The Bargain
The BARGAIN
IN FIVE PARTS
Produced For
The Paramount Pictures Corp.
THOS.H.INCE
DIRECTOR
Copyright 1914 New York Motion Picture Corp.
Mr. WILLIAM S. HART,
as JIM STOKES,
the Two-Gun Man
Mr. J. FRANK BURKE,
as BUD WALSH,
The Sheriff
Miss CLARA WILLIAMS,
as NELL BRENT
Mr. J. BARNEY SHERRY,
as PHIL BRENT,
Nell's Father
Mr. JAMES DOWLING
as WILKES, the Minister
The West! The Land of Vast Golden Silences Where God Sits Enthroned on the Purple Peaks and Man Stands Face to Face With His Soul
PART ONE
JIM STOKES, THE TWO-GUN MAN
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
NO. 1.]
TERMS AND CONDITION ON WHICH MESSAGES ARE RECEIVED BY THIS COMPANY FOR TRANSMISSION:
The public are notified that, in order to guard against mistakes in the transmission or messages, every message of importance ought to be repeated, by being sent back from the station at which it is to be received, to the station from which it is oricinally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message; and while this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, beyond an amount exceeding five hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will it be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated messages from whatever cause they may arise, nor for delays arising from interruptions in the working of its Telegraphs, nor for any mistake or omission of any other Company, over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination. All messages will hereafter be received by this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.
A. STAGER Gen. Supt., Cleveland, Ohio
I. R. ELWOOD, Secy., Rochester, N. Y.
To Agent, Blue Rock, Ariz - 5-11-'89
Jim Stokes, the two-gun man, is believed to be headed for Mexico through your country—double guard stage until further notice.
Walter Dickenson, G.M.
Overland Express Co.
THE EXPRESS AGENT WARNS THE STAGE MESSENGER TO DOUBLE THE GUARD THAT ACCOMPANIES THE STAGE
Stage Station
Stage
Leaves for
El Tempo
Thursday & Saturday
4 P.M.
Boulder City
Wed 9 A.M.
OVERLAND EXPRESS CO.
BUD WALSH, SHERIFF OF COCHISE COUNTY
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
NO. 1.]
TERMS AND CONDITION ON WHICH MESSAGES ARE RECEIVED BY THIS COMPANY FOR TRANSMISSION:
The public are notified that, in order to guard against mistakes in the transmission or messages, every message of importance ought to be repeated, by being sent back from the station at which it is to be received, to the station from which it is oricinally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message; and while this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, beyond an amount exceeding five hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will it be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated messages from whatever cause they may arise, nor for delays arising from interruptions in the working of its Telegraphs, nor for any mistake or omission of any other Company, over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination. All messages will hereafter be received by this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.
A. STAGER Gen. Supt., Cleveland, Ohio
I. R. ELWOOD, Secy., Rochester, N. Y.
To Agent, Blue Rock, Ariz - 5-11-'89
Jim Stokes, the two-gun man, is believed to be headed for Mexico through your country—double guard stage until further notice.
Walter Dickenson, G.M.
Overland Express Co.
"SHOOT THE FIRST MAN THAT MAKES A HOSTILE MOVE"
"BOYS, KEEP THEM COVERED FOR FIVE MINUTES AND IF THEY MAKE A MOVE DURING THAT TIME, SHOOT TO KILL"
OVERLAND
EXPRESS C.
"SAY, CAP' AIN'T THE FIVE MINUTES ABOUT UP?"
THE RUSE DISCOVERED
"Stokes Don't Know this Country. We Can Take the Sheep's Trail Over Bald Mountain and Head Him off Before He Reaches the Border"
El Tempo 90MINUTES ☛
OVERLAND EXPRESS CO.
POST OFFICE
AN OVER-ANXIOUS DEPUTY SPOILS THE PLAN TO CAPTURE THE BANDIT
PART TWO
STOKES ESCAPES TO THE BAD LANDS
DAWN
PHIL BRENT, AN ARIZONA PROSPECTOR
"I WAS CHASED BY INDIANS AND ONE OF THEM GOT ME"
NELL BRENT, DAUGHTER OF THE PROSPECTOR
TWO WEEKS LATER
AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH
DESCRIPTION
Height, 6.2; Weight, 190 lbs; Eyes, Blue and very piercing; Hair, Dark Brown; Complexion, Fair; Muscular Build; Age, about 30
THE ABOVE REWARD WILL BE PAID FOR THE CAPTURE OF
JIM STOKES, BANDIT
BY THE SUPERVISORS OF COCHISE COUNTY
BUD WALSH, Sheriff
JIM STOKES, RECOVERED FROM HIS WOUND AND IN LOVE WITH HIS PRETTY NURSE, PROPOSES MARRIAGE
STOKES, DETERMINED TO REFORM, DECIDES TO SEND THE MONEY BACK TO THE EXPRESS OFFICE
REV. JOSHUA WILKES, CIRCUIT RIDER, VISITS HIS SCATTERED FLOCK
Overland
Express
Co.Blue Rock
Ariz.
