Victims of Fate (1910)
The body of the victim is carried to his cabin, where his daughter and son mourn their loss. Surrounded by his friends, the son plans an attack on "The Dawsons." The daughter of Bill Briggs is the sweetheart of Jim Dawson, and when she hears her brother conspiring to kill her lover, she determines to warn him. Her brother suspects her purpose and tries to prevent her. She escapes from the house, however, goes to the Dawson "shack" and tells young Dawson of his danger. She begs Jim to flee for his life; for her sake he is finally persuaded and with his mother persuades his father to go with him. The two women are left alone, and soon the girl's brother, with his followers, besiege the cabin. Mrs. Dawson, a woman of nerve and passion, seizes a rifle and through a "peep hole" returns the volley of shots which suddenly penetrate the door and windows, killing the mother of young Dawson and wounding young Briggs's sister. The brother and his companions hearing no more shots, batter in the door and discover the women on the floor. Bending over the bodies, young Briggs recognizes his sister. Waving his companions from the room, he bids them return to their homes. Alone with the dead. Briggs gives way to throes of extreme grief. Young Dawson now returns home and covers young Briggs with his gun, who shows that he is unarmed and points to Dawson's mother and his own sister. Dawson is horror-stricken and sorrowfully clasps the girl to his bosom, then rising to his feet, hands his gun to Briggs, bares his breast and tells him to shoot, that he is willing to suffer for the sins of their fathers. Filled with shame and sadness, he offers his hand to young Dawson and points to the women: "You have lost a mother, we have both lost my sister." The men clasp hands and forgive. Suddenly they notice that the sister shows signs of life and rush towards her, lifting her in their arms. She slowly opens her eyes and looks into the eyes of her brother, and then her sweetheart's, and smiles, tells them to forget the past and to love each other as she has loved them both. While they tenderly support her in their arms, she is happy and satisfied that she has not lived in vain.
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