Over Silent Paths (1910)

In the heart of the American west a miner toils day after day at his rocker box while his young daughter keeps his camp His daughter persuades him to return to civilization where they may enjoy the fruits of their labor Both are happy in the anticipation of what seems a bright future While shes away a desert wanderer appears at the camp and at the sight of the old man weighing his gold is seized with cupidity He himself had toiled long in the wilds but with no success so he demands that the old man divide his gains with him This of course the miner decries and the wanderer uses force to obtain the old mans gold The wanderer collapses in the desert only to be rescued by a certain young woman the miners daughter