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A drunken husband and an idle son are not very pleasant features of a home, and although such is the sad condition in the home of Mrs. Barton, it does not lessen her love for either of them. It is hard for the poor mother, but a godsend for the boy, who soon makes himself the favorite cowboy of one of the ranch owners in the west, and, incidentally, is brought beneath the gentle influence of the ranchman's daughter. Conditions at home remain the same until the long expected fatality occurs, the husband being brought home dead. Without husband and apparently a lost son, the Widow Barton drinks deeply of the cup of sorrow. This, however, is mitigated by the arrival of a special delivery letter from her son, enclosing money with which she is entreated to come to him, together with the father. The boy makes preparations to receive his parents. The father of Maud is a widower and a drinking man, and although he admires his favorite cowboy, he becomes angered if the boy refuses to drink ...

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