Edna Benson is left an orphan in an eastern city. She finds herself nearly penniless. John Benson, her uncle, who owns a desert ranch, writes her to come west and encloses her expense money... See full summary
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Edna Benson is left an orphan in an eastern city. She finds herself nearly penniless. John Benson, her uncle, who owns a desert ranch, writes her to come west and encloses her expense money. Benson's ranch lies some ten miles from the railroad through a desert country. On the morning of Edna's expected arrival Benson drives over. The girl has missed her train. The night previous the citizens of Mesa, a small desert town some thirty miles from Benson's ranch, have grown tired of a series of shooting affrays and have organized a vigilance committee. Corse Hazard, a crooked gambler, kills one of his customers in a fair fight, and immediately the vigilantes warn Corse to leave town, giving him twenty-four hours to make preparations. Corse Hazard leaves Mesa outfitted for the desert the same morning that Edna misses her train at the junction. He steers a leisurely course for another mining camp beyond the Benson ranch. Edna reaches Cerro at five o'clock in the evening. The train crew try ...
| Cast overview: | |||
 | Nona Thomas | - | Edna Benson |
| James McLaughlin | - | Jim Brandon (as J.W. McLaughlin) |
 | Bob Kortman | - | Corse Hazard (as Robert Kortman) |
| Walt Whitman | - | John Benson - Edna's Uncle |
| J.P. Lockney | - | The Sheriff |