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Learn more- Opening scene shows a young man with his sweetheart in a love quarrel, terminating in the parting of the two, she giving him back his engagement ring, telling him everything is off between them. The young man, who is deadly in love with the girl, parts with suicidal intent. You next see him at a lonely spot determined on killing himself. After writing a note to his lady love, he fires the shot that puts him into the other world. Policemen come upon the scene, and, after driving the mob back, carry him away. The next part of the picture shows a masher getting the worst of it. A young lady is seen leaving the grocery store, where she has purchased a bag of flour, and starts on her way home. A young, flippant youth, thinking he can make a hit, starts in to annoy her and offers to escort her. As the young lady does not want any of him, she tells him to run along and sell his papers, but our friend will not take no for an answer, and insists on talking to her. Finally the young lady's ire is aroused, and she gives Mr. Masher the contents of the bag of flour over his handsome personage, and he is certainly a sight when he passes the front of the camera. The next scene shows the sneak thief plying his trade. An old maid is seen coming down the street carrying her hand purse, but she has not walked far when a suspicious-looking character starts in closely following her. After following her until he gets to a convenient spot, he makes one dive for the pocketbook. He gets it and he gets something else, as the old maid was not as easy as he thought. She pursues and finally gets him, and her scream attracts a passing policeman, and what they both do to him is a caution. We next turn our attention to a usual happening between newspaper merchants. One youngster you see standing on the corner tending to his newspaper business and selling his papers to pedestrians. Another boy in the same business rushes in ahead of boy No. 1 and makes a sale. This causes the fight, and the two newspaper merchants start in a good fisticuff fight, which we have all experienced in our youth. Mr. Peacemaker steps in, and for his kindly interest in trying to separate the two boys he gets the worst of it, as they usually do. One newsboy gets on his hands and knees behind him, while the other violently throws him over. Then they chase away and become friends once more. We next picturize a holdup, which nightly occurs in every great city. In this picture the two highwaymen hide behind the stone steps and hold up a passing business man; but their victim is not as timid as they expected, and the point of a gun in his face does not take away his nerve, for with one hand be knocks the gun down and with the other lands a blow on the ruffian who is riding his pocket. A battle then ensues between the two ruffians and the victim. The two highwaymen finally get the better of him, as the point of the sun compelled him to turn his back to them and run. We have next several different mishaps, such as a heroic rescue of two children from a speeding automobile by a brave policeman. The collision of two boys on the bicycle riding into a policeman, who is standing on a corner talking to a friend. A busy man is seen loaded down with bundles, waiting for a street car. The motor-man pays no attention to him, and he starts running after the car. Of course the bundles fall everywhere, and he with them, causing a very comical sight. A wagon load of newly grown watermelons next appears in view. The two peddlers of these big, juicy melons haven't gone very far when a black coon espies them. "Me for them," says he, and he starts in to reduce the load. He grabs the best melon he can find, and, not being able to wait until he gets to a secluded spot, he proceeds to devour it immediately, breaking the watermelon on the ground, He gives a free illustration of a coon and a watermelon. The poor farmer gets his next. Two typical grafters are telling each other of the emptiness of their pocketbooks, and are concocting some scheme whereby they can get a square meal, when Mr. Reuben looms into view. Of course he is music to their ears. After a hurried conversation between them, one quickly departs, while the other stays to take the poor hayseed into tow. He begins by making Reuben believe he knows him, and ends by relieving him of his watch; but this is not all, as he then leads him away to be trimmed right. Next scene shows a horse and buggy standing in front of a store. The grafter who has run away quickly comes up and puts a sign over the horse's head which reads, "For sale, cheap; $25." He then disappears, when the second grafter comes into view leading the citizen from Squashtown. Of course he attracts his attention to the horse and buggy, which will be sold by them for $25. The poor farmer bites immediately, and grafter No. 2 brings out grafter No. 1, who has removed his hat and coat, making it appear that he belonged to the store and is the owner of the horse and buggy. The easy manner in which the poor farmer parts with his savings from his sock is a shame. After getting the money, the grafters beat a hasty retreat and Mr. Farmer gets in the buggy to go off with his new purchase, and you can imagine the finish when the real owner of the horse and buggy sees him. He is ignominiously thrown from out of the buggy and not very nicely handled. -- Selig catalog
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