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- The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm.
- Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love.
- After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.
- Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her father, The Count, and three policeman. The pursuers drive off a pier.
- A reward of $500 is offered for the capture of Broncho Billy, a desperate outlaw. One day, while hiding near the home of a rancher, Broncho sees a little girl burying her broken doll. Before she completes the ceremony, her mother comes out and takes her into the house. That evening after she has been put to bed, the little girl steals out to finish burying her doll. She falls over a ledge, and Broncho, who is sleeping nearby, is awakened. He picks her up unconscious. Upon taking her home the mother offers him a cot to sleep on. While Broncho sleeps the rancher comes home and recognizes him. He is intent upon getting the $500 reward, but his wife protects the rescuer of her child and Broncho is allowed to escape.
- An unrepentant crook enters a dance hall and gets in a fight over a girl. As he, unknowingly, breaks into her house, another bloody mess stains the residence's thick carpets. Can a simple act of kindness pave the way for his regeneration?
- Gilbert Sterling had never wanted for anything. He had been given plenty of money to do with as he pleased, and it was perhaps the fault of his parents that he became worthless, good-for-nothing. The firm of John Sterling and Sons bad been organized by his father, and. when Gilbert was old enough, he took active part in the management. Gilbert's love for the gay life led him away from his duties, and it was nothing unusual for him to spend six nights out of the week with questionable company. Early one morning, intoxicated, Gilbert finds his way to his home. His father reprimands him and finally puts him out of the house, telling him "never to return." Ralph, Gilbert's brother, is engaged to a society belle by the name of Gertrude Chapin, and the end of the second reel shows the two families making arrangements for the wedding. Years later, we see Gilbert a ragged, good-for-nothing tramp in the far west. His happy-go-lucky ways and mannerisms are appreciated by the men in the small town, who pay little attention to him, except for contributing the "makings" or an occasional twenty-five-cent piece. In the meantime, Ralph has engaged in a crooked deal. His father becomes furious and will not reconcile himself to the commercial transactions. The son leaves his office, swearing that he is through with the firm. Sterling and Son, forever. He associates himself with another company and forces his father to the wall, breaking him. The old clerk, who had befriended Gilbert many times, pleads with Ralph to help his father, but for his trouble he is requested to leave the office. Gilbert befriends an Indian who is taken with smallpox, and as a reward, Is left a deed for the Lone Star Mine. He prospers, and after months of labor, becomes very wealthy. His father and mother, in the city, now destitute, are taken to the poorhouse, Ralph having refused to help them in any way. A letter from the east informs Gilbert of his parents' whereabouts, and he hastens to them, restoring them to their old home. Ralph tries to corner the wheat market and Gilbert gets the tip and "breaks" him, and the pretty society butterfly Ralph had married deserts him, now that he is penniless. The worthless son finally saves the life of his brother, and a happy ending takes place, the family now reunited and the old firm name "Sterling and Sons" re-established.
- Carl Stockdale, the sheriff of Boise County, is given a case of valuable jewels to deliver, but determines to keep them for himself. To make sure that his deputy, Broncho Billy, will not interfere, he removes the lead from the cartridges in his gun. That afternoon Broncho meets with a rattler, tries to kill it, but discovers that his shells are harmless. He quickly reloads and sends the snake to the happy hunting grounds. The sheriff tries to kill his deputy, but Broncho returns the shot and wounds him. The deputy is finally made sheriff of the county and the would-be thief repents for having tried to steal and kill.
- Broncho Billy and his pal, Carl Stockdale, are in love with Peggy Adams. The two men receive a letter from the girl to the effect that the one who reaches her first shall be her husband. Broncho and Carl cut cards to see who will go, and the former wins. On the way, Broncho Billy is shot by a half-breed who has a grudge against him. Broncho Billy immediately comes to the conclusion that Stockdale shot him, and at first is tempted to seek revenge, but decides otherwise. Broncho Billy sacrifices his love for his pal and wends his way to other parts, leaving the field clear for Stockdale.
- A detective from the east is sent west to locate a notorious bandit and train robber. In the costume of a western cowpuncher he reaches a small town. He is injured by falling over a precipice. Broncho Billy finds him, carries him to his cabin and nurses him back to health. It is then that Broncho discovers that the detective is looking for him, and files the hammer of the detective's revolver, so that it will not touch the cap. The detective learns of Broncho's identity and tries to shoot him. The outlaw upbraids the detective for his unappreciative spirit and requests him to leave at the point of a gun.
