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Bill's Sweetheart 1913 Directed by J. Searle Dawley

Bill, who is with a bunch of cowboys on their way to town, picks up from the wreckage of a prairie schooner a little baby girl. Five years later the little girl, while running after butterflies, gets lost. Bill, waking up from his siesta, goes in search of her, but she cannot be found. The little girl, in the meantime, has climbed into a freighter's wagon. For twelve years she lives with him. One evening, while gambling with Mexican Pete, the freighter loses his money, and the girl, whom he had staked against the Mexican's winnings. But before the Mexican can take the girl away, Bill wins her from the Mexican, places her in the care of a woman neighbor and eventually marries her.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Gnere Western
Production Companies Edison Studios , General Film Company
Release Date 31 July 1913
11 mins
Cast
Betty Harte Little Maverick (adult)
Dick La Reno Joe Black
Duane Wager Mexican Pete
Virginia Clark Little Maverick (child)
Josephine Woodman Little Maverick (baby)
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