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- The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
- After a bout with polio, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt fights to save his political career.
- Rawhide, Arizona, was certainly some tough town when Reverend Simpson first blew in from civilization and started his campaign of redemption. From Alkali Ike to Shorty Smith, not a man of them had seen the inside of a church in fourteen years; there has never been a sermon preached in the county, and the only hymns that had ever been heard were those of the coyotes. The Rev. Simpson soon set up the "Rawhide Mission," but in spite of the hot weather, the result was a heavy frost. Nobody came even as far as the door, except Black Mike, who was drunk and who thought he was at the XXX saloon. The worthy pastor pleaded, prayed and billed the town without result. He undertook a one-man raid on the Silver King club-room, but soon landed wrong side up in the street. He was in despair and the redemption of Rawhide seemed a long way off. Just at his darkest hour, however, his daughter came to town to assist him. The results were magical. The boys straightened up and brushed up. They didn't bank very much on the sermon, but certainly were strong for Sunday School, where Mary taught. Mary had the Bible class and they were all in it. The town soon turned temperance and the faro dealer made a shack to shack collection for the heathen. At length, they all wanted to make love to the teacher, and to prevent a riot she agreed to keep company with the one that learned the most scripture texts. The result was the hottest contest ever known in the west, and it turned out, well, it turned out to the satisfaction of all concerned.
- A charming pastoral about two unwanted children finding acceptance and love, rare cinematic gem based on Kate Douglas Wiggin's novel of the same name.
- 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.
- 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.
- Shelby Carter, owner of big chemical works, whose secret formula are being stolen and given to his competitors abroad, is driven by fear from his secret observation tower and killed by the mysterious 'Avion." His daughter, Anita, despite the protests of her fiancé, Lester Mason, calls in Craig Kennedy to solve the mystery of the death of her father and of the missing formula.
- A staged Wild West kidnapping goes awry when the cowboys accidentally capture an actress who uses her acting skills to turn the tables on them.
- Margie, of the "Flying B" ranch, knew it was to run across a snake in the tall Texas grass, but she did not realize that there are people who, like snakes, conceal themselves until they are ready to sting. Consequently, when a sleek looking tenderfoot asked to become a boarder at the "Flying B" Margie favored him, though her father was suspicious. Margie is soon smitten with the stranger, much to the chagrin of Jack, the foreman, with whom Margie had previously been very friendly. Jack does not get ugly over the matter, but keeps his eyes open. He knows that the sheriff is out for "Texas Ed," a desperado, and he soon observes that the sleek tenderfoot keeps a villainous supply of hardware under his bed tick. Finally the day for cattle shipping comes, and all know that there will be a liberal supply of money at the ranch house after the sale. The tenderfoot now becomes even more tender than before. The cattle are rounded up and shipped, and Margie's father deposits the money in the old family chest. The tenderfoot, who sits up late to read an innocent novel, observes this, and is soon giving mysterious signals from a certain window. Jack is watching, however, and just as a desperate gang thinks it has the ranch held up, Jack and the punchers are on the job with big guns; and after some exciting moments the tenderfoot is revealed as "Texas Ed," the bandit, and snake in the grass. It is needless to say that Margie has learned her lesson and takes immediate steps to square herself with Foreman Jack.
- Mayor of Lynboro, Loren Hayward is so dedicated to his work, he soon neglects Milly his young wife. In order to rekindle his affections, she engages in a flirtation with ladies' man Robert Chapman, an all too willing suitor who forces her to kiss him. As Robert embraces Milly, Loren appears and angrily orders them both from the house. After abducting her son Bobby, Milly flees to another city, but Loren follows them and takes the boy back home. Learning afterwards that Loren and Bobby have contracted scarlet fever, Milly breaks into the house and nurses them back to health, and husband and wife are reconciled. During a party, however, Robert mistakenly enters Milly's room, but she is saved from a compromising situation when burglars break in through the window. As the terrified Milly faints, Robert escapes in the confusion.