- Broncho marries a Mexican girl at the earnest entreaty of her dying father. Later a Mexican singer wins her love and, to get Broncho out of the way, she has him arrested and jailed on the charge of having assaulted her. In a frenzy of rage, Broncho secures the sheriff's revolver, escapes from jail and tracks the pair at his shack. Meanwhile the Mexican singer's sweetheart, jealous of his attentions to Broncho's wife, reaches the shack first and, when Broncho bursts in, gun in hand, he finds the pair dead on the floor, her knife having found both their false hearts.
- Broncho Billy comes between a Mexican thug and the young woman he is disturbing. The Mexican plots revenge for the insult and captures Billy, who has rescued a lost old man. The young woman discovers Billy being held prisoner and rides for help. The townsmen gallop toward Billy's rescue.
- Marguerite becomes weary as the hours and the Overland Limited roll on. Her trip from New York to the far west was a tedious one, and it is with a sigh of relief that she steps from the observation platform to pluck some flowers. The train had stopped for water. Marguerite wanders into the woods and when she returns, discovers that the train had pulled off. She is alone in a new country, without friends or funds. That evening she wanders into a deserted cabin and throws herself on a cot for a rest. In the meantime, her father has discovered her absence, gets off the train at the next station and, with the aid of the sheriff and his posse, they form a searching party. Broncho Billy and his pal, Lee, return to the cabin, and it is with difficulty that the former prevents the sleeping girl from being disturbed. Her father later finds her, thanks Broncho Billy for the protection and kindness extended to his daughter and continues on his journey, taking Marguerite with him. In the many long days and nights following, Broncho dreams of the little Red Riding Hood who had taken possession of his cabin.
- Sophie is so impressed by the actor who plays Macbeth in a performance on the local Snakeville stage, that she dreams she is Lady Macbeth while she is sleepwalking.
- Carnos, a greaser, is sent to jail. He is a very refractory prisoner and swears to get even with the sheriff when he is liberated. On the day of the greaser's release, the sheriff had captured Broncho Billy, an outlaw, and was bringing him to justice, when he is suddenly pushed from his horse by the outlaw, and is left to wend his way across the plains afoot. Broncho Billy escapes on the sheriff's horse and unknowingly stops at the sheriff's home for food. Looking through a window he sees the greaser about to take the life of the sheriff's wife. Rushing in, he overpowers the greaser. The posse arrive and take the greaser away. The sheriff thanks Broncho Billy from the bottom of his heart and secures his pardon from the Governor.
- Pepita, proprietress of the town dance hall, is loved by Big Moose, an Indian. Jake Harding, a worthless cowpuncher, also pretends love for Pepita in order to get an occasional drink of free whiskey. Big Moose swears to kill Harding, and is only prevented from carrying out his treat by Pepita. A dance is now scheduled for the town hall and pretty Millie Farnum, of the Three 6 ranch, is invited to go by her sweetheart, Dave Price. That afternoon Harding finds Millie alone, asks her to be his partner for the dance and, when she refuses, attempts to steal a kiss. Breaking from his arms the infuriated girl secures a revolver from the ranch house, but is seen by Dave who questions her and learns the truth. That night, in the crowded dance hall, the old Virgins reel is in full progress when Pepita goes to the barroom for refreshments. A moment later Jake Harding enters and has Pepita in his arms when they are discovered by Big Moose who kills Harding with Millie's revolver which is lying on the bar. Pepita assists Big Moose to escape and places Millie's revolver on the floor beside the body. Determined to save himself Big Moose summons the sheriff, who arrives in time to find Millie standing over the dead body with the gun in her hand. The innocent girl is accused of the crime, is brought to trial and is about to be convicted when Pepita, unable to endure the tortures of her guilty conscience, springs forward and confesses Big Moose's guilt. The old judge is just about to dismiss court when Dave, with Millie in his arms, declares that they wish to be married. The ceremony is performed and all ends happily.
