The Man Under the Bed

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A Western inventor, deeply absorbed in his book, wanders into an old maid's room by mistake, takes off his shoes, puts on his slippers and starts to make himself at home. He suddenly discovers her hat and coat on the door, snatches up his belongings and beats a hasty retreat, leaving the stub of his cigar on the stand and his shoes under the edge of the bed in such a position that they look suspiciously as if some one's feet were sticking out. Of course, when the old maid enters the room she detects the odor of cigar smoke, and her apprehensions are immediately aroused. Looking hastily about the room she discovers what she thinks is "a horrid man," and runs shrieking through the corridors, alarming the entire house. The timid young clerk and chambermaids, responding to her frantic calls, arm themselves with a revolver, brooms, etc., and attempt to dislodge the intruder, maintaining a respectful distance at all times from the man (?) under the bed. How the owner of the shoes comes in at the opportune moment, bow he attempts to escape from the threatening weapons of his now almost-heroic captors, how he makes an impression on the old maid's heart and how she calms his perturbation with the butt of his cigar to the amazement of the clerk and chambermaids are better told in the film itself than in words, which do not suggest the uproarious fun of the story.