- Matt Malone, a highwayman and night rider who has long baffled the police authorities, loves Nona McMahon, posing with her as a cowboy from up country. The McMahons are in trouble and old McMahon has been forced to mortgage the homestead. The money lender has been lenient up to this time, but, struck by the beauty of Nona McMahon, he endeavors to win her love. But she declines his offer. The lender, named McDermott, threatens foreclosure. In the meantime, Malone has been idle. It is his desire to make one grand coup and quit the game for good. He hears that the mountain stage coach is soon to carry a large amount of gold, and he decides to make a try for the loot. The hold-up occurs, but it's not as profitable as he expected. Also, he fears his identity has been discovered. He returns to his dugout, resolved to see his sweetheart and then quit the country. On his way to the girl's home he sees a notice posted by the sheriff, offering a reward of $5,000 for Malone's capture. He shoots down the sign and rides off to McMahon's. The girl greets him pleasantly. Their conversation drifts to McMahon's financial troubles, and the girl shows Malone a note from McDermott, stating that $5,000 must be paid the day after or they must vacate. Malone decides to tell the girl everything, and insists that she turn him over to the sheriff and gain the reward. He thrusts a revolver in her hands just as the sheriff enters. The manacles are slipped on and Malone and the sheriff go into the jail as the girl drops sobbing on the doorstep.—Billboard synopsis
- Walt Malone, who is none other than the "Black Knight," a highwayman and night rider who has long baffled the county sheriff and his many posses, has won the love of Nona McMahon, posing with her as a cowboy from up country. The McMahons are in trouble. Crops and cattle have been bad for several years and old McMahon has been forced to mortgage the homestead. The money-lender has been lenient up to this time, but struck by the beauty of Nona McMahon, he endeavors to win her love. However, she loves Malone and firmly declines McDermott's offer. McDermott threatens to foreclose, but the girl is unmoved. The money-lender goes to old McMahon, but the old gentleman swears he will go to the poorhouse, sooner than sell his daughter in that way. In the meantime Malone has been idle and things are growing irksome for him. To make one grand coup and then quit the game is his desire. He hears that the mountain stage coach is soon to carry a large amount of gold for the Western Express Company to the bank in El Paso, and he decides to make a try for the loot. The hold-up occurs at a lonely place in the mountains, but it is not as profitable as he has expected. Also, he fears that his identity has been discovered. He returns to his dugout, resolved to see his sweetheart and then quit the country, for the time at least. It is late at night when he rides through the little Western town and sees the notice posted by the sheriff of $5,000 for his capture, dead or alive. Malone shoots down the sign, then rides off to McMahon's. The girl greets him pleasantly, evidently not having heard that he and the "Black Knight" are one and the same person and that a price is set on his head. Their conversation consists chiefly of plans for the future, of their love for each other, each one teasing to divulge what is most on their minds, the McMahons' financial troubles and Malone's necessity for quitting the country immediately. The girl, however, is unable to restrain her anxiety and shows Malone a note from McDermott, stating that if $5,000 due is not paid by noon to-morrow they must vacate. Malone looks thoughtfully at the ground, then turns to the girl and in a straightforward, manly way tells her he is the criminal whom the Davis County authorities are seeking. He insists that no crime on his slate is worse than his having deceived her, and insists that he can eradicate it only in allowing her to turn him over to the sheriff and claim the reward. "You've got to do it. Nona," he insists, thrusting a revolver into her hands. "I'm no good to you now and you need the money." The girl shakes her head emphatically, exclaiming that she could never do it. But he swears he will turn himself over anyhow, and is about to leave, when the girl, thinking that Malone's sacrifice is for her mother and father as much as for her, says she will do his bidding. "But I love you and I'll wait for you, even if it be all my life that you are gone," she whispers as they approach the sheriff's door. And a moment later the sheriff opens the door to find Malone, his hands held high above his head, the girl with the pistol leveled at him, waiting for him. The manacles are slipped on and Malone and the sheriff go into the jail, while the girl drops sobbing on the doorstep.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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