The story
“Nolan Gottyspile, just out of college, wants to marry Mignon. The girl’s father, however, says ‘No.’ When he finds out that Mignon is just as anxious to marry Nolan, as he is to marry her, the old man, having other plans in mind, tells Nolan that he can have the girl when he acquires $10,000. Nolan is broke, but he does not despair. He finds a diamond pin that brings him $100, and with this as a start, after a strenuous week of high finance, he raises his capital to $17,095.00. Mignon’s father is then compelled to live up to his agreement, but to make certain that all is well, he insists that Nolan buy his wife a $10,000 house. Nolan cleverly arranges it so that the old man has to pay for the place, and when the bill collectors begin to come around, Nolan has to confess that the money he had shown the old man was borrowed capital and that he was in reality absolutely broke. Thereupon Mignon’s gouty parent, enraged at her husband, sets out to kill Nolan. Just at the critical time an attorney arrives on the scene with news of a legacy, and Nolan and Mignon are then on Easy Street.”
Summary from Reel Life · 29 August 1914
