- A feud has existed between the McLanes and the Conovers in the Tennessee mountains for many years. "Two Gun Carter" leaves Texas after a shooting fray and arrives just in time to witness George Conover's death at the hands of Henry McLane. Carrying young Conover's body to his family, Carter is very moved by their grief that he agrees to become their adopted son and subsequently falls in love with Marian Conover. In an attempt to put an end to the feud, Carter suggests a duel between himself and Henry McLane, but Henry refuses, and so, to uphold his family honor, Tom McLane, the clan leader, accepts the challenge. In the midst of the match, news arrives that Henry has abducted Marian. Carter rushes off and rescues Marian just as Henry and his horse plunge over the edge of a cliff. Carter then demands that an end be put to the feud as he himself was a born McLane and now plans to marry Marian Conover.—Pamela Short
- A state of feud existed between the McLanes and the Conovers in the Tennessee mountains. Purdue leaves Texas hurriedly as a result of a shooting fray and finds that the train he has jumped aboard has brought him to the mountains of Tennessee, and finds himself suddenly plunged into the feud. George Conover is shot from ambush, and Carter carries home the dead body of the boy. The grief of his parents and of Marian Conover is heightened by the fact that now there is no Conover strong enough to avenge his murder. Marian makes of Purdue the request that he take the place of her dead brother. He agrees. The Conovers urge him to attend the county fair, at which Marian is to be the queen. At this fair the men take part in a shooting contest. Henry McLane has won the previous year, and challenges Purdue to equal his record. He accepts, draws from each hip-pocket a Colt, and first with one hand then with the other hits the mark repeatedly. During the fair there is a truce from the feud, but it is over at midnight. On the way home Henry McLane shoots at Carter. He misses, and next day Carter goes to Tom McLane. the head of the clan, and makes the proposition that he and Henry fight a duel, and abide by the decision, thus putting an end to the feud. Old McLane accepts, but his son Henry is a coward. Old McLane says he will uphold the honor of his family himself. Purdue accepts the challenge. Later in the woods they meet, shooting with first one hand and then the other, Purdue picks off man after man. Luke Conover rushes up with the news that Henry McLane has abducted Marian. Purdue rushes in hot pursuit. McLane lowers her from his horse when he sees Purdue approaching, and horse and rider plunge down the precipice. Purdue returns and tells Tom McLane that the feud must end, since he himself is a McLane. having left the mountains as a boy with his father, and that by his marriage to Marian Conover the two old families will be united.
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