Reconciled in Blood
Directed by Edward LeSaintJim Claiborne and Nat Hawkins, Kentucky mountaineers, are heads of clans who have been at war with each other. They meet in the village on market day, and Hawkins takes a shot at Claiborne, but his gun-hand is knocked up by Mrs. Claiborne; so, Hawkins leaves, swearing "to get" Claiborne. When the families return to their mountain cabins, each starts out on a man-hunt for the other. Hawkins intends to ambush Claiborne, but when Mrs. Claiborne sees his grim face at the cabin window, she quickly sends a note by her small boy to the revenue officers, telling them that Hawkins, a moonshiner, is in the neighborhood. The woman then uses her wits to detain the unwelcome visitor as long as possible in the hopes that the officers will arrive. The boy delivers the message but the strenuous ride is too much for him, and he falls from his horse of heart failure. Hawkins sees him fall and carries him in. Then he rushes for a doctor and brings him. The latter declares that the only hope for the child's life is a transfusion of blood. The poor mother is too weak to submit to such a strain. Thereupon Hawkins offers his own veins and gives up his blood so the child of his mortal enemy might live. Mrs. Claiborne is now filled with regret and remorse at having given information to the officers. Claiborne walks in and is about to shoot Hawkins when his wife interposes and tells him the sacrifice Hawkins has endured. Claiborne accepts his hand in forgiveness and the feudists are reconciled.
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