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James Golden, a New Yorker, sent out to look after his father's mine in the west, gets off the train and is told the way to the Stony Gulch stage coach. Here he meets Bess Cameron, who is ... See full summary
James Golden, a New Yorker, sent out to look after his father's mine in the west, gets off the train and is told the way to the Stony Gulch stage coach. Here he meets Bess Cameron, who is returning to her home in Stony Gulch after a holiday. The two young people become good friends and she invites him to call at her home. The next day Jim goes to see Bess, and arrives in time to save her from a drunken cowboy. Bess takes Jim into the house, where he meets her folks. Days pass quickly and Bess is charmed by the New Yorker's quiet and unassuming manner, and soon finds herself deeply in love with him. Jim, however, appears to be impervious to Cupid's darts. This goes on for some time, Jim merely regarding the girl as a companion during his stay at Stony Gulch. One day he receives a letter calling him home at once. Bess is heartbroken to think she will never see him again; and after bidding him good-bye, bursts into tears. Jim turns to wave a good-bye and sees her crying, and promises he ...

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    • Author: Eayaroler
    A love story of the early west, of old stagecoach days. The hero and the heroine are thrown together while traveling on such a conveyance and they become friends. The picture, continuing, reveals the development of the love story. It is made dramatic by the slowness of the man to respond to the girl's growing tenderness and also by the presence of a rough cowboy who plays the villain and who is the means of awakening the hero in the end to a knowledge of his love for the girl. It is a picture, in general outline and in its object, not unlike many others. The action seems carefully planned and the interest is not permitted to fall down. Yet there is nothing new in it, either in the kind of scenery, which is very good, nor in the story or its characters. It gives entertainment, because it shows only pleasing, romantic things. A safe picture to offer rather than a good one. - The Moving Picture World, August 24, 1912
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