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- It was an accident that brought Fred and Lillian together. When a shoe came off his horse's foot Fred hastened to the blacksmith shop, and it was there that he met Lillian, the smith's daughter. Before he left she managed to slip into his pocket a horse shoe, the symbol of good luck. Fred later finds the horse shoe. As is customary he hangs it over his door. Later he again comes to town and from the express office gets a package of money. Homeward bound, he sees Lillian about to enter her house. In an attempt to become better acquainted with her, Fred feigns illness. He is taken into her home, where mustard plasters and bitter bills fall to his lot. The package of money falls from his pocket. Lillian picks it up. He tells her to keep it until he is better. Charlie, a ne'er do well, a friend of Jay, the blacksmith's assistant, eyes the money longingly. He confides to Jay about the ranchman's money and when an hour later, Fred has recovered and started back to his ranch, they go after him. Charlie with thoughts of the money, but Jay thinking only of beating up his rival. They arrive at the ranch and hold up Fred. But Fred has forgotten the money. Lillian rides after him with it. She hears angry voices in the ranch house. Peering in she sees Jay and Charlie viciously attacking Fred. Then the horse shoe over the door catches her eye. She snatches it up, dashes in the door and orders "Hand up." Taken off their guard, Jay and Charlie comply. They see through the ruse and turn again to Fred, only to find themselves covered with a six-shooter.
- Dance Hall girl's devotion to her little daughter brings her to the honest protection of a mine owner.
- Edythe felt her dying father's wish must be fulfilled. She goes to the west, where, heavily veiled, she becomes the wife of Fred, the son of her father's old friend. During the ceremony Edythe notices that Fred is under the influence of liquor. While his cowboy friends are congratulating him she slips away, happy in the thought that her father's hope has been realized, but herself feeling that she never wants to see her husband again. She notices an antique wedding ring, which was Fred's mother's lying on the dresser. Joe, the director of the Standard Motion Picture Company, seeks to make Edythe his leading lady. She refuses. During the filming of a scene the heavy man is suddenly taken ill. Nearby the director observes Fred, a ragged tramp. He persuades him to take the part. The scene is between a brutal husband, Fred, and the mistreated wife, Edythe. Fred's portrayal is excellent, and the director offers him a steady engagement. Edythe recognizes in the tramp her husband. Something about Edythe puzzles Fred. A month passes. Fred has arisen to a better place in the company. Seated by Edythe one day, he has it on his lips to propose, but does not, knowing that he is a married man. A unique ring on her finger attracts his attention. He recognizes his own wedding ring. Edith feels that after all, her father's last wish "was not an unwise one."
- It was an accident that brought Dolly and Fred together, but it was not an accident that caused Jose, the half breed, to lose his job. When he attempted to make love to Dolly, the ranchman promptly discharged him. Jose decides that walking papers are not to his liking. He steals Fred's horse. The ranchman, Fred and Dolly observe him, and, calling in several ranch hands, they give chase. Fred finally corners Jose, but his gun becomes clogged. To escape from the greaser's bullets. Fred takes refuge in a deserted mining shaft, hanging by a rope. Here Jose finds him and cuts the rope. But the earth gives way and Jose, too, falls to the bottom of the shaft, where, after a struggle, he is overpowered by Fred. Dolly and the others hear Fred's calls for help. The two men are brought from the shaft and the story ends happily for Fred and Dolly.
- White Fawn, the daughter of an Indian chief, rejects an offer of marriage from Gray Eagle, an Indian warrior. The chief is angered at his daughter's determination, and strikes her. She leaves her tribe and wanders out into the woods. Tired and hungry, she staggers to a cliff, falls over, and is found by the foreman of a ranch. Drone, an enemy of the foreman, steals the foreman's money, and White Fawn interferes. Drone forces her to go with him. A chase follows. White Fawn is struck by a bullet intended for her lover, the foreman, and dies. The picture closes with the chief waiting in vain for the return of his daughter.
