STORY

The Masons and the Blakes are neighbors in the mountains; Jim Blake and Nan Mason, their respective children, are sweethearts. Nan’s father is building a boundary fence when Jim’s father comes upon him and his men and an argument follows. Later on the difference develops into a feud and shots are exchanged between the two factions, in which Frank Mason is shot in the arm. This adds fuel to the flames and the news spreads through the mountains, the friends of each clan flocking to their leaders. There has come into the mountains an old man, who is distressed because of the feud. He meets Jim and his sweetheart, Nan, in the woods and leaves them with a kindly word. He finds Frank Mason wounded and calling for help, gets him home with the assistance of Jim and Nan. When Mason recovers consciousness and sees a Blake in his house he is frantic with rage and orders Jim out. Jim goes home and is told his family’s side of the feud. He refuses to have anything to do with the feud and goes to the house. Unable to stand the jeers and insults heaped upon him for being a coward, he takes his rifle and goes into the woods. Here he meets the “Old Prophet,” who finally persuades him to throw his rifle into the creek and gives him a Bible instead. Jim puts the book in his breast pocket and leaves. He is shot from ambush by Nan, who takes him for one of the clan, but when she recognizes him she is overcome with remorse, thinking him dead. The Bible, however, has saved his life by stopping the bullet. He is only stunned and when he comes to. Nan remembers he is her enemy and tells him next time she will get him. Jim tells her he can’t make war on a woman and they part. Nan meets the “Old Prophet” and he persuades her that she is in the wrong and takes her rifle away. Jim arrives and aided by the old man’s efforts the two are reconciled. Meanwhile the two clans are preparing for a fight and the first shot reach the ears of the three. They go to see what the shooting is about. Each side is concealed, but when Nan’s father sees her with Jim, he recklessly leaves his hiding place to kill Jim. The “Old Prophet” frustrates his attempt and in turn is killed by a bullet intended for Mason. Over the “Old Prohpet’s” body a reconciliation is effected between the two clans.
Written By: Moving Picture World