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Learn more- Joe Mead stood on the porch of "Honest" Dad Shannon's shack, to all intents an agent of a munition factory in search of quicksilver, but, in reality, the head of a clique of smugglers. Dad Shannon believed in everybody, despite the fact that he knows Le Cruz, not far from the Mexican border, is infested with opium smugglers and Chinese. He allows the "mercury" to be located in his shed, for Joe says the government is in need of it. Joe warns "Dad" to keep the affair a secret. Pete Larkins, a renegade brakeman and member of the band, is in love with Effie, Shannon's daughter, but she cares nothing for him. But when she meets Ned Donnelly of the Secret Service, the attraction is mutual. Ned warns the inspector to watch Mead. That night the Inspector sees Mead and "Dad" lifting boxes from an auto and carrying them into the shed. The Inspector approaches the shed and breaks the locks. He finds the boxes contain opium. Mead meets Pete, who warns the former that Ned is in town and the two men hasten to look after their stuff. They see some one is in the shed, and, when the Inspector comes out Mead fires and misses, then the Inspector shoots and both men fall wounded, while Pete takes the guns and runs away. "Dad" rushes out and Ned and Effie join him. Ned concludes someone has tried to murder the men, for there is no weapon about. Later Pete tells "Dad" it will go hard if they find the opium in his shed, but he is willing to keep quiet if "Dad" will let him marry Effie. Effie offers to marry Pete to save her father. Ned receives word that Pete is identified as a member of Mead's gang. He stops to watch him. Ned then urges Shannon to make a clean breast of the whole affair. Shannon tells Ned Pete agreed to take the opium away and promises to help Ned catch the culprits. Pete moves the stuff to the railroad yard and prepares to send it out on No. 7, along with some Chinamen. Effie informs Ned and he rushes to the depot where Pete is just resealing the car. Ned holds Pete up with his gun, but a Chinaman suddenly jumps from the car onto Ned, who is overpowered and thrown into the car. Effie has seen this act. She swings onto a car as the train passes, but is seen by Pete who runs to her, trying to prevent her from reaching the top of the car. They struggle. She gets away and climbs to the top of the car, but is caught and Pete tries to throw her in the refrigerator car. As they go under a bridge, Effie trips Pete, then grabs one of the girders and swings from the train, dropping onto the train several cars away from Pete, who seeing her trick, runs after her. Meanwhile, Ned has had a desperate fight with the Chinaman, who is trying to knife him. Escaping, he climbs to the top of the car and sees the struggle between Pete and Effie. Ned knocks Pete from the train and catches Effie as she swoons. Finally the train is stopped. Pete is forced to confess to everything, exonerating "Dad," and Ned and Effie plan to be married.
Moving Picture World, September 15, 1917
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