The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-07-26
A M u S. E M E N T S
WILLIAM S. HART IN
1.-THE TOLL GATE AT THE
CASINO NEXT WEEK
William S. Hart a Bandit Chief
Who Reforms in a Powerful New
New Paramount Aircraft Pho
to play, 'The Toll Gate

The Sheriff. Jack RICHARDSON
Jordan. ...........,.J Joseph Singleton
1.-THE Little FeIIer". .................
iDLACK Deering, chief of band Of
raiders and outlaws, whose base
of operations is in the big southwest,
finds the safety of his men and him.
self endangered by the activity Of the
ranchers, legal officers and citizen,
ery who are seeking to run them
down. He senses a catastrophe and
urges his men to disband and quit
the country. The sentiment is re-
ceived with favor by all but his lieu
tenant Jordan, and his partisans who
insist that they engage in one more
holdup of mail train, after which
they will disband, each man with a
worth while stake.
This plan is agreed to, despite the
opposition of Deering, and the bandits
gather at the appointed time and hold
up mail train. Before the robbers
can secure their booty, a detachment
of cavalrymen on tn etrain opens fire
and after killing or wounding ma
jority, dispense the remainder of the
band. Deering is captured and held
captive in the express car where he
makes the bitter discovery that the
band has been betrayed by Jordan for
a price. Deering seeks in vain to
wreak vengeance upon his faithless
lieutenant, who, after receiving his
reward, vanishes.
Deering is recognized by the Major
in command of the cavalrymen as a
cowboy who had saved him and sew
eral others in Fort sometime previ-
ously by warning him of an impend-
ing Indian attack. To show his graf
titude, he permits Deering to roll of
the train while the cavalrymen are
shooting craps. The bandit releases
himself and obtaining a horse, starts
for the south
Reaching the town of RincOn. made
poi the scourings of the frontier.
Deering learns that Jordan has op-
ened cantina with the proceeds of
his treachery. He sets fire to Jor-
dams place and in the excitement,
holds up the roughs gathered in the
Ace, a notorious saloon, which he
also sets afire by smashing an oil
lamp. He then starts for the border,
but not until he is compelled to kill
two of Jordan's Mexicans who seek
to Stay him. Jordan organizes a posse
OF Mexicans and with the Sheriff,
starts in pursuit of the fleeing man
On gaining high bluff overlooking
the river, Deering sees small cabin
on the opposite shore. Mary Brown
lives there with her little son known
as the little Teller. Deering oh.
serves the child as he falls into the
river, whereupon Deering leaps from
the height into the water and after
rescuing the child, returns him to his
anxious mother. She invites him into
the cabin whittier he is traced bv the
posse. Deering is unknown to the
Sheriff and when he SAYS he is a
squatter, the officer is unable to deny
/ it.
BY accident Deering makes the
discovery that Mary Brown is the de.
serted wife of Jordan, and the i'm.
pulse seizes him to be tray her and
revenge himself upon her husband.
But the square streak within him pre.
vented this act, and donning his out
law clothes which he had discarded
for that of squatter, he reveals his
identity to the Sheriff and surrenders
himself.
1t is learned that Jordan and ibis
Mexicans have surrounded some of
the Sheriff's men and that they were
to be slain at daylight. Deering asks
the privilege of serving against Jor-
dan and by his aid the Mexicans are
routed and Jordan slain by Deering
himself, For his cooperation, the
Sheriff gives Deering his liberty on
condition that h remain south of the
line, to which he agrees.
Meanwhile, Mary has come to love
Deering and she begs tina the take her
and "the little Teller" with him. He
realizes now tina the is unfit to EN-.
bark on the greatest adventure known
to mantle love of noble woman
He tells her softly that she must on
to her own in the north while he must
, enter the great solitude to the south.
ward. And as the posse starts north
with the woman he loves, he begins
his solitary pilgrimage in a new en-.
vironment, sustained by the reflection
that be is man who has done his
best,