Into the Foothills (1914)
Short | Short, Western

Into the Foothills (1914)

Short | Short, Western

Steve Brady, a young prospector, and his three pals search in vain for months among the foothills for a vein of gold that will make them rich. Steve, while stumbling through the underbrush one day, trips, and, in throwing out his hand to ...See moreSteve Brady, a young prospector, and his three pals search in vain for months among the foothills for a vein of gold that will make them rich. Steve, while stumbling through the underbrush one day, trips, and, in throwing out his hand to save himself, accidentally strikes a rich lode. Overjoyed at his discovery he starts for town for some supplies and on the way he meets Barker, a villainous old miner, who is starting off with his wife and beautiful daughter, Ruth, to prospect. Steve tells him of the find. Barker plies him with whiskey until he is drunk and then strikes him over the bead with the empty bottle. He is about to kill Steve, but his wife interferes only to be brutally beaten, and he desists only when his daughter threatens to shoot him. Steve gains his senses and staggers away. Barker sends a shot after him, wounding him in the arm. Barker and his family then move on and he accidentally stumbles across Steve's shack. Fearing the wrath of the rangers he deserts Ruth and her mother and rides off. Meanwhile the wounded man's burro arrives in camp and the startled partners find bloodstains on the blanket. Seeing the bag of rich ore they surmise what has happened and one of them starts off in search of Steve. Ruth accidentally stumbles across the rich vein of gold which Steve unearthed and rushes back to tell her mother, only to find that she is dying from the effects of her father's blows. Realizing how little use the gold is to her now, Ruth casts it out of the window and a prowling Mexican seeing it strike the ground grabs it and rushes off to tell his companions. The mother dies and Ruth is alone in the shack. The Mexicans on hearing their companion's story decide to invade the shack and secure the rest of the gold. Meanwhile Steve's partners carry him back to camp and after bandaging his wounds, his pals start off to find Barker. The Mexicans ride over to the shack and on the way meet Barker. Believing he is pursued he opens fire upon them, but they kill him. Steve's partners arrive at his shack and entering, learn from Ruth the story of the assault and her mother's death. While they are talking the Mexicans surround the house and open fire. The white men decide to fight, and while Ruth loads the guns they return shot for shot. Finding themselves repulsed, the drunken invaders set fire to the cabin. Rather than fall into the hands of the Mexicans, the two men decide to kill each other and the girl, and are sitting with the guns placed against each other's temples when a troop of rangers, who have been crossing the plains, see the fire and ride over. They drive away the plunderers, capturing several of them. Ruth and the partners return to Steve and to bury her mother, and it is decided to make the girl an equal partner in the mine which Steve discovered. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Jack W. Johnston Steve Brady (as J.W. Johnston) Steve Brady (as J.W. Johnston) See fewer	The Land of Promise (1917)
Lucie K. Villa Mrs. Barker Mrs. Barker See fewer	The Higher Impulse (1914)
Edna Payne Ruth Barker, Her Daughter Ruth Barker, Her Daughter See fewer	The Sacrifice of Jonathan Gray (1915)

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