The Hand of Destiny
Directed by Hal ClementsMr. and Mrs. Williams send their five-year-old daughter, Mary, to visit an aunt. Some days later Williams has trouble and is discharged from the railroad service. Unable to secure work, he gets into bad company and Buck Harris, a gang leader, proposes that they secure the fifty thousand dollars which is being shipped on train No, 7. Williams struggles with his conscience and finally agrees to join the rogues. They draw lots and it falls to Williams to set off a charge of dynamite which will wreck the train. It happens that little Mary becomes homesick and the aunt sends her back on No. 7. Unmindful of the fact that his child is on the train, Williams crouches, with his companions, near the trestle, prepared to set off the dynamite. Several unusual occurrences delay the train. Finally the desperadoes have an argument and Williams flatly refuses to take part in the affair. Buck sees that the train is rounding the curve and demands, with a revolver, that Williams fulfill his agreement. A deadly encounter takes place and the train dashes by in safety. When Williams reaches home, determined to lead an honest life, be is surprised to find his little daughter telling the mother of her visit. "I was perfectly safe all the way, mother," the little one is saying.
