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  • The Half-Breed's Atonement (1911)
  • Short | Short, Western
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The Half-Breed's Atonement (1911)
Short | Short, Western
Red Moon, a half-breed, lost all that the world held dear to him upon the death of his wife and boy. Tenderly he placed them in their rude graves beside his tepee and sat himself down to grieve and brood. Each glance at the simple crosses ...See moreRed Moon, a half-breed, lost all that the world held dear to him upon the death of his wife and boy. Tenderly he placed them in their rude graves beside his tepee and sat himself down to grieve and brood. Each glance at the simple crosses of boughs that marked the graves caused him to meditate upon the contempt of white and red men for the half-breed. For the love of those he had buried he had endured insult and isolation, but now he must face it alone, which made it doubly hard. His heart swelled with resentment against all men, for no man had ever given him a chance. He would go his way alone, nor beg, nor kneel to any man. Having no trade, he determined to become an outlaw and hate the world. Soon rewards were being offered for his capture, for Red Moon had become a daring desperado. One day he came to rob the sheriff's ranch while the owner was away. Just as the half-breed arrived he heard a shot. The sheriff's boy had accidentally shot and wounded himself seriously. Red Moon came to the scene. The sight of the grieving mother and the stricken lad reminded him of the dear ones he had laid away and his heart was touched. A doctor's aid would have saved his own boy and he did not hesitate, at the mother's pleading, to gallop away for a surgeon, regardless of his own safety. On his return with aid, Red Moon was arrested by the sheriff, who had also arrived. He was taking the half-breed away to prison when the boy's mother interceded for the unfortunate man. Hearing the story of privation, bereavement and final sacrifice for his own son, the sheriff tore up the offer of reward and took Red Moon to work for him. Thus did the social outcast, by a humane act, redeem himself and find a home and a son that he came to love as his own. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Sep 30, 1911
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Sep 30, 1911 (United States)

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