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  • The Squire's Mistake (1914)
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The Squire's Mistake (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
Nellie Morris is struggling for an honest livelihood, handicapped by a dissolute brother. The last straw comes when the brother is arrested and Nellie determines to get as far as possible from the scenes of her old life. She sees a ...See moreNellie Morris is struggling for an honest livelihood, handicapped by a dissolute brother. The last straw comes when the brother is arrested and Nellie determines to get as far as possible from the scenes of her old life. She sees a newspaper advertisement inserted by Squire Ruggles, a rancher, calling for a servant. She goes to the ranch and is taken into the household. Tom, the son, falls in love with Nellie. The rancher is enraged. Tom, having gained Nellie's consent to marry him, takes this inopportune time to ask his father's approval. The squire tells Tom that if he makes Nellie his wife, he must leave the home roof. Nellie persuades Tom to put off the marriage, and decides she must leave. Monte, Nellie's brother, having escaped from jail, prowls around the neighborhood of Squire Ruggles' ranch. He sees the squire being paid a sum of money and determines to rob the house. As Nellie is leaving Monte recognizes his sister. He tells her that she must help him get the money from the houses if she refuses he will kill her. The girl consents, in order to carry out a scheme she believes will save the robbery. Leaving Monte outside, Nellie returns to the house and gets a revolver. The squire, aroused by a slight noise, looks through a crack in the door from another room. Seeing Nellie with the revolver, he believes that she is about to rob the house herself. The squire draws a bead on the girl with his revolver and is about to fire when a strange signal given by Nellie excites his curiosity. He waits to see what will happen. The brother comes into the house and Nellie immediately covers him with her revolver. Monte waits his chance and seizes the gun in Nellie's hand. While they are struggling the squire, realizing the true state of affairs, shoots, wounding Monte. Monte is taken away by the cowboys, who arrive on the scene. The squire now realizes that his estimate of Nellie was wrong. He begs the girl's forgiveness and consents to her marriage with Tom. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Siegmund Lubin
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Updated Jan 6, 1914
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Jan 6, 1914 (United States)

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3 cast members
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Ray Gallagher
Tom Ruggles Tom Ruggles   See fewer
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Nellie Morris (unconfirmed) Nellie Morris (unconfirmed)   See fewer
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