At Perry's Ranch (1911)
Weary and disheartened, Jack Roberts sank down upon the steps of their little cottage, the sole support of his widowed mother, and for weeks he had been out of work. Suddenly, as he glanced over the "want column," his eyes brightened: "Wanted men for western railroad; good wages; free transportation." Jumping up, the young man hurried to the address given, and there, although the agent demurred at his size, he was finally commanded to report within the hour. Upon his arrival in the west, however, the timekeeper, after looking Jack over, sarcastically informed him that they wanted men, not kids. Thereupon an argument arose, for what Jack lacked in inches he made up in pluck. Ranchman Perry's timely interference, however, put an end to what might have ended uncomfortably for the young man, after which Jack very gladly accepted Perry's kind offer to try his luck on the ranch. As the months flew past, the new cowboy grew to like his work more and more, and ere the year was over, he had sent for his mother. But before she arrived, on account of his attentions to the ranchman's daughter, Jack had been challenged by the foreman to fight a duel. Knowing himself to be but a pour shot, the young man retired to some distance from the bunkhouse, put up a target, and started to blaze away; and although each shot went wide of the mark, Jack had become thoroughly interested. Suddenly he heard a cry or pain from the bunkhouse. It proved to be Bert Rankin, the foreman, whom the young cowboy had accidentally shot, and notwithstanding the fact that Bert knew the shot was accidental, he angrily accused Jack of shooting him down like a dog, as soon as the boys appeared, and insisted that they send at once for the sheriff. So it was upon her arrival that Mrs. Roberts found her son in the hands of the sheriff. Hurrying to Bert, she implored him to vindicate her boy: this he at first stubbornly refused to do, but as he drank in her sweet gentle voice, he suddenly beheld, as in a dream, his own mother, listening to his evening prayer. With a mighty effort, the foreman dragged himself to where the boys were assembled, and there, in the presence of all, he brokenly confessed the truth.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Milton J. Fahrney | Director |
| David Horsley | Producer |