- Broncho Billy is seen leaving his humble home in the east to make his fortune in the far west. He kisses his mother fondly goodbye. Broncho Billy, a tenderfoot at this time, arrives in the west, goes to the hotel and engages a room. After placing his belongings in his room he saunters about the hotel lobby. Al Wilkes, a rough western cowpuncher, imagining he can make this unknown man of the east dance, plays a lively tune around his feet with a forty -four caliber revolver. Broncho Billy gives Wilkes a look, and calmly leaves the room. Broncho then strolls into the gambling house and refuses to take a hand in the game. He then walks into the barroom and orders a glass of soda. Wilkes enters the saloon, and seeing Broncho Billy drinking the nearest thing to water, makes fun of him. This grates on the young easterner's nerves. Wilkes calls him a "Mollycoddle," or something to that effect. Broncho suggests a fight to take place right then and there. Broncho is informed by the cowpunchers who have congregated, that they are not accustomed to using fists out west, that if he wants to fight he will have to practice shooting with a gun. Broncho immediately purchases a beautiful horse pistol. Filling his pockets with ammunition, and taking his new treasure, Broncho puts up a bottle on a rock in the road and fires several shots at it. None of them hit the mark. A larger bottle is then shot at without effect. Several months later, Broncho Billy is seen in a clearing in the woods with six beer bottles lined up before him. He shoots at them and hits his mark every time. A more difficult stunt is performed by his placing six playing cards on a table, some distance from him. Broncho Billy shoots at these cards and punctures each one of them. Now, Broncho Billy says, "Where is this fellow Wilkes?" Wilkes has had a grudge against Broncho Billy since the first meeting, and has waited for an opportunity to shoot him. Broncho Billy sees the cowpuncher approach. Wilkes pulls his gun, but is not quick enough, and Broncho Billy shoots him in the arm. Fearing that the boys will lynch him, he rides on horseback to the sheriff's office, where he explains what has occurred. The sheriff gives Broncho Billy a revolver and locks him in a cell. The boys, hearing what has happened to Wilkes, go to the sheriff's office, break the door in, and are about to capture Broncho, when Wilkes arrives and explain to his fellow cowpunchers that he was wrong. Broncho Billy and Wilkes shake hands and everything ends in a peaceful manner.
- In these days of women's equal rights, it is not strange to find the fair sex taking the places of men in every occupation. Women physicians are not unusual, but a really beautiful one is, and would have her hands full taking care of every lovesick swain, who would develop every known disease to have the pleasure of letting her feel his pulse or hold his head. Such was the case when Dr. J. Rawlins, physician and surgeon, came to the little western town of Neola. Everyone from the express agent to the hangers-on round the village hotel were suddenly taken with all sorts of pains for the purpose of calling the pretty doctor to attend them. She discovers that they are all pretending to be ill, so when Harry Todd becomes sick and his wife rushes madly for the pretty doctor, she administers a large dose of castor oil, which cures him for all time. Leaving Todd's house she meets Lee Willard, who, when he sees her, promptly falls off his horse. Taking an immense knife from her satchel, she pretends she is about to amputate his leg, when he regains consciousness and rushes down the road. So when Broncho Billy gets into an argument with a Mexican and is shot, she will not attend him, thinking he is also pretending. The cowboys forcibly bring her to Broncho Billy and she saves his life. Later Broncho Billy asks her to be HIS doctor for life, and she accepts.
- Broncho Billy is jilted by the girl he loves and goes up into the mountains with his friend to prospect for gold. His friend is very ill and asks for her constantly. In the meantime, Broncho has saved an Indian maiden from being sold to a chief whom she dislikes. She is very grateful and later falls in love with her rescuer. One day, as she is about to give him a Navajo blanket, his sweetheart appears, and the maiden realizes her love tor Broncho is hopeless. She is about to stab herself when spied by the disliked chief, who prevents her from doing so. She then realizes that she must mate with her own race, and consents to follow as the chief leads her away.
