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- The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm.
- Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest and Edna. He attacks patrons, a harem dancer, the singers Dot and Dash, and a fire-eater.
- A man disguises himself as a lady in order to be near his newfound sweetheart, after her father has forbidden her to see him.
- Charlie does everything but an efficient job as janitor. Edna buys her fiance, the cashier, a birthday present. Charlie thinks "To Charles with Love" is for him. He presents her a rose which she throws in the garbage. Depressed, Charlie dreams of a bank robbery and his heroic role in saving the manager and Edna ... but it is only a dream.
- Charlie is trying to get a job in a movie. After causing difficulty on the set, he is told to help the carpenter. When one of the actors doesn't show, Charlie is given a chance to act but instead enters a dice game. When he does finally act, he ruins the scene, wrecks the set, and tears the skirt from the star.
- After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.
- A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
- Charles Chaplin, a convict, is given $5.00 and released from prison after having served his term. He meets a man of the church who makes him weep for his sins and while he is weeping takes the $5.00 away from him. Chaplin goes to a fruit stand and samples the fruit. When he goes to pay for it he finds his $5.00 is missing. This results in a battle with the fruit dealer, but Chaplin finally escapes. He is held up by a footpad and finds it is his former cellmate. He is inveigled into joining him in robbing a house. They put a police officer out of commission with a mallet and stack up the silverware. They then start upstairs to search the upper rooms, but are met by a young woman who implores them to leave because her mother is ill and fears the shock will kill her. Chaplin's heart is touched but the footpad insists on ransacking the house. This results in a battle between the footpad and Chaplin. While they are fighting, a squad of police arrives. The footpad makes his escape, but the police capture Chaplin. The woman of the house, however, saves him by telling the police he is her husband. She gives him a dollar and he leaves. He goes to a lodging house and in order to save his dollar from thieves puts it in his mouth, swallowing it while he sleeps. A crook robs all the men in the lodging house but Chaplin takes the money away from him, and also the rings his "pal" had stolen. This starts a battle in which all join. Chaplin flees. In order to do a good turn to the woman who had saved him from the police, he takes her rings back.
- Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.
- Out of costume, Charlie is a clean-shaven dandy who, somewhat drunk, visits a dance hall. There the wardrobe girl has three rival admirers: the band leader, one of the musicians, and now Charlie.
- Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her father, The Count, and three policeman. The pursuers drive off a pier.
- It is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over ice cream. Driven away by her husband, Charlie turns to the other's wife.
- An amorous couple. A crook. A policeman. A nursemaid and a stolen handbag. These are some of the things the Little Tramp encounters during a walk in the park.
- Intent on scuttling his ship, a financially-pressed shipowner conspires with the vessel's captain to collect the insurance money, unbeknownst to him that his daughter and her beau, Charlie, are aboard. Will they get away with it so easily?
- Gilbert Sterling had never wanted for anything. He had been given plenty of money to do with as he pleased, and it was perhaps the fault of his parents that he became worthless, good-for-nothing. The firm of John Sterling and Sons bad been organized by his father, and. when Gilbert was old enough, he took active part in the management. Gilbert's love for the gay life led him away from his duties, and it was nothing unusual for him to spend six nights out of the week with questionable company. Early one morning, intoxicated, Gilbert finds his way to his home. His father reprimands him and finally puts him out of the house, telling him "never to return." Ralph, Gilbert's brother, is engaged to a society belle by the name of Gertrude Chapin, and the end of the second reel shows the two families making arrangements for the wedding. Years later, we see Gilbert a ragged, good-for-nothing tramp in the far west. His happy-go-lucky ways and mannerisms are appreciated by the men in the small town, who pay little attention to him, except for contributing the "makings" or an occasional twenty-five-cent piece. In the meantime, Ralph has engaged in a crooked deal. His father becomes furious and will not reconcile himself to the commercial transactions. The son leaves his office, swearing that he is through with the firm. Sterling and Son, forever. He associates himself with another company and forces his father to the wall, breaking him. The old clerk, who had befriended Gilbert many times, pleads with Ralph to help his father, but for his trouble he is requested to leave the office. Gilbert befriends an Indian who is taken with smallpox, and as a reward, Is left a deed for the Lone Star Mine. He prospers, and after months of labor, becomes very wealthy. His father and mother, in the city, now destitute, are taken to the poorhouse, Ralph having refused to help them in any way. A letter from the east informs Gilbert of his parents' whereabouts, and he hastens to them, restoring them to their old home. Ralph tries to corner the wheat market and Gilbert gets the tip and "breaks" him, and the pretty society butterfly Ralph had married deserts him, now that he is penniless. The worthless son finally saves the life of his brother, and a happy ending takes place, the family now reunited and the old firm name "Sterling and Sons" re-established.
