The Sheriff and his Son (1910)
Dan Moore, the sheriff's son, interferes in vain when his father orders his lazy uncle out of the house. They glare at each other, these two brothers, the one, stern with rage, and the other, scowling with hate. The next day the sheriff is informed by a couple of neighboring cowboys, of a horse-thief in the vicinity. He at once prepares to catch him and issues orders for the assembling of a posse. His daughter tells him he'll find Dan over at the widow's, and with a wink and a smile goes over himself to get his son and warn the widow to keep her eyes open. He finds Dan with an arm about Kate, the widow's daughter. It takes him but a second to interrupt their billing and cooing, although he does it with a smile and good-natured banter, for he approves of his son's choice; but there is business to attend to and he takes the young fellow away. When they return they find the posse ready and waiting, and they are about to start when Dan sees the vindictive face of his uncle peering in at them. He scents mischief and refuses to join the posse, to the disappointment and rage of his father. He still refuses, but will give no reason even when his dad calls him a coward. He turns his back and walks away. His one desire is to save his father the disgrace he feels his uncle will bring upon him. With a shout of derision at the son who failed him, the old sheriff heads the posse as they dash off in search of the horse thief. Dan catches up with his uncle just as he reenters the widow's farm after a second horse, the first being hitched up just inside the door. Before he can interfere, however, a shot is fired. The uncle falls, then rises to his feet and staggers away. Dan, to save his uncle, hurries into the barn, just as the widow and her daughter Kate dash up, close and bar the door, the widow still holding a smoking gun in her hand. The mother stands guard while Kate mounts the horse and hurries for the sheriff. The widow learns the identity of the prisoner, and when she is rejoined by Kate they determine that he must not be arrested, guilty or not. Kate forces the man she loves to bind both herself and her mother to the stall-posts, mount a horse and escape. Meanwhile the sheriff's daughter has gone after the father, and all returning, find the women bound and the prisoner gone. The wounded brother manages to drag himself as far as the widow's kitchen, falling unconscious across the sill, where the women find him. When revived, he confesses his guilt and his nephew's innocence. The women then bind his wound and fasten him to a saddle. Then begins another chase after the sheriff and the posse who are again hunting the escaped horse thief. They meet the returning band with Dan bound in their midst. Explanations are offered, and the old sheriff, before them all, asks forgiveness of his son, while the tears roll down his cheeks.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Mark M. Dintenfass | Producer |
