His Side Pard (1912)
Hal Jackson and Jim Wilson are partners of a mine. Hal takes some samples of ore to the assayer, James Padley, who writes the boys that the mine will only assay about eight dollars to the ton and will hardly pay them to work it. The evening before Hal called at the Wilson shack, where Jim's mother and sister welcomed him. Hal is in love with Jim's sister, and each time that he comes, remains until the mother falls asleep, and Jim frantically motions his sister to send Hal home. After receiving the assayer's letter, Hal again calls at the shack, only to find Jim thoroughly downcast. He has received a letter from J.R. Braddoek, which reads as follows: "'Will be over to see you in the morning, and if your mine is all that you claim, will negotiate with you for purchase of same." Hal leaves early, and the women go to the kitchen to finish some work. Jim decides to salt the mine with gold which he has in a jar. He takes his shotgun into his room and charges it with gold, then starts with some quartz containing free gold, which he carries in a tin box, and which the young people were looking at in a previous scene, he slips out, mounts his horse and rides away to the mine. There he shoots the gold into the rocks, and throws the quartz around, dropping the tin box and forgetting it. The next morning the would-be purchasers come to look at the mine. Jim sends the unsuspecting Hal to settle with them, and Hal is surprised to have the men at once give him a check for it. After they are gone, he looks at some pieces of quartz which he saw them examining, and sees the tin box. At once he realizes that the mine was salted and mounts his horse and rides to Jim's shack to demand an explanation. Jim declares that Hal must have salted the mine, if it is salted, but Hal, with the aid of his gun, forces the truth from Jim and makes him write a confession. In the meantime, Jim's sister enters, and Jim realizes that he may yet escape the consequences of his deed. He begs Hal to let him go for his sister's sake. Hal agrees and tears up the note of confession, but Jim's mother has overheard, and commands her son to tell the men at the mine. They, in the meanwhile, have discovered the mine was salted, and have ridden after Hal, leaving a couple of miners at the mine. These men dig a few inches deeper and strike a rich vein. They in turn ride after the purchasers and arrive just as they are about to take both Hal and Jim. The men tell of the rich strike, and all are glad to let the deal stand. Jim asks forgiveness.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Milton J. Fahrney | Director |
| David Horsley | Producer |
