The Widow

• 1909
• Other, Comedy

Robbins owns a fast horse named "The Widow," regarding which his wife is in blissful ignorance. While Mrs. Robbins is visiting her mother Robbins gets a message from his trainer to the effect that The Widow is in fine shape and requesting him to come and see her. Robbins goes, but he leaves the telegram where it falls into Mrs. Robbins' hands. Suspecting that The Widow is a woman with whom her husband is flirting, she rushes over to her mother for advice. The mother hurries her to the police station, where a warrant is sworn out for the unfaithful husband's arrest for abandonment. Robbins is sound asleep in a country hotel, when the police arrive, and is dragged to the station. He gets bail and then goes to the mother-in-law's home to find out what the trouble is. Explanations will not go with the mother-in-law, who tells Robbins he can explain in the divorce court. The final scene is in the court room, where the divorce proceedings are in progress. The wife testifies that her husband left her for a widow, and produces a telegram to prove it. Robbins now understands and produces a picture of "The Widow." This convinces Mrs. Robbins that she has made a mistake and there is a happy reconciliation.