- An Indian Princess is decoyed by a New York tourist from a small isle in the South Atlantic to Broadway where she dances in native costume in a café. Castelene becomes the petted favorite of Claud Dixon, Ned Astor, his millionaire chum, and their gay crowd. From this life she is rescued by the old captain of the ship in which she made her flight from her native island. He takes the girl to a quiet sea town in New England, where her romance turns to tragedy. Castelene returns to the isle in the Far South and seeks Lisa, her native lover. She discovers that during her absence Lores, a native girl, has been trying to win Lisa away from her memory. Lores recently has been stricken with leprosy. She believes that this calamity has befallen her as a punishment for trying to steal away the love of another woman. Now she turns about and assists the princess in wreaking revenge upon her betrayer in New York.
- This was originally a segment of "The Kate Smith Evening Hour" that was put on as a summer replacement show. This live show featured Cicero Sweeney, the owner of a general store in a small town, his grandson, Kippy, and Kippy's mother Marge. The episodes featured stories about the main characters and the people of the town.
- Braggs, the young western settler, comes into view leading his broncho while he leads his little child on the horse's back. Placing the child on the ground and watering the pony, he takes his knife from his pocket to make an extra hole in the saddle strap. The knife slips and penetrates his wrist, severing an artery. His wife comes to his assistance, makes a tourniquet with strips of her apron, jumps on the broncho's back, bids her husband to care for the child and keep up courage while she rides to town for the doctor. Urging her horse to its top speed, she flies like the wind while she rides against the possibility of her husband's bleeding to death before she can bring him aid. The young rancher struggles against the loss of blood and is fast approaching unconsciousness while his mind is racked with fear lest his child, playing dangerously near the cistern, should fall into it. The wife reaches the small settlement where she encounters a crowd of drunks, cowboys and lounger who tantalizingly detain her, asking her the purpose of her errand. She tries to explain and then pushes her way through their midst to the doctor's house. In response to her entreaties and the urgency of the case, the doctor mounts his horse and with the wife starts on a terrible race against death to the home of the young rancher, making Paul Revere's ride a mere joy-ride compared with the lightning-like speed and thrilling horsemanship displayed by the doctor and the wife, who reach the wounded man just in time to save his life and rescue the child from falling into the cistern.
- The West Texas Borax Company is practically insolvent. John Graham, the president, has been unable to find the white mineral in sufficient quantities to satisfy the eastern stockholders, and a letter from his partner arrives which brings the disagreeable news that their backers are about to back out, unless, in the language of Missouri, they "are shown" something. Graham is in a quandary, and appeals to his stenographer for advice. That young woman has had so little to do in, the office that she is overcome with surprise and confusion. The postman enters and hands Graham a letter and a package. Listlessly the president opens them, but his manner changes and he leaps to his feet with a whoop of joy. There is a chance of saving the company, for the sample of borax is excellent and the letter which accompanies it reads: "Boraxville, Tex., July 2. 1910. President, West Texas Borax Co. Sir, am sending yon sample of borax just discovered on my ranch. Will sell property at once for fair offer. Willis Johnson." He and the stenographer rush to a map on the wall and find that Boraxville is not so far away. Graham leaves the room to prepare for his journey and a rival in business, Francis Murray, enters. He sends his card to Graham, and while the stenographer is gone he looks about the room. The sample of borax attracts his attention and he discovers the letter which Graham has carelessly left lying on the table. Hurriedly he reads this, makes up his mind to possess the property himself and, when the stenographer returns, he tells her that he has no time to wait for Graham and rushes out to secure his automobile and race to Boraxville. The quick-witted stenographer divines the situation and tells Graham when he returns. Graham has his horse saddled and rides away. On the way he is overtaken by the auto, and has little hopes of beating it, when it stops for gasoline. This gives him a brief advantage, and he arrives in the neighborhood of Boraxville ahead of the ear. In the meantime Murray has arrived at the ranch and, upon inquiring for Willis Johnson, has been directed down the road which he had so recently traversed. He drives back and comes upon Graham escorting the young woman home, having given up hopes of seeing the unknown Willis Johnson ahead of his rival. He is surprised when Murray rushes up to the young woman and makes an offer for the borax property and more surprised when the young woman announces that she is Willis Johnson. When Graham tells her that he is also negotiating for the property, she informs him that she will sell to no other on account of his gallant conduct in rescuing her. She also denounces Murray for his cowardice and greed, and the discomfited rival sulkily enters his car and is driven away, while Graham progresses happily in his role of cavalier and magnate.
