Joe Allen, a worthless character, to avoid frequent quarrels with his good wife Lillian, leaves a note bidding her farewell. Soon after, Lillian answers an advertisement asking for a schoolteacher in a country town and is appointed. The ...See moreJoe Allen, a worthless character, to avoid frequent quarrels with his good wife Lillian, leaves a note bidding her farewell. Soon after, Lillian answers an advertisement asking for a schoolteacher in a country town and is appointed. The sheriff of the town has fallen in love with the schoolma'am and proposed. Lillian refuses, without telling him that she is married. Allen in the course of his wild career comes to this same town and breaks the law. He is pursued by the sheriff and captured on the pilot of a speeding locomotive. A bitter struggle ensues. It only ends when Allen is killed. The sheriff's posse, following him and accompanied by Lillian, arrive at this time. She recognizes her husband and the sheriff understands the reason for her refusal. He loves her the more for her faithfulness to Joe, and wins when he asks her to give her heart into his keeping. Written by
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