The story
“The artists in the city studio called Rupert the ‘rural Bohemian.’ He was always talking about the dear old farm, and big-hearted Josh Jenkins, his uncle. Rupert’s merry companions decided that life would be a blank until they met ‘Uncle Josh.’ So they lured him to the city by a letter, pretending to be from Rupert, offering to pay off the mortgage if he called at the studio at a certain hour on a certain evening. They led the old man to ‘Denny’s,’ a cabaret run at high speed. A beautiful young lady danced upon a table. Was Uncle Josh shocked? He was not. When dared to duplicate the performance he did and danced so lightly and well, that the young lady who preceded him left the place with tears of mortification. Then came a number not on the bill. A sweet girl was annoyed by a masher, and the bouncer tried to put him out, but it was the bouncer who was bounced. Then the odious man resumed his ogling, until the girl cried in anguish, ‘Is their no hero here who will dare all for a poor working girl?’ And again it was Uncle Josh who responded. He punched and manhandled that masher, until he mashed all the mashing out of him. Rupert arrived at the restaurant just in time to congratulate Uncle Josh, who had accepted the late bouncer’s place at a salary sufficient to pay off the mortgage within a short time.”
Summary from Reel Life · 11 March 1916
