The sheriff and his posse, hot on the heels of the horse thief, notice a stolen horse tied outside of the general store, but the horse thief eludes capture, leaving the stolen horse behind him. In his escape through the woods he c...

A Close Call

The sheriff and his posse, hot on the heels of the horse thief, notice a stolen horse tied outside of the general store, but the horse thief eludes capture, leaving the stolen horse behind him. In his escape through the woods he comes upon John Rodgers, a young ranchman, who has dismounted to water his horse, and which the horse thief takes possession of and rides off. John fires after him but merely wounds the desperado. John has been away from home for some time and has been hurriedly called back by a message from home and in his anxiety to lose no time be looks for another mount. He visits a nearby farmer for the purpose of borrowing a horse and finds no one home so decides to temporarily take a horse so that he might proceed on his journey. The sheriff, hot in pursuit of the horse thief whom they know could not have gone far on foot, runs across John with a strange horse in his possession and naturally assume that John is the man who has been guilty of the previous thefts and make haste to mete out speedy western justice. John tries to explain and pleads with his captors and it is only after John produces the letter from his wife to the effect that there has been a new arrival in the family, and that she wants him home at the earliest possible moment, that they credit John's story and allow him to depart. John arrives home, approaching the house he sees his own horse tied in front of the door, which he cautiously approaches, and recognizes a strange voice. John enters the house quietly, and to his surprise, finds the horse thief whom he has wounded being made comfortable. John gets the drop on the horse thief and makes explanations to his wife and immediately departs with the culprit to prove to the sheriff and the posse that they have made no mistake in believing his story. John delivers the horse thief to the sheriff, who takes charge of him.

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A Close Call

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