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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.

Man's Plaything Synopsis

While working as a flower girl in Devlin Maddox's nightclub, Nellie Vaughan meets wealthy young Pelton Van Teel and falls in love. Maddox, desirous of using Nellie to blackmail Van Teel, spreads a rumor that she is his mistress. This makes Nellie uncomfortable, and she demands that Van Teel marry her immediately, to which he agrees. Meanwhile, Van Teel has been losing money gambling to Maddox, who threatens to break up the marriage by producing a worthless check that the young husband has written. Venturing to Maddox's apartment for a showdown, Nellie pulls a gun and demands the check, accidentally shooting Maddox when he throws a lamp at her. Maddox plans to charge Nellie with assault, but when the police arrive, his butler, actually a detective employed by the elder Van Teel, exposes Maddox, who is then arrested, clearing the path for the couple's happiness.