- "Love me, love my dog," seems to be the motto of the young wife and of her mother. Newlywed is disgusted when he sees the affection dissipated on the dog. They smother it with kisses, give it the best seat at the table, and make the servants dance attendance on it. The last straw is added when Newlywed's wife and mother-in-law object to serving his breakfast before the dog is seated. They pay no attention to him as head of the house, and patience ceasing to be a virtue, he seizes the canine and throws it out of the room, to the horror of Mrs. Newlywed and her mother. They berate him soundly and restore the pet of the household to their bosoms. Newlywed is frantic. He grabs his hat and packing his valise departs for more congenial and natural surroundings. Taking to the woods, he locates himself on a far-off ranch with a family of Texas pioneers whose domestic relations are brightened and enlivened by real children, with whom Mr. Newlywed becomes a general favorite, and amongst them he enjoys a season of rest right next to nature and natural home life. After he has been in his retreat a few weeks he receives a letter announcing the birth of their first born, Delighted, he dances about with uncontrollable joy. Rushing into the house, he gets his belongings, jumps on his horse, and makes a break for the railroad station, where he is met by a "bunch" of his "cowboy" chums, who give him a parting salute as he boards the train for home to clasp his son and heir in a fatherly embrace. When he reaches his home city he calls a taxicab and stops at the stores, buying toys and trinkets regardless of "cost, rhyme or reason." He is possessed with ecstatic spasms of great happiness. Encountering all sorts of obstacles and hindrances, he reaches his home laden with presents, and bursts in upon his family, who silence his noisy demonstrations of parental pride, pointing to the nurse who is bending solicitously over the sleeping infant. Newlywed tiptoes over to have a look at his first born. The nurse lifts the cover, and behold! the "doggoned" pet has blessed the household with a puppy, a son. "Gee whizz!!!" (Worse, and more of it.) Newlywed drops helplessly to the floor.
- The cook has been the bane of many a family, but when it comes to stirring up a western ranch and getting the goats of the cowpunchers there is going to be something doing, and the doing of the something is full of interest, to wit: The cook is not satisfactory and the boys strike for a new "chef." They appeal to the boss and he promises them relief, and it is not long in coming from San Antonio in the person of a very swell fussy French guy, whom they look upon as a huge joke. He lasts just one day, and we see his finish to a turn and he beats it with more haste than grace. The next applicant is a scream, a fat negress who falls in love to the charms of San, a colored cowboy, with whom she elopes in the silent watches of the night. It seems they have gone the full list of applicants, but hope appears on the horizon of despair when John Chinaman puts in an appearance, gets the job, and queers himself by cooking Chinese noodles they can't eat, and that squirm like worms. This leads to precipitous retreat and disappearance. Ah there! "See who's here." The buggy approaches and a veiled woman of fair proportions alights, every "hemale" on the place is bowing and scraping like a parcel of mashers. She lifts her veil and causes a stampede, followed by a loss of appetites. Her face is the limit; a regular funny face. When she gets dinner ready and the bunch sit down to grub, they kick at the biscuits and refuse to eat the stuff she has prepared. She beats them to it, and it is not long before she has them all eating out of her hand, and she holds the job and runs the cook-shop with neatness and dispatch.
- Mrs. Damm and her children are seated on the porch when the postman arrives with a letter stating that their wealthy uncle would visit them. Mrs. Damm hustles the children into the house and they all get busy tidying things up for the expected guest. The boy feels the importance of the event but his sister is so lackadaisical she can't enter into the spirit of the occasion. Mrs. Damm, in addition to numerous other provisions, goes to the cigar store and orders a box of "perfectos" sent home. The tobacconist wraps up the box of "smokes" and lays them beside a box of trick explosive birthday cigars ordered by a previous customer, placing the name and address of each customer on the respective boxes. After Mrs. Damm leaves the store a meddlesome chap comes into the cigar store, looks at the cards while the proprietor is busy and gets the addresses on the boxes mixed; the consequence is the birthday explosives are sent to Mrs. Damm and her cigars are sent elsewhere. The anticipated uncle is met, escorted from the train by Mr. Damm and received by the whole Damm family with a hearty welcome. They remove his boots and put a pair of slippers on his feet, take off his coat and insist upon his donning a house coat. He is comfortably seated in a rocking-chair and, with much show of hospitality, the box of birthday cigars is brought to Uncle, who takes one, lights it and just settles back for an enjoyable smoke. The cigar explodes with a bang. He is furious and wants to leave the house at once; he can't stand practical jokes. The family assure him it must have been a mistake and they throw the cigars into the fireplace. Zip! Bing! Bang!!! The whole bunch of "celebrators" go off at once and the concussion knocks the old man out of his chair and upsets the rest of the family. "Too much is plenty." The uncle packs up his things and leaves the place, turning a deaf ear to the entreaties of his relatives. He gets away and there is mourning in the Damm home although the children can't help but laugh; neither can we.
- Getting his laundry from the Chinaman, "Honest Jim" spruces himself up in preparation to make a call on "Bess," with whom he is in love. Calling at Circle Ranch, her home, he finds Jack Rance making overtures to her father for "Bess' " hand. She greets Jim pleasantly, but she dislikes Jack; there is something about him which is distasteful to her and when her father intercedes for him she leaves the porch and hurries into the house. She does not have to wait very long to see "Jim" and "Jack" in their true colors and make a choice between the two. The clergyman of the ranch settlement and the .surrounding country comes to the post office where a crowd of cowboys are gathered to receive their mail. Jack approaches him saving. "Dance, d-n you, dance!" The minister refuses and Jack shoots a revolver at his feet and the godly man is obliged to do the light fantastic to the great amusement of the rest of the boys, The next victim of the bully's pranks is the Chinese laundryman, whom Jack taunts, kicking over his basket of laundry, and, when the "chink" resents the insult, Jack makes a lunge at him which is intercepted by "Honest Jim," who knocks the bully down. Bess is a witness of these doings and then and there selects the better man. Jack receives a letter announcing that he has won out in a claim for a mine and is now a rich man. At once he goes to Bess' father, shows him the letter. The father calls Bess in the room and Jack shows her the letter. She throws it upon the floor in disgust. Bess tells her father that she has made up her mind and will marry Jim. He tells her he will not consent to the match, she must marry Jack; then commands her to go to her room. She decides to elope with Jim, sees the Chinaman passing the window and gives him a note telling Jim to meet her at the three-mile turn of the road, bring a clergyman they will get married despite every opposition. The note is delivered. Jim gets "Sam Sing" to go for the clergyman. Glad to get square with Jack for his insults, Sam and the clergyman are only too glad to offer their services to the happy pair. All hands meet at the appointed place, the ceremony is nearly completed when Jack and Bess' father, who have discovered the girl's flight, are seen approaching in hot pursuit. The eloping party jump on their horses and the marriage is consummated by the minister as they are riding at full gallop. The ride is a hot one and full of excitement. You can't help urging the horses on and yon find yourself moving up and down with the motion of their pace; it is some ride, you must admit. When the horses are brought to a halt the father and Jack learn that Jim and Bess are one. The father, after all, is not displeased, forgives his daughter, welcomes Jim as his son-in-law while Jack slinks off, vanquished and smarting under the derisive laugh of the Chinaman and the smile of satisfaction beaming from the placid features of the parson.
