Sir Brian, an irascible old gentleman, who suffers from gout, receives a note saying his son Gerald is very ill at college, and asking him to come to Dublin. He is too ill to go so he gets his friend, Captain Jenks, to go instead of him. Jenks finds Gerald being nursed by a pretty girl and soon discovers that Gerald is in love with her.
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John Bunny as Captain Jenks
Charles Eldridge as Sir Brian
James Morrison as Sir Brian's Son, Gerald
Zena Keefe as The Nurse
United States 13 April 1912
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