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  • Warning: Spoilers
    This is not a bad Griffith film,though typical Victorian melodrama which he liked,about a man devastated by the death of his beloved wife.His life falls completely apart and he becomes a derelict simply because he doesn't care about anything anymore. He is taken by a kindly young couple,and finds a chance to repay their kindness by alerting then to the fact that someone is trying to steal their land.Exactly how is a little vague,except that it involves filing title to the land.There is the usual race to see who can get to the land office first,with Harry Carey sabotaging the crooks car so that the young husband can beat him in his horse drawn vehicle.This is available on Youtube under the erroneous title "The Wanderer".
  • A picture that is wholly conventional; but makes good use of all its material after the rather dull opening. It is the picture of the race to the office of the land claims agent. Olaf, a tramp, is fed by the settler's wife and later finds that certain evil men have discovered a flaw in the papers of his benefactress' husband. He sends the man riding on his horse to save his claim and himself rides on the trunk- rack behind their automobile, cutting the tires with a knife. It lacks the sentimental ending, which is one thing to be thankful for. The camera work is fair. The players, Claire McDowell, Charles Mailes and Harry Carey (Olaf) do pretty well; the picture gave them small chance to act. - The Moving Picture World, May 31, 1913