Summary
A sin-drenched phoenix named Cherry Millard—alias The Siren—flees the blood she incited, trading smoky cabarets for a sawdust saloon in the ore-bleached hamlet of Nugget. Beneath its kerosene glare she spins deceit like taffy: posing as the lost heiress Rose Langdon to siphon a testament’s twenty-five grand while a love-blighted emissary, Burt Hall, ferries the parchment westward. Yet every falsified smile is shadowed by The Stranger, the jail-unshackled revenant who once murdered for her favors; when he recognizes the pulse beneath the powder, he reclaims her with a single gun-crack, then trudges moon-mad into the alkali void, chasing the mirage of her song forever.
Synopsis
After being unfaithful to "The Stranger", who committed a murder on her account, Cherry Millard, known as "The Siren", leaves to work in a dance hall in the Western town of Nugget. When Burt Hall arrives in town to deliver a will to the heirs of Bruce McClade, he is captivated by Cherry, who learns of Burt's mission. Discovering that the will dictates that Dr. Langdon, a friend of the family, is to receive $25,000, Cherry decides to impersonate Langdon's daughter Rose and thus gain possession of the money. In the meantime, The Stranger, who has been freed from jail, returns, recognizes Cherry as The Siren and kills her. This frees Burt from her evil spell, and The Stranger, now insane, follows The Siren's spirit into the desert.
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