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A comedy depicting cowboy pastimes at Red Dog Gulch. Bill Loomis has charge of a large ranch owned by an English syndicate. The manager, who resides in New York, has a brother, Bertie by name. Bertie has heard of the wild West and is filled with a desire to emulate some of its heroes. By jove, I'll show these fellows how we ah-ah-ride in England, don't cher know. He gets his brother to write to the foreman, instructing Bill to teach him the ranching business. Things are dull at Red Dog, the boys are loafing around the Palace, hotel. Bill arrives with the news that Bertie is coming. Let's rope a cayuse and start Bertie's education right. The boys proceed to get busy: they rope a wild one, and lead it back to the hitching rail in front of the Palace, and await Bertie's arrival. Bertie's clothes are of the latest cut affected on the Strand. Accompanied by John, his faithful valet, and carrying Ponto, his thoroughbred Yorkshire (the dog's front locks tied prettily with a pink ribbon). Bertie applies for the best room in the Palace. The boys at the sight of Bertie and his outfit, seek shelter under the tables and behind the bar, choking with laughter. Oh, we won't do a thing to that tenderfoot (and they don't). Bertie's troubles begin when he inspects his bedroom. The chairs have all been fixed up as well as the bed for his reception. The valet sits on a chair which promptly flattens out. The same thing occurs to Bertie when he sits on the bed. By this time lie is actually real angry and repairs to the office to make a complaint. As he enters the office his anger evaporates, and for the first time in his life his placid nerves get a real shock. See here, landlord! Bang! Bang! From every direction the cowboys cut loose with their six-shooters. Bertie has heard of Indians, and with a frightened yell he and his valet make a wild dash for the open, followed by their tormentors. Bill ropes the now thoroughly frightened Bertie and the scenes that follow are ludicrous in the extreme. Bertie is attired in a pair of "chaps" and placed on a broncho. He hangs on for dear life, but the broncho soon spills Bertie. The boys then drag him back to the Palace and finish his education by stripping him of his "chaps," tossing him in a blanket, and many other methods of initiation, known only to the cowboy fraternity. Bertie gets all he wants, and telegraphs home for a remittance, "I cawn't stand the blooming climate, don't cher know."
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