The story
“They were a very young couple—and the landlord’s daughter, Nell, was certainly pretty. Mrs. Suburban was suspicious of her. Then, one day, she comes upon Dick taking a cinder out of Nell’s eye—and being already jealous, she misunderstands the situation. Dick can’t convince her there is nothing in it—so, at last, he lets her go out to walk off her tantrum, and lies down on the couch to read a diverting story, telling himself that the storm will soon ‘blow over.’ A runaway kitten invades the room—and Nell hunts it down, only to be found in her domain by May, on her return. Things are definitely worse—and May leaves the house, in tears, Dick giving pursuit. She gets ‘round the corner—then runs back home, to sob it out on the couch. The kitten, still on the rampage, is again chased into May’s room by Mr. Gordon, the landlord—and Dick returns to see that gentleman on his knees by the couch which looks suspicious, though he is only fishing underneath for the cat. Of course Dick knows it is all right—but he gets even with May by pretending otherwise. Then she sees that she is in exactly the same position as Dick was an hour before—and insists upon being forgiven.”
Summary from Reel Life · 10 January 1914
