Edythe Sterling

Art Acord

Jim, a mendicant fiddler, who has tired of accepting the grudging alms of a big city, goes to the west. On his arrival in Big Horn, he asks permission of Mark Lewis, a gambler, to play in a saloon which is frequented by Lewis and ...

Bertram Bracken

When the Fiddler Came to Big Horn

Jim, a mendicant fiddler, who has tired of accepting the grudging alms of a big city, goes to the west. On his arrival in Big Horn, he asks permission of Mark Lewis, a gambler, to play in a saloon which is frequented by Lewis and most of the stockmen of the adjacent country. Lewis, who is in a surly mood, refuses the permission and, upon being again approached on the subject, throws Jim violently from the saloon. Dick Asher, who is the big-hearted foreman of the cattle ranch, has just arrived in town and seeing the fiddler, asks him to play for him and his boys. Jim's music is a treat for the simple cowboys, and they press him to enter the saloon and drink with them. In the saloon, Ben Day, the youthful owner of the ranch, hears him play and directs that he be brought to the ranch. Dick Asher is very much in love with Day's sister, Jessie, as is also Lewis. Lewis orders his henchman, Pedro, to steal Dick's knife, skin a cow with it and hide it in a semi-conspicuous place, so the blame would be cast on Dick. This is done, and Ben orders Dick away. Jessie, who believes in Dick's innocence, follows him. When she has almost reached the camp shared by Dick and Jim, she is intercepted by Mark Lewis and a party of rustlers. Jim, seeing this from a distance, tells Dick. Jim goes for assistance, while Dick starts out for the rustlers. The rustlers are brought to bay in some rocks. Lewis, now desperate, uses the girl as a shield as he holds the cowboys at bay. Dick, made furious at his sweetheart's plight, starts forward. Lewis takes careful aim. and, just as he shoots. Jim steps in front of Dick and takes the shot meant for his friend. Later. Dick ropes Lewis from behind, and Pedro, who has been fatally wounded, confesses that it was he and not Dick who was the thief. Dick is exonerated and at last the three of them are seen by the side of the poor fiddler, who had given up his life so that his friend might live.

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