Just Too Late (1912)

Stephen Weldron is awarded a large contract and is delighted at his good fortune. Cornelia, his good wife, also rejoices, for she sees visions of lovely new hats and other good things forever playing a tattoo on the portals of the feminine heart. Stephen must catch the early train to Boone City to make legal and final arrangements with the contract givers. The matter is of utmost importance, and Cornelia wakes her hubby in time. Stephen, however, returns to dreamland, while the Mrs. is preparing breakfast. A more urgent call is made; there are but twenty minutes to catch that blessed train, on which hinges the Weldron's future. Stephen jumps out of bed, dresses, eats and departs, like a streak of lightning, and then begins a series of highly humorous mishaps. He misses the train, thanks to a lot of people and things that get in his way, and boards a freight car, but luck is against him. The next night he devotes considerable attention to his alarm clock, determined that the next time opportunity knocks at his door, he shall not be "just too late."

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GenresComedy Short