在这部The Outlaw's Gratitude短片/西部片中,
Standing in the cool waters of the village swimming-hole, Thad Cook shows his playmate his scar, a treasure obtained by a fall from the top of a Missouri pine. As the sport goes on, Ollie Gage, Thad's chum, is taken with a cramp, and Thad, diving quickly to his rescue, saves his friend from drowning. Twenty years later, in Gila County, Arizona, Ollie Gage is elected sheriff. John Moore, a miner, who has lost his health, is being cared for by his daughter, Ethel, and while walking through the woods they find a wounded outlaw, Robert Dare. Taking him to their cabin Ethel administers to him in such a way as to win his admiration and gratitude. Some weeks later, while in their vicinity, he returns to the cabin to see his little friend, and is startled to find the father very ill and the girl in despair, being without food or money. When Ethel tearfully explains her need of money to take her father to a city specialist. Dare remembers their kindness and determines to get the money for her....
