A Selig melodrama which has in it the spirit and dash which characterize most of the Selig pictures. The storekeeper's daughter rejects the schoolmaster who has been her devoted lover, and runs away, with a drummer, who plans to deceive her with a fake marriage ceremony. There is the accompaniment of a sheriff's posse in pursuit, an attempted drowning of the schoolmaster by the drummer with a real melodramatic plunge of the girl from a bridge to rescue him, and finally an acceptance of an engagement ring from the schoolmaster with a wedding to follow, presumably. It is a very lively and interesting story, with sufficient melodrama to keep the audience keyed up. Like all vigorous melodramas the picture rewards virtue and punishes wickedness, an important consideration in dramas for the masses. Photographically the film is a good one. The values of the picture are nearly all correctly rendered, and the maker of the positive has done his work well. It is a satisfactory picture and should be popular. - The Moving Picture World, October 2, 1909
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