His Hereafter

Wayland Trask starts for the west to make his fortune. He is in love with Myrtle Lind, but Pat Kelley, the father, lays down the law that Wayland must make good before he gets the girl. Trask hits the typical wild and woolly western town. Harry Booker is the diminutive but droll proprietor of the gambling house and Ed Kennedy is his husky bouncer. Booker has a daughter, Louise Fazenda, who is much sought after. Money changes hands rapidly in faro and other games of chance. Finally a fight starts and shots are fired in all directions, while the excited crowd makes laughable attempts to seek shelter. Charles Murray is the sheriff and struts around displaying his badge, until trouble starts, when he makes himself scarce. His idea of keeping the peace is to keep out of trouble personally. Trask has exciting scenes with Louise Fazenda. There are pathetic moments, when the girl excites the sympathies of the audience, but they are quickly followed by some amusing occurrences in which Murray or Booker figure. Masked men hold up a stage and there is a hot fight between the bandits and the passengers. Then there is a storm with lightning flashing incessantly and water falling in torrents.