Lodging for the Night (1914)
When Bob returns from a long tramp and starts to take his fiancée to his arms, a surprise awaits him: she returns his ring and he discovers that she loves another. Crushed, he turns back and starts out again on a long tramp. In a remote section of the mountains, Mara, a girl of the wilds, lives unhappily with her parents, who are unscrupulous, cruel, and cold, and do not hesitate to rob a traveler or treat Mara cruelly. She makes one attempt to run away but is unsuccessful and is brought back roughly by Durkey. Bob arrives at the foot of the mountain where Mara lives. He sees a faintly-marked trail leading up into a section of wooded land and learns that it is seldom used. Just the place to forget the girl who jilted him, he feels, so he turns off. Here with the near approach of night he meets Mara, who is caught bathing in a secluded pool, and they strike up an acquaintance is struck up. She leads him home with her to get "lodging for the night." At the cabin Bob incautiously shows his large roll to Durkey in meeting the demand for payment in advance, and Durkey and his wife plan to rob and do away with Bob. But Mara suspects their plan and takes measures to protect the man who has just come into her life. At midnight Durkey steals in to rifle through Bob's pack, Bob wakes and Durkey is about to kill him when a well-directed stone is sent through the window by Mara, destroying Durkey's aim and allowing Bob to grapple with him. In the struggle Durkey is shot and falls to the floor. With the coming of dawn Bob leaves, sorry for little Mara. But, with Bob gone, the mother turns on the daughter and drives her from the house. Mara feels there is nothing to do but go to Bob. She does. Bob, surprised, suddenly realizes that he wants her and they start off over the divide together.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Tom Ricketts | Director |
| Marc Edmund Jones | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Edward Coxen | |
| Charlotte Burton | |
| George Field | |
| Josephine Ditt |
