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  • Masquerading in Bear Canyon (1913)
  • Short | Short, Comedy, Western
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Masquerading in Bear Canyon (1913)
Short | Short, Comedy, Western
Mr. John Brandon, a man of wealth, was told by his family physician that his daughter, Alice, was declining in health, and that he must take her to New Mexico, where the climate might bring her back to health and strength. Alice is ...See moreMr. John Brandon, a man of wealth, was told by his family physician that his daughter, Alice, was declining in health, and that he must take her to New Mexico, where the climate might bring her back to health and strength. Alice is secretly betrothed to her father's clerk, and when her father finds this out, it is an added reason why he should try to get his daughter away from the city. The journey is made. Dr. Rice, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, advises a three-weeks' stay in Bear Canyon, a distance of twenty miles from the city. The father, therefore, makes the arrangements. Later they find themselves in the rugged, rocky canyon. The daughter of a goat herder, himself an invalid, and only a few years earlier compelled to come to the same place for his health, while out with her herd of goats, sees the city girl in her flowing white robe, is startled, goes home and tells her parents. They explain to her that it must be some tourist that has by chance come to this part of the country. The following day she starts out again on her daily jaunt over the hills with the goats. The girls meet and become friends. The city girl decides it would be a fine prank to change clothes with the goat girl and wander off among the rocks with the goats, leaving the goat girl to act the part of the invalid. They decide to keep their secret for fear it might worry Alice's father. Later, Dr. Seth, the nephew of Dr. Rice, visits his uncle and as Dr. Rice is very busy, the nephew is sent out to Bear Canyon to see how the invalid is getting along. The father wishes to take him up on the hills, but the doctor advises that he can find the patient without disturbing the father. He struggles to the top of the hill, and looking over, sees the goat girl, who he supposes is Alice, the daughter of Mr. Brandon. The goat girl is very much excited, the doctor very much interested in the beautiful girl. The doctor examines her, and, finding that there is nothing wrong with her, comes to the conclusion that there must be a mistake somewhere. He goes away, but finding it impossible to forget the little girl, comes back the following day, and as the girls have met again and changed clothes, the doctor finds, as he supposes, Alice Brandon. This masquerading is going on for some little time, the doctor becoming more and more infatuated with his supposed patient. The city girl understands the situation, and it has afforded her a lot of enjoyment. Alice's sweetheart is tired of being alone. Later he arrives on the scene, and meeting Dr, Seth, who is just about to start out from Albuquerque to Bear Canyon, is invited by Dr. Seth to ride with him. When the doctor finds that he is the sweetheart of Alice Brandon, he freezes up and is none too courteous. This is all explained away when the two young men reach the summit of the hill in Bear Canyon and find that the girls have been masquerading. Alice's health has been greatly improved and the meeting of her sweetheart makes her supremely happy. The doctor's love was true blue, and the little goat girl finds that he loves her for herself, regardless of her station in life. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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