The Brave Ones

• 1916
• Other, Comedy

Plump and Runt are once again in hard luck. Footsore and weary they arrive at a village and after devouring a plate of newly-made pies, proceed to make love to the Sheriff's daughter, who is rescued from their attentions by the worthy official himself. Not having the necessary money to pay for their meal, the old man tells them that if they will sleep for one night in an untenanted house on his property, he will not have them jailed. Our two heroes agree to his proposal and take up their new quarters. As midnight approaches, they are disturbed by unearthly noises, creakings and shadow-like apparitions. Finally, giving up hope of sleeping, they lay awake. Their door slowly opens and in the wall appears a ghost like shape. This puts the finishing touch to their nerves and they bury their heads under the bed clothes. Meanwhile, a gang of counterfeiters who have long used the house as their headquarters discover the presence of the new tenants and decide to scare them off. Dressing in white sheets, they invade the bedroom, but Plump and Runt, now thoroughly aroused, attack and make them prisoners. The Sheriff's daughter, thinking to have a joke, also dons a sheet and is mistaken by the coiners for one of themselves. Confusion now reigns. The two boys try to escape. The Sheriff fires at them. Elsie screams as the villains vamoose and inform the police that the Sheriff is a coiner. A posse is dispatched, the Sheriff arrested and only released on the explanation from Plump and Runt who are now hailed as the saviors of the village, for were they not truly the means of making the ghost walk?