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Young Jack Wheeler was delighted with the settler's family; Fred Newton would make a dandy pal, and as for Miss Newton, here Jack mentally determined to see as much of Louise as possible. So the next day, spying her from an adjoining cliff...See moreYoung Jack Wheeler was delighted with the settler's family; Fred Newton would make a dandy pal, and as for Miss Newton, here Jack mentally determined to see as much of Louise as possible. So the next day, spying her from an adjoining cliff as she hurried to the spring, Jack quickly urged his horse forward, arriving just as four Indians surrounded Louise, endeavoring to persuade her to part with a long string of beads she was wearing. But the girl, badly frightened, and unable to understand the Redskins, screamed for help. Instantly Jack fired, killing Little Wolf, the chief's son, and scattering the others, but not until they had wounded Jack. Helping the young man with the saddle, Louise hurried him to their tent, where, after making him as comfortable as possible. Mrs. Newton mounted Jack's horse and hastened away for Doc Farley. But in the meantime, Chief Running Water and his braves had gone on the warpath to avenge Little Wolf's death: so as soon as Mrs. Newton appeared on the trail, the Indians gave chase. The woman would have gotten safely away, had her horse not gone lame, and, therefore, was forced to abandon him. Seeing no other means of escape, Mrs. Newton quickly tied her lariat around a large boulder and let herself down, intending to flee by the ledge below. Unfortunately, the rope was too short, for instead of the forty feet she had imagined, the ledge proved to be at least eighty, and the terrified woman hung dangling in the air, a target for the Redskins above. Taking a firm hold with her left hand, Mrs. Newton reached for her revolver; at the first shot, Arthur Hastings, who was out hunting and had stopped to speak to Hank Martin, looked across the canyon. Sending Hank for the cowboys, the hunter took careful aim, picking off a Redskin just as he raised a huge rock to throw down upon Mrs. Newton. And so he kept them at bay during the wild ride of the cowboys to her rescue. Then, while part of the men drew the exhausted and almost unconscious woman up, the others gave chase to the Indians, and when they returned with Doc Farley to escort Mrs. Newton, not one of the attacking Redskins had been left to tell the tale. Jack's wounds proved to be only serious enough to cause Louise anxiety, that seemed to please the young man. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less