Hearts and Saddles

• 1917
• Other, Comedy, Action & Adventure

Out in the land where the cactus flourishes there dwelt a sweet young girl whose father owned a ranch. Two of father's cowboys fell in love with her. One of them bought her a box of flowers and the other substituted a pair of corsets for the bouquet, so that when the presentation was made, the presenter was forthwith out of the running. The fight that followed resulted in the discharge of the rivals. One got a job as bartender and bouncer in a saloon. He was unsuccessful as a bartender for his first ambition seemed to be to decorate the bar and those who had been admitted thereto with a fresco of "Tom and Jerry." Then a keg of beer got beyond his control and nearly drowned fourteen regular saloon attendants. So he was discharged. He entered a stage driving contest in which his competitor was his rival for the hand of the ranch owner's daughter. At the same time the two leading burglars of the town stole $10,000 from the express office and secreted themselves in his stagecoach. The race started, the sagebrush lover inadvertently driving off with his sweetheart's father tied by the feet to the rear axle. This piece of villainy was pulled by the narrow-gauge express agent. After both coaches had been wrecked, the sagebrush lover was declared the winner. The bandits were captured and the express agent was foiled.