Moving Picture News (1911) . nd decides. The nextweek she leaves town. Dorothy and the man who had been buta man marry. A year later they visit theold people on the farm. At the time theyounger sister is home for a rest. He ispresented to her, starts, stares, under-stands, and wonders at the strangeness of a?world. A BITING BUSINESSImp Release October 23 A clever story inwhich the tables areturned on a coterie ofreal estate sharks. Felix Hardin is ahard-working oid manemployed as a book-keeper in a large con-cern. He has a largefamily and is wrappedup in his wife and children. He longs totake
Moving Picture News (1911) . nd decides. The nextweek she leaves town. Dorothy and the man who had been buta man marry. A year later they visit theold people on the farm. At the time theyounger sister is home for a rest. He ispresented to her, starts, stares, under-stands, and wonders at the strangeness of a?world. A BITING BUSINESSImp Release October 23 A clever story inwhich the tables areturned on a coterie ofreal estate sharks. Felix Hardin is ahard-working oid manemployed as a book-keeper in a large con-cern. He has a largefamily and is wrappedup in his wife and children. He longs totake them out of the heat of the city toenjoy the balmy air of the country. Theoccasion presents itself. Clifton, a dealer in real estate, visits theoffice where he is working and calls hisattention to a glowing advertisement, offer-ing bungalow lots very cheap. Hardin isnot a business man and is very looks at the plat of the lots and isinfatuated with the idea of owning payments are easy and he is persuaded. THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS 31 to part with the contents of his pay en-velope as a tirst instalment. He returnshome and gleefully explains the deal to hisw ife. She does not share in hi& enthusiasmas there are bills to meet and she hadcounted on his weeklj salary to pay is mollified, however, when she seesthe glowing press matter and the plat ofthe lot. When summer comes Hardin has a vaca-tion and he packs his family off to theshore to feast their eyes on the lot. Hefinds it with some difficulty and learns thathe has been the victim of a cruel swindle,the lot being situated in a mosquito in-fested swamp in an isolated spot. All themembers of the family give vent to theirfeelings in tears. Hardin crumples up thedeed for the lot and casts it into thebog and the family walk away downhearted. Montgomery, a wealthy real estate dealer,has built a bungalow near the site of Har-dins lot and comes down with his wifefor the summer. The mosquitoes make lifemiserab
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