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Doc Watkins, a sleek gambler, and his wife, Connie, are suspected of fleecing a newcomer in camp. They are escorted to the edge of the town by a committee of citizens and ordered not to ... See full summary

Doc Watkins, a sleek gambler, and his wife, Connie, are suspected of fleecing a newcomer in camp. They are escorted to the edge of the town by a committee of citizens and ordered not to come back. Connie is very much broken up. She becomes weary after a while, and cannot go farther. Watkins threatens to leave her. She pleads with him in vain. He jeers, repudiates her, and starts away. She steals up behind him and is about to knife him when both are startled by a noise. Connie conceals her knife. A young husband and wife with their baby, have come overland from the east in a covered wagon to seek their fortune. When near their goal their tired horses fall, the wagon overturns and rolls down the steep embankment. The father and mother are killed. The baby in its wad of bed clothes is caught behind a rock, and is not hurt. It is the baby crying that Connie and Doc hear. They find it. but cannot see the debris of the wagon or the dead bodies or the parents at the bottom of the gulch. ...