The Frontier Twins Start Something - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

The beginning of this story is the ending of the twins' punishment for the pranks they played upon their luckless uncle, the professor. They have been locked up. Joe, who loves Vic, has had mercy upon them and brought them some good things...See moreThe beginning of this story is the ending of the twins' punishment for the pranks they played upon their luckless uncle, the professor. They have been locked up. Joe, who loves Vic, has had mercy upon them and brought them some good things to eat. Naturally he gives Vic more than Dot, and right then the trouble begins. Dot and Vic have a small tussle as to which shall consume the eatables, and Joe gets his face plastered with jelly as his share of the feast. Father and mother come to visit their erring youngsters and are so impressed by their promises to be good that they release them. Mother thinks that young ladies should learn to cook and she has Dot and Vic peel apples and potatoes as a first lesson. When she has left them to the pursuit of their respective occupations, the girls throw apples at their uncle until he is forced to forego his afternoon nap in the hammock. Wun Lung, the cook, takes his place and the girls tie him in the hammock instead of their uncle. They create so great a disturbance throwing apples and potatoes at Mammy and the cowboys and the burro, that the entire ranch organization appeals to mother for protection, father and Joe having gone to town on business. This fond parent is helpless to control her offspring, and the delegation decides to take vengeance in its own hands. Headed by Mammy with the butcher-knife, the pursuit is begun. Meanwhile, the twins have taken their supposed uncle, hammock and all, down to the irrigation ditch and souse him in the mud and water. This treatment falling to have the desired results, they tie the Chinaman to a tree and throw apples at him. The pursuit is continued, but soon this changes to a search, for the twins have effectually disposed of themselves in some place unknown. Nobody misses the cook and the twins are asleep, so things naturally return to their former place at the ranch, while the youngsters dream of their next batch of mischief. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less