The New Boss of Bar X Ranch (1910)
The new boss is a woman but that interesting discovery is not made until Dick Shirley, waiting on the station platform and looking for a man to alight from the Overland, steps in to prevent Ricardo Pinto from insulting a woman passenger. The dainty little woman asks Dick if he can direct her to Bar X Ranch and Dick is taken aback. The letter merely stated that E.R. Dunn would arrive to take possession of the newly purchased property and no one supposed that the E. stood for Emily. Dick helps her into the wagon and they start for the ranch. Out in front of the ranch house the boys are sunning themselves and wondering what the new boss is going to be like. When they see a woman in the wagon with the foreman there is a hurried sprucing up and they do their best to impress the new arrival with the elegance of their manners, with the result that they overdo it and become ludicrous. The new boss fits very easily into the new life and the riders fairly worship her. She is pleasant to all but it is broad-shouldered Dick Shirley who seems to be the favored suitor and this is made more apparent when Pinto comes with a note, presumably from Dick, saying that he has been hurt. She hurries with Pinto to the scene of the accident, her agitation betraying the real state of her feelings. But the note was a ruse. Pinto, partly for revenge and partly through the evilness of his passion, has plotted with some of his companions to gain possession of Emily, and when they are a safe distance from the ranch his fellows seize the little boss and carry her off to their shack in the tangled growths of the foothills. Soon Dick and the other punchers come riding up to the ranch wondering why there is no cheery word of greeting. One of the men picks up the note the boss has dropped and in an instant they are all astir. An Indian marks the trail and while the others mount he follows the telltale tracks across the country, leading eventually to the shack where Emily, bound and powerless, has been tortured by the threats and caresses of the roughs. It is but the work of a moment to release her and a second later Pinto is caught unawares and compelled to raise his hands. One by one the others emerge from the shack to be surprised into bloodless surrender and they are bound with the ever ready lariats and taken off to the ranch to be held until the authorities can be reached. Dick shares his saddle with the little boss, and when home is reached and she slips from the horse's back into his willing arms it is to rest there contentedly until one of the other riders, coming upon them unawares, ropes them with his lariat.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Eleanor Caines |
