The Lonedale Operator
When her father becomes ill, a young woman takes over the telegraph at a lonely western railroad station. She soon has to hold off a pair of ruffians who are bent on stealing the payroll from an arriving train.
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"This D. W. Griffith short involves a young woman whose father is the telegraph operator in a relatively remote place. Her boyfriend is a railroad engineer. When she takes over the key (the telegraph key), she becomes responsible for a large payroll shipment. Unfortunately, a couple of no-goods want the money and they are going to break into the telegraph shack and steal it from her. The plots revolves around how long she can forestall these men until her engineer boyfriend can bring the train back and rescue her. There is an interesting twist that is pretty satisfying...."
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The text of the first telegram is signed 'GWB', the initials of camera George William 'Billy' Bitzer.
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When her father becomes ill, a young woman takes over the telegraph at a lonely western railroad station. She soon has to hold off a pair of ruffians who are bent on stealing the payroll from an arriving train.