rich vein and minutely described it to the other miners, who, when satisfied they will have no trouble in finding the location, run out of the store, mount and ride away. Back at the cabin Martin has listened to the story and tells the girl they must race back to the claim and beat the others to it. The girl quickly saddles a horse. Martin mounts his own and the race to stake the claim begins. The scenes alternate between the miners and the girl and Martin. However. Martin and the girl arrive just in time, and while Martin holds the others off with his gun, the girl stakes the claim. The others, realizing they are beaten, turn away, leaving Nell and Hal alone.
- Gilbert Sterling had never wanted for anything. He had been given plenty of money to do with as he pleased, and it was perhaps the fault of his parents that he became worthless, good-for-nothing. The firm of John Sterling and Sons bad been organized by his father, and. when Gilbert was old enough, he took active part in the management. Gilbert's love for the gay life led him away from his duties, and it was nothing unusual for him to spend six nights out of the week with questionable company. Early one morning, intoxicated, Gilbert finds his way to his home. His father reprimands him and finally puts him out of the house, telling him "never to return." Ralph, Gilbert's brother, is engaged to a society belle by the name of Gertrude Chapin, and the end of the second reel shows the two families making arrangements for the wedding. Years later, we see Gilbert a ragged, good-for-nothing tramp in the far west. His happy-go-lucky ways and mannerisms are appreciated by the men in the small town, who pay little attention to him, except for contributing the "makings" or an occasional twenty-five-cent piece. In the meantime, Ralph has engaged in a crooked deal. His father becomes furious and will not reconcile himself to the commercial transactions. The son leaves his office, swearing that he is through with the firm. Sterling and Son, forever. He associates himself with another company and forces his father to the wall, breaking him. The old clerk, who had befriended Gilbert many times, pleads with Ralph to help his father, but for his trouble he is requested to leave the office. Gilbert befriends an Indian who is taken with smallpox, and as a reward, Is left a deed for the Lone Star Mine. He prospers, and after months of labor, becomes very wealthy. His father and mother, in the city, now destitute, are taken to the poorhouse, Ralph having refused to help them in any way. A letter from the east informs Gilbert of his parents' whereabouts, and he hastens to them, restoring them to their old home. Ralph tries to corner the wheat market and Gilbert gets the tip and "breaks" him, and the pretty society butterfly Ralph had married deserts him, now that he is penniless. The worthless son finally saves the life of his brother, and a happy ending takes place, the family now reunited and the old firm name "Sterling and Sons" re-established.
- A husband, desperate to save his sick wife, steals two horses. Their young daughter tries to protect her father when Bronco Billy comes to search their house.
- A newly elected mayor is threatened with blackmail.
- After two college sweethearts have a falling out, the boy decides to run off and become a hermit, but the girl discovers him in the woods and all is forgiven.
- Alkali Ike eludes his wife and attends a performance at the Snakeville Opera House, where Prof. Hippy is demonstrating his wonderful hypnotic art. Alkali Ike is finally persuaded to go up on the stage. The professor hypnotizes him. The clever and eccentric situation that derive from Alkali being hypnotized, are excruciatingly funny. Mrs. Alkali is finally called in to overcome the hypnotist's influence over her husband, and believe me, she does.
