Summary
In the sun-bleached desolation of the American frontier, Overland Red—a nomadic prospector whose rugged exterior masks a complex moral compass—navigates a landscape of greed and fortuitous discovery alongside his youthful protégé, Collie. Their peregrination takes a harrowing turn when they encounter a moribund miner, whose final gasps yield a topographical secret of immense wealth: a map to a hidden vein and a cache of gold dust. This windfall attracts the predatory gaze of Silent Saunders, a corrupt lawman whose badge serves as a thin veneer for his avarice. Accused of a homicide he did not commit, Red must outmaneuver a lynch mob and a rigged justice system. The narrative arc, bolstered by the intervention of the spirited Louise Alacarme, transforms from a desperate flight into a journey of genealogical revelation. As the dust settles, the lineage of the deceased miner intertwines with Louise’s own history, culminating in a restoration of justice where the disenfranchised tramp ascends to a position of corporate stewardship, and the young Collie finds both love and legacy.
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Overland Red, a tramp prospector, and Collie, the boy he has befriended, stumble across an aged miner in the last stages of starvation, whose pockets reveal the map of a secret mine and a bag of gold dust. Silent Saunders, the unscrupulous sheriff of a nearby town, and his gang arrive just after Red has buried the gold and the map. Believing that Red knows the location of the mine, Saunders charges him with the murder of the old man. With the aid of Louise Alacarme, the daughter of a neighboring rancher, Red and Collie escape from jail. After a series of misadventures, Red discovers that the old miner was Louise's uncle who had left the mine to his niece. The mine is restored to Louise who marries Collie and appoints Red president of the mining company.
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