His Strenuous Honeymoon (1914)

Gentleman Jack is a general favorite at the summer hotel, until the arrival of Eddie and his new and fickle wife. Each time Eddie looks at his wife and conceives her smiling at another man he immediately sees visions of a tragedy. Affairs go on until one day Eddie sees his wife smile at Gentleman Jack, who occupies the apartment across the hall. He leaves for work and as he goes along he thinks. Then he turns around and hotfoots it to his wife. In the meantime the young wife has locked herself out of her apartment and can't find the janitor. Gentleman Jack obligingly offers her the use of his apartment while he finds the janitor. An old maid sees the young wife enter Jack's room. When Eddie arrives he is met by the old maid. "Your wife, sir," she whispers, "Is in that room." Presto, all his suspicions are verified. Eddie gets his gun and goes after his imaginary rival. Jack does not stop to explain matters. After a half dozen bullets have sung their little song in his ear he concludes to move on down the street. Mutual explanations are exchanged and Eddie goes on beating his wife. even more violently than before.

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Summary Details
Running Time11 min
GenresComedy Short