The story
“Oscar and Conrad become ‘gentleman guides’ and decorate themselves as secret society emblems for reasons best known to themselves. Oscar gets a job as a ‘guider’ and Conrad goes along as an assistant. At the alligator farm a sleepy old codger took a liking to Oscar’s trouser leg and managed to bite off a memento. Later, on the beach, Conrad started a flirtation with a strange girl, but fortunately for the Miss, she knew how to scream. A mile away the police reserves heard it and came on the run. The sea was the only means of retreat, and into it the badly scared ‘guiders’ sought refuge. Lifesavers, coming to the rescue of the fair maiden, pulled them into the boat. Fear of capture put new life into the fleeing men, who turned on these men in the boat and through them into the water. Then they all rowed to safety.”
Summary from The Moving Picture World · 2 September 1916