- The local organization of Suffragettes is in session. Its motto is "Equality with Men." It passes a resolution to demand from the mayor a job in one of the city departments. "Just in time," says the mayor, "the fireman have gone on stroke. I give your organization charge of the fire department." The Suffragettes are elated, but the firemen can only construe this latest order of the mayor as a huge joke, so if a joke is to be played, they're going to be in it, too. They set fire to some brush and send in an alarm. Now, it is well known that Suffragettes are used to many hardships, but handling a hose is not known to be exactly in their line. Consequently, great is the confusion when they arrive with the engine at the scene of the fire. As one of them later said, "We did our darnedest, but there is no getting away from the fact that water is wet, and we girls feel those things terribly." The fireman's joke worked. The Suffragettes, soaked to a woman, in their endeavor to put out the fire, were cured of the desire to have charge of a city department, and resolved to be just natural women thereafter.
- Anxious to escape the strain of business and seek diversion and recreation, Robert asks his father to give him a vacation for a few days' rest. The father, who is absorbed by his business affairs, one of the old school plodders, reluctantly grants the son's request and the young man hurries from the office, packs his grip and hustles for the train. On his way he makes the acquaintance of a very charming lady, who is hound for the same place as himself. Arriving at their destination he offers to carry her grip and she accepts his proffered kindness. Loaded down he follows her to the hotel where he gladly deposits the luggage to escape a complete collapse from exhaustion. He finds his "acquaintance" very winsome and attractive. So infatuated is he with her he prolongs his stay from one day to another until his father is obliged to send a clerk after him to bring him back. When the clerk reaches the hotel he finds the son head over heels in love with his "acquaintance" and seems willing to leave his happy home for her. The clerk is introduced to the young woman and he falls to her charms as readily as Robert did. The captivating creature drops the son and takes up with the clerk. The clerk succeeds in getting Robert to go back to the city pretending he will go with him. At the last moment the clerk refuses to go and hastens hack to the adored one. The son returns to business and the father asks him where the clerk is. When he is informed the old man gets furious and immediately dispatches another clerk after the first one. The second clerk walks into the same ensnarement as the first with the same result; the girl gets them all. The boss in despair determines to go himself and see what is doing. He gets a worse "crush" than any of the others, is her devoted slave, calls her "honey bunch" and gets perfectly foolish over her. He is entertaining the lady with all the delicacies of the season and spending his money with a lavish hand. A gentleman with three or four children now appears upon the scene. The kids shout in chorus, "O mama!" and lovingly gather around the old gentleman's lady friend, very much to his surprise and chagrin. The son and the clerks, who have returned to the scene of their discomfiture in search of the boss, arrive just in time to see the children clinging to their mother, in concert with the boss they all exclaim "stung" and unceremoniously beat it for the city.
- A Navajo Indian has crossed the great desert, and his water bottle has been emptied. He is in a frenzy from thirst and sees mirages of water everywhere. He comes upon Nat Perry, a young settler, who is conveying his household goods across the burning sands. Perry has just taken a drink from his precious canteen when the Indian falls at his feet and implores a little water. The young pioneer heartlessly turns him over with his foot and leaves him to die. Kate and Will Brown are passing in a prairie "schooner." They see the Indian's plight and revive him, load him into their vehicle and proceed on their journey. Two years later the Indian as a valued friend and servant, when he has an altercation with Perry over the latter's conduct in the desert and is fatally wounded. He crawls to his employer's home and dies, but before he passes to the great beyond he tells the young settlers the secret of a lost gold mine and gives them a rude map which will help them to find it. Perry has overheard this conversation, and, while he has not seen the map, he resolves to follow Kate and Will when they start on their search. The Indian is decently buried, and the search begins. By rude drawings and familiar landmarks the mine is finally discovered. Brown immediately sees its great value, and in his haste to communicate their good fortune to his wife he turns his ankle on a stone and sinks to the ground under the pain. While Kate is binding up the injured member, Perry, who has followed them closely, appears and commands them to throw up their hands. They are taken completely by surprise, relieved of their revolvers, their horses driven down the side of the mountain and Perry writes a location claim and rides away to file it at the nearest land office for himself. Kate is in despair at the sudden change in their fortune, but conceives a plan intended to outwit the villainous Perry. She knows that he must ride a long way around and around the mountain in his descent, while if she can succeed in climbing down the side of a steep cliff she can be ahead of him. The difficulty is to find a horse, but she suddenly sees, far below her, a rider. His attention is attracted by means of huge stones, which she throws down. He sees her and stops, and is astonished when the plucky girl swings far out from the top of the cliff on a stout lariat and climbs hand over hand down the mountain. Her story is quickly told, and the gallant cowboy leads his horse. Then begins a race for the land office, in which the plucky girl is the victor. Perry arrives shortly after her, and is arrested by the sheriff, who happens to be there. The richness of her nugget excites the interest of an eastern capitalist, and an option is sold on the mine, which insures then young couple a handsome competence and luxury for life.
