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Bar K Foreman (1912)
Short | Short, Western

Bar K Foreman (1912)

Short | Short, Western

Jim Hoover, owner of Bar K ranch, goes to town to obtain money to pay the bands. Harding, the foreman, is left in charge and in an effort to do his duty he admonishes Thompson, a cowboy, for being drunk. Thompson provokes a quarrel with ...See moreJim Hoover, owner of Bar K ranch, goes to town to obtain money to pay the bands. Harding, the foreman, is left in charge and in an effort to do his duty he admonishes Thompson, a cowboy, for being drunk. Thompson provokes a quarrel with Harding, in which he is subdued. When the dinner bell is rung by Nellie Hoover, Thompson fails to appear, but as he frequently misses his meals, no notice is taken of his absence. Albert, Hoover's little son, is fond of firearms and frequently borrowed one of the cowboy's guns for target practice. Thinking perhaps Harding has left his gun in his room, Albert goes up and steals it out of the holster. He goes to a nearby tree, puts up a target, but falls to bit the mark, Thompson, who was passing, receives the bullet and drops to the ground mortally wounded. Albert sees what he has done and frantic with fear rushes back to the house and replaces the gun in its holster. After dinner Harding attending his duties on the ranch, finds Thompson's body. Several cowboys see him bending over the prostrate form. Believing that Harding was instrumental in causing Thompson's death. They examine his gun and find an empty cartridge. This is sufficient to convict him, they lock him up and telephone for the sheriff. That night, Nellie, who believes him innocent, decides to liberate him. After putting Albert to bed, she steals out, gets Harding's horse and pleads with him to escape. He accepts her assistance and gallops off just as the sheriff and deputies appear. They find him gone and give chase. Harding doubles in his track and the posse lose his trail. Riding back to the ranch with the intention of bidding farewell to Nellie, he finds the ranch house in flames and Nellie almost overcome. She tells him that Albert is still in his room and perhaps dead. Rushing into the house, he finds Albert unconscious on the floor. He carries him out, then rushes for assistance. He overtakes the posse as they are debating whether it is best to go on or turn back. He tells them of the fire. When they reach the house it is a mass of flames and burns to the ground. Albert recovers consciousness and when the sheriff is about to make Harding a prisoner, he confesses that he fired the shot and accidentally killed Thompson. Harding is released. He consoles Nellie with the thought, that some time they will have a finer house that will be all their own. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Edgar Jones Gale Harding - Bar K Foreman Gale Harding - Bar K Foreman See fewer	Lonesome Corners (1922)
Clara Williams Nellie - the Rancher's Daughter Nellie - the Rancher's Daughter See fewer	The Criminal (1916)
William H. Thompson Burton (as Bill Thompson) Burton (as Bill Thompson) See fewer	The Dividend (1916)
Albert Hackett Albert Hoover Albert Hoover See fewer	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)