Marguerite and Pearl Alcott were orphan sisters. Bob White and Charley Wells were friends and fellow cowpunchers. Bob loved Marguerite and Charley had long cast amorous glances at Pearl's dainty figure. One day the orphan sisters were visited by The Distant Relative, a person of much self-importance and presumptive authority. At once she launched a reorganization of the girls' household, maintaining a self-appointed protectorate over the two girls, much to their two fellows' disgust. Finally the Distant Relative conceived an idea and sent a letter to an unscrupulous but good-looking young man who arrived shortly afterward, announcing himself as a long-lost cousin. Marguerite didn't like his looks, but Pearl soon fell victim to his city wiles, to Charley's utter woe. The bogus cousin caused corruption among the ranch-hands. They threatened a strike and only Bob and Charley's heroic work prevented a general walk-out. But if he did damage to the ranch by distilling trouble among its workers, he threatened twice as much by proposing to foolish Pearl that they run away and be married. The cousin felt quite confident and he and the Distant Relative soon laid their plans for the poor girl's undoing, hoping the marriage would gain them control of the ranch. The Distant Relative and the bogus cousin discussed it thoroughly, and the bogus cousin promised to divide the estate with his confederate. But what happens often to confederates happened to them: Bob, chancing to step around the veranda, overheard. He kept the matter to himself for a few days when he was suddenly electrified to discover Pearl and the bogus cousin getting into the ranch buggy with suitcase and other externals of a journey. He promptly raised the ranch with his cries, horses were mounted and the chase began. It seemed impossible to overtake them. Down hills they came in precipitous haste, but the buggy and its occupants kept steadily in advance of them. Suddenly an idea came to Bob. He stopped a passing automobile, climbed in with Marguerite and Charley, and the chase resumed. At the outskirts of the town they overtook the flying pair. Charley received Pearl into his arms and the bogus cousin, along with the Distant Relative, were hooted out of town. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis

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• sister-sister-relationship
• orphans
• cowboy
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