Universal Ike Junior and the Vampire (1914)

• 68%
• 1914
• Comedy
• Bobby Ray
• Louise Glaum
• William Steele

After a long spell of quietude at Alkali Flat things began to brighten up. Horse thieves drove a number of stock away. The men folks organized a posse. Although Ike was not married he, like the others, found the business of chasing horse-thieves rather restful. While the posse was camped in an old riverbed, Zingara, a beautiful gypsy girl, and her father drove their wagon into the camp and were invited to put up there tor the night. Zingara made a hit with the cowboys. They forgot all about the horse-thieves. They gave her all the little personal trinkets they carried, yet neither of them could aver that he was the fortunate man, Ike alone remained untouched, at least he thought he was untouched. Finally Zingara's father ruled that the man who gave him the most money would get the girl. Ike was made custodian of the spoils. Then young Ike did a grievous thing. He fell in love with Zingara, listened to her sweet voice and eloped with her and her father, and the goods which were left already in his trust. Then Zingara did a grievous thing. One morning at about three o'clock she and her father backed up and left Ike asleep on the desert with only his burro to carry Jim to the nearest waterhole.