The Outlaw's Sacrifice (1912)
Jim Barton is elected to the office of county sheriff, takes the oath of office, obtains his star and rides back to his shack highly elated. Later word reaches Burton that Bud Layton, the noted outlaw, has passed the boundary line into his country and to watch out. Securing a posse Barton starts out to trail Layton. Meanwhile Layton has camped near the Barton shack and, thinking his identity unknown, rides into town and secures groceries. He is recognized by a cowboy, however, and Barton is soon hot in pursuit with the posse. Barton's little baby girl, Audrey, now wanders off from the shack. A few momenta later a cowardly Mexican peon finds Mrs. Barton alone and attempts to enter. She wounds him and, out of revenge, he fires the shack. Meanwhile, little Audrey is found by Layton, who, gun in hand, is fleeing from the posse. Picking the baby up in his arms he carries her with him and suddenly discovers the blazing shack, with the Mexican crouching nearby over the lighted straw. Whipping out his gun Layton kills the scoundrel, leaves Audrey on the ground, dashes through the flames and, after a terrible battle with the smoke and fire, rescues Mrs. Barton, who has fallen unconscious. Barton and his posse arrive just as Layton, terribly burned, has dragged Mrs. Barton to safety. "Too late, sheriff," he gasps, "I've paid my debt." A moment later he falls back dead. With uncovered heads the posse kneel beside the western hero with the realization that he had not died in vain.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Arthur Mackley | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Arthur Mackley | |
| True Boardman | |
| Harry Todd | |
| Julia Mackley |
