Making a Convert (1914)

• 71%
• 1914
• Comedy
• Romance
• John H. Collins
• Andy Clark
• Elsie MacLeod
• Harry Gripp

Ruth, a heedless, impulsive and somewhat headstrong girl, is the heart's adored of Bill. Ruth's utter lack of regard for her safety when she is boarding or leaving cars, or crossing the street, is a source of considerable anxiety to Bill. Ruth, through sheer luck, escapes three accidents, which might have resulted from her carelessness. On each occasion, Bill points out the folly of her ways. Ruth, who is one of the sort of people who hold as dogmatic the truth that a miss is as good as a mile, becomes heartily tired of Bill's chiding, and finally tells him that he is an old fuss budget, and that the man she marries must have something else to think about beside possible accidents. A few weeks later, Ruth herself rescues a boy who has run back after a baseball almost under an approaching street car. In the motorman, who by his prompt application of the emergency brake has done his share in saving the boy's life, Ruth recognizes Bill. Because she is heartily repentant, Ruth begs him to forgive her, a proceeding which Bill seems little averse to undertaking.