Miss Simkins' Summer Boarder (1912)
Joe Mason, a bashful country boy, tries in vain to propose to Marian Foster, his sweetheart. But his bashfulness always gets the best of him, and the proposal is just as far off as ever when Jack Richards, a brisk city chap, comes to board out the summer at the home of Miss Simkins, a spinster. In the course of his wandering around, Richards is introduced to Marian and immediately falls in love with her, much to Joe's discomfiture. Marian does not return Jack's love, but is fascinated by his dashing manner and carries on a mild flirtation just to tantalize Joe. A Sunday school picnic in now planned and a rather novel scheme is decided upon. The name of each girl and boy is placed inside the lunch boxes, and then these boxes are to be drawn and the couples are paired off according to the names. Richards is right in his glory and, discovering the lunch box in which Marian has placed her name, publicly announces that he will marry the girl he lunches with. Marian's sister, Florence, overhears him, substitutes Miss Simkins' name for Marian's and, arriving at the picnic grounds, auctions off the lunch boxes. Richards eagerly outbids Joe, gets the lunch box, hunts out Marian, opens the box triumphantly and is badly stung to find the name of Miss Simkins inside. Florence takes care to let the spinster know, and the boarding house lady immediately starts off in pursuit of the discomfited city chap while Joe, with Marian clasped in his arms, roars with laughter at the funny sight.
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GenresComedy
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