When Sadie married Pete Brown instead of Lyss Baily, Lyss was very angry. If he had not loved Sadie as much as he did, Lyss might have killed Pete, for might ruled despite the law in the little mountain community of Jackson's Hollow, and when passions ran high, there was frequently bloodshed. A year or two after their marriage Pete Brown was killed in an accident at the sawmill in which he worked. The company's paymaster called on Sadie, and, owing to his plausible arguments, she agreed to adjust her claim of damages for the sum of seventy-five dollars. After Sadie had paid for her husband's funeral there was not very much left. In a few months she was reduced to poverty. When Lyss heard of Sadie's situation his heart bled for her. Calling on her, he promised to raise the money she needed so badly. Situated as he was, there seemed only one thing for him to do. So he took his rifle and went down to the main road to wait for some wealthy passer-by. The first man to appear was the doctor. With Lyss' rifle pointed at his heart there was nothing for him to do but give up the saddle bags he carried. Lyss took them and hurried back to Sadie. When he reached home, Lyss discovered, to his horror, that his mother was dying, and that the doctor had been coming to see her. When, through the window, he heard the doctor telephoning for more of the medicine which he had in his saddle bags, there was nothing for Lyss to do but rush in with the stolen bags and confess his crime. Meanwhile the paymaster, who loved Sadie and hated Lyss, had prepared a cowardly plot against his rival. Rushing in, he accused Lyss of holding him up and robbing him of the company's money. But while Lyss stood in silent horror, and the good doctor, who had forgiven him for his attempt against his own property, drew away from the boy, Sadie entered and cleared matters up. She had seen the paymaster hide the money for the sake of implicating Lyss. When Sadie had finished telling the paymaster exactly what she would do if he didn't give Lyss a good job, everything ended happily. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis

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