The Bioscope (July-Aug 1912)

XXX. Supplement t© The Bioscope. August 22, -1912. acquaints Mr. Layson™ of the fact. Jack has become a favourite with the boys, and the stage-driver in particular, so when the young people tell him that they expect the old man to give chase, the driver promises to help them. Accordingly, he writes a note to the sheirff as follows: “ Sheriff Carter—I expect to be held up between here and Elveda by two men well known to you. Send posse quick, as I have a very valuable package aboard. Jim Ruskin.” The sheriff and his men at once respond, overtaking Mr. Layson and Bert just as they reach the stage-coach. Greatly to the amusement of the passengers, the sheriff and his men hustle father and rejected suitor off to prison until Daisy and Jack are safely made one. (Released August 28th. Length 990 ft.) The Ranch Girl’s Choice.—While Bess, the ranch owner’s daughter is on her way to town, her horse goes lame. Bud, a cowboy, takes a stone out of the horse’s hoof. The girl hands him a flower, which Tom, the foreman of her father’s ranch, had given her. They part; the girl to go to town, the boy to go on his way looking for work. He stops at a sign reading: “Cowboys wanted at the Circle K Ranch.” The foreman takes a dislike to him, recognising the flower the cowboy is wearing as the one he had iven Bess. The owner of the ranch, however, engages im. Bess returns home, and is delighted to find the young puncher employed on her father’s ranch. The foreman makes Bud’s lot a hard one, calling him down whenever an opportunity presents itself, and finally discharges him. Bess's father re-engages the boy, and discharges the foreman instead. Three other cowboys, friends of the foreman, threaten to leave unless the ranch owner takes the foreman back, but the ranchman is obdurate, and the four men ride off, threatening vengeance. A week later, as the boy is returning from the bank with money for the payroll, he is seen by one of the ex-foreman’s friends, and the news is carried to the foreman at the Lone Tree Saloon. They arrange to hold up the boy, and give the ranch owner the impression that he had stolen the cash. Taking a short cut, they head Bud off, and he is taken to an old hut, where he is bound and thrown into a corner while the men play cards and drink. The ranch owner, becoming anxious at the prolonged absence cf Bud, sends the new foreman to the bank to see what is causing the delay. The foreman comes back to the ranch with the news that the boy left the bank hours ago. The owner orders all his men out to find Bud, accompanied by Bess. Coming to the cross roads, the girl decides to go the other way alone, and comes to the hut. Looking through the window she sees the men and hastens to the cowboys. They follow her to the hut, and Bud is released, while the men are taken to the sheriff's office. The father of Bess gives his consent to the marriage of his daughter to Bud. (Released August 31st. Length 990 ft.) Film d’Art. A Mother’s Prayer.—Mrs. de Sauvil was a widow, and she had an only son, for whom she had planned a great future. He disappointed her. He disgraced himself, disgraced her name. He begged for the whole of her fortune, to save him from death or dishonour. She gave it. So younz Henry de Sauvil went far away, under the name of Henry Villau, to regain what honour and money he could. Mrs. de Sauvil was forced to put her house up for sale, and she wrote a sorrowful letter to Mr. de Simare, who regarded her with feelings stronger than those of mere friendship, telling him that her position was changed, and bexsing him not to see her any more. Mr. de Simare was a man of wealth and position. He was Public Prosecutor. He purchased Mrs. de Sauvil’s house, telling the lawyer to give it back to the lady, without revealing his identitv. Mrs. de Sauvil married Mr. de Simare. Five years had passed. Mrs. de Simare had heard no news of er son, but she had not forgotten him. Mrs. de Simare read in a paper one day that a man named Henry Villau had been arrested as a swindler and cut-throat. It was the name her son had assumed And her hushand was charged with the iat ay ae the ‘ole’ She dared not tell her husband. So she let him depart for the Court of Assizes without revealing the secret. Then she repented, and scribbled a note to her husband—a mother’s prayer to him to be lenient to her son. Mr. de Simare was delivering one of those orations for which he was famous. There came a boy with a note. He read it, and stood aghast. He paused for a moment irresolute. The voice of duty was stronger than any private considerations, and he resumed his oration, pleading for the severest. penalty the law could inflict. At home, his wife was waiting for the news. He told her, and the room swam round her. Hor son had been condemned to death. And her reason left her. For weeks she raved in horrible madness, a spectacle at once horrible and pitiful. Then the unexpected happened. A letter came from her son, saying that he was returning, worthy of her, having, by years of toil, wiped out the memory of his disgrace. The wretch whe had been tried for his life was one who had stolen the papers bearing the name of Henry Villau. The son returned; and, in the joy of beholding him once more, the mother’s reason returned. (Released August 28th. Length 1,932 ft.) L. & L. Mr. Bloomer’s Eccentric Duel.—In a café garden, Bloomer inadvertently squirts some soda water over a customer of a very peppery character, and finds himself challenged to a duel. The seconds decide that the meeting shall be on novel lines, and choose rachet-drills as the weapons. The adversaries are furnished with a drill, and a slab of wood is hung over each of their chests. The victor is he who first pierces the wood and wounds his opponent. As it happens, the result is a dead heat, and the opponents are laid side by side in a barrow and carried back to the café to be revived. Here eternal friendship is sworn between the two, and as a proof of complete friendship Bloomer is allowed to turn the soda water on his companion as much as he likes. (Released August 3lst. Length 521 ft.) Mr. Bloomer is Thirsty.—Hot, tired, thirsty—and_ penniless, Mr. Bloomer is tantalised by the appearance through an open door of a bottle of wine standing on the table of a cottage sitting-room. It is a simple matter to slip in and quaff a cooling draught—but it is not so simple fo get away when he hears the owner returning. Bloomer takes tefuge in a trunk, but the householder divines his whereabouts and quickly closes the trunk, and calling his servant, dispatches him with the trunk on a barrow to the police station, first labelling the trunk “A dangerous criminal is in this box; look after it.” The trunk very rough treatment on the way to the station, and wher it is left in the yard, the two constables go off for rifles before opening it. While they are away Bloomer has succeeded in forcing the lid, and creeps away, after placing in the trunk a rabbit. The officers’ feelings may be imagined when they find this “dangerous criminal,” and the sender of the trunk, coming to see if the thief has been captured, is carried off to a cell. (Released August 24th. Length 314 ft.) Mondia. The Runaway Plough.—Though Ferdie was a humble man, he had a tender heart, and it troubled him that he should have to part from all the old familiar scenes where boyhood’s days were spent. But still, poor Ferdie had to o. Ferdie’s boon companion was a very sturdy horse. The horse was very sorry that Ferdie had t0 go. When summoned for his daily toil and harnessed to a plough, the horse began to run away. O’er hill, o’er dale, o'er fields, o’er roads, that horse pursued his master, a crowd of yelling men behind, who collided with each other and tripped o’er obstacles. At lightning speed ‘the faithful horse tore, till, catching up with Ferdie, it besought its master to return and not to roam, and Ferdie and his