Bud Osborne, sheriff, is brutal by nature and as a result of his associations with criminals his outlook is sordid; he has no ideals or faith in man. The only thing good that he owns is a wife and baby. Jack Lacy is wanted for the killing ...See moreBud Osborne, sheriff, is brutal by nature and as a result of his associations with criminals his outlook is sordid; he has no ideals or faith in man. The only thing good that he owns is a wife and baby. Jack Lacy is wanted for the killing of a gambler at Cripple Creek. He shot the man in self-defense and escaped because the case against him looked bad. Lacy is now waiting for the arrival of his wife, who is coming west with an emigrant train. Osborne is offered a reward of $1,000 if he will capture Lacy. He needs the money and so arrests Lacy. While the sheriff and his prisoner are returning to town they are attacked by Indians. Osborne is wounded. Lacy saves him. The Indian uprising is general and the emigrant train in which Mrs. Lacy is traveling is likewise attacked. However, the emigrants successfully repel the Indians. While Lacy is helping the wounded Osborne alone meets the emigrant train. Lacy's first thought is of his wife and he leaves the sheriff to find her. When Osborne recovers his strength he thinks of his prisoner and of the handsome reward for his capture. He inquires after Lacy and goes to arrest him. Pushing back the flap of the wagon Osborne looks inside. He sets a young woman on a straw mattress with a baby on her breast and over the woman and baby is bending Lacy the outlaw. Osborne mounts his horse and rides home to his own family. Written by
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