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the corner compels him to dance to the music of his six-shooters without leaving breathing space or time for one false step.
These comparatively innocent actions are soon to give way to tragedy of a deeper and darker hue, in which the bad man appears in his really sinister and vengeful character* Coming out of another saloon, in which he has been taking more tanglefoot on board, he encounters the town marshal, who has been looking for him, and places him under arrest. But, watching his chance, the villain suddenly shoots the officer of the law dead in his tracks and, realizing that this is a serious matter, escapes, leaving his victim lying in the main street, of the little town.
Partly sobered by the death of the marshal, the murderer makes his way to the outskirts of the camp, where his broncho is
standing, saddled and waiting for him, and mounting in hot haste spurs madly for the foothills, hoping to gain a safe hiding place there before the pursuit, which he knows will speedily follow, can overtake him.
The dead marshal's pretty daughter, a daisy of the foothills, has heard in the meantime that her father has gone out to corral the bad man, and as he does not return at the usual hour becomes frightened and, getting her horse, goes out to look for him. She finds him at last in the street where he was left. Vengeance on the accursed murderer naturally takes full possession of her and, having first had her father's body reverently placed in shelter, she saddles her horse and, riding only as a Western girl can ride, calls her friends and neighbors to avenge the crime and, enlisting the assistance of the county sheriff, the pursuit is on, and the most wildly exciting chase ever produced by animated photography is clearly and distinctly delineated and an unsurpassed triumph in the moving picture art is achieved.
With a good start, the murderer first fears no pursuit and thinks complacently of the near approaching hills affording numerous places for "hiding up" until all trouble is over. But the avengers of Dlood are well on his trail and closer than he would believe at all possible, realizing which, terror lends speed to his flight and, occasionally firing behind to deter his pursuers, he prepares for the race of his life.
A rocky and precipitous trail presenting some of the wildest and most beautiful scenery that can be found in the foothill country gives an opportunity for a marvelously sensational and stirring chase; the riders are men who have practically lived in the saddle for years and to whom every trick of horsemanship is an open book. The most difficult and dangerous passes are negotiated with masterful ease, and through all the girl herself, who inspired the
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