- Will Ward and his wife, Marion, have lived together in true happiness and contentment for several years. The man, whose only weak spot in an otherwise strong character, is his credulity and an inclination to place too much trust in his fellow men, possesses a sense of honor to a high degree, and his every ambition and thought in life is centered in his wife. Marion is an ideal woman, and her whole life is wrapped up in her love for her husband. Her beauty and nobleness of character make her loved by all who know her. On his way home from work one evening, Ward as he nears his home, comes upon a man whose automobile has broken down and is impatiently waiting while his chauffeur tried to repair the damage. Ward recognizes in Hammond an old friend, and invites him into the house until the mechanic can get the machine in running order. Hammond accepts the invitation. He is presented to Marion by her husband and immediately becomes fascinated by her charm of face and manner. Before he leaves the house he has formed a plan to get rid of the husband and win the wife. He is a man of great influence in the political world, and offers to get Ward a position that will enable him to live in ease. The husband and wife are pleased and grateful. Sometime later, while Ward is busy in his new position, Hammond brings him a paper to sign, and without reading it, the man affixes his signature. Later, Hammond has Ward arrested and sent to jail on the strength of the document. Marion is grieved over her husband's imprisonment, and a suspicion of Hammond's motive dawns on her. She resolves to let nothing undone to free her husband and punish Hammond, so she sacrifices herself for a time in order to gain her desire. Her husband's conviction grants her a divorce, and immediately after obtaining it, she becomes engaged to Hammond. She loathes the man, but for her husband's sake, simulates love for him. Ward learns that his wife has obtained a divorce and is engaged to Hammond, and the knowledge almost drives him distracted. After a dinner given to his friends by Hammond, in celebration of his engagement to Marion, the girl, knowing that he is stupid with too much wine, and off his guard, manages to draw the whole story from him, how he duped her husband and had him sent to jail. With the help of an expert telephone man, Marion had previously arranged things so that every word Hammond said was transmitted over the wire and recorded by an operator at headquarters. She cleverly gets possession of the paper, which proved her husband's undoing. Marion's hatred of Hammond, and her cunning have their effect, and her revenge is complete when the man is arrested at her instigation. Ward is released and his wife's actions are satisfactorily explained to him. Husband and wife are overjoyed at their reunion.
- This is an uproariously funny comedy, in which two traveling men try to assist a young lady by loaning her an umbrella. The situations are new and clever.
- John Wilson had driven the stagecoach for years. When his daughter, Marguerite, became old enough, he allowed her to make an occasional trip with him. It was when she was about 19 that she had the terrible experience. Her father and the express messenger bad gone into the general store. Marguerite remained on the coach to watch the horses, four of them. A shooting contest a few feet away frightened the horses and they bolted. On a gallop they dashed down the road. Marguerite screamed for her life. She could not hold them. For miles the animals fairly flew; her strength giving out. An outlaw was awaiting the stage in the hopes of making a haul. He was startled to discover the girl clinging to the reins for dear life, and the horses madly galloping at breakneck speed. He mounted his steed and the race for life or death began. He sped on and on, faster and faster, until it would seem that his horses would fall from exhaustion beneath him. At a curve in the road, the stage is overtaken. He makes a flying leap from the animal's back to the coach, takes the lines from the hysterical girl and brings the horses to a halt. He had saved her at the risk of his life. She thanked him. Yes, she kissed him, and he vowed to live a straight life ever after.
- Old Harry Todd and his daughter, Marguerite, are in the west prospecting for gold. They meet Broncho Billy, who takes dinner with them and later continues on his way. As he is riding across the plains thinking of Marguerite, he happens to see an Indian at the top of a hill, looking down upon the prospector and his daughter. Broncho Billy warns Todd and his daughter and the settler hastens to the fort to notify the soldiers that the Indians are up to trouble. During Todd's absence, the Indians close in about Broncho and Marguerite, who have taken refuge in an abandoned hut. The redskins set the shack ablaze and in the ensuing conflict Broncho Billy is wounded. The soldiers arrive in time to save the two from the bands of the Indians, which brings about a very happy ending.
- Both "Alkali" and "Mustang" Pete loved Betty Brown, and the lady had her hands full in keeping the lovers from shooting each other. One day "Alkali" called on Betty with a pair of handsome saddle horses and asked her to go riding with him. She agreed, but the resourceful "Mustang," driving up with a handsome horse and carriage, carried off the lady. "Alkali" goes to the village inn, inclined to drink himself to death, but finally trades for an old junk automobile his two horses, and clambering in the seat, starts in pursuit of his rival and the lady. Overtaking them, he has no difficulty in persuading Betty to ride with him. But the auto breaks down and "Alkali," endeavoring to fix it, turns on the juice and the rattle-trap car starts down the trail at lightning speed, leaving "Alkali" behind. After a thrilling and exciting ride the car is ditched and poor Betty is thrown headlong into the road.
