In Honor Bound (1912)

The little Mexican girl was in love with the American engineer but the Mexican who loved her was vindictive and vain and so attempted to force his dagger into her throat Her cries were heard by an American tourist who at once came to her assistance and forced the Mexican from the shack He disappeared quickly and the girl never saw her benefactor Sometime later she and her American husband returned to the east He had succeeded comparatively but he soon took to gambling in stocks One day he informed his wife that his speculations were wiped out and even his house may have to be sold to meet his creditors demand The husband then noticed a newspaper item James Burden the MultiMillionaire interested in Charity Then the idea came it was daring it was wrong and he knew it but he was desperate He would call on the millionaire ask for a contribution and then copy his signature and forge a check