- In the parched West, Louise MacLeod works as a secretary for Robert Powell, a lawyer defending businessman John Phelan, whom ranchers accuse of monopolizing water rights. Gordon, Louise's father, is one of the ranchers, and so Louise keeps him informed of Robert's strategy, with the result that the ranchers win their case. John, however, remains determined to control the area's water, and so he hires an engineer to dynamite a river in order to divert it from the ranchers and onto his own land. Robert then realizes the unscrupulousness of his former client, and defuses the engineer's bomb. Afterward, with the ranchers victorious, Robert concentrates less on water rights and more on Louise, with whom he soon begins a romance.—Pamela Short
- A vigorous character, Gordon MacLeod, represents the faction made up of small ranchers, and John Phelan is at the head of the powerful monopoly seeking to control the entire water supply of the Esperanza valley. Louise MacLeod is private secretary to Powell, who is the right hand man of Phelan. Louise is really in the service of the ranchers, to whom, through her father, she is furnishing information of the plans of Phelan. Louise becomes impressed with the native principles of Powell, though she cannot reconcile his character with his actions. She at length begins to exercise a peculiar influence over him, unconsciously, and he commences to realize that the ranchers have rights on their side. While a lawsuit is pending regarding the water rights, Louise keeps her father informed of every important move made. Later on, when it has been decided to blow up the slide, at the head of the Esperanza, and form a new ditch robbing the settlers of their water supply, Louise informs her father and the ranchers get ready to resist the attempt. About this time Powell's conscience becomes active and he wavers in his loyalty to Phelan. Phelan badgers him and Powell suddenly resigns. Through Louise, Powell joins her father's forces in the defense of the slide. There is a dramatic situation in which both sides line up at the slide. There is a clash of guns and men. Powell, at the risk of his life, destroys the fuse of a dynamite bomb while Louise holds a man at bay with a revolver. When peace is restored and the small ranchers have won the day, Powell is rewarded by the love of Louise. A bit of piquancy is added to the love of Powell and Louise by the unsuccessful efforts of Mrs. Phelan to inveigle Powell in the meshes of a flirtation.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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