Cold and weary, the vagabond peers into the brilliantly-lighted saloon. He hesitates a moment, and then slips in through the glass doors in search of warmth just as Dave Reilly, ward heeler, lifts a fat, diamond-covered hand and g...

The Heart of a Vagabond

Cold and weary, the vagabond peers into the brilliantly-lighted saloon. He hesitates a moment, and then slips in through the glass doors in search of warmth just as Dave Reilly, ward heeler, lifts a fat, diamond-covered hand and gulps a drink. The bartender, spying the vagabond, comes over and roughly puts him out in the street, while the ward heeler chuckles. Again the vagabond finds himself roaming the wet, deserted pavements. He is seized with a fit of coughing and leans against a stone wall for support. Suddenly his eye catches the outline of a dark, deserted house behind the wall and the next moment he has vaulted the wall and let himself into a room through a window. A light suddenly flashes around the room and the vagabond finds himself facing a man, seated by a fire, his foot bandaged and resting on a stool in front of him, his hand holding an automatic gun. The vagabond pleads with his captor, assuring him his only intention was to secure a night's lodging. The man relents and the vagabond relates his early life, telling of a sister whom he has sought all over, who was placed in an orphan's asylum when a child and whom he is anxious to meet again before he dies. The man is moved by the vagabond's story and lets him go, giving him a roll of money. Feeling weak, the vagabond again enters the saloon and buys, this time, the warmth that was denied him before. Seated in a corner he overhears Reilly and his lieutenant discuss a scheme whereby they expect a rich haul. Reilly shows the man a newspaper with a picture of a beautiful girl and an account of her arriving in town that night. The vagabond recollects having seen the same photo in the man's house, and plans to frustrate the plan. He follows the lieutenant to the depot, watches him meet the girl as she gets off the train, telling her that her father has been injured and that she was to go with him. The vagabond follows them from the station, and, although he is interrupted by a member of the gang, he gets away and catches up with them, just as the girl is being led into the rear of the saloon. He breaks in on them and is able to get a few words of explanation to the girl before it is too late. He pays for his interference with a mortal wound, but the girl is saved and the vagabond is taken to the man's home to spend his last few hours. There the man offers to take up the vagabond's search for his sister, and the vagabond makes his last statement. The man, learning the name of the city and other details, finds that the girl is no other than his adopted daughter, whom the vagabond has rescued.

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