- Herbert Corrington, a would-be gambler and agent for an express company, not satisfied with the necessities of life, tries his luck at roulette, appropriating the express company's money. Robert, the son, is fast traveling in the footsteps of his father. The Sheriff in the next county is sent for a large package of money in Corrington's possession to be delivered to the Blue Ledge Mine for the payroll. Corrington gambles a thousand dollars of this money and loses. Broncho Billy, a professional gambler, loans Corrington the money necessary to replace the funds he had maliciously taken. Corrington gives the gambler a note payable in thirty days or his home as collateral in case of default. A month later Corrington unable to meet the note ends his life. His daughter, Marguerite, and his son, Bob, are heartbroken. Broncho Billy calls to collect the money and finds Corrington's family in a terrible state. He leaves a bag of gold on the kitchen table with a note attached stating that the money enclosed is what he owed their father. Later, Marguerite and her brother are given complete charge of the express office. Like father, like son. Bob is an easy martyr to the influential gambler and loses heavily. He also appropriates money from the express office safe, and on two occasions calls on Broncho Billy for assistance. Marguerite has learned to love Broncho Billy, a professional gambler, and she promises to marry him if he will forever give up gambling. He promises. Again Bob gambles the money of his firm and loses. This time Broncho Billy is forced to try his luck at roulette in order to get the money back Bob had lost. James Spaulding, an express rider, is very fond of Marguerite and when he proposes to her, she tells him she is engaged to Broncho Billy, and unless he breaks his promise she will marry him. The express rider sees Broncho Billy gambling and he informs Marguerite, who hastily returns the ring. Broncho Billy wins and turns over the money to Bob, making him promise never to gamble again. Robert confesses his folly to his sister and tells her that Broncho Billy had gambled for him, to keep him from the penitentiary. Marguerite apologizes to the man she loves and all ends splendidly.
- While on the round-up, Broncho's rival one night steals his sweetheart's picture from his watch. He then returns to the girl with a note saying that Broncho has fallen in love with another girl and is returning her photograph. He signs Broncho's name. Believing Broncho's love dead, she marries the forger some time later. As the years go by he becomes more cruel, and finally she breaks down from abuse and hunger. One day while in the act of whipping her, some cowboys happen along and when they go to the rescue, he flees to the nearest town, giving himself up to the sheriff, who happens to be Broncho. Broncho recognizes him, but protects him from a horrible death at the hands of the angry cowboys.
- A robber on the run from the law hides out in a house with a young girl and her grandfather, and treats them shabbily. He is later shot and badly wounded, but is rescued and cared for by an elderly, devoutly religious couple, and he begins to rethink the path his life has taken.
- Broncho's brother has a quarrel with a greaser. In the fight that follows the greaser is bested, but swears to be avenged. Broncho's brother then goes home and while under the influence of liquor, strikes his mother. Broncho, hearing her screams, rushes into the room, but by this time his brother has departed. He finds him outside and when he refuses to repent, Broncho gives him a sound beating. The greaser, who has followed, now sees his chance, so fires. Broncho's brother falls dead in his arms. The greaser then goes to the sheriff and tells him he saw Broncho kill his brother. The sheriff and his men arrive to arrest Broncho at his home, but he escapes. Later they find him in the saloon where he is accusing the greaser. Upon being questioned, the greaser confesses to the sheriff.
- A stagecoach is held up and the driver and occupants robbed. Immediately the sheriff is notified and a posse is sent in pursuit. The bandits escape into Mexico over the state line and leave behind an angry sheriff and heated mob. Returning to the town, taking the country road, they discover a runaway horse approaching them, with carriage harness dragging on the ground. They immediately speed up and find the Widow Barrett lying in the road, with the overturned carriage beside her. She is taken back to town and a doctor summoned. He tells the sheriff he must remain in his office in absolute quiet. After a few days of rest she recovers and returns to her home, accompanied by the sheriff. He falls in love with her and writes a letter to the county board stating "it would be impossible to be sheriff and run a ranch." This leads us to believe that the Widow Barrett and the sheriff are married. He loses a bandit but wins a wife.
- The proprietor of the O.K. hotel is advertising for a "lady" cook. Meanwhile, a Chinaman is stealing all his trade. Sophie arrives in Snakeville and applies for the position. The proprietor engages her without a moment's hesitation. At supper time he sends her over to the Chinaman's. The result is just as he wished it, all the men follow Sophie back to the O.K. At the supper table Slim and Mustang quarrel over Sophie and are thrown out. Slim finds a barrel of potatoes in front of the grocery store, while Mustang locates a box of tomatoes. The battle is then on. The sheriff finally comes upon the scene, followed by the entire male populace of Snakeville. Slim and Mustang join forces and attack them with tomatoes and potatoes. The sheriff orders out the fire hose and the two battlers are forced to surrender.
