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  • Waiting (1911)
  • Short | Drama, Short
Waiting (1911)
Short | Drama, Short
The first scene in this pathetic story shows a young fellow and his sweetheart. He proposes and is accepted, but the heartless father, though her agrees to the match, says that the girl is too young, and advises the young man to go west ...See moreThe first scene in this pathetic story shows a young fellow and his sweetheart. He proposes and is accepted, but the heartless father, though her agrees to the match, says that the girl is too young, and advises the young man to go west and to wait a few years. This he does, and the years pass and he makes good on his ranch, and one day he receives a letter from his sweetheart, stating that she is coming to him at last and to have everything ready for their wedding. Of course, he is overjoyed, and great preparations are made, the house decorated with flowers, the neighbors are all notified, and finally the old negro servant, having fixed him up in his best clothes, he leaves for the station, but before he goes he gathers a little nosegay for his sweetheart. At the station all is expectancy, it is almost train time; the anxious young man looks expectantly down the track, when suddenly from the ticket office rushes the telegraph operator. He has in his hand a message, and handing it to the happy youth, he watches while he reads: "Agent Red Gulch: Cannon Ball Express gone over the bridge, three miles east of Red Gulch. All on board killed." Gradually the intelligence fades from the eyes of the disappointed man and in a dazed condition he tears the glowers, piece by piece, and scatters them on the station platform. Then led by kindly hands, he is brought back to his desolate home. Years and years roll over his head, and every Thursday he gathers a little bouquet, and climbing in his buckboard, he drives away to the station to meet his bride, who never comes. Finally, after one of these trips, he comes home disappointed and enfeebled, and sinking down in his large armchair, he grasps the picture of his sweetheart, and with his eyes fixed upon her lovely face he peacefully dies and the vision of his love come to him and closes his eyes. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Jul 8, 1911
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Jul 8, 1911 (United States)

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