Too Much Champagne

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A clubman who has imbibed too freely of champagne returns home and finds the house rocking to and fro. After much difficulty, he manages to get inside, finally reaching his bedroom where the same condition exists. Removing his hat and coat, and putting on his pajamas, he tumbles into bed and is soon lost to the world. As he tosses restlessly in bed, a vision appears above the couch showing the man and his companions at a table drinking wine. This vision dissolves, and through a puff of smoke, the devil appears carrying a pitchfork with which he prods the sleeping man. He starts in his slumber and is finally dragged out of bed, at which point Satan disappears in smoke. Through the clouds, the unfortunate man is dragged, his fear further increased by constant jabs with the fork. At the entrance of Hades, St. Peter sits beside the gate as the devil pulls the victim. His pedigree is looked up, and St. Peter points beyond in which direction the devil takes him. They are ferried across the river Styx to the "Devil's woods" where innumerable imps jump up and prod the captive. Passing along the River of Souls, they at last reach the fiery pit into which he is to be cast. A fierce struggle takes place, and during this the man escapes and retraces his steps with the multitude of imps in close pursuit. In the devil's woods he is overtaken, thrown upon a rock, and subjected to further torture. While still being stabbed by the imps, the scene fades away to the man's bedroom where his wife is shaking him to rouse him from a nightmare. He "comes to", kneels in bed, and takes a solemn vow never to drink again.