- After holding up a stage-coach, Broncho Billy disappears into the woods on horseback. The driver of the coach unhitches one of the horses and rides to the nearest town, notifies the sheriff, who goes in pursuit with the posse. Broncho abandons his horse and takes to the underbrush. The sheriff and his men, finding the horse riderless, dismount and take up the trail. Broncho is finally seen by the sheriff, who shoots at him. Broncho, returning fire, kills him. Years later the sheriff's widow is in destitute circumstances through the loss of her husband. The baby, now a boy of about eight years, discovers Broncho Billy in the woods, suffering from loss of blood and lack of food. He gives Broncho a piece of bread and returns to the shack for more. During this brief period Broncho faints, and is found unconscious by the returning boy, who runs and tells his mother. She carries Broncho into her home, where, on reviving he recognizes a picture on the wall as that of the former sheriff. Taking a reward notice out of his pocket that offers $5,000 for his capture, dead or alive, he writes on the bottom of it: "Sheriff, I'm a goner. This woman is entitled to the reward. Please see that she gets it." After his death the widow notifies the sheriff. He has the body removed, then OK's the note left by the dead outlaw and assures the widow she will receive the reward. With her boy clasped in her arms she watches the posse disappear down the rugged trail.
- Broncho Billy becomes engaged to Mae, whose sister, Marguerite, is a cripple. Her parents are unable to stand the expense of an operation which will cure her, so she starts in to save the necessary $100. Slowly the money accumulates. Meanwhile Broncho Billy is caught making moonshine whiskey in Gulch Canyon. Mae turns against him instead of sympathizing and returns his ring. By this time Marguerite has saved $100 and is about to mail the letter asking the doctor to come when she learns that the government will release captured moonshiners upon payment of $100. She tears up the letter, then takes the money she worked so hard to save and turns it over to the authorities. That evening finds Broncho asking Marguerite to become his wife, while her sister becomes engaged to another man.
- "Alkali" Ike, with a luxuriant growth of beard that he has carefully fostered, determines to see the city for the first time. He arrives, and not being a good dodger, is knocked insensible by the first automobile he encounters. His disfigured face is shaven by a doctor, who adorns it with several large strips of plaster, gives him some new clothes and turns him loose. Arriving back in his home town he meets his wife's sister, attempts to embrace her and she, not recognizing his shaven face, summons the aid of a group of punchers who immediately put Alkali through a course of rough treatment, including a ducking in the watering trough, and finally land him in the town jail. In desperation Alkali sends for his wife to identify him, but the loss of his whiskers puzzles her and she refuses to claim him. Alkali puts in a few more hours of torture and the sheriff is about to identify him as a notoriously escaped criminal, when the city doctor arrives and manages to extricate Alkali from his predicament. Thereupon, wifey claims him and takes him home for safe keeping.
- Drink makes a brute of Broncho Billy and he does not realize what he is doing when under its influence. His wife and children are mortally afraid of him when he is in this condition and keep out of his way. At the saloon one day he provokes a quarrel with the one doctor of the town and wounds him with a shot from his gun. Broncho's children playing Indian, get their father's gun and the little girl is shot. The doctor is called but cannot come and the little girl dies a victim of her father's craving for the demon rum. Broncho Billy realizes the punishment that has been sent and vows never to touch liquor again.
- Broncho Billy learns that part of his land is occupied by a "squatter." He orders the "squatter" evicted. The latter starts out to kill Billy, but Bessie, the "squatter's" daughter, prevents him. She pleads with Billy to permit them to remain on the land. Billy immediately falls in love with her. He returns with the girl to the "squatter's" house only to find that it has been burned by a posse sent to evict the father and daughter. Billy offers them his own home and then writes his mother he "has a hunch" he is going to be married soon.
- Broncho Billy wins out over his rival for the hand of a sweet country girl. Later he meets a girl from the city and falls in love with her. He goes to his fiancée and asks her for his ring back. She gives it up, though she is brokenhearted. Then Broncho goes to the city to visit the girl who had flirted with him while she was on a vacation to the country. He finds that she is immensely wealthy. She merely laughs at him when she sees him in his countrified clothes. He then returns to reclaim his old sweetheart only to arrive in time to see her wedded to his rival.
