Jordan Is a Hard Road

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Campeau has committed a stage hold-up with the assistance of his pals. He is in danger of arrest and his wife is dying. He gives their infant daughter to the care of a religious woman named Findley, who has a worthless brother-in-law. Campeau's wife dies and he is sent to jail. Then follow numerous crimes and arrests. He meets a former companion who has married and settled down with wife and child. It reminds him of his little girl. He finds his daughter has grown up to be a beautiful young girl, played by Dorothy Gish. He settles in Askatoon, the town where Mrs. Findley and his daughter live. He deposits a large sum of money in the bank and becomes a respected citizen. He hears his daughter sinking and playing at a camp meeting and is converted. He transforms the village inn into a temperance hotel and puts Mrs. Findley and the daughter in charge and lives with them. The girl becomes attached to him, believing that he is the friend of his father. Owen Moore, as Mark Sheldon, an Englishman seeking a fortune in mining, comes to Askatoon. Miss Gish likes him, but is disappointed to find that he is engaged to the Lady Alicia. Campeau thinks that the young fellow only needs wealth in order to marry his daughter and offers to put in $50,000 in Moore's mine. Some bandits break into the bank, where Campeau's money is deposited. He finds out from a station agent that a large sum of money is going through on a train at a nearby station. He helps to steal the box containing it, is mortally wounded but makes his escape with the treasure to Askatoon. He fires a shot and Moore and Miss Gish rush on the scene. He tells that he has accidentally shot himself while cleaning his gun. They believe him. He also turns the money over to Moore before he dies. He thus conceals from his daughter his sacrifice and also his identity. Moore is in love with Miss Gish, who had won his while nursing him through an illness due to being shot at by the mounted police as a suspected horse thief.