Kentucky Foes (1913) Online

Kentucky Foes (1913) Online

A feud exists between the houses of Amsden and Nelson. Fred, the only son of Amsden, desiring to procure some property owned by Nelson, writes him a note of truce, which old man Nelson promptly returns torn to bits. Fred has a far more bitter disappointment in store when Dorothy Lewis refuses his love and accepts that of Andy Nelson, a braggart and imbiber. Next day, Dorothy scrambling around the rocks near Amsden's estate, sees her lover approaching. Spying her, Andy goes to her and she sees to her indignation that he is intoxicated. She repulses him, but he persistently endeavors to embrace her, until, with raging spirit, she pushes him over the rocky incline. Fred Amsden, on his way home from the fields, hears her screams. She tells him frantically she has killed Andy Nelson. Desiring to shield the girl he loves, Fred drags the lifeless form toward some nearby bushes and is seen by the youngest Nelson boy, Tom. So while Fred is overtaking Dorothy and half carrying her to his house,...