- Detective Richard Neal retrieves a stolen scarab and rescues his sweetheart who has been kidnapped by the evildoers.
- For some unknown reason or other, Alkali Ike cannot get along with his wife. To make matters worse, Mrs. Alkali invites her mother to visit her. Mother-in-law starts right in trying to reform her son-in-law. Alkali meets her at the railroad station, and instead of hiring a bus to carry up her baggage, she makes Alkali carry three or four hat boxes, a parrot, and a trunk, on his back to the house. Alkali enters the house, throws his hat on the table. Mother-in-law sees this, takes Alkali by the hair and gently but firmly requests him to hang his hat up where it belongs. That night Alkali Ike decides to visit his friends at the Green Turtle, but mother-in-law decides that he will remain right in the house and listen to her selections on the organ. Wifey assists her mother by rendering a solo. Alkali finally sneaks out. He purchases a book teaching hypnotism, and what he doesn't do to his mother-in-law is a caution. Wifey interferes just as her mother is about to make her exit from the town under a hypnotic spell, and the tables turn. Just see what happened to Alkali Ike.
- A detective from the east is sent west to locate a notorious bandit and train robber. In the costume of a western cowpuncher he reaches a small town. He is injured by falling over a precipice. Broncho Billy finds him, carries him to his cabin and nurses him back to health. It is then that Broncho discovers that the detective is looking for him, and files the hammer of the detective's revolver, so that it will not touch the cap. The detective learns of Broncho's identity and tries to shoot him. The outlaw upbraids the detective for his unappreciative spirit and requests him to leave at the point of a gun.
- Carnos, a greaser, is sent to jail. He is a very refractory prisoner and swears to get even with the sheriff when he is liberated. On the day of the greaser's release, the sheriff had captured Broncho Billy, an outlaw, and was bringing him to justice, when he is suddenly pushed from his horse by the outlaw, and is left to wend his way across the plains afoot. Broncho Billy escapes on the sheriff's horse and unknowingly stops at the sheriff's home for food. Looking through a window he sees the greaser about to take the life of the sheriff's wife. Rushing in, he overpowers the greaser. The posse arrive and take the greaser away. The sheriff thanks Broncho Billy from the bottom of his heart and secures his pardon from the Governor.
- Jack Wallace is discharged from the police force for his cowardice. He later secures a position as elevator operator in the De Luxe hotel. Bill Snell, a notorious crook and auto bandit, escapes the police just as they are about to lock him up. The fugitive from justice seeks refuge with friends of his who operate a card game on the fifteenth floor of the De Luxe. His friends give him an automobile coat, goggles and a revolver. He escapes through the window and rushes up the fire escape. The police break down the door just as Snell reaches the eighteenth floor. Wallace, having taken the car up to the top floor, is hailed by Snell, who commands the former to take him down in a hurry. The elevator bell rings and Wallace starts his car up again. A desperate fight ensues in which Wallace is severely injured. He finally overpowers Snell and the car descends to the main floor where the bandit is taken into custody by the waiting officers. Mrs. Wallace calls on Captain Walters a few days later, explains to him that her son had been scared in his youth by a runaway horse, that being the reason he was afraid to stop the runaway, for which he had been discharged. Captain Walters calls on Wallace at his home with a squad of police, and reinstates the latter for bravery. Further, he is promoted to sergeant.
- A blind violinist's sight is restored by an operation paid for by a young woman who loves him, but the fickleness of fate strikes them further tragic blows.
- Jack Holmes, a squatter, and his daughter, Margaret, settle on land owned by Harry Rawlins. Broncho Billy, gunman, is engaged by Rawlins to eject the squatter or put him out of the way. Broncho is wounded by a half-breed and Margaret nurses him back to health. The gunman then refuses to turn Holmes out. Emery, Rawlins' son, falls in love with Margaret, and she promises to become his wife. Broncho Billy smiles as he turns on his heel to leave for other parts.