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Here is a picture which stirs the emotions. It represents an escaped prisoner giving up his freedom to save a lost child from destruction by wolves in the depths of a forest whither she has wandered. The same child had given him a cake on the train when he was being taken to prison and he hasn't forgotten it. He is captured by the sheriff and his posse and returned to prison, while the child goes with her parents. The people join in thanking the prisoner and declare that they will endeavor to secure his pardon. It is well, perhaps, to call attention to the fact that the sheriff takes his prisoner back. There is no mawkish sentimentality here. He has transgressed the law and though he may have performed a brave and noble deed he must go back and make reparation. That the people will petition for a pardon seems perfectly right. The principle of justice, of punishment for wrongs committed, is not set aside, which is the important feature. Entering into the spirit of the picture it seems hard, yet it is perfectly just, and the teaching of the film is proper. - The Moving Picture World, July 22, 1911

An escaped convict protects a little girl who is lost in the woods from wolves. A few scenes from the beginning and when the girl stumbles upon the convict appear to be lost. It's a decent enough thriller, though

This film (missing the beginning) is available as part of the Dutch EYE collection where it is confusing given the title "Back in the North Woods". To add to the confusion one also finds it elsewhere identified as D. W. Griffith's In the North Woods, which is a completely different film.

The film's story is as described in the contemporary reviews.