It seems like a quickly thrown-together picture

J. Warren Kerrigan

The sheriff&apos;s daughter learns to love Jack Caxton, but her father is very much displeased, as he wishes her to marry his young foreman. Learning that a large consignment is at the bank, the foreman visits the saloon in search of h...

Allan Dwan

The Gold Lust

A romance of the west with some charming love scenes offset by deeds of treachery, robbery and murder. The girl, daughter of a not very wise old sheriff, is loved by a cow puncher of good character. Her father wants her to marry a man whom he trusts, but whom she despises. This character shows the gold lust. He then conspires with another evil character to rob a bank. He so arranges things that he is with the sheriff while the robbery is being done. He and the sheriff chase this robber and he kills him. They are in a lonely place and, after the other is dead, he kills the sheriff for the sake of the gold. He then attempts to abduct the girl. The hero, meanwhile, in a very conventional way, has fastened to him the suspicion that it was he who killed the sheriff. The villain makes a false step, however, and the boys understand the situation. It seems like a quickly thrown-together picture. It has thrills, hard riding, and some good backgrounds. - The Moving Picture World, December 30, 1911

The sheriff's daughter learns to love Jack Caxton, but her father is very much displeased, as he wishes her to marry his young foreman. Learning that a large consignment is at the bank, the foreman visits the saloon in search of his pals and finding one of them, urges him to rob the bank. In effecting the holdup, the cashier puts up such a strong resistance that he is killed. A cowboy riding by notifies the sheriff, and taking the treacherous foreman with him, he starts on the trail of the bank robber. He sends the cowboys to search in another direction. Coming up with the robber, a brisk fight ensues and he is killed and the gold recovered. Knowing that the sheriff's daughter scorns him, and the lust for gold overcoming him, the foreman shoots the sheriff and steals the gold. He returns to the sheriff's house and tells the daughter that her father was wounded by the robber and had sent for her, his plan being to kidnap her and leave the country with the girl and the gold. Jack Caxton comes upon the sheriff and learns the truth. The sheriff dies and the posse coming up imagines he is guilty of the murder. He calls their attention to the approaching figures of the foreman and the sheriff's daughter. They hastily conceal themselves and hear the foreman map out his plans to the frightened girl. He is overpowered and led away by the posse and Caxton remains to comfort his grieving sweetheart.

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