The Little Mother of Black Pine Trail (1913) watch online HD

The "Little Mother," otherwise called Babbie, is a young widow, who bravely struggles to maintain herself and her six-year-old daughter, Marie. Just outside Babbie's cabin, leaning at a ... See full summary

The "Little Mother," otherwise called Babbie, is a young widow, who bravely struggles to maintain herself and her six-year-old daughter, Marie. Just outside Babbie's cabin, leaning at a dangerous angle, stands a venerable black pine tree, which since men first came to the north, has ever seemed on the point of falling. When Jim Stone begs Babbie to marry him, she laughingly dismisses him with a promise that she will be his wife when the black pine falls. One day Jim's younger brother, George, comes to the little mother's cabin to persecute her with his ignoble protestations. He is followed thither by his discarded love, Julia, a woman notorious in the camps. The latter arrives just in time to hear George's passionate declaration to Babbie. His words lash her primitive soul into a frenzy of jealousy. As Babbie raises a gun to ward off the insulter, the enraged Julia steals up behind her and blindfolding her, pulls the trigger. Stone falls dead and Julia flees. Babbie is immediately ...