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Joe Selby, the handsome but shy young clerk of the village store in a little mining town, has never given a second's thought to any girl until one day he waits upon Ruth, the winsome ... See full summary

Joe Selby, the handsome but shy young clerk of the village store in a little mining town, has never given a second's thought to any girl until one day he waits upon Ruth, the winsome daughter of an old prospector who has recently come to live in the mountains. In his shy and diffident manner, the young fellow pays ardent court to the girl and their romance grows. A band of moonshiners with a still far up in the mountains have been giving the revenue officers much concern. After serving a term in prison, Sid, nephew of Dan Clayton, leader of the illicit distillers, returns and in his evil way falls desperately in love with the pretty Ruth. The illegal whiskey trade goes on and, to the girl's sorrow, her father is initiated into the mysteries of moonshining. One day Sid asks Mason for the hand of his daughter, but the old man, cherishing her as his one and dearest possession, refuses to force Ruth into a marriage which he knows is distasteful to the innocent mountain lass. Beyond ...