Rev. Horace Brightray, pastor of a New England village church, is ordered by his physician to seek another climate. He goes to Agua Caliente, where he attempts to hold services in the hotel dining room, but nobody attends but the hotel ...See moreRev. Horace Brightray, pastor of a New England village church, is ordered by his physician to seek another climate. He goes to Agua Caliente, where he attempts to hold services in the hotel dining room, but nobody attends but the hotel clerk and maid and dance-hall girl Bubbles. The proprietor of the Legal Tender saloon is very bitter toward Horace and commands them not to attend services. Horace is soon out of funds and ejected from the hotel. Sick and hopeless, he goes to the Legal Tender and slaps Frosty across the face with his hat, feeling sure it will mean death to him. Bubbles protects him and as he faints away, Frosty tells Bubbles he will make one play and if Horace wins, Bubbles may take care of him, but if he loses, Horace wins and Bubbles takes him to Frosty's cabin where she nurses him back to health. As a great concession, Frosty tells Horace he can have the dance hall for one hour on Sunday to hold services. All the dance-hall girls and gamblers attend the service. That night the Horned Toad, a bad man from Bitter Creek, comes into town. He reels into the saloon and roars at Frosty to line up at the bar. Frosty calmly draws his gun and points to the door and the Horned Toad backs out. Outside, he steps to the window and shoots at Frosty. Frosty runs from the saloon and chases the Horned Toad, who runs up behind a tree in front of Horace's cabin and as Frosty approaches, Horace steps from the cabin, between Frosty and the Horned Toad, and is shot. Before he passes out, Frosty asks him to marry him and Bubbles, and Horace performs the ceremony. Afterwards, Frosty tacks up a notice on the door of the Legal Tender that states that it is closed forever by the order of God. Written by
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