- The sheriff of Chichise County, Arizona, writes the Tinkerton Detective Agency in Chicago to send out their best man. as the country is being flooded with bad money. The agency sends Frank Newhall. Frank meets and admires Tess, who lives with her father, a rough-looking character of the mountains. Tess sees Frank with a bag of counterfeit money. Frank found it in the road. Tess suspects him of being a counterfeiter. On the other hand Frank sees Jim in some suspicious situations and concludes that he is the bad money artist. Jim is shot from ambush. He is found by Frank, who takes him to Jim's cabin. In the search for water, Frank enters a small room in the cabin. There he finds counterfeit money and other paraphernalia. Tess returns to the cabin. Frank orders Tess to ride for the doctor, which she does. Meanwhile, the real counterfeiters, one of whom fired the shot that wounded Jim, decides to go to his cabin and recover the property which he had taken from them. While Frank is in the second room the counterfeiters enter and cover Jim with their gun. Frank hears them from the other room, and although he can't figure out the situation he comes in and captures the counterfeiters. Tess returns with the doctor and the sheriff, who starts to arrest Frank. Jim pulls back his coat disclosing a detective badge, and so does Frank, clearing the confusion.
- The gambling of Howard impels his father to disown him. The story is carried forward twelve years, during which time nothing has been heard of Howard. John Emerson, the father of Howard, receives word that there is trouble on his ranch, and he leaves, accompanied by his daughter, Muriel. On his way to the ranch the old man is taken suddenly sick. Muriel, in search of a doctor, comes upon a Mexican drinking place. A tall gambler, hearing her pleas for a doctor, tells Muriel that he is a physician. On his way to where the stricken man lies, the gambler-doctor persuades the young girl to dismount and go with him for a drink from a spring. Reluctantly she agrees, and during their absence the gambler's horse is taken by another gambler, who substitutes a stolen horse. This action is prompted by Dolores, the Mexican sweetheart of the gambler-doctor, who, having seen him go away with a strange girl, and not knowing the reason, decides upon this method of avenging herself. The exchange of horses, however, has been seen by Muriel, who has fled from the gambler-doctor, he having impulsively embraced and kissed her and has confessed that he is no doctor at all. Muriel had hardly reached her father when she hears the gambler coming from the bushes. He falls at her feet and pleads with her to save him from the impending attack of the cowboys and the man from whom the horse was stolen. The father of Muriel recognizes in the gambler his son. The malignant endeavor of Dolores to see the gambler jailed for his apparent perfidy is frustrated by Muriel, who tells the owner of the stolen horse what she has seen concerning the exchange of horses. A happy reconciliation of the family takes place when Howard goes home to his aged mother.
- Lillian Farley has been somewhat of an invalid all her life and since the death of their father and mother, Dorothy, the sister, has acted the part of the little mother, working as a stenographer. The Y.W.C.A. has been interested in her case and they assist when they find it necessary. One morning after Dorothy has departed for her dally work, Lillian is taken with a bad spell. The Y.W.C.A. nurse is with her and a doctor is called. He orders her to New Mexico for pure air. It is very hard for the sisters to part, but Dorothy has to stay in the city and work hard to furnish the necessities for Lillian. We next see Lillian on the ranch; her health improves and she falls in love with one of the boys. She wires to Dorothy that she has a serious heart affliction, but tells Dorothy not to worry. Dorothy misunderstands the telegram aid feels that Lillian must be very sick. We next see her getting off the train in a little town in New Mexico. She inquires the way to the ranch from two cowboys who are standing at the station. He starts to walk to the ranch and in trying to cut through a barbwire fence gets caught. The cowboys decide to have some fun: they scare her almost to death by chasing her over the hills until a manly cowboy comes to her aid. He assists her to mount his horse: she reaches the ranch just in time to see her sister coming back from the morning ride with her sweetheart. Explanations follow. Dorothy, seeing she has been tricked, decides to go back to the city. The two cowboys, who have fallen in love with the two sisters, decide to keep her there. One of them goes to the village, gets a typewriter and sets her up in business. All the cowboys of the ranch suddenly remember that they should have written many letters and they crowd around awaiting their chance to dictate to the pretty stenographer. Later Dorothy realizes she loves her hero cowboy. Double elopement to the parson's home is planned. The cowboys get onto the scheme; they decide to show them a trick or two. Just as the couple are coming out of the minister's home, the boys come up with a carriage, force the newly married couples in. They rush away with them which ends up in riding the couples into a river and leaving them there to get out in the best way they can. This they succeed in doing after getting a thorough ducking.