- Undoubtedly the ruling passion of Mexico is love of chance. Your average Mexican will gamble upon anything, take any chance, and stake his total belongings on a horse-race, cock fight, bull fight or the turn of the dice. Tony Valero, a lusty young vaquero, is enamored of Clarita Montes, whose father is fairly well off, as the middle class Mexicans figure. Clarita prefers Tony to her numerous admirers, but the father has selected, for his future son-in-law, a young dandy called Jose Rodreguis, who has a certain amount of money which allows him more ease than his neighbors. Jose trades upon this fact and presses his attentions upon Clarita. He bitterly resents her preference for Tony and does all in his power to belittle his rival. Tony is the proud possessor of a pie-bald horse, whose fame is known throughout the province, so that none will race against him; as his prowess has been tested on several occasions, hence he is deprived of the source of revenue which might accrue from bets made against this animal. One day Tony and Jose have an encounter in the cactus field, where the former is engaged in preparing this product for the use of cattle. Manuel, the father, separates them and orders Tony away, while he condones with Jose upon his discomfiture. That evening, when the day's work is over, the rivals meet again in front of Clarita's house. Tony demands to know why Manuel prefers the indolent Jose to himself, and is told that it is on account of the former's money. Tony gains permission to call upon Clarita if he succeeds in making enough money to outshine his rival, whereupon he challenges Jose to a race. Jose is well aware of the success of Tony's horse and is afraid to bet, whereupon the latter is in despair. One day, when he is nearing his home, he is accosted by Clarita, who has been planning their mutual happiness. She tells tony that if his horse was disguised that he could easily get a race, and suggests that they paint it black. Tony agrees to try the plan and secures a can of paint with which they mark out the white spots upon the animal, after which he is entirely changed, so that none knows him. Jose, seeing the strange horse, taunts Tony with his appearance and offers to bet his money in a race against the animal. Tony appears to be reluctant, but finally agrees and rushes off to pawn his silver-mounted saddle, a Mexican's dearest possession, so that he may obtain money with which to bet. He also sells his sombrero, and is surprised and pleased when Clarita gives him money which she has raise on her jewels, in a like manner. The race is run and Tony's horse wins. Jose is disgraced and disgusted, particularly as he has bet all he had upon the result. He tries to injure Tony, but is ordered off the track. Tony is not certain of his reception at Manuel's house, and so he plans an elopement with Clarita. This is consummated, but Jose happens along and sees the ladder at Clarita's window. He arouses Manuel and they set off in pursuit of the lovers. They arrive too late, however, as a friendly priest has just united them, and, after some arguing and a display of Tony's recently acquired wealth, he is forgiven and the father gives them his blessing.
- This is a sentimental little story of Mr. J. Booth Walker, a stranded thespian of the "legitimate drama." who has been touring the west with a company presenting "Othello." The company has yielded to the stress of bad business and has closed, while Mr. Walker, finding no easier way to return to Chicago, is counting the ties along the railroad. He comes to a small station, where several half intoxicated cowboys are assembled, and the idea comes to one of them that Mr. Walker be made to do a "stunt." They fire at his feet until he dances, but he is so adept at the graceful art of Terpsichore, that they soon watch him in admiration, and reward him with liberal applause. A letter is discovered by one of them, which shows that the actor is trying to return to the bedside of his sick child, and the good-natured cowboys make up a purse for him, fill his pockets with cigars and his heart with cheer, load him upon a passing train and send him rejoicing to Chicago and his little family.
