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The Dawn of Understanding Synopsis

When Silas Prescott's wife dies on the journey out West, he sells his daughter Sue into marriage with local rancher Ira Beasley. Their life together is loveless and lonely until the circus comes to town. Sue is fascinated by wild-tempered acrobat Jim Wynd, and when he takes refuge in her barn after shooting a man in a gambling brawl, she takes care of him. The two are about to elope when the sheriff arrives. Jim tries to abduct Sue and escape but shoots the sheriff and is arrested. He finally is punished for his misdeeds, while Sue and Ira, having learned to love each other, begin a new life together.

Western Firebrands Synopsis

Victor Lanning is employed by eastern capitalist Richard Stanton to buy the Shasta Lumber Co. He conspires with Pete Carson to set forest fires so that he can purchase the company at a lower price and keep the remaining cash for himself. While investigating the fires that killed his cattle, Billy Fargo rescues Richard and his daughter, Mildred, from a train wreck. Victor becomes jealous of Mildred's attention to Billy, and hires a gang to kidnap her. Following Mildred's disappearance, Billy is informed of the plot by Victor's lover, a Native American girl named Red Feather. Billy rushes to Mildred's defense during a raging storm and defeats the kidnappers.