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In this tale of gambling den and mining camp, we have an element not usually seen in such stories, a sort of Sunday School attachment which seems to indicate that even gamblers and miners may be glad to come to Sunday School when there is a pretty girl mixed up in the proceedings. When one man doesn't like his neighbor's "golden text," he pulls a gun on him and makes him sit down. Of course a love story develops; and when the problem of disposing of two men that she might accept the third arises, it is successfully solved by a card deal with a trick in it; it's the Sunday School teacher's trick, too. That is why it is named "Nell's Last Deal." However this may be, the matter is satisfactorily settled and the girl gets the man she wants. Whether it is wholly desirable to mingle mining and gambling with Sunday Schools and Bibles, is perhaps best left to the audience to decide for itself. It may be pointed out, though, that there is a certain degree of danger in this combination which, under some circumstances, might cause difficulty. Anything which savors of religion must be introduced with extreme care and probably a considerable proportion of the thinking members of an audience will agree that these suggestions do not add strength to a picture of this character. - The Moving Picture World, April 22, 1911