在这部The Taming of Lucy爱情/短片片中,
Lucy Spalding had just heard from her brother Clayton that, unable to meet his gambling debts and threatened with expulsion from the club, he had \"borrowed\" some securities from the bank in which he was employed, and raised a loan on them. The bank has discovered its loss, and given Clayton, in consideration of his position in society, twenty-four hours to replace the bonds. Clayton came to Lucy and asked for a loan and Lucy turned to her dearest friend, Mary Brown, in whose country house she was a guest. Among the house party was Mrs. Brown's brother, John Damer, a ranch owner from the West, who had fallen in love with Lucy, and longed to take her back to his ranch in Wyoming. He overheard her appeal to Mrs. Brown, and begged her to refuse Lucy's request, seeing the opportunity he had been looking for. Lucy was desperate when she heard that Mrs. Brown must refuse to help her. The temptation to accept the hand of the rich Westerner was too great. She did not love him, but she saw an opportunity to save her brother. She told him that she did not care for him. They set out, after a hurried wedding, Clayton accompanying them, for Wyoming. The place struck Lucy as dreary in the extreme. Meals for all the ranch hands were under her charge, and she had to supervise the Chinese cook, who resented her interference. Lucy had almost made up her mind to leave the place when her birthday came. But when her birthday came her husband gave her a horse and the boys presented her with the saddle for it. She set off for a ride with them. When they arrived at the saloon, they invited her to \"celebrate'' with them, but she refused. She asked of an old man the way to the station, and set out with the idea of taking the train back east. Three rough characters saw the unprotected woman riding alone, and followed her. When the boys came out of the saloon they thought that she had gone home, but were very uneasy when they found that she was not there. John became alarmed and set out with Clayton to hunt for her. Lucy had come to a wash-out in the road, and falling from her horse, the three men captured her and carried her to a shack. They proceeded to play cards for her. John arrived just in time with the cowboys, and the three desperadoes found short shift. That evening when Lucy had recovered from her experience John told her that she was right in saying that this sort of life does not agree with her and that he will institute divorce proceedings. Lucy retorts that she does not want a divorce and that she loves him. Just then Clayton comes in. \"Pretty good scheme of ours, eh, John? Worked, didn't it?\" he said, with a grin, while Lucy stared in astonishment, and John signaled him to be silent.\n\nMoving Picture World, October 20, 1917
