The Wedding of Prudence (1914)
Prudence Smith was in love with John Eliot. Her father, however, disagreed to the match. She finds out that she has the right to love John, however, and expresses herself as wishing to take a husband. The father agrees, but he is to pick out the man. The man he picks out is Peter White, a secret tippler. In a slinking way he accuses John of being a secret tippler and he is put in stocks. The day of the wedding of Prudence, John is released. He is wrought up with the spirit of revenge and determines to save Prudence. He accordingly goes to Peter's home, where he finds the old reprobate sound asleep in the grip of strong drink. He also discovers a marriage license that proves that Peter already has a wife living in England. This gives him an idea, and he writes a note which he puts under Peter's wig. He leaves. Peter wakes up and finds he is late. He rushes to the magistrate's office, where the wedding party waits. John, meanwhile, has secreted himself in the garret with his faithful feline. Just as the ceremony starts, John lowers the cat by a string. Its claws grapple in the wig of Peter White. Up it is yanked into the garret. John is made to come down, the note is found. Peter is proved to be a tippler and a bigamist, the story coming to a happy ending as John takes Prudence in his arms.
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