Wilton Shaw, a young author, has been advised by his physician to go west for his health and the opening scenes of this picture finds him in a little town in Montana, seeking board and lodging. Jim Walker, a backwoodsman, offers him a home with him and his wife, and he accepts. Arriving at the rough hut of the Walkers, Shaw is introduced to Walker's wife.
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Gilbert M. Anderson as Walker - the Backwoodsman
Gladys Field as Mrs. Walker - the Wife
Brinsley Shaw as The Author
United States 15 July 1911
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19 January 1911
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13 July 1911
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09 February 1911
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03 March 1911
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31 August 1911
A lost film. Dan Gardner, a young man, is down and out. Arrested as a tramp, he is thrown into jail. He is released with but a single coin in his pocket.
11 December 1911
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31 July 1911
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23 March 1911
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24 September 1911
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