- Fred, the school teacher at Angel Camp, has fallen in love with Edythe, one of his pupils. On account of his small salary he has never dared to propose. A reward has been offered for the capture of a bandit. Through finding a note, Fred learns a robbery has been planned. The day following, when he calls upon Edythe to recite, she tells him she can't, showing him her book with a piece torn from the page. Fred discovers the note he found matches with the torn page. School over, Fred tells Edythe to send her brother to him. The teacher accuses Jay, the brother, who confesses he and another party had planned to hold up the Angel Camp Saloon. Fred ties Jay up, then proceeds to the saloon. First fixing up his arm in a sling, concealing in his hand a gun. Joe enters the saloon, orders a drink and, whipping out a gun, commands hands up. Through his bandage Fred fires, wounding Joe in the arm and overpowering him. Edythe, who has followed her brother to the school, releases him. Jay hurries to the saloon. There he shows Fred a deputy sheriff badge, telling him he had arranged the affair to catch Joe, of whom he was suspicious. A little later Fred tells Edythe Jay is going to divide the reward "With Us."
- Dolly's father and mother refuse to accept Arthur for their son-in-law when he is accused of ambushing and killing Charlie, his bitterest enemy. The engagement is abruptly broken. Arthur's guilt appears certain, but for lack of evidence he is freed. Dolly undertakes to deliver an important order for her father, the manager of a merchandise store. Returning she loses her whip. While trying it she picks up a piece of paper. From his look-out the forest ranger, Joe, discovers a runaway and gives chase. While going at full speed, Joe rescues Dolly from the runaway team. Joe, who is also a suitor for Dolly's hand, now feels quite certain that he has won her. But when she shows him the piece of paper, Charlie's dying confession which accuses Joe of the crime, he changes his mind. Joe is given five hours' start by Dolly, this for having saved her life. At the expiration of that time she tells her father. The posse follows. Joe tumbles over a high cliff. As for Arthur, Dolly tells him that the barrier is broken.
- Fred, an actor, broken down in health, has come to the west, where he has fallen in love with Edythe. a simple country girl, the daughter of the sheriff. She tells Fred his suit is hopeless, and that she feels she has been ordained for a great stage career. Fred knows that her singing ambition can never be realized, and furthermore she never will be contented until she has had her fling at the stage. Her father, the sheriff, is trusted with a considerable sum of money for safekeeping by his friend, the ranchman. Edythe pleads to be sent to New York to begin her career, but her father tells her that finances can not permit of it. Edythe's birthday comes, and in her diary her father reads she is expecting that, for her birthday present, he will send her east. He recalls the money entrusted with him, and finally gives it to Edythe, telling her she can go. But Fred, disguised as a theatrical manager, has formed a little scheme of his own. He gives Edythe a hearing, and then informs her he is willing to risk sending her to New York and supplies her with the necessary money. Edyth returns the ranchman's money to her father, and soon leaves. A month goes by, and Edythe returns. Her father informs her of Fred's great sacrifice, and she hurries to offer belated thanks, but she arrives too late, and Edythe bitterly realizes at what cost has been "Her Higher Ambition."
- Lucille is lured into a café by Joe. Harry, a young man ruined through drink, is in an adjoining booth, where he overhears the pleadings of a girl as she fights away the wine glass proffered her. Recalling his own experience, the little good left in him rises to the surface and asserts itself. Harry appears and knocks the glass from Joe's hand. A terrific fight ensues, during which Harry vanquishes Joe, leaving him insensible. Harry leads her through the crowded café and bids her go home. Six months later we find Harry surrounded by a gang of toughs, who plan to rob the broker's safe. Harry's pleadings to be counted out are useless; they force him to accompany them. Harry is stunned by the sight he has been forced to witness, and although he has taken no direct part in the crime, he fully realizes how impossible it would be to convince others of his innocence, Rushing from the place, he boards a freight train and soon is on his way to "don't care where." Time passes. Joe and Lucille, happily married, leave for the west. Two years later Joe becomes sheriff of his county. Living the life of a hunted criminal, Harry finally succumbs to conscience. In the shadow of a sheriff's office, he concludes to give himself up, regardless of the consequences. He rushes inside, but before he can say a word, finds himself face to face with Joe, who meets him with outstretched hands, grateful for the lesson Harry taught him in the café years before. Joe finally makes him his deputy. Just as Harry is sworn in and Joe is congratulating him, a telegram is received from the sheriff at Chicago saying, "Slick Pete, wanted for complicity in diamond robbery two years ago, traced to your locality, etc." Joe hands the telegram to Harry, wishing him success on his first case, and giving him handcuffs to secure his prisoner. An hour later Harry enters with the handcuffs on his own wrists. Joe absolves Harry from all blame, then wires Chicago, "Slick Pete died here yesterday." Joe was right, for his friend was not Harry, the Slick Pete, but his better self.
