&quot;The Gold Brick&quot; opens up with Bleeckerstein, a crafty Jew, displaying a gold brick to his family and telling them to prepare for a sojourn in the country at the expense of some gullible farmer. Arriving in the country the family ...

The Gold Brick

"The Gold Brick" opens up with Bleeckerstein, a crafty Jew, displaying a gold brick to his family and telling them to prepare for a sojourn in the country at the expense of some gullible farmer. Arriving in the country the family are seen approaching a farm house on which is displayed the sign, "Boarders Taken In," and here they make terms, and the succeeding scenes show that they were "taken in" in more ways than one. They decide to jump their board bill, and Bleeckerstein trades his gold brick for a horse and also procures a rickety wagon. The next scene shows them hastily removing their baggage through a back window, and loading it on the wagon and making a hasty retreat, as they think, unseen. The farmer and his wife have been onto their game, however, and he sends his boy from the village constable; then follows a chase, in which Bleeckerstein's wagon breaks down and his effects are all scattered over the road, as a yokel passes with a wheelbarrow. Pressing this into service they still attempt to escape, but the constable grabs his man after many attempts and the farmer rushes up and presents his board bill, and the would-be swindler is arrested in spite of his protests that he himself had been swindled.

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The Gold Brick

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