Mr. Bingo, the Bachelor (1917)

Although Mr. Bingo, the bachelor, is classed as an excellent insurance risk, yet all the agents fail to secure Bingo's name to a policy. Finally, in desperation, Nifty Nettie is appealed to by the Boss, and she agrees to see to it that Mr. Bingo takes life insurance. However, Nettie finds the task a difficult one indeed, and despite all her wiles Mr. Bingo remains of the belief that he is too foxy for anything in skirts. Nettie accosts Bingo while he is in the surf, but fails to secure his insurance. Bingo becomes frightened as Nettie trails him here. there and elsewhere, and he resolves to steal away from his home in the night in order to escape the woman. Nettie, however, enters his home, orders him to sign the paper or she will scream and rouse the neighbors, making it a most embarrassing situation for Mr. Bingo. Mr. Bingo scrawls his signature to the paper, believing he is signing a marriage contract. However, he is elated when he finds it is nothing but an insurance policy, and then and there he really and truly falls in love with Nifty Nettie.

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