The Skilful Sleigher's Strategy - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

If you were a young man, and you loved a girl, and her guardian didn't object until after you had bought the marriage license, wouldn't you be peeved? And furthermore, when you tried to elope, so that the license money would not be wasted,...See moreIf you were a young man, and you loved a girl, and her guardian didn't object until after you had bought the marriage license, wouldn't you be peeved? And furthermore, when you tried to elope, so that the license money would not be wasted, suppose shoes and crockery were hurled at you, and the girl was told she was to be sent to boarding school, as punishment for your conduct, wouldn't it make you feel like starting something? The young man in this story did start something. He was helped by heavy snow, and was also a youth of imagination. The girl had told him they were going to take her to school in her father's auto, and the suitor, aided by several shovelers, blocked the road, rendering it impossible for the auto. Then he drove up in his sleigh and offered to drive the girl to her destination. Did the guardian let her go? He did not. He insisted upon accompanying them. Was the young man surprised? He was not. He put the girl on the front seat, placing guardian in the rear seat, and drove so skillfully that at a certain place in the road the sleigh tipped, and the unsuspecting guardian was tipped out. Then the young couple drove on to a minister's house, and found that the license was worth having. As for guardian, he trudged through the snow to his stalled auto, and reviled his chauffeur because he was so slow in making repairs. But he never saw the skillful sleigher until the happy couple returned to his home to ask his blessing. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less