The Distant Relative (S)

Marguerite and Pearl Alcott were sisters and orphans. Bob White and Charley Wells were friends and fellow cowpunchers and, incidentally, Bob loved Marguerite and Charley had long cast amorous glances at the dainty figure of Pearl. A day came when Marguerite and Pearl, orphans, were visited by The Distant Relative, a person of much self-importance and assumed authority. She at once began a re-organization of the girl's household, maintaining self-appointed protectorate over the two girls much to the disgust of Bob and Charley. Finally the Distant Relative conceived an idea. The result of this idea was a letter to an unscrupulous but good-looking young man who arrived shortly after and announced himself as a long-lost cousin. Marguerite didn't like his looks, but Pearl soon fell victim to his city wiles, to the utter unhappiness of Charley. The bogus cousin caused corruption among the ranch-hands. They threatened a strike and it was only heroic work of Bob and Charley that prevented a...