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An extremely persistent young American, who is passionately in love, in attempting to pay court to his sweetheart is placed in many distressing circumstances by her very ambitious and domineering old mother. The young lady's father, a very...See moreAn extremely persistent young American, who is passionately in love, in attempting to pay court to his sweetheart is placed in many distressing circumstances by her very ambitious and domineering old mother. The young lady's father, a very resigned and submissive old gentleman, is in sympathy with the young American, but because of the mother's decided preference for the Count as her daughter's suitor he dares not offer any suggestion that may be construed as detrimental to the Count's courtship. The lover and his sweetheart make many attempts to see each other, but each time they are detected and their plans are thwarted. The maid, because of her persistence in assisting the young lady and her lover, is discharged. The mother then advertises for another maid, and the lover seeing the advertisement in the paper, costumes himself as such. Then, with his chum ensconced in a newly acquired wicker trunk, he makes his way to his sweetheart's home, where he is given the desired position of the maid. Losing no time in executing his plans, he discloses his identity to his sweetheart who immediately expresses her approbation. She is put in the wicker trunk and the lover, simulating drunkenness, creates a disturbance which causes his dismissal. As soon as the lover and the trunk containing his sweetheart are in the hall the chum who has secreted himself behind the screen, locks the family in the room. The lover and his sweetheart repair to the floor below where they meet the minister whom the Count had caused to be present for his own marriage, and realizing that they need go no further, they are married on the spot. The Count, the mother and the father appear on the scene just as the marriage ceremony is completed, the Count and the mother are so chagrined and crestfallen that they leave the room in disgust, the father remains behind rejoicing over the lovers' triumph. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less