Joe's Reward (1912)
Joe, a prisoner in the state penitentiary, is paroled with the proviso that he remain in his own state. Filled with joy he goes to the country, where he gets work as a farmhand. The farmer, a hard-headed old fellow, learning that Joe is an ex-convict, treats him cruelly. The boy's only comfort is Mary, the pretty eighteen-year-old daughter of the farmer. Her kindness wins Joe's heart and they are soon deeply in love. The farmer learning of this, sends the boy away, but Mary refuses to let him go alone and they elope. They are married, and later Joe learns of some little homesteads to be had across the state border. He breaks the proviso and takes his wife where she will have a home and some comfort. His monthly reports he sends to a friend in the other state and he mails them to the warden. The farmer learning what Joe has done, goes to the jail and tells. Joe is arrested and brought back. But when he tells the warden his story, how he tried to make a living and couldn't; how the farmer hounded him and tried to wreck his home and happiness, the warden hands him a life parole and sets him free to return home. When he arrives there are two waiting to greet him, for a little baby has arrived while he was away.
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