He Couldn't Lose
Directed by Lloyd LonerganHe was a young clerk with very little ambition and even less money. In the directory he figured as a resident of the great and glorious metropolis, but his home was in a back hall room in a dingy boarding house. One morning fortune smiled upon him, for he received word from a firm of lawyers that his uncle had died, leaving a most peculiar will. Under its provisions the young man was to receive $50,000 outright, and if he succeeded in losing this money in foolish investments within six months, he would inherit $1,000,000 more. Why the old uncle made such a will is not explained, but as the lawyers said, he had a perfect right to dispose of his money in any way he saw fit. The young man believed it to be easy to get rid of $50,000 within the time limit, but the fates seemed to be against him. He made any number of foolish investments, but each time he scored success. Even when he received a straight tip that a plot was afoot to cripple one of the boats in an exciting yacht race, he was unable to lose money by following the information. Finally an excellent chance came his way, for in one of the city parks he met a tramp who had a borax mine to sell. The young man purchased a half interest in the borax mine, giving up all the money he had and was thoroughly confident that he would never hear from the tramp again. On the day that six months were up, he called up his lawyer and claimed to have fulfilled all conditions, but just as he was about to receive the legacy a telegram arrived from the faithful tramp, saying that while the borax had petered out, they two were the owners of a wonderful gold mine, which was worth millions, yet as the young man said himself, "He couldn't lose."
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