His Good Intentions (1912)

Jack is an athlete and is blessed with two fascinating cousins of the gentler sex. Jack arrives in town to spend his vacation with "those dear cousins." In the evening Jack regales his cousins with football, etc. Next morning he refuses to go motoring with his fair cousins, who, somewhat vexed, take the spin without Jack. He has to run ten miles each morning, and Jack is the boy to do it. He changes his clothes behind a friendly bush, and rigged out in his running togs, he begins chasing himself. An escaped lunatic chances upon Jack's clothes and quickly effects an exchange. Things happen in real moving picture style. Jack's abbreviated costume causes his arrest. At the police court he is mistaken for the escaped "looney" with the college boy delusion, and placed behind the bars. The girls and the lunatic meet; at first they think he's Jack, but subsequent events make them rush to police headquarters for aid. The tangle is finally straightened out and Jack regains his civilized apparel. Turning back on his good intentions, he takes his seat in the limousine and enjoys himself to the limit.

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