- A man and his wife living on the lowlands. She is a consumptive and he is out of work. A stranger comes with a sprained ankle, and the husband takes him in and gives him a bed. Later the wife's condition growing worse, the stranger now well, about to bid adieu, the husband proposes a holdup to raise the necessary funds to take the wife out of the country. The stranger, being a fugitive from justice, readily consents. The two go to town. The husband leaves a note for his wife, telling her to be ready when they return. They rob the express office, and escape to the hills. The posse go in pursuit of the men. They elude the posse. The stranger being struck by the woman's beauty strikes the husband a blow on the head with his pistol, goes back and gets the wife, lies to her and tells her he is taking her to her husband. They start across the desert. The husband gains consciousness, finds the wife gone and thinks her untrue to him, and starts in pursuit of them. The girth from the woman's saddle breaks, giving the husband a chance to gain on them, having seen them .from the top of a mountain upon which he climbed. After repairing the saddle girth, the stranger takes the woman further into the desert. Lust overcomes him. He dismounts, trying to find a secluded spot. In looking for this they pass a grave. The stranger attacks the woman. She repulses him. The effort being too much for her, she faints. The stranger sees the husband, runs on and hides behind the grave and takes deliberate aim at the unsuspecting husband. The revolver refuses to fire. A bad cartridge causes a click, which is heard by the husband. A duel follows. The woman regains consciousness, sees her husband, runs to him smilingly. He sees her, takes deliberate aim, mortally wounding an innocent woman. The stranger seeing the wife fall at the husband's feet, shoots him. The stranger clears the wife, remorse getting the better of him. He sees the posse, tries to escape, but he is captured, however, and the sheriff asks him where the other man is. Then remembering that he himself had caused all of the trouble, takes the posse and shows them the grave, telling them that he killed the other man, allowing the husband freedom. But alas, too late, the woman's wound proves fatal and she dies in her husband's arms, after forgiving her husband, and he, poor fellow, is left with the body of the one he loved.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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