Broncho Billy and the Rustlers Child (1913)

David Morgan a cowpuncher is informed by Doctor Harding that the formers wife is in a serious condition and must be taken from the high altitude An Indian horse thief shows David a way to make some money easy That night the Indian and the cowpuncher steal two horses The Indian is captured by Broncho Billy the sheriff and squeals on Morgan Dorothy the cowpunchers child informs her father that a posse is coming up the road Morgan instructs his child to say nothing to the men concerning his whereabouts The cowpuncher crawls into the loft and pulls the ladder up after him Broncho Billy enters sees Morgans wife is in a critical condition and asks the child where her father is She tells him she does not know The sheriff hearing a sound above him is about to fire his revolver into the loft when the girl confesses that her father is above