Across the Divide (1911)
If she could only get John to sign the pledge, what a happy little family they would be, and Mary glanced to where her husband stood kissing their two rosy children good-bye. She would plead with him that very night. Unfortunately, however, ere night fell, John, at Lem Bassett's invitation, had stopped in at Murphy's saloon to have "just one," but had nevertheless reached the quarry in such a condition, that the foreman had promptly discharged him, greatly to Lem's satisfaction. The remainder of the day John spent in the saloon, but getting into an argument toward evening, the bartender unceremoniously threw him outside, just as his supposed friend was returning from work. Picking John up, Lem helped him to his home, where, as soon as Lem was left alone with the young wife, he attempted to embrace her. Hearing her cry of surprise and indignation, the husband returned. Mary, unmindful of his condition, stepped between them, but John pushed her aside, more forcibly than he realized, for she fell, striking her head on the table, and lay unconscious. Believing her dead, as did John, when he tried to revive her, Lem made for the door, closely followed by the now sobered and frantic husband. On and on they ran, until the pursued man reached the cliff. There a desperate battle was fought, ending in Lem losing his balance, and falling over the cliff. Filled with horror at what he had unconsciously done, John fled the state. In the struggle, however, his coat had been thrown aside, so that two prospectors, finding it six months later, sorrowfully came to the now fully recovered Mary, with the news that her husband had fallen over the cliff. Fifteen years passed. John, who had become "a gentleman of fortune," was lying in wait for the stagecoach, when his daughter, who with her mother and brother, had moved west, happened upon them. To protect her from his men, a quarrel arose, in which John was wounded, but as the others ran off, the girl snatched off his mask and signaled the stagecoach for her "friend," and ere half an hour had passed, the supposed dead husband and wife were happily united.
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GenresDrama
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Western
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Milton J. Fahrney | Director |
| David Horsley | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Violet Mersereau |
