The Halfbreed's Treachery (1912)
James Spence, an aged miner, had for months been working on a prospect he had located, but which bid fair to be a forlorn hope. Finally the old man's health gave way and he died. Burying her father, the girl finds herself alone in the world. Pedro Miguel, a drunken half-breed, learning of old man Spence's death, enters the cabin to rob. He is interrupted by the entrance of Elsie. A struggle between the two ensues, and Elsie's screams for help are overheard by Joe Edwards, a young mining prospector. Edwards quickly kicks the half-breed from the cabin. Elsie then tells Edwards of her father's death and of the unprofitable mine. Attracted by Elsie, Edwards offers to give the prospect a whirl as a partner of the girl, and a friendship is thus formed. Edwards located on the claim and starts to work. His efforts are fruitless, and it begins to look as if the property was really worthless. One day, Pedro again drunk, wanders into the neighborhood of the mine. He witnesses an interview between Joe and Elsie and in his drunken mind, inflamed by remembrance of the way in which he had been handled, he determines to be revenged. Drawing his revolver, he creeps up and fires. His aim is spoiled by the liquor he carries, he misses Joe, but hits a keg of gun cotton, which explodes with tremendous force, all but wrecking the mine and burying Joe within the debris. Elsie, who is just about to mount her horse, bean the roar of the explosion and hastens to aid Joe. She digs him from the gravel and dirt which cover him, and returns with him to the cabin. Realizing the need of medical aid, she mounts her horse and quickly returns with the doctor. The latter in removing from Joe's face particles of rock, discovers them to be pure gold. Wonder-struck at the discovery, Elsie, assured by the doctor that Joe's injury is by no means serious, hastily runs back to the mine to see if the good fortune promised is really true. Pedro, who has returned to the scene of the explosion, has also discovered the precious metal, and is filling a bag with nuggets. By a ruse, Elsie gets possession of Pedro's gun, sticks him up and forces him to return with her to the cabin, where the cowboys attend to his case and Joe and Elsie determine to make the partnership a lifelong matter.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Romaine Fielding | |
| Edna Payne | |
| Burton L. King |