- Grass County went "dry" and as a consequence so did Hollow Center, which was located in Grass County. The drug store was owned by Doctor Perkins. Just before the county went dry a temperance society was formed in the Center and great rivalry existed between Deacon Carpenter and Doctor Perkins for the presidency. As election day approached, the Deacon seemed to be the most likely candidate, and as day by day he gained new friends and supporters, his stock in the heart of Widow Green went rocketing, where before it had been very below par, owing to the bullish tactics of Doc Perkins. The Deacon was never much on looks, but he realized that he must keep up appearances before the widow. His beauty had one drawback, his hair. Then the crowning sorrow of his life came: his hair began to fall out, and as his hair decreased in quantity so did the love of Widow Green for the Deacon. He kept more and more to himself, while Doc Perkins, campaigning about town in great style, gradually won over the greater majority of the people. In the meantime the Deacon was trying everything known to the scientist of hair (the barber) in the village, but to no avail. Then the Deacon found a city newspaper and discovered in Aunt Jane's "Beauty Column" a remedy for falling hair, but one of the principal factors was "Whiskey!" Now the Center was dry, and he running for the office of president of the temperance society was known to be a temperance man. But he must have the whiskey, absolutely, but how was he to get it? To go to Doc Perkins and ask for whiskey spelled ruin. No, he could not do that. Ah, he had it, he would bribe Beavens, the driver of the stagecoach, whose daily ride took him over to Tree County, which was "wet." So Bevans went, but on his return journey he picked up Doc Perkins.. Deacon Carpenter was anxiously waiting for Beavens. Beavens arrived and slyly slipped the bottle to the Deacon. This action was seen by the Doc. He thought a lot, but said nothing. Deacon went home and prepared his tonic. Then he went to the meeting which was to be held in the town hall. He went and the smell of whiskey accompanied him. So it was that when he got up to speak a strange rustling sound seemed to take place in the hall. A little breeze stirred, and carried on it a very distinct smell of "licker." Doc Perkins smelled it and so did the rest. Doc Perkins found out where the smell came from. Poor Deacon was ousted and ostracized. The Deacon wended his way homeward and the scent clung to him. He passed two tramps who were disgusted with the dryness of the town. The Deacon passed, but the tramps followed. He arrived home swearing vengeance. He would be handsome in spite of all these adversities. That the lotion was doing its work there was no doubt, for the Deacon found no hair on his coat; so he gave his hair another dose. He then turned round. When he turned round again he saw a retreating band attached to a retreating arm, which belonged to an about-to-retreat tramp. The Deacon gave a shout and the chase started. They passed the meeting house (the meeting had just let out). The good people of the town were horrified to see the Deacon pursuing two tramps with the whiskey. The tramps escaped and were later found intoxicated. They vindicated the Deacon. The election and also the Doc's wig came off. The Deacon won the election and also incidentally the Widow Green.
