Why He Did Not Win Out (1910)
Grandpa is quietly dozing in his arm chair in his room when his two mischievous grandchildren, Nellie and Grace, steal into the room intent on playing a joke on the old fellow. Downstairs their mother is entertaining a number of lady friends, among whom is a handsome young lady, whom Grandpa has taken something of a fancy to. Indeed, his aspirations have been most giddy and when with her has been encouraged to propose matrimony. He has waited all afternoon for an invitation to join the card party, but he has waited in vain and finally fallen asleep. The two little ones hit upon a scheme to bring the old gentleman to his senses. They steal noiselessly out of the room, go to a wig store and purchase a bright red "Bridget's" wig. When they return the old gentleman is still in his slumbers and. deftly removing his own wig, they slip over his bald pate the hideous feminine thing. Then waking Grandpa they tell him that he has been invited to join the ladies at a game of cards. Grandpa hurries out of the room and enters the parlor where his daughter and the guests are assembled. His entrance is greeted by screams of laughter from the trio. He looks at them painfully, questioningly, then his hands steal to his head, which appears to be the cause of their hilarity and removes the wig! Grandpa collapses, then beats a hurried retreat from the room resolved to annihilate the two youngsters who had played the trick on him. But they, wise ones, had hidden themselves in the cellar, choking with laughter, fully satisfied that their pennies had been well invested.
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