A Christmas Adoption - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

A clever crook secures a job delivering a Xmas tree to a fashionable home. When inside the house he secures a plan of same, and by the aid of a little chap (our hero) whom he has picked up in the streets and kept for the purpose of helping...See moreA clever crook secures a job delivering a Xmas tree to a fashionable home. When inside the house he secures a plan of same, and by the aid of a little chap (our hero) whom he has picked up in the streets and kept for the purpose of helping him in his crime, gains admission to the home. Their work is disturbed by the little girl of the house who hears a noise, and thinking: it is Santa Claus, gets out of bed and comes down stairs where the robbery is taking: place. The burglar is just about to strike her when the little boy interferes; he saves the girl a blow, but gets one for his interference. The burglar now conceives the idea (besides robbing the house) to kidnap the little girl for ransom. This he does, but he reckons without his host, as the little boy also has formulated his plans; for when the burglar hands him the ransom note, he takes it, but comes back into the room where the little girl is tied: he tears up the note, unties the girl, takes the stolen goods and quietly leaves. The next scene shows the distracted mother and father telling the police who have now arrived. The officers are about to leave when the little boy walks in with the stolen plunder and the child. Explanations follow by the little girl, and our hero is adopted into the home and made a brother to the girl he saved. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less