The Price of a Man (1911)
John Braham is discharged by Farmer Jones, and is told to call in the evening for his pay. When he arrives he is horrified at the sight that meets his gaze as he enters the cottage. Farmer Jones is lying dead with a blood-stained poker at his side. Neighbors enter just at the moment Braham is looking at the poker, and he is accused of the crime. He is sentenced, but manages to escape. In his flight he stops at the house of a poor widow. He begs for food and is given it. Just then a knock on the door is heard, and he asks the good woman to hide him. She does so, thereby sending his captors on the wrong trail. A few minutes after they have gone another knock is heard. She hides him again. This time it is the marshal demanding $500, being a chattel mortgage which he holds upon her goods. She is unable to pay it, so he leaves, threatening to foreclose the mortgage. After the second visitor has left, Braham comes out of his hiding place, and bids the good woman doss-bye. While he is walking away he realizes that there is a $500 reward for his capture, and decides to give himself up to some good person who will return the money to the good widow who fed him. So he gives himself up to the parson, and in this way the good woman is able to pay off the chattel mortgage. She is overwhelmed with joy, and at once starts for the Governor's office to ask for his release. After the necessary proceedings, it is found that Braham is not guilty, and he is released. It is needless to say that he proposes to the good widow, who promptly accepts him.
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