The Adventure of the Lost Wife (1914)
Things had been going slowly for Octavius when the morning mail brought an invitation from Mrs. Burton to join them at Pinehurst. Welcoming a few days in the country, Octavius wired his acceptance and started for the train. The Burtons were a lively couple, and perfect harmony reigned throughout their home as long as the subject of dancing was not broached. Mrs. Burton was intensely fond of the pastime; her husband's attitude was the exact opposite. It so happened that they had a violent quarrel on this subject the night before Octavius arrived in Pinehurst, and the following morning Mrs. Burton had disappeared, leaving a note to the effect that she did not expect to return. Burton rushed out of the house to find her, and the entire household was in an uproar when Octavius appeared on the scene. Mrs. Burton's mother gave him the harrowing details and, spurred on by his detective instincts, he first put the servants through a grilling examination, then examined the grounds and found suspicious footprints which led to the boat house. His search in the bay culminated in his finding an empty boat, but when he tried to examine it closely he fell overboard and just barely managed to get ashore, holding on to his own boat, while the other floated away. His landing place was a barren island, and it was there that Mrs. Burton had taken refuge. As she sat calmly reading, she was surprised at seeing Octavius approaching, drenched from head to foot. He soon convinced her that it would be best to return home, but when they started for his boat they found, to their horror, that his boat had also drifted away, and they were marooned in earnest. They spent a rather miserable hour or two before Mr. Burton arrived in a motorboat and took his wife home with him. Meanwhile, Octavius had caught his boat but the oars were lost, so he was forced to paddle slowly home with a piece of plank, a sadder but wiser man.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Charles M. Seay | Director |
| Frederic Arnold Kummer | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Barry O'Moore | |
| Julian Reed |