- Fields, a remittance man, with tears in his eyes, informs his valet, Bud, that he is broke and that they must both look for jobs. Unknown to each other, they obtain work carrying advertising signs. Fields stalks the streets under an immense restaurant placard, while Bud staggers along announcing a new brand of indigestion tablets. One day they meet. Fields, having been paid a dollar in advance for his services, invites Bud to have a drink. While Fields engages the bartender in conversation, Bud fills his pockets with free lunch. Fields manages to pour down three drinks for the price of one, and sticking a piece of chewing gum on the end of his cane, he succeeds in hooking up again the dollar with which he had paid for the Scotch. Last, but not least, the big-hearted bartender blows them each to a good cigar. Fields and Bud, blessing their luck, retire to the park to enjoy the spoils. Finding a newspaper handy, they read that Lord Swan has won a Fifth Avenue heiress, Dolla Bills, by his wonderful golf playing. Fields lies down on a bench to take his afternoon nap, and is visited by a beautiful dream. He does not win his heiress by golf playing, exactly, but by his skill and bravery in using one of the clubs to whack a bomb planted by two black-handers on the steps of Mr. Moneybags' palatial home. He wakes embracing Bud, who cannot control his laughter. In disappointed rage. Fields pushes his ex-valet off the bench into the lake. As the latter fails to rise to the surface. Fields wanders away, realizing that now he must fight his battles single-handed.
- In the farewell beams of evening the pioneer with his wife and child stop the prairie-schooner and strike stakes for the night. Sounds of the Indian war cry disturb the quiet calm, and seen approaching in the distance is a band of savage red men. Terror-stricken, the settler seizes his gun and stands ready to defend his family. At the first volley from the Indians' rifles he falls dead. The brave wife makes a desperate resistance to protect her child. The poor woman is quickly slain by the hostile savages, leaving the helpless babe to their mercy. The band directs its attention to the settler's outfit, rifling and helping themselves to its contents. While this is going on one of the young bucks rushes for what he supposes a bundle of valuables, but which upon opening he finds to be the baby. Disappointed, he lifts his tomahawk to kill it. The big chief of the tribe sees and arrests the descent of the weapon, lifts the child in his arms, mounts his pony and lakes it back to his squaw and tells her they will adopt it secretly as their own. The child grows up a beautiful girl and she is named "White Fawn, the Paleface Princess." "Dashing Water," a young brave, loves the girl "a heap much'' and wants her for his wife, therefore his anger and jealousy are aroused when Captain Keen, a handsome young officer of a nearby military post, meets her and tails in love with her at first sight. The young fellow's sister, who is with him when he meets the princess, objects to his attentions to the Indian girl and tries to separate them, to no purpose, however. The brother manages to meet the girl, and he passes many pleasant hours with her, teaching her to master her books and solve the spell of love. "Dashing Water," seeing them in each other's arms, demands the white man's intentions. Captain Keen tells him to mind his own business and immediately the Indian throws sand in the air as a challenge and defiance. Captain Keen's sister has seen "Dashing Water" challenge her brother and observes his threatening glances. She implores the Indian not to kill her brother and then induces him to part with his knife, which she purchases and throws away. "White Fawn," with Captain Keen and his sister, seek the chief, and the Captain asks for the Princess' hand in marriage. The chief tells the young man the story of "White Fawn's" life, and then he gives "White Fawn" a locket containing her mother's portrait, which he tells her she wore about her neck when he found her a baby on the prairie. The chief joins "White Fawn's" and the Captain's hands and blesses them in peculiar Indian fashion. "Dashing Water" approaches in angry mood with hand on his knife. The chief beckons him away. The Captain's sister clasps "White Fawn" in her arms and Keen grasps the hand of the chief.