Call of the Mate

In a tale of star-crossed lovers and redemption, a dance-hall girl, beset by circumstance and bearing an illegitimate child, finds herself enamored with a cowhand, embodying the quintessential dichotomy of a fallen woman's ardor for a virtuous man. When a malicious gambler targets the cowhand, the dance-hall girl selflessly intervenes, absorbing a considerable amount of harm. On her deathbed, she entreats the cowhand to marry her and provide a surname for her child, leading to a hasty union. However, in a twist of fate, she unexpectedly recuperates, precipitating a moral quandary for the cowhand, who harbors feelings for another woman. The narrative takes a darker turn with the dance-hall girl's eventual murder, followed by the cowhand's wrongful accusation. Ultimately, he exonerates himself by revealing the gambler's culpability, driven by malice. The cowhand then reunites with his original love interest and weds her, navigating the obstacles posed by her disapproving family members.