Sweedie and the Sultan's Present (1915)

Sweedie while reading a book in the kitchen, falls asleep. She dreams that Kao Yama, Sultan of Puff Puff, has sent her a present in the form of a servant. She refuses to accept the slave, telling the Sultan's messengers that her husband would seriously object to having him around the house. She is then told that those who refuse a present from the Sultan will be put to death. She prepares to defy the Sultan, when her husband, Swipes, comes in. He demands to know who these strange men are. Sweedie tells him and he becomes enraged at the nerve of the Sultan. They start to eject the intruders, and Sweedie awakes just as she is about to kill the messenger with a butcher knife. She finds her husband on his knees begging her to be merciful. She was about to slay him.

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GenresComedy Short