Gid-Ap Napoleon (1913)
Napoleon is an old raw-boned horse. Mr. Hayden, his owner, wants to get rid of him. An insurmountable obstacle presents itself in the form of Ruth, Mr. Hayden's only child. Ruth has grown to young ladyhood, but since she was a baby she and Napoleon have been inseparable chums. Mr. Hayden decides to get ahead of his daughter. He sends her and her mother away on a visit, planning to sell Napoleon during her absence. All works fine and the old horse changes hands many times before Ruth returns home. Her first thought is to go to the stable. When she arrives there and he can't be found, she is heart-sick and disappointed to such a degree that she faints and becomes very ill. The doctor says she will not get well unless the old horse is returned to her. The father employs detectives and spends loads of money trying to locate old Napoleon, but everybody who has bought the plug has found him useless and has passed him on to somebody else. The search has proven fruitless for Mr. Hayden. One afternoon he and his wife are invited by some friends to take an automobile ride into the country. Ruth flatly refuses to accompany them. All goes well with the automobile ride until they are way out of town. The machine is stranded. A farmer drives up with old Napoleon hitched to a wagon. He stops and asks if he can be of any assistance. The automobile party give him the laugh, but the farmer says his horse is better than any machine that was ever put on wheels. They give him permission to try to get them back to town. He hitches Napoleon to the automobile and the old plug, faithful as in his younger days, does his best and in due time the automobile is pulled to town. Ruth is on the porch grieving when she spies the strange procession coming up the street. She instantly recognizes Napoleon and running down the steps, she throws her arms about his neck. When her parents realize the situation, old Napoleon changes bands again and is bought and replaced in the stable, to the delight and happiness of Ruth, who speedily regains her health.
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