The Argonauts

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In a lonely spot near the grave of their mother, Bob and Betty condole in silence with each other over the loss of the one sure friend they had in the world. Soon back in their little home Bob reads an article in the paper about the wild excitement in the Sierras over gold and makes up his mind to go. Sister Betty decides to don boy's clothes and go, too. They are seen boarding a Sacramento River steamer in San Francisco Bay, being watched by gamblers who lay in wait for a prospective victim to board the boat. While Bob and his little brother (?) Betty are enjoying the breezes of the deck they are approached by Wilson, one of the card sharks, and are invited to the bar-room for a drink, much to the displeasure of Betty, who only accepted in order that she might not direct any suspicion or discovery that she was Bob's sister and not his brother. A card game is proposed, and, as previously arranged between the gamblers, a marked deck is used. The game ends in Bob being wounded by Morton, one of the designing gamblers. Betty faints in the excitement and in their effort to revive her James Wadsworth, who had proposed the game, discovers her sex and summons one of the ship's matrons to care for her. Bob's wound is dressed and found not serious. Wadsworth learns the young girl is Bob's sister. As she appears in girl's attire she is introduced to him and a new light dawns. The cards are thrown away and he decides upon a better life. The arrival at the camp, the stage office, and their departure on the last leg of their journey. Arriving at the end of their trip the search for gold is on in earnest. At last they succeed in locating a find on Rocky Hill, where operations are begun and as time quickly passes the friendship of new-made friends ripens into love and Wadsworth secures the consent of Bob to wed Betty.