Fred Lusk wants to marry Nell Nelson, but he is not able to get solid with her father. A friend gives Fred a cigar, which he in turn gives to father. The cigar turns out to be loaded and explodes in the old man's mouth. It looks as if it ...See moreFred Lusk wants to marry Nell Nelson, but he is not able to get solid with her father. A friend gives Fred a cigar, which he in turn gives to father. The cigar turns out to be loaded and explodes in the old man's mouth. It looks as if it were all off, but one day Fred finds Nell's father leaning over a bridge rail and tips a thug to throw the old man into the water. He then makes a brave rescue in three feet of waves. Father lets them get married then and there. Just as the ceremony concludes the thugs come back sore because the bill was a counterfeit. But it is too late then; Fred has the girl and father decides to be nice about it. Written by
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