That Terrible Kid (1914)

Bob Hilton and Joe Sloan are pals until Mabel Bard, a new boarder, arrives and both fall in love with her. To hold Joe from keeping an appointment with Mabel, Bob tosses Joe's trousers to the landlady's baby, whose joy is to hold on to anything it gets its hands on. Joe attempts to take the trousers from the kid, but it puts up a terrible wail, and Joe is forced to miss his date. Later the girl promises to marry the one who arrives at the church first with the license. While the boys are dressing for the wedding, a friend switches the licenses. Joe, thinking he has Bob's license, tosses it to the kid, while he dashes off to the church. When Bob is dressed he finds the kid eating what he thinks is his license. Unable to get the paper away he picks up the kid and dashes out. The mother mistakes Bob for a kidnapper and yells for the police. Bob hops into an auto, the cops give chase in another machine. Bob dashes over a railroad track just in time to avoid missing a train, but the cops' car gets held up. Joe has arrived at the church and finds that he has the wrong license. He faints. Bob arrives with the kid and finds his license is safe. He tosses the kid to Joe and sends him out. The mother gets her baby and has Joe arrested as a kidnapper, while Bob and Mabel are married.

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GenresComedy Short