- Broncho Billy is in love with Marguerite Clayton, who is devotedly fond of him. Broncho asks her to go to a dance with him, but when he meets Elsa Larimer, who is on a visit from the East, he forgets his promise to Marguerite and takes Elsa to the dance. Marguerite's heart is broken, and Elsa finding her weeping, discovers that she is the cause of Marguerite's sorrow. She decides to sacrifice her happiness for the little girl of the west, so when Broncho Billy proposes to Elsa she shows him a ring and tells him that she is engaged to a man back east. All ends happily when Marguerite takes Broncho Billy back to her heart.
- Dr. Roland White falls in love with Marguerite, the daughter of the postmaster in a small western town. He asks her to marry him, but she refuses, as she is already engaged to Fred Church, the express messenger. Some time later, after the proposal, the doctor receives an invitation to the wedding of Church and Marguerite, which shatters what little hope he had of ever winning the girl. A few days before the marriage is to take place. Church is held up and shot by bandits, and taken, in a serious condition, to Dr. White's home. The doctor knows that Church is absolutely at his mercy and that the least negligence on his part will result in the death of the man. For a moment he is tempted, but his sense of duty and honor finally prevails and by a slight operation he saves the life of his rival, for the girl he loves.
- Unable to bear her father's cruelty, May leaves home. Black Moody finds her crying, and wandering around aimlessly. Taking her away, he installs her as barmaid in his saloon. Moody before this has held up the stagecoach, and although the sheriff is rather suspicions of him, he has no positive evidence, until the bandit's wife, furious at his bringing the girl into their home, gives him away. The man is arrested and May is taken back to her home by the young sheriff, to whom the girl's beauty and sweetness has made a strong appeal. A pretty romance between May and the sheriff later develops.
- Jim Barton, a cowpuncher, is in love with Florence Wessel. Florence's father is not in favor of Barton paying attention to his daughter, and wants her to marry Joe Scott, the postmaster. Unknown to everybody, Scott is a gambler and plays the races. A horse on which he bets all of his money loses, and he decides to rob the post office safe. Florence's father, the sheriff, hears the sound of the explosion and goes to investigate. Scott shoots the sheriff and leaves evidence to blame the crime on Barton. The doctor probes for the bullet and it is found not to fit Barton's gun, but Scott's. Scott is taken away and Barton is left with the girl for the termination of a pretty romance.
- Broncho Billy is a typical bad man. The story opens with him shooting up a small town in the west, and scaring the inhabitants nearly to death. The sheriff with his deputies order him out of the country. Sunday morning, the congregation is in church singing. Boardman, another bad man, and his protégés, break up the meeting. The preacher is ousted. The members of the congregation write a letter to a neighboring minister, to come and preach the following Sunday. The bad men reads the letter and determines to stop him before he reaches town, which they do. Broncho Billy sees the preacher and determines to take his place, and so it is that he leads the bad men into church, makes them doff their hats and listen to the sermon. He proves himself a man and determines to be good himself, hereafter.
- Carl Stockdale, the sheriff of Boise County, is given a case of valuable jewels to deliver, but determines to keep them for himself. To make sure that his deputy, Broncho Billy, will not interfere, he removes the lead from the cartridges in his gun. That afternoon Broncho meets with a rattler, tries to kill it, but discovers that his shells are harmless. He quickly reloads and sends the snake to the happy hunting grounds. The sheriff tries to kill his deputy, but Broncho returns the shot and wounds him. The deputy is finally made sheriff of the county and the would-be thief repents for having tried to steal and kill.
- Mrs. Strong, by reason of a good right arm, is absolute manager of her husband and his finances. While on a shopping expedition she collides with a passerby, spilling the contents of her purse. After they are restored to her, she misses her husband's pocketbook, and thinking the gentleman who bumped into her took it, she gives chase and succeeds in taking a pocketbook away from him. She relates the incident to her husband. He discovers his purse on the dresser. The restoration of the pocketbook to its rightful owner is very amusing.
- Sophie Clutts arrives in Snakeville with matrimony on her mind and four suitors waiting for her.