Joe Brooks was born a gentleman, but through a love affair went to the dogs and became a hanger-on around a low dive. While en route to the saloon, where he pays for his liquor by cleaning the floors, etc., he runs across Edna Fox, "the ...See moreJoe Brooks was born a gentleman, but through a love affair went to the dogs and became a hanger-on around a low dive. While en route to the saloon, where he pays for his liquor by cleaning the floors, etc., he runs across Edna Fox, "the girl" who had fainted and fallen to the street. He carries her to the saloon, gives her liquor, and she revives. There Edna is insulted by a drunken cowboy. Joe has enough manhood in him to protect her, and becomes a fugitive from justice taking the girl with him. He, with his muddled brain, wanders into the desert, followed by the sheriff. The girl goes also and he puts her down. A sand-storm comes up and they lose their way. The sheriff also loses the trail and succumbs to the fate of those who are lost in the desert. Brooks becomes delirious. The spirit and tenacity of the girl saves him. She actually, through physical violence, compels him to raise up after falling to the ground. With their parched throats and the sand blinding them, they finally both collapse and sink to the sands unconscious, where they are discovered the next morning by a prospector and his wife, who pick them up, minister to them and save their lives. Out of this ordeal is born a new life unto both. Written by
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