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That Devil, Bateese Synopsis
After her romance with Martin Stuart shatters, Kathleen St. John leaves Montreal for the little village of Montrouge, where she plans to teach school. Kathleen loses her way between the station and the village and is attacked in the woods by the town bully, Louis Courteau. Seeing a pretty woman in distress, Bateese Latour, a warmhearted lumberjack whose drunken temper tantrums have earned him the sobriquet "That devil, Bateese," beats off her attacker. A short time later, Bateese falls in love with Kathleen, and promising to abandon his drinking, he carries her off and marries her. When Martin comes to Montrouge, however, Bateese becomes convinced that Kathleen still loves her former sweetheart and paddles away in his canoe, intending to let the falls carry him to his death. Louis's sister, a pathetic creature who is still clad in the wedding dress she wore when her groom deserted her, recognizes Martin as her long-lost lover, whereupon Kathleen rushes out to find Bateese. Hurt, but still alive on the bank below the waterfall, Bateese returns home with his wife.
Captain of the Gray Horse Troop Synopsis
Captain George Curtis is sent from Washington, D.C. to improve conditions on an Indian reservation. After ousting a prejudiced government agent, George earns both the allegiance of the Indians and the hostility of neighboring cattlemen, who hope to appropriate the reservation through political corruption. George also falls in love with Elsie, the daughter of ex-Senator Brisbaine, a sworn enemy of the tribe. When the murder of a white rancher by an Indian incites an attack on the reservation, George marches his Gray Horse Troops into town to quell the violence. He then captures the perpetrator and assures the ranchers that the incident was isolated. Although they demand revenge on the entire tribe, George maintains the peace, and wins Elsie's love.
"Captain of the Gray Horse Troop" is currently leading in ratings, making it a stronger choice for newcomers to the genre.
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That Devil, Bateese