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Jim Foster is driven from his father's home because of his quick temper and drinking habits. His coming to blows with the farmhands at the supper table was the last straw. Jim wanders to ... See full summary
Jim Foster is driven from his father's home because of his quick temper and drinking habits. His coming to blows with the farmhands at the supper table was the last straw. Jim wanders to the southwest, where he becomes a cowboy. He falls gracefully into their habits and each pay day sees him "blowing his roll." One of these big days a quarrel started among some of the boys and Jim is drawing his gun accidentally discharges it, killing a cowboy whom he had been unfriendly to. The sheriff knowing of this feeling cannot be convinced but that it was intentional, and Jim in escaping becomes an outlaw with a price on his head. About this time Jim's father is struck by lightning and killed. His mother writes him to come home. He receives this from the post boy, who is friendly to him. Jim decides to hold up the stage to get money to return with. While laying in ambush for the stage he sees a band of Indians hovering around with evidently the same intentions as himself. Jim jumps astride his ...

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    • Author: Modifyn
    An old-fashioned sort of plot, in which the wild young fellow who cannot control his temper or his appetite for liquor turns out well in the end. There are some fine scenic effects in the first reel. Jim. the black sheep, succeeds in getting hold of the observer's interest, and in spite of the conventional nature of the plot, the story is well sustained. An attack on the stage coach by the Indians gives Jim his chance to save the girl and redeem himself. A reproduction of about ordinary merit. - The Moving Picture World, October 18, 1913
  • Cast overview:
    Charles Ray Charles Ray - Jim Foster
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