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A very pretty picture telling a complicated and very melodramatic story. Betty's parents insist that she go to boarding school, but she likes ranch life and is reluctant. The day before she leaves, while out on the hills saying good-bye to the rocks and meadows, a fast character of the neighborhood walks up and insults her. In self-defense she shoots him. Horrified, she gallops home to tell her brother, and together they hide the supposedly dead body. Later, at school Betty is invited by a classmate to pay her a visit. She falls in love with her friend's brother and promises to marry him. Seeing a photograph, she finds that the man she had shot was her sweetheart's brother. She leaves a note and runs away from the house. The man, however, didn't die. He recovered from his wound, but had no memory of the past; didn't know who he was. The day the girl's sweetheart reached her home to ask for an explanation of her flight, a storm comes up and the older brother, passing, seeks refuge there. There is a mutual recognition, followed by an explanation, forgiveness and a loving embrace. It is acted acceptably for a melodrama, and the pretty heroine is very pleasing in this part. - The Moving Picture World, November 25, 1911