Resourceful Robert

• 1910
• Other, Comedy

Robert loves a lady and the lady loves him, but what her father thinks of Robert would better be left unsaid though it is apparent that the old gentleman is not of the same opinion, for he tells Robert very plainly that he will see him in some remote clime before he consents to take him as a son-in-law. Such a frank expression of opinion might discourage some people, but it never phases Robert. He wants to marry the girl and no one else is going to be the same to him, and with such a resourceful person wanting is the same as having. The gardener washing the lawn down gives him an idea. He gets the gardener to set them down with the hose, an impromptu shower bath that drenches both Robert and the girl from head to foot. Then an overturned rowboat and the girl's hat, floating with grim significance on the surface of the water, supply the rest of the little drama. The gardener, mindful of the promised tip, rushes for the father and the later tears his hair as he thinks of his loved little girl lying cold and still at the bottom of the lake. He is in a mood to be repentant, and when Robert comes staggering through the brush bearing the limp form in his arms the old man experiences a revulsion of feeling and everybody lives happily ever after, even the well-tipped gardener.