The Flower Girl (1908)
The picture opens with a very pretty but poorly dressed girl arranging flowers which she is to sell on the street. Then follows a view of her sweetheart, a manly newsboy disposing of his papers to the passersby. Lastly, a well-dressed but villainous individual leering at the people as he goes along. Our next scene shows the flower girl disposing of her goods on the street. Her lover, the newsboy, passes, greets her affectionately, talks for a few minutes, then goes his way. The rascally man comes along, pauses a moment, admires the girl, purchases a bouquet, and tries to flirt with her. She, however, pays no attention to his .actions, and he passes on, looking back and smiling sarcastically. Having failed to make an impression on the girl by what he deems fair means, the villain determines to resort to force. Entering a saloon, he meets two disreputable looking tramps, to whom be pays money to carry out his scheme. They go out on the street, bargain with an equally villainous cabman, and all drive away. Their destination is the spot where the girl is disposing of her flowers. The thugs come upon her, throw a cloak over her head, hustle her into the cab and drive rapidly away. From a distance the newsboy lover has observed the abduction and hurries to the scene, but too late to be of any assistance. He follows as fast as possible and notices the house into which the girl has been forced. He walks up and down the street, trying to hit upon a plan to rescue his sweetheart. Upon arriving at the house the girl is pushed rapidly into a room by her abductors. The villain shortly enters and endeavors to make love to her. She indignantly repulses him and, laughing sardonically, he leaves the room. The girl looks around for some avenue of escape. The door is locked, the windows securely barred, and in utter despair she sits down and gives way to tears. During this time the newsboy has not been idle. He climbs to the roof of a house, locates the chimney of the building where the girl is confined, and crawls into it. Down below the girl is sobbing and crying. Suddenly a noise startles her, and almost immediately afterward her lover drops into the open fireplace. He embraces her protectingly, and promises to rescue her. A noise from outside is heard and the young man backs into the fireplace as the villain enters. He again endeavors to force himself upon the helpless girl, laughs derisively at her utter helplessness and walks over toward the window. While his back is turned the brave newsboy sneaks out, opens the door, and, as the villain turns about, he fells him to the floor, and before he can regain his senses he is bound and gagged. Escape now seems sure, and they start down the stairs, only to be intercepted by the two toughs. A fierce struggle ensues. The two thugs overcome the newsboy and are fast choking him into insensibility when the girl grabs a bottle and cracks it over the head of one of the toughs, enabling her lover to dispose of the other adversary. The way is now clear and the lovers leave the house and proceed homeward. A tableau finish shows the flower girl surrounded by flowers. her newsboy lover with his arm around her placing a ring upon her finger.
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