J. Morris Foster

Rena Rogers

William Human

James Douglass

Jack Gleason is visited by a chum of college days, Jim Whann, who lives with his father and his young sister, Ethel. Jim invites Jack to his home to meet them but Jack begs to be excused. Ethel thinks that this chum about whom Jim...

Thomas N. Heffron

An Eight Cylinder Romance

Jack Gleason is visited by a chum of college days, Jim Whann, who lives with his father and his young sister, Ethel. Jim invites Jack to his home to meet them but Jack begs to be excused. Ethel thinks that this chum about whom Jim talks so much is really the pretty girl, whose picture is in her brother's room. She decides to find out. When Jim goes out that night she wears the chauffeur's clothes and drives the machine. Mr. Whann tells Jim what Ethel is going to do. When Jack hears Jim's story of Ethel's deception, he joins the plot. They have read of the many auto burglaries and plan to scare Ethel. Jim remains at the apartment and Jack, with a handkerchief tied over his mouth, and an unloaded pistol in his hand, commands Ethel to hold up her hands. She drives the car according to directions, but pretends to have engine trouble and stops in front of a garage. The garage man tells her that there is nothing wrong with the car. He suggested that they get a drink. Jack goes with them. Ethel cannot get away with her drink, so the fellow calls her "Mama's baby boy," and slaps her on the back. Jack fights him. Ethel phones her father telling him she has been held up by a highwayman, and is now at a saloon where the burglar and another are fighting. Her father rushes for the police. Jack and Ethel escape and start down the road. Jack, seeing a machine pursuing them, takes the wheel and starts to race. He slips into an alleyway and the other car passes on down the road. But a tire has gone flat and he orders Ethel to fix it. Jack is sorry for his harshness and is just going to help her, when two masked men appear and force them to hold up their hands. Meanwhile Mr. Whann and the policeman, trying to find the other machine, meet Jim. He tells his father that Jack is the highwayman. Passing the alleyway they see the hold- up in progress. The robbers force Jack to drive away, threatening to kill him if he stops. While they are looking back at the pursuing auto, Jack puts on the brakes suddenly throwing the men forward. Before they can regain their poise, he thrusts his empty revolver in their faces. The policemen arrive and take the two men prisoners, but Jim tells them to let Jack go. Ethel is impressed by Jack's looks and courage. She hands him a bill and asks him to try to go straight. Jim and his father are scarcely able to control their laughter. They leave Jack and return to their home. That evening Jack comes to the Whann home, and Ethel, unsuspecting enters. He is holding a framed picture of her behind him and is embarrassed. She takes him for a thief. Jim enters, amused, and tells his sister that Jack is his chum. He and Mr. Whann then leave the room. Jack tells her that he stole a picture similar to the one he now has in his hand, and that he has been in love with the girl for two years.

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