The Story of a Wallet (1912)
Joe Moore is an expressman; his home is humble but clean and although he provides for his wife, baby and mother adequately, he cannot afford any luxuries. He worries because he cannot give his wife the things she covets and after he has been unable to purchase a shawl she has admired, Joe leaves the house in a bad frame of mind. Jabez Spriggs is a clerk who has grown old in his faithful service to George Gray, a prosperous merchant. Mr. Gray entrusts Spriggs with a wallet containing a goodly sum of money and which he is to deliver to the bank president in person. As he is about to enter the bank, he bumps into Joe and Spriggs drops the wallet. Joe sees the wallet and pockets it. On the way home Joe enters a saloon in an endeavor to drown his troubles. Spriggs is received by the president of the bank and discovers his loss. The sincerity of his distress is evident. A messenger is sent with Spriggs to help him find the wallet. The search is unavailing and Spriggs returns and tells Mr. Gray of his misfortune. Mr. Gray is of a hard nature and he accuses Spriggs of stealing it. In the meantime Joe's wife, Mary, becoming alarmed at his absence, goes to look for him and, seeing his wagon outside the saloon, enlists the services of an Irish working man, who fetches Joe from the saloon and helps him home. In the morning after a night of anguish and remorse, during which he dreams of the innocent old man being placed behind the bars, Joe can stand it no longer and, getting Spriggs' address from a card in the wallet, starts out to make reparation. He drops the wallet in his nervousness, and Mary, picking it up, guesses his trouble and starts out after him. Joe goes to Gray's office and learns that Spriggs is being tried by a magistrate, and he rushes frantically to the court. Joe forces his way in just as Spriggs is being remanded to a higher court. He tells the magistrate that he has the wallet and falls in despair as he finds it is gone. Mary arrives with the wallet and Spriggs is free and taken back to the position he loved so well. Joe departs with his wife with a kindly warning from the magistrate and resolves to be content with his humble lot and his loving family.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Tom Ricketts | Director |
| David Horsley | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Jefferson Osborne | |
| Vivian Rich | |
| Gertrude Claire | |
| Baby Christie |
