The sheriff lives with his sister, and is engaged in running down an unknown bandit who has been quite active in the district. It develops that Jim Brown, a poor miner, who has lost his wife and is in straitened circumstances, has become embittered at the world and is the bandit, living alone with his little boy, Tom.
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George Gebhardt as The Sheriff
Mrs. George Gebhardt as The Sheriff's Sister
J. Barney Sherry as Jim Brown - the Bandit
Frank Montgomery Director
United States 16 October 1912
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26 December 1912
A comedy in which a man secretly has his pustules removed. His secrecy leads his wife to believe that he is cheating.
12 June 1912
Disregarding the sanctity of "Song Bird's" feelings, John Strong, a young surveyor in the pioneer forests of the west, makes love to the Indian maiden whenever he chances to meet her, until she longs and looks for his coming and going, and finds that he has made himself part of her life.
23 October 1912
Naughty children steal an anatomy-class papier-mâché skeleton and use it to play pranks on people around town.
16 March 1912
The Rev. Frank Speakman has been to a rural congregation, and is entertained by the members. He is considered a fine catch matrimonially and the ladies set their caps for him.
01 March 1912
When Indians attack a white settlement, a brave kidnaps a white baby to give to his wife as a replacement for their dead baby.
19 September 1912
Calumny is one of the most despicable crimes against our neighbor, and while the wife in this story acted conventionally, she nevertheless maligned the other woman simply because of her profession, an actress.
07 May 1912
Alkali is considered the ranch seamstress by the boys on Hard-Up, and consequently has to sew buttons on coats and do other sewing stunts that finally wear on his nerves and decide him on the matrimony thing.
28 August 1912
A father who is determined his daughter should marry a count leading the boyfriend to dress up as the count to thwart his plans.
21 October 1912
Out in the farm-lands near Portland, the Widow Walters lives with her daughter Ethel. As far as affections are concerned, those of the widow are confined to her daughter, until Squire Lang, a fat old widower, with his son Harry, moves onto the adjoining farm.
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