Coward or Hero (1911)
Just a couple of kids, chums at school and friends at play. Ned is a delicate, timid child; the rest of the boys regard him as a coward, afraid of his own shadow, but he has a staunch champion and comrade in his sturdy little friend, Jack, who always stands up for him and beats the other chaps off whenever they try to bully Ned, which is quite often. Ned and Jack grow up together and while Ned grows to be a husky young fellow he has not lost that shrinking disposition he evinced when a boy. The result is that Jack always wins out wherever aggressiveness is needed; even at love Jack is the victor in the conquest for Mary's heart. Ned is offered a job in the coal mines; he is fearful of working in the depths of the earth and refuses to take it. Jack comes along and accepts it without hesitation and Ned is obliged to seek employment in the less hazardous occupation of gardener. An explosion occurs at the mines and Jack is hemmed in the tunnel. The whole town is in a fever of excitement. Who will save Jack? Some volunteer, but hesitate at the mouth of the shaft; others are dissuaded by the pleadings of wives and children not to risk their lives. Ned is told of Jack's peril and rushes to the scene of the disaster, goes forward, declares his willingness to rescue his friend. Mary grasps his hands and tries to thank him. Ned pats her head and says, "For his sake and yours, I will save him." Ned is lowered into the mine and finds his companion injured and helpless, ties the hoisting rope about his body and soon he is lifter out of the tunnel and drawn to safety. Another explosion occurs in the mine and Ned finds himself imprisoned in the dark passageway, a victim to the gradual rise of water which is flooding the mine.
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