The Bargain

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              The BARGAIN
             IN FIVE PARTS
              Produced for 
      The PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP.
         _____________________
             THOS. H. INCE
                DIRECTOR
Copyright 1914 New York Motion Picture Corp.

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Mr. WILLIAM S. HART,

   as JIM STOKES,

  the Two-Gun Man

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Mr. J. FRANK BURKE,

   as BUD WALSH,

   the Sheriff

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Miss CLARA WILLIAMS,

  as NELL BRENT

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Mr. J. BARNEY SHERRY,

   as PHIL BRENT,

   Nell's Father

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   Mr. JAMES DOWLING

as WILKES, the Minister

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 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

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JIM STOKES, THE
  TWO-GUN MAN

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THE EXPRESS AGENT WARNS
THE STAGE MESSENGER TO
DOUBLE THE GUARD THAT
ACCOMPANIES THE STAGE

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BUD WALSH, SHERIFF
OF COCHISE COUNTY

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"SHOOT THE FIRST MAN THAT
  MAKES A HOSTILE MOVE"

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 "BOYS, KEEP THEM COVERED
FOR FIVE MINUTES AND IF THEY
 MAKE A MOVE DURING THAT
  TIME, SHOOT TO KILL"

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"SAY, CAP' AIN'T THE FIVE
   MINUTES ABOUT UP?"

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THE RUSE DISCOVERED

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"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"

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AN OVER-ANXIOUS DEPUTY
 SPOILS THE PLAN TO
 CAPTURE THE BANDIT

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STOKES ESCAPES TO 
 THE BAD LANDS

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DAWN

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PHIL BRENT, AN ARIZONA
      PROSPECTOR

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"I WAS CHASED BY INDIANS
 AND ONE OF THEM GOT ME"

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NELL BRENT, DAUGHTER 
 OF THE PROSPECTOR

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   TWO WEEKS LATER
   _______________

AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL 
       SEARCH

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JIM STOKES, RECOVERED FROM
HIS WOUND AND IN LOVE WITH
HIS PRETTY NURSE, PROPOSES
         MARRIAGE

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 STOKES, DETERMINED TO 
REFORM, DECIDES TO SEND
 THE MONEY BACK TO THE
    EXPRESS OFFICE

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   REV. JOSHUA WILKES,
CIRCUIT RIDER, VISITS HIS
    SCATTERED FLOCK

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    PART THREE 
OF THIS PICTURE WILL
  BE SHOWN IN ONE 
      MINUTE

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"I RECKON WE'VE GOT A
 JOB FOR YOU, PARSON"

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EVENING

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"COME IN, BOYS, YOU'RE
 JUST IN TIME FOR MY 
 DAUGHTER'S WEDDING"

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THE FOLLOWING DAY

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"MY SUSPICIONS WERE RIGHT.
THE STRANGER WHO MARRIED
NELL BRENT IS THE BANDIT,
       JIM STOKES"

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STOKES COMES TO TOWN TO
SHIP THE STOLEN MONEY TO
  THE EXPRESS COMPANY

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"NO, I PICKED THIS UP ON
THE DESERT. IT'S THE BAG
THAT CONTAINED THE MONEY
 WHICH THE BANDIT TOOK 
    AT BLUE ROCK"

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 STOKES, REALIZING THAT HE
WILL BE PURSUED, HEADS FOR
   THE MEXICAN BORDER

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"THE SHERIFF ORDERS HIS
MEN TO FOLLOW THE HORSE,
 WHILE HE FOLLOWS THE
      FOOTPRINTS"

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STOKES TAKES THE STAGE 
     TO EL TEMPO

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"YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
  YOUR SON-IN-LAW IS 
JIM STOKES, THE BANDIT"

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"FOR GOD'S SAKE KEEP THIS
NEWS FROM NELL. IT WOULD
    BREAK HER HEART"

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"OH NOTHING NELL. THE BOYS
 WERE JUST PASSING BY AND
 DROPPED IN TO OFFER THEIR
     CONGRATULATIONS"

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A PREMONITION OF 
IMPENDING DANGER

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 THE FOLLOWING EVENING
     _____________

THE SHERIFF TRAILS STOKES
TO EL TEMPO, THE BORDER 
          TOWN

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THE BORDER REST SALOON 
  AND GAMBLING HALL

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"HE'S A TWO-GUN MAN
 AND I'LL NEED HELP"

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  "WE'VE GOT THREE HOURS 
'TILL STAGE TIME. I'M GOING 
    TO WIRE BLUE ROCK 
       WE'RE COMING"

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     PART FIVE 
OF THIS PICTURE WILL
  BE SHOWN IN ONE 
      MINUTE

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              The BARGAIN
                PART FIVE 
              Produced for 
      The PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP.
         _____________________
             THOS. H. INCE
                DIRECTOR
Copyright 1914 New York Motion Picture Corp.

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TEMPTATION

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A HALF HOUR LATER
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      BROKE

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 THE SHERIFF WAGERS THE 
LAST OF THE STOLEN MONEY
IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER 
      HIS LOSSES

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 "I'm a Bigger Thief Than You,
Jim Stokes. I Got Into the Game
 Downstairs and Lost the Money
 You Stole From the Express
          Company"

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"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"

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"THROW UP YOUR HANDS"

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STOKES DOUBLES ON HIS 
TRAIL AND STARTS BACK 
    TOWARD TOWN

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"THERE MAY BE A LITTLE 
MORE THAN YOU LOST, BUT
   I WAS IN A HURRY"

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"SOME ONE HELD UP THE 
GAME DOWNSTAIRS AND WE 
THOUGHT YOUR MAN MIGHT
  HAVE GOT AWAY AND
  TURNED THE TRICK"

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THE FOLLOWING MORNING

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"I'LL GIVE YOU TWO HOURS
START. GET YOUR WIFE AND 
 CROSS THE BORDER. GOOD
   LUCK AND GOOD-BYE."

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THE CONFESSION

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"AND I'M JIM STOKES,
  THE TWO-GUN MAN"

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THE SIGNAL

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NO STAR IS LOST WE
   EVER ONCE HAVE SEEN;
WE ALWAYS MAY BE WHAT
    WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN.