Hubby Buys a Baby
Directed by Frederick A. ThomsonAfter a joyous night at the club, Johnny Bun is in love with the whole world. On his way home, he sees a colored girl wheeling her little sister in a baby carriage. He takes quite a notion to the youngster and induces her sister to sell her to him for $10. He takes the baby home and surprises Mrs. Bun, who is entertaining representatives of the Mother's Club, informing her that their childless home will be made happy by the presence of their adopted daughter. Mrs. Bun is horrified and her guests, disgusted with such a presentation, leave the house without the formality of congratulations or the usual goodbye. John sees that the little one is made comfortable overnight. The girl who sold her baby sister takes the $10 and invests it in a white poodle and exultingly takes it home to her mother, explaining how she got rid of the baby and came into the possession of the dog. Her mother gives way to great lamentations, and impresses her slipper with force and vigor, where it will best express her opinion of her fool daughter. The girl's howls bring in the neighbors who accompany the mother and daughter to the police station, where the loss of the child is told and the police requested to be on the lookout for Bun. Mrs. Bun insists that her husband take the child back to its parents. He calls his taxi and is on his way, when a mounted policeman becomes suspicious and stops the auto, and demands that the chauffeur drive to the police station. Here they meet the child's mother and her neighbors registering their complaint about the loss of her baby. The mother seizes her child from Bun's arms and gives him the poodle, telling him that it represents his $10. The police sergeant fines him for disturbing the peace and allows him to depart. Outside the station house, he meets the colored woman and her child. He apologizes for his conduct. This smooths her injured feelings, and she holds the baby out to John and tells her to kiss him goodbye. He accepts the challenge and makes amends for his night at the club.
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