Big Bob Waits (1913)
Desiring to seek a fortune, young Joe Woods leaves his mother and father and goes west. Twenty years later he comes across his mother's picture. It stirs up fond memories and he writes home for the first time. The old folks are overjoyed at hearing from him and reply, begging him to come home. When Joe, better known as "Yellow Joe," gets the letter, he decides to comply with its entreaty, for he is eager to see his parents. On his way home he sits in a faro game at the saloon, and he lays the letter from his old folks on the table with his money. A quarrel arises and Joe is shot and killed by Faro Frank, the gambler. Frank makes a "getaway," taking with him the money on the table and Joe's letter. "Big Bob," the sheriff, with a posse chase Frank, but he eludes them and escapes into the hills. When safe in the mountains. Frank counts the money he has taken and reads Joe's letter. He is so touched by the contents of the letter that when he thinks of the poor old father and mother home waiting for their son, that he decides to go east and impersonate Joe. He goes to a nearby town and has a costumer make him up as "Yellow Joe." He wires the old folks that he is coming home. When he arrives at the little New England cottage, the two old people receive him as their son and show him every mark of their affection. Frank resolves to be a good son to them and to make them as happy as he can. Sometime later, the costumer finds an old newspaper with the account of the killing of "Yellow Joe" by Faro Frank and writes to "Big Bob," the sheriff, that he believes he has found the criminal. "Big Bob" goes east to get Frank. He is warmly greeted by the old people when he arrives, Frank being away at the time, and is given a hearty greeting as a "friend of the boy's." They tell him of the boy's goodness to them and of their love for him. Realizing that a revelation of the truth might kill the white-haired couple. Bob decides not to wait for Faro's return. He goes back west. When he arrives at his little western sheriff's office, he writes a letter to the Sheriff in the east, enclosing a warrant for the arrest of Faro Frank on the death of the old people. Then "Big Bob" sits back in his chair puffing contentedly at his pipe, and waits.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Rollin S. Sturgeon | Director |
| James Daly | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Charles Bennett |
