- Miner Dan Harding has a wife and young daughter, but spends much of his time--and most of his money--at the barroom with his friends. One night his friend John Webster finds him drunk and broke at the bar. Knowing Dan's wife is worried about him, John takes him back to his place, where Dan passes out. When Dan awakens he returns to his home, only to see John and his daughter asleep on the chair and his wife sitting nearby sewing--not knowing that John had gone to the house to give Dan's wife money because Dan had spent all of theirs, and tired from the night's activities, had fallen asleep on the chair--Dan concludes that John and his wife are having an affair, and leaves town. Complications ensue.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
- Dan Harding, a miner, promises his wife that he will stop drinking. Little Elma, a tot of five years, loves her father's young friend, John Webster. That evening, despite his promise, Dan stops at the saloon and spends every penny of his week's wages. The wife and little Elma are waiting the father's return, when John comes past on his way home. He tells them that he believes Dan is working overtime. However, John goes straight to the saloon and, as he expected, finds Dan there with his empty pay envelope. He takes Dan to his own shack to sleep until he is sober, while he puts his own pay into Dan's envelope and hastens to the waiting wife. John has given the envelope to Dan's wife, telling her that her husband is still working, but sent home his pay. Dan, after having partly slept off the effects of the liquor, gets up and starts for home. When he arrives home, his wife is sewing, while John is asleep in his chair with the child. Dan sees the picture so, believing his friend in love with his wife and she with him, decides to go away and leave them to be happy. He slips out and writes a note, telling her that he is going away forever. Twelve years later, we see Mrs. Dan Harding's new home across the Sierras, where she has taken her daughter. The mother has supported herself by sewing. John Webster has come to live not far from them, as he is working at the Dexter Mine. Little Elma's love for him has grown and they are now happily engaged. Dan Harding, in the meanwhile, has turned over a new page and is now the owner of the big Dexter Mine, although neither Mrs. Harding nor John know of this. Dan arrives to settle a strike at the mine, and there to his surprise, meets John. He learns the truth. It was the little daughter and not the mother that John loved. Dan is brought to Mrs. Harding. John is appointed Superintendent and a general reconciliation and forgiveness occurs.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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