- Her teachers at Carlisle had great hopes for Maya. They thought she might carry the message of civilization to her tribe, because she became so thoroughly Americanized. But it was not many months after she returned to them before she had gone back to the life of her ancestors. Yellow Horse, her Indian suitor, was glad to see this. Bill West, returning empty-handed from a prospecting trip, heard from the old trader that True Eagle, Maya's father, knew where there was gold. He attempted to learn the secret of his tribe from the aged chieftain, but failed. In Maya, however, yearning to be wooed as the white man would, he found an easy tool. Telling her he loved her, he induced her to learn the secret, which she obtained from her father, only upon a pledge never to see Bill again. But evening found her with him and True Eagle grew nervous when he found she was absent from the village. He went in search of them and found Maya and Bill at the site of the gold. He expelled her from the tribe and would have driven Bill away from the place, but the prospector told him Maya was his wife. Unmolested by the Indians, Bill panned his gold. Finally he made preparations to leave and Maya, resigned now to his brutality and loving him in spite of it, opposed his plans as soon as she discovered it. But he paid no attention to her and left after denouncing her. Two years passed and True Eagle learned from the trader that Bill was near at hand in a little settlement on the railroad. Imparting the news to Yellow Horse he planned revenge for Bill's treachery, but Maya was before him. She had overheard the tale, and hate grew within her. She thought she saw a way to win Bill back, to wrest from him the wife he had taken from the white people, and to live again with the man she left to be hers. She got the gold from its hiding place and went to the little settlement. An hour's wait at the post-office brought Bill in search of the letter and money he had asked the trader to lend him. Maya followed him home. Soon he left to call a doctor, for his wife was very ill with consumption. This indeed was the cause of his return to the mountain country. Into the house went Maya, and there she found the woman. She thought she was sleeping, but soon discovered that her stillness was that of illness. There, too, was the baby that had been born to them. Maya's heart, warmed by hate, grew cold again. She laid the gold down, renouncing with it all hope of winning back her man again, laid upon it the knife she had brought for his wife and went away. Bill returned to his home, found the gold and the knife and understood. It was the other side of the page he had read two years before, when he opened the gold bag and found worthless rocks and sand. Now he again had the precious metal he had dug from the Indian stream, the value he had filched from their secret hiding place. And Maya, he didn't bother about her, she was "Just an injun" anyway.
- Arthur, the young sheriff, is notified that two bad men supposed to have recently held up a train are heading for his county. Later Arthur meets Edythe, and from certain things suspects that she is connected with the robbers, one of whom is really her father. Her father's pal attempts to make love to her, but she repulses him. One day Edythe returns to the cabin and finds both men wounded, shot from ambush. The girl had recently seen Arthur in that vicinity and she suspects him. Seizing a rifle she goes in pursuit. She finds him resting under a tree and is about to fire when something stops her. A small bird falling from its nest in a tree lands in Arthur's hat. This alone has saved his life. Edythe forces Arthur back to the cabin. There they find the two men covered by a renegade Indian. She captures him. The two outlaws leave. Edythe turns the Indian over to the sheriff, telling him that she will notify the posse. But instead Edythe joins the outlaws, and the three disappear over the mountains into safer country.
