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The Timber Wolf Synopsis
Bruce Standing, known as The Timber Wolf, puts up a grubstake for Joe Terry, an old prospector in search of gold. Joe finds a rich lode, and Babe Deveril, a scoundrel who wants Joe's claim, has him jailed and beaten by the sheriff in an attempt to discover the mine's location. When Joe won't talk, Deveril orders his release from jail and forces Reenee Brooks to use her feminine wiles in another attempt to learn the mine's location. Bruce discovers this plot; after thrashing Deveril, he abducts Reenee and takes her to his cabin. Reenee gradually comes to love and respect Bruce, and he breaks up the Deveril gang.
The Range Boss Synopsis
Out of the elite and civilized east into the rough and primitive west there comes a little party which judged the desert must be larger than all New York, and their trail a little longer than the Gay White Way. Ruth Harkness, who has inherited the Flying W ranch from a relative, heads the timid little band. A prim and conventional aunt and uncle and Willard Masten, her fiancé, all dolled up according to his Fifth Avenue tailors ideas of the west, accompany her. Headlong the little party plunges into the meshes of a conspiracy of two cowboys to mulct the girl of her holdings. Rex Randerson, a happy-go-lucky ranger with a clear-gray eye, steps in to frustrate the plot, and incidentally falls in love with Ruth. This enrages Masten, who joins the conspirators and extends their plot to include Randerson's death. The girl and the ranger are caught in their "death trap'' and count themselves lost, but the fearlessness of Rex in a single-handed battle with the villains saves the day. Ruth thanks him by consenting to become his bride, and an old-fashioned cowboy wedding ends the dark adventure.
"The Timber Wolf" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "The Range Boss" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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The Timber Wolf