Hearts of Gold (1910)
How easily things go wrong; but two short months ago they had all been so happy, then Sid was hurt in the mine and, although, for the sake of their feeble old grandmother, both landlord and grocer had been most kind, now they were growing inpatient and Bess saw only one way out of the difficulty. She must get work. Easier said than done, for at each place the girl went she always received the same reply, "We want men, not women." Returning after a hot, weary search one evening, Bess found Granny at work upon Sid's clothes. If she only dared! With just a little alteration the things would fit, and then she would be that gladly accepted wage earner, a man! Quickly donning the suit, the girl looked at herself in the mirror; but alas and alack, her hair still betrayed her, it was such long, curly hair too, but with a sigh she realized that there was no other way. So, snatching up Granny's big shears, she set to work, and the next morning an eager-eyed "boy" was quietly stealing out of the house when Grandmother Lorey stopped "him." Explanations were reluctantly made, and then, although the old lady begged her granddaughter to give up the wild project, Bess darted out and sped toward the Cooper ranch, where she had called the previous day. Once there and finding that they needed a plough-boy, Bess boldly asserted that was what she could do best, and John Cooper, taking the lad at his word, sent him off to the field. The plucky girl found, however, that though "the spirit was willing, the flesh was weak," and, when the day was done, she staggered into the kitchen and tumbled down in a dead faint. It was then that young Mrs. Frank Cooper, with a keener eye than her men folks, discovered Bess' secret; but, upon the girl's entreaties, promised to keep silent. The kiss and embrace of the two women had, nevertheless, been silently watched by Frank, and the moment his wife left the room the angry husband seized his horsewhip, determined to teach the impertinent "boy" a good lesson. Bess managed to beat him to the door, but was overtaken upon the hill and, in trying to save herself from the quirt, backed off the cliff. Running quickly around the hill, Frank picked up his unconscious rival only to find he had been jealous of a girl. Luckily, when carried back to the ranch, Bess was found to be merely stunned, and it was unanimously agreed that she was to remain and help Mrs. Cooper until her brother was well enough to again be the man of the family.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| David Horsley | Producer |
