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The Return (II) (1916)
Short | Short, Western

The Return (II) (1916)

Short | Short, Western

In a small western town, Melville has long been the express agent. His son, Frank, who acts as clerk in the office, is one day out hunting when he meets Mary, whose father earns a scanty living from his bees. Mary tells that her father ...See moreIn a small western town, Melville has long been the express agent. His son, Frank, who acts as clerk in the office, is one day out hunting when he meets Mary, whose father earns a scanty living from his bees. Mary tells that her father will not allow her to see any man other than Bert, who some day she is supposed to marry. She adds that she detests Bert, and is willing to meet Frank. As the months go by, Frank and Mary meet almost daily. Their love develops and when Frank proposes marriage, Mary accepts him. Melville's greatest ambition is that his son shall have a college education. He confides to his wife that he needs but $200 more before he breaks the news to Frank, and his reference to the money is overheard by Frank, who is puzzled by it. Addison, the sheriff, an old friend of Melville, has a dog that has a habit of burying any object that it finds. One day, as Melville is checking up, and a bundle of currency falls, unnoticed to the floor, the dog picks it up and buries it under the building. The auditor arrives, and Melville learns that he is $200 short. Frank recalls his father's statement that he needs $200, and convinced that his father has taken the money, determines to save him. He leaves a note, stating that he is the guilty party, and that he will return again when he is able to make good the loss. This done, Frank rides into the foothills and there finds work with an old miner. Melville makes good the loss to the auditor, who promises that the matter will go no further. Having saved up $200 by hard work, Frank returns home. But Addison's dog again comes into the limelight when he carries a ball under the office, and going after it, the small boy owner of the ball brings out not only the ball, but the missing currency. Addison recalls that on the day the money was found to be missing, that his dog had been burying something under the building. Frank, upon arriving, hands the money to his father, only to learn that the currency has been found, and that it was unquestionably the dog that took it. As Frank is hurrying out to see Mary, she is in her cabin with a revolver in her hand, and outside the cabin, Bert, her rejected lover, is endeavoring to break in. Frank rides up just as Bert is about to enter. Bert flees, and Frank hearing Mary's call for help, dashes toward the cabin. Inside, thinking that it is Bert entering, Mary fires and then starts back in horror. Her bullet has gone true, and Frank lies stretched out on the floor. She has killed him. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Art Acord Frank Melville Frank Melville See fewer	Set Free (1927)
Molly Shafer Mrs. Melville - Frank's Mother Mrs. Melville - Frank's Mother See fewer	Purity (1916)
Clarence Burton Mr. Melville - Frank's Father Mr. Melville - Frank's Father See fewer	The Crimson Challenge (1922)
Nita Davis Mary - Jim's Daughter Mary - Jim's Daughter See fewer	The Madonna of the Night (1916)
William S. Hooser Jim - a Beekeeper (as William Hooser) Jim - a Beekeeper (as William Hooser) See fewer	The Highest Bid (1916)
Lawrence Peyton Bert - Jim's Helper Bert - Jim's Helper See fewer	Martin Eden (1914)
Otto Nelson Sheriff Addison Sheriff Addison See fewer	Black Oxen (1923)