The dauntless range boss of the Double X Ranch, Tom Evans ( Alfred Whitman ), falls in love with a passionate schoolteacher from the East named Clara ( Nell Shipman ). They marry and for a time are happy, but in Tom's absence, his partner Blackie ( Joe Rickson ) convinces the restless young wife to run away with him. Blackie soon deserts Clara, and she is forced to earn her keep at a sleazy saloon dance hall. After robbing a stage, Blackie returns, and Tom, who has been waiting for his former friend, goes after him. In a gun battle with Tom and his posse, Blackie kills Clara and escapes, but Tom follows him into the desert and takes his horse, leaving him to die of thirst. Tom returns to Elsie ( Patricia Palmer ), the tender-hearted girl who had secretly loved him all along, and marries her.
This 1918 western/drama was produced by the Vitagraph Company with some scenes filmed on locations in the Mojave Desert. Sadly it now remains a lost film.
This 1918 western/drama was produced by the Vitagraph Company with some scenes filmed on locations in the Mojave Desert. Sadly it now remains a lost film.
