"Squire Skeeter’s daughter has fallen in love with a young man to whom the father has taken a dislike and he determines to break up the affair. Henry, a servant, brings a letter addressed to the daughter. The old man takes possession of it and reading it, finds it is a plan whereby the two young folks will elope. In anger, he tells Henry to kill the lover if he comes near the house. The lover comes to see the sweetheart and Henry attempts to prevent it, but is won over by the sight of money. The old man hands Henry a rope, bidding him tie up the lover, which he does. When the girl comes on Henry passes his arms through those of the lover and the girl becomes indignant and leaves. The father comes back to see how his plan has worked and is told by the lover that he is going away. They shake hands and the Squire is given a rude shake-up, but accepts an apology. Meanwhile, offering the lover a pinch of snuff, Henry knocks the box from his hand and he leaves in anger. The lover is discouraged, when Henry tells him of a plan to help him. He will tell the Squire a story and as he tells it the lover must enact it. The old man hurries in and listens to the story, in which the lover removes the key from the Squires pocket, liberates the girl, and they proceed to the minister’s house and return later and tell the father of their marriage. He forgives them and gives them his blessing." - Moving Picture World, 1911
Split reel released with "The Borrowed Flat"