- The Royal Squashmere was a typical summer hotel. The building was ornate but composed of a most inexpensive material. The food was as bad as the private golf course which figured in the circulars, while the rooms were so crowded with assorted insects that there was hardly any space for the guests. Worst of all, as all the unfortunate men patrons remarked, there were no "chickens." The women guests were veritable antiques and spent their time in rocking chairs talking about the Civil War. Four bachelors had remarked these conditions separately, and each was planning to move, when joy came into their lives. The first man was the proud owner of an auto. His car broke down in front of a shabby farmhouse, all four tires blowing out. From the farmhouse came a fair maiden who invited him to sit in the shade while the chauffeur was putting in new inner tubes. She talked very sweetly with him. He did not know that she had scattered tacks in the road just to force this meeting. Two of the other men made the girl's acquaintance while golfing. A long drive by one of them hit her on the head (at least she told them so). They took her home with many apologies, both much impressed with her. The fourth man met her while fishing, a purely premeditated meeting on her part. And while the four were gathered at the farmhouse, the girl's father hung out a sign: "Farm Hands Wanted." All four of the men applied and agreed to work only for their board. As time passed each of the new hands separately courted the girl, and she smiled upon them all; then the tragedy happened. One by one saw his charmer in tears. She explained to each after much urging that the cruel man who held the mortgage on the farm was about to foreclose. Each of the infatuated ones pressed money upon her, as a "gift." and she accepted only after much urging. That night when the men returned to the farm weary after their day's exertion they found the place closed. Upon the door was a note in a woman's hand reading: "Dear Farm Hands, Pop and I have left the farm to go back on the road. We star in Uncle Tom's Cabin, and thanks to your generosity this year we can play the big time. Bessie Blinn." They looked at one another and fainted.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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