The Pony Express Rider

• 1916
• Other, Action & Adventure

Tom Orbig, a cowpuncher, who has escaped from jail, and for whom reward notices have been posted, gets the position of Pony Express rider when Jim Blake is discharged. A strong friendship between Ed Wilson, foreman of the Diamond Circle Ranch, and Tom Orbig develops, after Blake tries to shoot Tom. Ed Wilson is in love with Grace Miller. Tom and the cowboys attend a dance given in her honor, and that evening Jim Blake, the discharged rider, forces his attentions on her. Grace tells Ed Wilson and Tom of this incident, and the two men make Blake apologize to the girl. Happy Jack, a cowpuncher, presents Grace a bouquet of flowers. Wilson becomes angry and the two come to blows. The next day Happy Jack's revolver is accidentally discharged and he is killed. Wilson, arriving at Happy Jack's cabin to apologize, finds the man dead. Jim Blake appears, charges Wilson with killing Happy Jack and Wilson is turned over to the sheriff as a murderer. A week later Happy Jack's pal finds a note in the corner of the cabin, which Jack had written before dying, saying that the gun had gone off accidentally. The pal starts out to clear Wilson of the crime. Jim Blake and his confederates plot to get Wilson, break into jail, overpower him and take him to the hills to hang him. Grace Miller, who has overheard the plotting, finds Tom Orbig, and Tom, in a desperate ride, arrives at the scene of hanging just in time to save Wilson's life. Blake, proven guilty of falsifying, is placed in jail.