Slim Padgett

À Norwalk, Bim est le sympathique et paresseux vagabond local, Mary Bruce l'institutrice. Bim devient le camarade de Bill, un jeune petit vagabond. Bill est obligé d'aller à l'école. Bim cherche du travail. Quant à Mary, elle prête à Harvey Cahill l'argent de l'école. Mais Bill se sauve en prenant le train, et rejoint Bim qui le soigne. Le docteur Stone et sa femme croient que Bill est l'enfant pour lequel une récompense a été promise. Mary ne peut récupérer l'argent de l'école et tente de se noyer. Bim se dénonce comme le voleur, mais les habitants décident de le lyncher. Grâce à Bill, Harvey est démasqué.

A cowboy helps a pretty ranch owner getting rid of both cattle rustlers and an unwanted suitor in this silent oater.

Dr. Sharp and his wife, Gretchen, live happily together in a little western town until the advent of the doctor's brother, Fred, who comes from the east to spend his vacation near his brother. He meets the doctor's wife and immediately falls in love, but visits her only when he knows his brother is away. The doctor learning of Fred's visits, shoots him. He repents, however, when he sees his brother's serious condition and does all he can to restore him.

Through a kindly act Broncho Billy earns the deep gratitute of Marion Rivers, who presents him with a Bible. Not long afterwards, she comes upon him as he is about to hold up the stage, but at sight of the girl he is overwhelmed with shame and taking out the little Bible promises her that he will live honorably. In the meantime, Marion's father holds up the stage at another point, and one of the stagecoach drivers, mounting a bareback pony, rides off for the sheriff. Broncho Billy sees Rivers get away with the money, and when he hears the sheriff and his men coming, for Marion's sake he goes to warn her father. To shield him, he takes the bags of money and rides away with the men after him. He leaves the money at the mile post with a note saying: "SAheriff, I'm through with Bear County, this stick-up was my last", and rides across the border. (Moving Picture World Synopsis)