One Against One (1912)

Dion, one of the mounted police of the Northwest woods, is rejected by the girl he loves. He never forgets Jess and always keeps her last letter in his pocket. He is commissioned to go after a man called Hughes, who is wanted for murder. He sets out through the woods. The fugitive is in the woods hiding from the man he knows is searching for him. Dion is hungry and wants to kill some game, but remembers that the shot would betray him to the fugitive. The murderer has one shot left. He sees Dion in the distance and fires, wounding the officer in the arm. The fugitive leans over a pool of water to take a drink. Dion sees him and, although he is half crazed at the sight of the water, he pulls himself together and manages to cover his man. Overcome with pain and hunger he faints. The fugitive manages to make him comfortable. He kills a bird and shares it with the officer. He carries the unconscious man to his shack in the woods, where he cares for him. He finds the letter from Jess, the girl who rejected Dion to marry him. When Dion regains consciousness he learns that the fugitive killed his man in a fair fight, also that Jess aided her husband to escape.

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GenresDrama Short