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The Fighting Ranger Synopsis
Fifteen years before the story opens, John Marshall, a prosperous cattle raiser, had shot a man. He knows the act justifiable, but because of the political influence of his victim he felt that his only recourse is to flee. Taking his little daughter he hides himself in a fastness of the mountains that constitute part of his great ranch. The only man he trusts in the outside world is "Topaz" Taggart, a political boss and all-around tricky citizen, who really is trying to get Marshall's ranch because of knowledge that on it is buried a fabulous treasure guarded by an aged Yaqui, last of his tribe. "Bud" Hughes, one-time aviator now a tramp, has attached himself to Marshall's hiding place personnel which included also, Miguel, a faithful Mexican. Into the hiding place there drops one day Terrence O'Rourke, a forest ranger with a double mission, who because of a wound, had lost control of his aeroplane. Marshall's daughter, Mary, grown to young womanhood nurses the young man back to health and from then on he becomes her father's and her protector in a long series of disheartening experiences at the hands of Taggart and his tools.
Into the Light Synopsis
A simple country girl, brutally mistreated by her stepfather, awakens first the sympathy, then the love, of The Boy. The Spider, who lusts after The Girl, makes a bargain with the stepfather and takes her to the city where, kept prisoner, she is soon broken in health and spirit. Cast out and near death, she is taken in by The Boy. Following the demise of The Spider, The Boy takes her to church, where he prays, and after many hours she is restored to health.
"The Fighting Ranger" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "Into the Light" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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