- James Anthony had amassed a fortune when reverses came. Then he lost his wife. In a moment of frenzy he takes a revolver from the drawer, is about to end his life, when his baby girl touches him. The shock brings him to his senses. He decides to take his baby and leave the community, never to return. One year passes by, and we see him living with his baby girl in a cave in the Pino Moimtains. Years pass. John Baker and Leon Noble, two backwoodsmen, go out for their day's work, when they are interrupted by a young woman running toward them. She explains that her father is dying, and asks them to come with her, which they immediately do. The scene shifts to the cave in the mountains where, twelve years ago, James Anthony had made a rough home to escape civilization. Before dying, Anthony begs the woodchoppers to care for his little daughter and see that she is taken back to civilization and properly cared for. The young girl is taken to their cabin and is given every care and attention. Days pass by, and both men find that they have learned to love the little orphan, whom they have nicknamed "Wild Flower." One day John Baker, finding her sitting alone in front of their little cabin, tells her of his great love for her, and asks her if she will marry him. She tells him she cannot marry him because she does not love him, nor does she love anyone, that she cares just as much for Leon as she does for him. John leaves her, thinking that later on she will repent; but when only a few days later he finds Leon asking her the same question, he decides that but one of them can only be successful. The next morning John asks Leon if he loves "Wild Flower." Leon answers in the affirmative and they decide that they will fight for her love. The scene shifts to "Wild Flower." She has a presentment that something is wrong, gets up hurriedly and goes in the direction taken by the men. "'Wild Flower" comes into view, sees the men fighting, rushes up and in between them. A rosary worn by John has been torn from his neck in the scuffle, and lies upon the rocks at their feet. "Wild Flower" picks it up and holds it before her, and demands that they cease their quarreling, that she cannot love either of them, and that she is going back to civilization. She turns and vanishes. They both watch her out of sight, humbled and repentant with all the anger gone from their hearts. The scene now shifts to a convent. "Wild Flower" comes up to the gate, and a sister bids her enter.
- In the Tijeras mountains there lives a ranchman, his wife, and their daughter, Agnes, a girl of eighteen. An English tourist admires the girl and tries to make love to her, but Agnes has no love for him. Next in line is Buck Connors, the king of cowboys. He is handed the same medicine, but before going, presents Agnes with a quirt to remember him by. Next in line is the man who had won her affections one year before. They decide to take a morning ride. The scene changes to an inn close by. Black Bart, the leader of a gang of mountain bandits, decides to run the risk of being recognized to learn the news of the day. Agnes and her sweetheart come riding and are about to pass by when Black Bart and the cowboys come out of the inn. The horse of Agnes becomes frightened and she drops the quirt. Black Bart rushes for it, picks it up and returns it to Agnes. Agnes and her sweetheart dash away leaving Black Bart looking after her. He has decided to follow them, and if possible induce Agnes to accept his attentions. The horse ridden by Agnes's sweetheart, Harry Warner, stumbles, his leg is hurt quite badly. Harry dismounts and tells Agnes he must go for a remedy. Black Bart rides rapidly up to Agnes. He insists upon forcing his attentions upon Agnes. At the blacksmith shop Harry arranges for some horse liniment and departs. He returns to Agnes and Black Bart. Agnes has succeeded in proving to Black Bart that she is master of the situation. She strikes him with her quirt. Black Bart grabs it from her and tells her he will some day pay her back with her own quirt. Seeing Harry coming he departs in the underbrush. The matter is explained to Harry and as they are handicapped with the sick horse, Harry decides to get back home as soon as possible. A few months pass. Agnes and Harry are married and are off on their honeymoon trip in the old Santa Fe coach. Black Bart learns of this and decides to gather his band together and hold up the stage. He and his gang who, having located the stage, ride into view. Black Bart drops the quirt that was stolen from Agnes. Feeling that the stage will draw up at that point, they hide behind the great boulders a short distance away and when the stage comes up, the driver seeing the quirt, brings the horses to a standstill. He dismounts, picks up the quirt. Agnes becomes much interested, realizing it is her own and that Black Bart must be near. At that moment firing starts from the point where the outlaw band is secreted. A fire is returned from the stagecoach. Agnes realizing that the fight must go against them, begs to be allowed to go for assistance. Under the cover of the old coach one of the stage horses is saddled, and she dashes away amid a shower of bullets, while the passengers of the coach bravely stick to their post. We follow Agnes in her wild ride for assistance back to the inn where a posse is rapidly secured and they dash away with Agnes at the head of the column to render assistance to the brave little band fighting for their lives, and arriving just in time to render the double service of saving the treasures and disbursing the marauders.
