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Returning Good for Evil (1907)
Short | Short, Drama

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Returning Good for Evil (1907)

Short | Short, Drama

The first scene shows the interior of a poor workingman's home, wherein a sick child is lying in bed, over whom the mother, father and a doctor bend, the three showing great anxiety over the child's condition. The doctor writes a ...See moreThe first scene shows the interior of a poor workingman's home, wherein a sick child is lying in bed, over whom the mother, father and a doctor bend, the three showing great anxiety over the child's condition. The doctor writes a prescription and departs. A milkman enters the room with a bottle of milk. The poor man tells the milkman that he cannot pay for the milk, whereupon he is told that he can have the bottle gratis. A poor charwoman enters with a bundle of fagots, and, seeing the circumstances in which the poor man is in, also leaves her burden without accepting any pay. The workingman now dons his hat and goes off to the drug store to endeavor to procure the needed medicine for his sick child. There he is turned away, and returns home, where he is met by his wife, to whom he explains that the druggist would not fill the prescription without money. She bids him go again, giving him a basket full of vegetables to offer as exchange for the medicine. Upon his arrival, he entreats the druggist to accept the vegetables as payment for the medicine. This offer is spurned very rudely, the clerk throwing basket and all on the floor, after which act the man makes a fruitless attempt to grab the drugs. As he stands by, a little girl and maid enter the pharmacy. The druggist greets them and fondly kisses his little girl, who is on her way to school, but refuses medicine for that of the poor man. The toiler returns home empty-handed, exhausted and downcast, and kneels at the bedside of his sick child. The scene changes to a schoolroom. Teacher at her desk, children in their seats, all busily engaged, one child at the blackboard drawing a figure. A little girl (the druggist's) enters late, makes her excuse to the teacher, takes her proper seat and joins in the class work. Again the scene is changed to views of the poor man digging in his garden, when an alarm is given of a fire. He immediately drops his shovel and joins the volunteer fire department, who are running down the lane to the blaze, followed by the natives, both grown-ups and children. They finally reach the structure that is on fire, which happens to be the school. Next is shown the burning school, beautifully tinted, making it realistic The volunteers climb upon the structure, while smoke and flames pour from every window. The chemist's daughter is missed, whereupon our hero climbs up a ladder and enters the room, which is ablaze and full of smoke. After groping around the room, he locates the child, and, almost exhausted himself, he tenderly carries her down the ladder, where he is met by the druggist and firemen, who relieve him of the burden. The last series of views shows the poor man's daughter, now convalescent, bundled up and sitting in front of their hut, where the druggist and his little daughter make a visit The latter runs forward and presents the sickly child with a large bouquet of flowers, and then the pharmacist steps forward and embraces the invalid, upon which scene the workingman, with head bandaged, appears and spurns the advances of the druggist Upon the entreaties of both children, they shake hands and forgiveness and reconciliation follow. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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