The End of the Trail (1911)

It was only a lovers' quarrel, and had Marion but received Tom's flowers and note, begging forgiveness, all would have gone well. Unfortunately, this was just what Neal Emory suspected, so, hurrying to the girl's home, he waited until the florist's boy appeared, then, quickly taking possession of the flowers, he threw the roses where Tom could not enter the house without seeing them. This done, he waited anxiously for the young man's appearance. Then, as he approached, Neal quickly bent over Marion, making the other think that he had been embracing the girl. Wounded to the quick, Tom picked up the scorned flowers and turned sadly away. The following morning. Neal was delighted to receive a note from his rival stating that he had already started for the West. Neal made straight for Marion's home, where, just as he had planned, the girl's foolish pride not only made her accept him then and there, hut also promised to be married at once. Two years had scarcely passed ere Neal had grown tired of his young wife. Being out of work, and reading in the evening paper of Tom's success, Neal determined to write his old friend that he intended joining him in the West. Accordingly, after mailing Tom a letter, in which he stated that Marion had died, the husband packed up his belongings and stole quietly out, that his wife was penniless, and already the landlord was clamoring for the rent, Neal cared not. She could take the baby and go back to her friends. Upon his arrival West, Neal was greeted with hearty good-fellowship by his friend, and the two men were on their way to Tom's cabin, when they encountered a band of hostile Indians. An exciting chase followed, in which the white men gained the shelter of the cabin, to return the Redskins' fire. Neal was mortally wounded. Tom, however, was saved by the prompt arrival of the boys from an adjoining ranch. Knowing that he had but a few moments to live, Neal brokenly confessed his deception before his marriage, and, that his wife still lived. Tom immediately started for the East, arriving just in time to keep the woman he loved from being turned out into the street, and later, to bring her out to his own glorious West.

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GenresShort Western