And His Coat Came Back (1909)
Judge Jones purchases what he thinks a very swell top coat. Neither his wife nor daughter share in his opinion and ridicule same. The official starts for court, and in the ante room comes upon a couple of lawyers, who also make fun of the garment. The judge gets mad, throws the coat on the table and puts on his gown. The janitor enters at this time and is presented with the coat. The janitor puts it on and goes home to show his wife. She is of the same opinion as the judge's wife and sends the janitor back with it. When the judge returns to the closet, he finds the coat still there. The colored porter enters with a message, and he is given the much despised coat. The new owner immediately starts for the pawn shop to convert the present into money. The Hebrew pawnbroker looks over the garment, finds the judge's name inside, and, believing it to be stolen, returns it to the owner's house, rings the bell and runs away. The judge comes to the door, and, when he sees the coat is furious. A tramp passes by and the judge gives him the coat. "Weary" parades down the avenue, is spied by a cop, who thinks the hobo has stolen the coat, arrests him and brings him before the judge. Again Jones is affronted with the coat. A letter from the foreign mission comes to him asking for contributions of money or clothing, and the judge, thinking to forever rid himself of the coat, sends it to the authorities and they in will send it with other clothes to the Pago Pago Islands. Six months later the judge decides to take a vacation, and with his family starts for the South Sea Islands. In due time the party arrives and all are hospitably received by the natives. The judge presents the ruler and his chiefs with little tokens of his appreciation of the reception accorded him, and the king wishing to reciprocate, dispatches a slave for a fitting present for the judge. The servant shortly returns, and the judge almost collapses as he is presented with the coat he sent to the heathen months ago.
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