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Joe Mannering, a revenue officer, comes to a mountain town to trap the moonshiners. He meets and loves a young woman who is also loved by the county sheriff, although she prefers Joe. A hollowed oak tree is a trading station for the ...See moreJoe Mannering, a revenue officer, comes to a mountain town to trap the moonshiners. He meets and loves a young woman who is also loved by the county sheriff, although she prefers Joe. A hollowed oak tree is a trading station for the moonshiners and Mannering in order to secure evidence against them, sets a camera facing the tree in such a manner that when anyone looks into the hollow they will be photographed. The sheriff, when he finds the girl has no use for him, sends her an anonymous note asking her to go to the tree. Later he and Mannering develop the picture and to Joe's surprise the woman he loves is revealed. However, he has sworn to do his duty and he goes to her home to arrest her. When he and the sheriff reach there they find her father dying and with his last strength he confesses that lie is the moonshiner. The girl shows Mannering the note, asking her to come to the tree and informs him that it was brought to her by the sheriff's servant. When Joe learns this he is with difficulty restrained from taking the sheriff's life. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less