- A pretty western girl rejected a cowpuncher admirer for Bronche Billy. Snake, the rejected suitor, swears revenge and immediately proceeds to the village barroom to load up with ammunition, both for the gun and the stomach. Broncho strolls into the saloon and, finding Snake in a pleasant humor for "taking lives," decides to leave him alone. A quarrel is prevented by a good Samaritan and Broncho returns to his bunk house. On reaching his home he finds a note written to him by his fiancée saying that he must not shoot Snake if he values her love, her father having been shot in just such a manner. He immediately goes to her home and promises her that he will not kill Snake. The following day Broncho sees Snake force his attentions on his sweetheart by kissing her. He wants to kill him on the spot, but remembering his promise, puts up his gun. That evening, at the town saloon, Snake pulls a gun on Broncho and threatens to shoot him. Broncho, reaching back to steady himself on the bar, pulls his own gun and makes Snake drop his. Broncho then shows Snake that the revolver is unloaded. This completely cows Snake, who leaves the town disgraced. Broncho and his pretty sweetheart are left alone to plan their future happiness.
- Pretty Letty King is the tomboy on Bar Z ranch. She fills the washing pans full of salt and when the boys come in from the corral at noon to wash, an awful time follows when they get their eyes and noses full of the smarting substance. Then Letty ties a lariat to the tablecloth, attaches the other end to a moving buggy and the boys' dinner is deposited on the floor. One morning, in the town store Letty meets Arthur Springer, an easterner, and the bond of affection springs up between them. Letty is also loved by Jim Dunn, a cowboy, and it goes hard with him when Letty returns his ring and announces her engagement to Springer. Two months later the stage drives up and Springer prepares to depart to the city with Letty to be married. The assembled cowboys give them a cheery departure, and Dunn watches the stage disappear down the long trail with dull agony written on his brown face. About this time Bob Blake, county sheriff, receives a notice from the Chief of Police of Cheyenne advising him to arrest Arthur Springer, wanted for wife abandonment. Meeting Dunn and the boys on the trail Blake informs them and a wild ride begins after the stage. Overtaking it the boys force Springer to clamber out and confess his guilt while Letty looks on in horror. Springer is led off under arrest and the boys conduct Letty back to the ranch house where she sobs out her misery until a touch on her shoulder causes her to look up into the kindly face of Dunn. Mutely he holds out the old engagement ring and a moment later the repentant tomboy is clasped in his arms.
- Broncho Billy, the sheriff, is in love with a girl, but another man wins her affections and marries her. He is a worthless sort of fellow, and when Broncho sees him in the saloon, drinking with an outlaw, he gives the bartender orders to sell him no more liquor. This causes a fight, but peace is soon restored. The outlaw then persuades his new comrade to assist him in a hold-up. Soon the sheriff and his posse are on their trail, and when they separate. Broncho leads a small party in pursuit of his rival. He finds him in his home, but decides to allow him to escape when the young wife pleads with him. Upon reaching the outside he is shot by one of Broncho's deputies. Broncho returns home satisfied that his former sweetheart is rid of the scoundrel.
- In order to save his friend's life, Broncho Billy holds up the stage and takes money enough to pay the doctor. Jim Hart recovers and accidentally learns what Broncho has done for him, as he is about to pay back the amount stolen. Sometime later Broncho Billy becomes engaged to Geraldine, and Jim, in a jealous rage, informs the sheriff of the hold-up. Broncho Billy is arrested, but swears revenge on Jim. He manages to escape and in going back to the cabin to fulfill his oath, is followed by the sheriff, A bullet from the sheriff's gun meant for Broncho Billy, enters the window and kills Jim.
- A poor ranchman fondly kisses his wife and family good-bye. He steps out of his home and is attacked by a bitter enemy. A terrible struggle ensues. The sheriff, who happens to be nearby with two of his deputies, separates the men and takes them to jail. The ranchman attempts to escape and is killed by a bullet from the deputy's gun. The following day the ranchman's youngest daughter goes to the Sheriff's office and tells him that her mamma is dying and wants to see him. He hurries to the shack and promises the poor woman he will care for her little ones always. After her death he bravely attempts to bring up his small family, but is about to give up in despair when he meets the town schoolmarm. This is the beginning of a romance that results in her agreeing to aid him with his family troubles, and a quiet wedding takes place.
