After the death of his wife the baby was all the sheriff had left, the promise of hope in the future, and the reflection of all that was dear in the past. But a sheriff has no time to tread a cradle rocker, so the baby started off on the long journey to relatives across the desert. Then the sheriff was called away to hunt the "bad men" of the desert, and found there a deserted prairie schooner, the occupants dead and his baby gone.
D.W. Griffith
Director
Edward Bell
Writer

Alfred Paget
The Sheriff

Henry B. Walthall
First Bandit

Harry Carey
Second Bandit

Lionel Barrymore
Third Bandit
John T. Dillon
A Settler

Kate Bruce
A Settler

Robert Harron
The Deputy
Eldean Steuart
The Sheriff's Baby
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