"I RECKON WE'VE GOT A JOB FOR YOU, PARSON"
Overland
Express Co.
$100000,
EVENING
PART THREE
"COME IN, BOYS, YOU'RE JUST IN TIME FOR MY DAUGHTER'S WEDDING"
THE FOLLOWING DAY
TEX WHITE
SALOON.
"MY SUSPICIONS WERE RIGHT. THE STRANGER WHO MARRIED NELL BRENT IS THE BANDIT, JIM STOKES"
STOKES COMES TO TOWN TO SHIP THE STOLEN MONEY TO THE EXPRESS COMPANY
GUNS
Ammunition
HARDWARE
"NO, I PICKED THIS UP ON THE DESERT. IT'S THE BAG THAT CONTAINED THE MONEY WHICH THE BANDIT TOOK AT BLUE ROCK"
SHERIFF'S [OFFICE] COCHISE Co.
BUD WALSH, SHERIFF
STOKES, REALIZING THAT HE WILL BE PURSUED, HEADS FOR THE MEXICAN BORDER
"THE SHERIFF ORDERS HIS MEN TO FOLLOW THE HORSE, WHILE HE FOLLOW THE FOOTPRINTS"
Had to leave in a hurry—Will explain later. Be patient until you hear from me for your love means so much to me.
Jim.
STOKES TAKES THE STAGE TO EL TEMPO
Had to leave in a hurry—Will explain later. Be patient until you hear from me for your love means so much to me.
Jim.
"YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. YOUR SON-IN-LAW IS JIM STOKES, THE BANDIT"
"FOR GOD'S SAKE KEEP THIS NEWS FROM NELL. IT WOULD BREAK HER HEART"
"OH NOTHING NELL. THE BOYS WERE JUST PASSING BY AND DROPPED IN TO OFFER THEIR CONGRATULATIONS"
A PREMONITION OF IMPEDING DANGER
THE FOLLOWING EVENING
THE SHERIFF TRAILS STOKES TO EL TEMPO, THE BORDER TOWN
| DANCE HALL | BORDER REST SALOON AND GAMBLING HALL |
HOTEL |
THE BORDER REST SALOON AND GAMBLING HALL
ROULETTE
HAZARD
LIMIT
¢200 $ 2500
DRAW POWER
CRAPS
¢2500
DESCRIPTION
"HE'S A TWO-GUN MAN AND I'LL NEED HELP"
PART FOUR
[BO]RDER REST SALOON
AND
[GA]MBLING HALL
8
Overland
Express
Co.
Blue Rock
Ariz.
"WE'VE GOT THREE HOURS 'TILL STAGE TIME. I'M GOING TO WIRE BLUE ROCK WE'RE COMING"
7
6
TELEGRAPH
OFFICE
BUCK
THE
TIGER BOYS
TEMPTATION
A HALF HOUR LATER
BROKE
THE SHERIFF WAGERS THE LAST OF THE STOLEN MONEY IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER HIS LOSSES
"I'm a Bigger Thief Than You, Jom Stokes. I Got Into the Game Downstairs and Lost the Money You Stole From the Express Company"
"Sheriff, I'll Make a Bargain With You. You Turn Me Loose and I'll Get the Money Back For You or They'll Take Me Home in a Box"
PART FIVE
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
NO. 1.]
TERMS AND CONDITION ON WHICH MESSAGES ARE RECEIVED BY THIS COMPANY FOR TRANSMISSION:
The public are notified that, in order to guard against mistakes in the transmission or messages, every message of importance ought to be repeated, by being sent back from the station at which it is to be received, to the station from which it is oricinally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message; and while this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, beyond an amount exceeding five hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will it be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated messages from whatever cause they may arise, nor for delays arising from interruptions in the working of its Telegraphs, nor for any mistake or omission of any other Company, over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination. All messages will hereafter be received by this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.
A. STAGER Gen. Supt., Cleveland, Ohio
I. R. ELWOOD, Secy., Rochester, N. Y.
To Agent - Overland Exp. Co. - Blue Rock, Ariz.
Captured Stokes here this evening—Have money O.K. Leave for Blue Rock first train tomorrow.
Sheriff Walsh.
"THROW UP YOUR HANDS"
BORDER REST SALOON
AND
GAMBLING HALL
"THERE MAY BE A LITTLE MORE THAN YOU LOST, BUT I WAS IN A HURRY"
"SOME ONE HELP UP THE GAME DOWNSTAIRS AND WE THOUGHT YOUR MAN MIGHT HAVE GOT AWAY AND TURNED THE TRICK"
THE FOLLOWING MORNING
"I'LL GIVE YOU TWO HOURS START. GET YOUR WIFE AND CROSS THE BORDER. GOOD LUCK AND GOOD-BYE"
El Tempo 20M ☛
☚ BORDER 5 M
THE CONFESSION
"AND I'M JIM STOKES, THE TWO-GUN MAN"
THE SIGNAL
NO STAR IS LOST WE EVER ONCE HAVE SEEN;
WE ALWAYS MAY BE WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
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