- Broncho's former wife writes a note to him shortly before her death, asking him to forgive her, also the other man. Broncho is heartbroken at hearing of her death, and his memory takes him back to the days when they were happily married. Then this scoundrel came into her life and finally succeeded in parting them. The old memories make the blood run hot in Broncho's veins, and he swears vengeance. After many weeks of searching he finds the man, the proprietor of a gambling joint. That evening Broncho attacks the gambler as he is going home, and after tying him to a tree, prepares to brand him with a hot iron, when he thinks of his wife's last request, that he forgive the man. Broncho releases him, allowing him to go unpunished.
- When Charlie awakens in the modern world, he has to deal with the things he hates most: Vibrant colors and sounds. He concocts various devices to shield himself - which only leads to further alienation. What he needs is a bit of magic.
- Old Silas Gregg lives with his pretty daughter, Vedah, in the western hills, unknown to the girl. Gregg is the leader of a band of smugglers, who have their rendezvous in his barn. Vedah is loved by Brant Graham, a sturdy young Hillman, and to insure his future, Graham gets the sheriff to appoint him a deputy, receives his badge, pins it inside his sleeve and is ordered to be on the watch for smugglers, who are continually getting goods across the Mexican border, Graham promises and leaves. Later he goes to Gregg's shack, puts the ring on Vedah's finger and asks to see her father, to gain his consent. Finding he has gone down to the barn they start in search for him. In passing the barn Graham suddenly discovers Gregg and his gang sorting over their goods inside. Taking the girl out of range, Graham tells her that her father is a smuggler and it is his duty to capture him. Vedah begs him to spare the old man, but Graham is determined, enters the barn with drawn gun and is putting handcuffs on the smugglers, when Vedah, to save her father, seizes Graham from behind and the men make him prisoner. Vedah now pleads for Graham's life, but the enraged band draw lots to see who will kill the deputy, and Vedah is ordered to the shack by her stern father. Realizing her lover's peril, Vedah escapes from the room, mounts and rides furiously to the sheriff's office, gasps out her story and leads the posse back. They arrive in the nick of time to save Graham from death, then start to search for old Gregg. Meanwhile, Vedah has rushed to the shack, warned her father of his danger, and sends him dashing off across the border to safety. A moment later Graham takes her in his arms and they stand watching the old man's distant figure disappear over the hills.
- Broncho Billy is a typical bad man. The story opens with him shooting up a small town in the west, and scaring the inhabitants nearly to death. The sheriff with his deputies order him out of the country. Sunday morning, the congregation is in church singing. Boardman, another bad man, and his protégés, break up the meeting. The preacher is ousted. The members of the congregation write a letter to a neighboring minister, to come and preach the following Sunday. The bad men reads the letter and determines to stop him before he reaches town, which they do. Broncho Billy sees the preacher and determines to take his place, and so it is that he leads the bad men into church, makes them doff their hats and listen to the sermon. He proves himself a man and determines to be good himself, hereafter.
- Broncho Billy and his pal, after robbing the stagecoach, divide the loot and part company. Among the valuables in his share. Broncho finds a well-worn Bible and, after skimming over the pages with a grim smile, he puts it in an inside pocket and rides into town. In the saloon, a poker game is flourishing and "Quick-Draw" Kelly, a notorious cheat and gun-man, is cleaning the cowboys of their earnings. Broncho sits in the game, detects Kelly sliding an ace from the top of his boot, calls his cheating at the point of his gun, brands Kelly with disgrace and kicks him out. Burning with revenge, Kelly tries to kill Broncho with a shot through the open door, but the bullet lodges in the Bible and saves Broncho's life. Picking the bullet from the pages, Broncho replaces the holy book in his pocket, rushes out, mounts and starts after the escaping ruffian. After a thrilling chase, both dismount and take to the rocks. Higher and higher Kelly ascends until the distant plains stretch before him miles below. Broncho now rolls a heavy boulder off to one side of Kelly, who instantly empties his gun in the direction of the sound, thinking it to be Broncho. Before he can reload. Broncho corners him and a terrific hand-to-hand struggle now ensues on the very brink of the yawning chasm. Back and forth they sway until Broncho forces Kelly to his knees, then picks him up bodily and is about to cast him over the precipice, when the Bible falls from his pocket and Broncho sees the words: "Thou Shalt Not Kill" open before him. For a moment he fights with himself, then allows Kelly to escape unmolested. Bible in hand, he finds a seat against the rocks and begins the faithful study of God's Word, and the following Sunday finds him in the church for the first time in his life.
