Frayed Fagin's Adventures (1913)

• 81%
• 1913
• Comedy
• Pat Hartigan

Frayed Fagin is attacked by a particularly aggressive bulldog. Before the animal's desire for battle is satisfied, the hobo's clothes are in tatters. A hospital attendant throws some old clothes in the field with the intention of burning them. He has forgotten matches and returns to get some. While the man is gone, Fagin finds the clothes and walks off with them. Later, arrayed in the suit he has found, the hobo peers over a fence and sees a farmer sleeping near some beehives. The hobo accidentally knocks the hives over. The bees emerge and make things hum for the farmer and the hobo. The latter flees, with the former in pursuit. In the course of his flight, Fagin crashes through a hothouse. The irate gardener also takes up the chase. The flight breaks up a Salvation Army meeting and a picnic party. The participants all go after the hobo's scalp. A lake affords the only means of escape. Fagin dives in and swims under the water until he gains shelter in the overhanging grass on the opposite side of the lake. His pursuers believe that the hobo has drowned and go to inform the authorities. Waiting until they have disappeared, Fagin climbs out of the water and triumphantly goes on his way.