A Grave Disappointment

• 1909
• Other, Comedy

A pretty girl who is employed in a large millinery establishment is called upon to deliver a hat to one of the customers. She takes the bundle and starts out, but before going far she has the pleasure of meeting her fiancé, who invites her to partake of some refreshments. Entering a restaurant, the happy young couple take their places at a table, and all during the meal the youth makes desperate love to the girl. As she must be about her duties, the maiden begs to be excused, and after bidding her friend a fond adieu she hastens away. The next picture shows the girl at work in the store several days later, when she receives a note from her fiancé which gives her a terrible shock. The girl has been living in happy anticipation that some day she would become the wife of the youth, but now he realizes that her social position is such that it will be impossible for him to marry her, and be sends her the note stating that the engagement must be called off. The poor girl, now feeling that all hope has abandoned her, goes to her room where she decides to end it all by inhaling gas. A man living in the next apartment, who has always loved the gentle girl, but whom she cared little for, discovers the attempted suicide and rescues the would-be victim just in time. Upon hearing the girl's sad story, the noble fellow confesses his undying love for her, and begs her to forget her grave disappointment and become his wife.