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  • A Knight Errant (1913)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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A Knight Errant (1913)
Short | Short, Drama
Runa, Judge Grey's only child, has every wish gratified except her longing for playmates. At the big gates which shut her in, she watches the children at play outside. Jimmie Jerrold, a street urchin, loiters near, and Runa strikes ...See moreRuna, Judge Grey's only child, has every wish gratified except her longing for playmates. At the big gates which shut her in, she watches the children at play outside. Jimmie Jerrold, a street urchin, loiters near, and Runa strikes acquaintance with him through the bars. Every evening at dusk, Runa steals out to exchange confidences with her new friend. Her nurse discovers the meetings, takes the news to Runa's mother, and the friendship is prohibited. Jimmie lingers around in vain, for Runa comes no more. In Judge Grey's court, Dutch Joe is found guilty of grave crimes. Sentence is to be passed in a week. Joe's pals, knowing that he will get the limit, decide to intimidate Judge Grey. Mrs. Grey gives a reception and at dusk the gates are left open to allow of the passage of vehicles. Runa seizes this, her first opportunity to see Jimmie again, but just as she reaches the gate, a strange man jumps out from behind the shrubbery and snatches her up. Runa screams, but Jimmie is the only person within hearing. Tooth and nail he attacks the two men, but he is knocked down. He sees them enter a taxi and catches on behind and is whirled with them cityward. He notes the wretched house in the slums where Runa is taken, and manages to climb the fire escape and locate her, lying on a bundle of rags, on the third floor. It is miles to the Judge's house, but Jimmie tramps it, arriving at midnight. The parents' panic at Runa's disappearance has been increased by the discovery of a notice which says: "You let Dutch Joe go scot-free or your kid is gone forever." Jimmie is about to be turned down by the butler, when Runa's nurse recognizes him. Judge Grey and the Chief of Police, in conference, hear Jimmie's story and the party is soon flying cityward. Jimmie locates the house, the chief summons a squad and the men are taken while preparing to remove Runa. One of them, recognizing Jimmie as the kid who interfered, and to pay him for informing, gives him a cruel blow, before he is handcuffed and led away. Jimmie is carried back to the Judge's house and when he recovers, finds that he is no longer a street urchin, but the ward of a wealthy man, and greatest joy of all, has earned the priceless privilege of playing with Runa every day, unhindered. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Oct 18, 1913
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Oct 18, 1913 (United States)

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