- Tom Gray, cattleman, and Jim Stone, despised sheepman, quarrel over trespass of the sheepman's stock. They threaten one another. Later, Gray out hunting aims at some foxes and hits near Jim, whom he does not see. Believing himself to be attacked, Jim returns the fire and Gray is mortally wounded. He lives just long enough to assure the cowboys who are attracted by the shots that the affair was an accidental one, and to beg Jim to look after his little girl, which Jim solemnly swears to do. Jim sends Corrine east to school. Ten years later, tired of school life, she notifies her guardian that she is coming home, and Jim falls instantly in love with her. The arrival of George Nevins, an eastern acquaintance of Corrine, and his apparently successful courtship of the girl cause Jim poignant agony. Bored by lack of excitement, Nevins makes secret love to Mariata, daughter of Jim's half-breed herder, Miguel. Miguel drinks and neglects his work, so that Jim is obliged to discharge him. He swears vengeance. Later Miguel chances on a meeting between Mariata and Nevins. When they part he comes out and asks Nevins if he is going to marry the girl. Nevins laughs in his face and makes an insulting remark, at which Miguel draws his knife. In the struggle Miguel is killed. Nevins, found near his dead body, is arrested. Jim, believing that Corrine's happiness is bound up in Nevins, goes to the sheriff and says that Nevins is innocent, and that he, Jim Stone, killed Miguel. Jim is locked up, and Nevins goes to Corrine who, on learning what has happened, suddenly realizes that her guardian, and not Nevins has her love. She dismisses Nevins, who makes all haste to get away, but is met by Mariata, who begs him to take her with him. He scorns her, whereupon Mariata laying hold of his bridle, threatens to tell the truth about her father's death. He shakes off her hold; she falls and he hurries away. Mariata is found half dazed by Corrine, to whom she tells her story. The two hasten to the sheriff and Mariata tells the truth, which Jim looking at Corrine cannot deny. The sheriff goes out to Nevins and Mariata creeps away, leaving Jim and Corrine alone. Corrine asks Jim why he lied, and he tells her he did it in order that she might be happy. With her arms about his neck she manages to convince him that happiness for her means Jim Stone and no other.
- The editor of the Bungleville Bugle posts a sign on the door, informing the citizens that he is going to a better town. On his way he meets Slim and sees him trading his horse for the Bungleville Bugle. On hearing that the editor has left town without paying his debts, the citizens' wrath is aroused and they vow to hang the next editor who hits town. Slim takes possession and is confronted by the many creditors, who agreed to allow him 30 days to pay the former editor's debts. He employs Molly as Society Editor. The 30 days are almost up and business is dull. Molly inserts a sign on the door of the Bungleville Bugle that coupons will be issued in the paper, and at the end of a certain length of time, the one holding the most wins her as his bride. Business begins to boom. The cowboys spend all their money in order to get the most coupons. On the day that the votes are to be counted Molly leaves for lunch, promising to return at 1:00. On her way home, however, she meets a traveling man and an instant mutual attachment springs up. Before Molly realizes it, the clock is striking five. She remembers and tells the traveling man about the scheme. They finally agree to get married, and to jolly the boys along, Molly sends a note to the newspaper office that she is waiting at the church. They all make a beeline for the church, only to find that she has just married another.
- Arthur ranks high in Dolly's affections until Walter, a stranger, meets and fascinates her. Willis, the father, finds a man laying in the street, apparently dead. When he returns with the sheriff the man is gone. Willis approves of Walter as a suitor for his daughter. Knowing this, Dolly accepts his proposition that they be married quietly and then surprise Willis. For several days Willis has been bothered by a sun spot that has been flashed in his window. At first he imagined that Dolly was only playing a prank. She convinced him otherwise. Finally he informed the sheriff. At the minister's house, Walter finds that he has forgotten to provide himself with a ring, and leaves to purchase one. As Willis is talking to the sheriff the sun spot is flashed in his eyes. They finally discover its origin. In an old shanty they find Joe, a prisoner, guarded by Charlie, a crook. In Joe Willis recognizes the man he saw laying on the street. Walter returns with the ring. Joe seeing him entering the house recognizes him as his brother and runs after him, the others following. Dolly is surprised when she learns that Joe is Walter's brother. She tells the others that only that afternoon Walter has shown her a letter from a firm of attorneys to the effect that brother Joseph was presumably dead, as they had been unable to find any trace of him, and that according to the terms of his father's will should Joe not be found and the estate claimed by him by the first of July, that the estate would revert to Walter, The sheriff sees through the whole thing and tells Walter that he had better come along with him. Walter confesses that it was he who caused his brother to be kept a prisoner. Dolly's romance is of course shattered. To the faithful suitor Arthur, whom she rejected for Walter, she states that perhaps sometimes she will consider his proposal favorably.