The Law of the Lumberjack - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Bill Jones, foreman of the Hume Lumber Mill, deeply admires Mary Clark, sister of Marshall Clark, the head cutter of the Hume logging camp. Tom Jackson is the foreman of this camp and he also is an admirer of Mary. As there is always a ...See moreBill Jones, foreman of the Hume Lumber Mill, deeply admires Mary Clark, sister of Marshall Clark, the head cutter of the Hume logging camp. Tom Jackson is the foreman of this camp and he also is an admirer of Mary. As there is always a feeling of enmity existing between the lumberjacks and the mill hands. Jackson and Jones are bitter enemies. This ill-feeling is increased by the desire of each to win Mary's affections. Mary's brother, Marshall, dislikes Jackson and favors Jones. Jackson, aware of this feeling, takes advantage of his position to place him in the most dangerous position possible during the felling of the giant redwoods. The result is that Marshall is seriously injured. Jackson realizing he is directly responsible for the accident, has Marshall carried from the lodging camp to the mill doctor for accompanying him on the hazardous trip over the flume. This flume is for the purpose of carrying lumber some sixty-five miles through the mountains, traveling at the rate of a mile a minute. A ride over this flume would be attempted by no man other than one with nerves of steel. Jones promptly recognizes his enemy's caliber and character through this trip upon which Jackson ventures over the flume. Upon learning however, that Jackson is responsible for the injuries sustained by Clark, he accuses him of the deed. Jackson resents the accusation. The two giants engage in a terrific fist fight. Jackson is completely knocked out by Jones. Mary, in the meantime. deeply concerned about the condition of her injured brother who was being attended by the mill doctor. has requested the services of a new arrival in camp, Dr. Wm. Clifford a prominent young physician from the city. Clifford is attending her brother, when Mary is notified of a fight between Jackson and Jones in progress in the dance hall. Knowing the intense hatred of her two admirers for each other, she appeals to Clifford to accompany her to the dance hall and separate the combatants. Clifford consents, with the result that he is painfully thrashed by Jones. Mary's sympathy for Clifford impels her to have him carried to her own home. Here she tenderly nurses him. This so angers Jones that he visits Mary's home with the intention of murdering Clifford. Mary intervenes successfully; her appeal is so strong that Jones is made to realize he has indeed a rival in Clifford. This situation is more forcefully brought home to him after Clifford's recovery. Clifford and Mary are discovered in a loving embrace. Jones' first impulse is to kill Clifford, but his great love for Mary deters him. He watches their actions, however, closely and learns that Clifford has arranged to return to the city without any expressed intention of coming back to the girl with whose affections he has trifled. Here the law of the Lumberjack is called into play. He himself, loves Mary with an honest, loyal heart. He compels Clifford to return to her, with the promise that he will marry her within the hour, or as soon as a minister can be brought. Clifford at first shows a spirit of reluctance, but realizing the wrong he has done this girl he consents. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less