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4006 THE FORBIDDEN LOVER
Lady at table sewing; lover steals in doorway behind, puts his arms round her and kisses her; she jumps up, alarmed, lest he should be discovered; irrepressible lover is not to be put off, but later becomes alarmed on hearing footsteps ; skips about trying to find hiding place ; lady seats him on coal scuttle, and covers him up with the article she is sewing, so that he resembles arm chair. Papa saunters in reading paper, walks round table, and seats himself in improvised arm-chair! The arm chair scampers off, stealing one more kiss from the lady in passing, while papa disentangles bin self from the chair cover.
Length 65 feet.
4011 THE CLOWN BARBER
Gentleman enters barber's shop, knocks, and takes seat. Clown enters, to evident consternation of customer, dances round, and proceeds with the shaving, using a large bowl and brush; lathers him, and then producing a huge razor, commences to shave, but the gentleman becoming alarmed, and rather restive, cuts his head off, and finishes the operation at a sideboard ; puts the head on again ; customer gets up, ex. presses his entire satisfaction at the success of the operation pays, and departs Length 70 feet.
4020 ... COURTSHIP UNDER DIFFICULTIES
Young lady in garden evidently expecting someone; hearing whistle, looks round and sees young man getting over hedge; greets him effusively and they sit down together. While engaged in spooning, the little sister comes in and slyly ties the young man to the cliair by the coat waistband ; this rather handicaps the young man in his tussle with the old gentleman who next appears on the iscene, but he manages to reach the hedge, old gentleman hanging on to chaii : however something gives way releasing the young man and upsetting the old gentleman. Length 67 feet.
4123 ATTACK ON A CHINA MISSION.— BLUEJACKETS TO THE RESCUE
The scene opens with the outer gate of the premises ; a Chinaman with flourishing sword approaches and tries the gate. Finding it fastened, he calls the others who come rushing up; one leaps over the gate, and the combined attack results in forcing it open ; nine Boxers in Chinese costumes of varied character now swarm in, stopping occasionally to fire in the direction of the house.
The second scene shows the front of the house — the missionary wralkmg in front witli a young lady ; wife and child are seated a little further off. At the first alarm, the mission ary drops his book and sends the young lady into the house t" fetch rifle and pistols ; he then rushes to his wife and child, and sees them safely into the house ; takes cover behind some bushes, discharges his revolver at the Boxers advancing in different directions, kills one, then picks up rifle and discharges it at another; his ammunition exhausted; he comes to close
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