The Girl in the Case (1913)
Jim Rice, a traveling man, meets an old friend of his, nicknamed Old Geaser. With Rice is Virginia Grant, an actress. Old Geaser is introduced to Miss Grant. Rice is called to the telephone. During his absence Old Geaser takes Miss Grant to the theater. Miss Grant suggests that Old Geaser go out and buy some cold lobsters and champagne and bring them back to her dressing room. Geaser departs for the hotel where he orders the desired luxuries. In the meantime Rice has been informed that Old Geaser has taken his girl. He tells two or three of the traveling men around the hotel that he will get even. The waiter wraps up the lobster and champagne and sets them on a table just outside the dining room door. Rice sees the bundle and noticing Old Geaser's name on it substitutes for it another package. Greaser takes the package to his new acquaintance of the stage. Miss Grant invites her brother and a friend to dine with Geaser and herself. The package is opened and an old pair of shoes fall out. Geaser is thrown out of the theater. The following day Old Geaser's niece, Ruth, arrives. Jim Rice is very much smitten with her. Ruth informs Mr. Rice that it will be impossible for him to continue his acquaintance with her until he gets her uncle's consent. Old Geaser refuses emphatically. A week later Old Geaser visits Miss Grant at the theater and promises her a diamond ring if she will promise to love him. Of course the young actress consents. Rice, suspicious of where Old Geaser was going, follows him. He bribes the passing policeman to arrest Old Geaser as a suspicious character. The officer is about to take him to headquarters when Rice interferes, tells Old Geaser he will "fix it" with the policeman if he'll consent to the marriage of his niece. The uncle consents. The two men return to the hotel. A note is handed to Old Geaser which states that his niece has eloped with Miss Grant's brother. Miss Grant appears on the scene and returns the ring to Old Geaser, saying that she could never learn to love him.
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