She Married for Love

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Mrs. Muggs insists that her daughter Rose marry the Deacon, who is no chicken, but the Deacon is more than willing. Harry Bounce, an acrobat, comes to board with Mrs. Muggs during his vacation. Rose sees him practicing and thinks she will try it. She gets a lot of black-and-blue marks, but she is game. Harry, seeing how the ground lies, suggests that she marry him and go on the stage. She is tickled to death with the idea and practices so faithfully that she quickly becomes an efficient tumbler. With the tricks learned, she plots to get rid of the Deacon. When he comes to take her for a walk, she soon startles him by doing a cartwheel, but this is nothing compared to some of her somersaults when they meet a couple of maiden ladies, and that is not as bad as her doing a couple of hand stunts in front of the church pillars. Then the minister, heading to consult the Deacon, turns to find Rose walking his clothesline. That's enough for the Deacon. He takes Rose back to her mother and breaks the engagement, immediately getting engaged to an old maid rather against his will. The mother throws Rose out of the house, but she is reconciled to the marriage when Rose writes that she and her husband are making $250 a week--and sends Mother a check for $50.