A Clever Fraud (1911)
Harry, who is attending college, has fallen in love with a young actress, Nellie. His Aunt Celia, a very wealthy lady, objects to his paying attention to a stage girl and positively threatens to disinherit him if he insists upon marrying her. IN order to prevent such a union, she invites Harry to come home at once to meet this young lady as her choice for his future wife. Upon receipt of the letter, Harry is very much disheartened, he shows it to Nellie, she takes the matter very seriously, which adds to his discomfiture. Nellie has made a specialty of impersonating boys on the stage, determines to masquerade as a college chum of Harry's and attend the reception which Aunt Celia has arranged for her chosen niece. While Harry is deploring and meditation over the state of affairs. Nellie, who has attired herself in complete male outfit, surprises Harry by coming into his room and it is some time before he recognizes her. She makes known her purpose and persuades him to agree to take her with him to his Aunt Celia's. Everything works like a charm, not only the young lady whom Harry is to meet falls in love with Nellie, but Aunt Celia herself is charmed with her delightful company. The rest of the boys at the reception are very jealous of Harry's college chum and plan to haze "him" after everybody has retired for the night. Nellie overhears the plan, is frightened to death and seeks protection in the girls' room, where she causes great excitement, which is quieted when Nellie makes known her identity, much to the chagrin of the "chosen one" and the rest of the girls, all of whom have been trying to make love to Nellie, whom they thought to be a boy. The girls appreciate the joke on the boys as well as on themselves and help Nellie carry it a little further, taking her boy suit, making a dummy of it and placing it in the bed which Nellie was to occupy. The boys sneak into Nellies room, prepared to give the "young beau" a regular "rough-house." They attack the dummy and discover the trick which has been played upon them. What follows is a still greater surprise to them and to Aunt Celia when they find out that the young gallant who so completely won the hearts of the girls is no less a person than Harry's actress sweetheart. Aunt Celia not only acknowledges her cleverness, but she confesses that she is no less pleasing and attractive as a girl than she was as a boy, quite deserving of Harry's love and her blessing.
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