Gertie's father forbids her to encourage Reggie, who is a dashing young barber. Reggie writes her that the father hates him on account of his shutting off his credit at the barber shop and the old man determines to thrash Reggie at the ...See moreGertie's father forbids her to encourage Reggie, who is a dashing young barber. Reggie writes her that the father hates him on account of his shutting off his credit at the barber shop and the old man determines to thrash Reggie at the first opportunity. Gertie goes to meet Reggie in the park and while waiting for him is annoyed by an eccentric sailor and stranger who has followed her from outside her home. She manages to get rid of him and two sailors from a man of war try to flirt with her and she flees home in terror. Her father does not wish her to have any followers and when she returns home followed by two sailors and the stranger his rage blazes forth and he falls upon them and a free-for-all fight ensues. Reggie arrives and tries to save his beloved, but in the general mix-up the floor gives way and the fighters fall on a bridal couple on the floor below and as that floor gives way they find themselves in the cellar. Written by
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