Love Through a Lens (1912)
Tom is appointed supervising engineer and is sent with the manager to the new site. He is given his instructions about the work, and left in charge of the men. Four weeks later the manager and his charming daughter come to spend a few days at the works, unknown to Tom. That afternoon the manager receives a telegram from the city office requesting him to return immediately as they have a matter of vital importance that needs his attention. In the meantime Tom is seen working with the men on the new site. A boy, becoming inquisitive, looks through a transit which Tom has been operating, and in so doing changes the position of it. Tom, returning to the transit, notices it out of line and looks through it. What he sees is a beautiful girl. He becomes enthralled with her magnetic beauty, and makes her acquaintance. The following day they go horse-back riding. The manager returns from the city, and, finding everybody out, goes to the site, only to learn that Tom is not there. Looking through the transit, he sees Tom and his daughter approaching on horseback. He discharges Tom. Tom returns to the city and explains to the officers of the corporation that he has been discharged because he loves the manager's daughter. They reinstate him. With the permission of the manager Tom calls up his sweetheart, and in answer to his proposal of marriage the important little word "yes" tingles back over the wire.
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