Bunny's Scheme
Directed by George D. BakerFor about the fiftieth time John Bunny proposes marriage to Ethel Dana and is greatly disheartened when he is again refused. He meets Clem, a friend, who tells him he is to be married the following day to Agnes Ford, his sweetheart, and that they will leave on their honeymoon on the Florida Special. Bunny gets an idea. He explains his scheme to Clem, who readily offers his assistance, arranges with another friend, a Justice of the Peace, to take a little trip to Florida on that train, and then suggests to Ethel that they decorate Clem's Pullman car seat and give the couple a grand send-off. She delightedly agrees and commences preparations. Tom quietly provides himself with a wedding ring and a marriage license. Next day at train time Tom secretly buys tickets for the Florida Special and he and Ethel proceed to decorate Clem's car seat, placing a huge wedding bell over the center. The decorations completed, they sit down in the seat to await the arrival of Clem and Agnes. They do arrive, but unseen, enter another car. John and Ethel, sitting under the wedding bell, are at once "spotted" by the incoming passengers for a newly-married couple and Ethel is obliged to listen to many well-meant congratulations and comments. Her patience is fast becoming exhausted when they hear the cry, "All Aboard." She springs up, but John succeeds in reassuring her, saying, "It is probably another train leaving." Their train pulls out. Ethel now sees through Bunny's scheme and becomes very angry. While he is trying to soothe her, Clem and Agnes enter and feign throwing rice. Ethel nearly goes wild. John pleads with her to marry him and make it a real honeymoon. She begins to see the humor of the affair, and finally acquiesces. John then "finds" a Justice of the Peace among the passengers, produces the ring and the license, and surrounded by an admiring group, Tom and Ethel are made man and wife. The two pairs of "Newlyweds" locate at John's estate in Florida, and at their wedding breakfast, drink a hearty toast to each other's health and everlasting happiness.
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