The Winning of Father (1910)
Johnny Armstrong, a young college graduate, is in love with pretty Peggy Pettibone. Peggy also loves Johnny and the only obstacle in the way of a thoroughly happy union is Father, a crabbed old gentleman who has no faith in his daughter's choice. Their attempts to meet and spoon are invariably frustrated by Pettibone, until both are thoroughly exasperated and plan to elope. On the night, as had been previously planned, Johnny climbs up a rather shaky ladder to assist his lady fair to the ground, but when he enters her room some commotion is made and old Hiram Pettibone, dosing in his easy chair in the library, awakens. Surmising that the noise has come from Peggy's chambers, he calls the butler and the two hurry upstairs to locate the trouble. Peggy has heard them coming and has thrust young Armstrong into the closet. She is unable to conceal the fact that she has prepared for a long journey and when her father enters she is unable to find any excuse for being dressed for traveling. A noise from the closet attracts the old gentleman. "Aha, so the impudent young rascal is in there, hey?" the old man exclaims triumphantly; and to the butler, "James, call the police." It might be well to mention that the elder Pettibone is a most diminutive man and no match for the athletic Johnny, who is endeavoring to push his way out of the closet, while the little old fellow makes heroic resistance. But Johnny gets out and after some argument with his reluctant prospective father-in-law, thrusts him bodily into the closet. The police arrive and Armstrong indicates the clothes-closet door. Pettibone is dragged out and carried down into the library, but the young man interferes here and tells the police to release their prisoner. The old man, puffing and snorting, is finally calmed and seated in his easy chair, shaking his head, thoroughly defeated. And it is with very little further coaxing that he is persuaded to give his blessing to his daughter and the athletic John.
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