Written by
TOM MIX
Produced by
Wm. Duncan
THE SELIG STUDIOS
Prescott, Ariz.
The Tell-tale Brand
Rescued by the Prospector
IN TWO
REELS
Copyright 1913, By
Tbe Selig Polyscope Co.
All Rights Reserved
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THE ESCAPE OF JIM DOLAN
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FIRST REEL.
JIM DOLAN, an ideal type of cowboy, is the reigning favorite
at the Wellingtons' party and his attentions to the beloved
daughter, Grace, appear to be relished not only by the young
lady, but her stalwart brothers. Ed Jones, the husky, cheeky
foreman of the Brown ranch, tries to "butt in," and steal Grace
from Jim. Jim is seen in his own lone cabin by the spring on
his little claim. Brown, the neighboring ranch owner, and Jones,
his foreman, ride in, the former insisting that Jim sell out to him,
which Jim refuses. Thereupon, the bulldozing Brown points out
to him that he can make it hot for him. Jones attempts to join
in with his master, but is quickly silenced. This adds fuel to his
flame of hate, and he concludes to get good and even with Jim,
and put him out of the running. He picks several hides conspicuously branded from a bale of green ones back of the Brown corral.
He secretly takes them out along Jim's fence line by night, finds
a loose post which he lifts up, places the hides in a hole and replaces the earth. The next move is to report "cattle missing."
The Sheriff is summoned and the ranch owner directs his foreman
to help track the rustler. They find recent hoof marks about Jim's
premises, and observing the fence post suspiciously loose, lift it
up and discover the "planted" missing pelts.
Jim is about to leave the Wellington home when the Sheriff
and Jones come upon the scene. The Sheriff handcuffs Jim in
spite of the protestations of Grace and her relatives. The Western
court gives him a ten years' sentence. He is confined in the town
calaboose. Grace and her family are sure that Jim has been imposed upon through some malign motive and is absolutely inno-
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CAST
JIM DOLAN Tom Mix
ED JONES Lester Cuneo
JOHN WELLINGTON Nip Van
TOM WELLINGTON Vic. Frith
GRACE WELLINGTON Myrtle Stedman
BROWN Rex De Rosselli
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cent. With a woman's wit she plans his escape from the calaboose, by planting a saw in a bottle of olives, the luxury of a
luncheon she has prepared for her lover. She is allowed
it without questio
and where relays
the border, as soo
jail. Jim is quick
of the calaboose s
The second
night, finding tl
perate ride for liberty,
oner has flown and th<
the villainous J<
against "
includes a note which tells
n. horses will be in waiting to carry him over
: as he can saw his way through the bars of the
:o avail himself of this information and the bars
ion yield to the little saw.
SECOND REEL.
:el shows him leaving in the shadows of the
horse concealed and speeds away on his des-
the Sheriff discovers that his pris-
in the settlement becomes general
pursuit, knowing the local antipathy
istlers." Jim rides on, finds
md relay and again
spurs forward. The posse presumably follow him all night, and
through superior arrangements have a relay of fresh horses in the
morning. In the interim, Jim's last mount goes lame, but, Jim
Dolan is game, leaving his faithful steed limping he goes on.
Weary as he is, he drags his rifle from the holster and takes it
with him. He hears the hoof beats of the approaching posse as
he nears a water course. Knowing that they will find his footprints he walks into the river close to the ford. He breaks his
rifle, discards the butt of the piece, submerges himself in the water
and breathes through the barrel of the gun. The posse come, pass
over the ford and then ride back again through the water as Jim
resorts to his former ingenious tactics,^ effectually escaping observation. He emerges unarmed and is captured by Apaches.
They have a choice amusement that consists of tying a man to the
tail of a wild horse and dragging him, outdoing the treatment of
the fabled Mazeppa at the hands of the Tartars. Happily Jim
is rescued by a prospector, who nurses him back to health.
In the interim, the treacherous foreman, Jones, is mortally
wounded in a saloon brawl and he confesses his crime against Jim
Dolan. But Jim Dolan has seemingly disappeared. The local
papers tell at length of the confession, establish beyond doubt the
innocence of Jim Dolan. Jim Dolan, away off in the mountains,
lives with the lone prospector who comes to town for supplies,
and carries back among other essentials a newspaper, which has
the confession. Jim rewards the prospector for all his kindness
and tells him he must make for the settlement at once, explaining
that he was the wrong man who has been righted by a tragedy.
Jim, footsore and travel-stained, comes back _ into the game of
life for good and Grace Wellington becomes his chiefest treasure.
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