- Broncho Billy, a young clergyman, is struck on the head and left for dead by his partner, just after they have struck it rich on a mining claim. He is found by a young Indian girl and taken to the Indian camp where he is nursed back to health. During his convalescence he teaches the girl the commandment, "Thou Shalt Not Kill," and the motto, "Forgive and Forget." Another Indian girl asks him to write out the mottoes for her. Broncho grants her request, whereupon the first girl tries to kill her. Broncho frustrates the attempt by showing her the commandment written on the slate. The clergyman's partner is captured by the Indians and brought to the camp. The chief orders that he be killed, but the clergyman saves his life. The prospector comes to thank him and Broncho recognizes his partner. Crazed by rage he attempts to kill him, but the Indian girl shows him the commandment in his own writing. He obeys it. His partner makes restitution.
- To err is human, but in the end, goodness of heart will prevail and the one who has committed an offense against man-made laws may come out of the mire and develop into a law abiding and god-fearing citizen. Broncho Billy, from being one of the most desperate characters in the west, is reformed through the kind treatment accorded him at the hands of the sheriff and his wife, and is made deputy.
- Broncho Billy saves an Indian from starvation. The Indian's intelligence is soon discovered by Broncho, who determines to make the red man a partner in his prospecting camp. An accident renders the prospector unconscious and the Indian hastens to the village for a doctor. The physician discovers that Broncho Billy's marred face is filled with dirt and gold. He tries to bribe the Indian. "Where did the explosion occur? See, Buck, I'm going to give you this money, tell me?" But the Indian is loyal. With the aid of two or three miners, the Indian is overpowered in Broncho Billy's shack, yet he will not tell them where the prospector has been working. Regaining consciousness, Broncho Billy enters the adjoining room in time to save the red man from the hands of the outraged miners, and the prospector voices his appreciation of the Indian's loyalty.
- Broncho works for a despicable land grabber who treats his help like a brute. The men finally plot to lynch the land grabber. Broncho races on his horse ahead of them and tells him of the plot. They barricade the doors, but the lynching party breaks them down and drag the two men away to string them up. But the girl has seen them and raced for the sheriff, who arrives just in time to prevent the lynching. The land grabber experiences a change of heart. He appoints Broncho foreman and the men have won their point and return to work satisfied, while Broncho falls in love with the girl who saved them.
- It seems a pity that some people are allowed the care of children. Broncho Billy hears a child scream and rushes on the scene in time to prevent Jim Haley, a big brute of a man, from beating his little daughter, Josie, with a horse whip. Later, Haley and Pedro, a half-breed, are caught rustling cattle and are given the customary treatment, but not before Haley writes a note to Josie, stating that the boys will take care of her. The boys send Josie east to school and ten years later, when she returns a young lady, they all fall in love with her. Broncho Billy tells Josie how much be cares for her, but she tells him she loves him only as a daughter would love her father, and that her heart is given to Jack Patton. Broncho Billy is heartbroken. Patton, who has led a rather wild life, promises Broncho Billy he will reform to make himself worthy of Josie.
- Broncho Billy, engaged to the girl, becomes jealous of a newcomer, and in remorse, gets intoxicated. He takes hack the girl's ring and frightens the tenderfoot out of a general store. Mounting his horse he pursues his frightened rival and, after many miles of galloping, overtakes him and brings him back to town, where he flings him in the girl's arms, saying, "Here's your tender foot. Try and make a man of him." Two years later, her husband dead, the wife is at the point of death, half-starved and with a small child to care for. When she dies the little girl runs and gets Broncho Billy, who takes her in his arms and says, "Come, kid, we'll lead a straight life together."
- A lone prospector comes to a cabin in the woods where he seeks food and lodging. There he meets a woman and her small daughter who put him up. Soon her father and brother, miners, arrive and are uneasy with the stranger. That night, they plan to rob him, but the woman alerts him and helps him fend off his attackers. This gesture moves the prospector to marry the woman.