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Chasing the Limited (1915)
Short | Short, Thriller

Chasing the Limited (1915)

Short | Short, Thriller

Clagett, chief clerk to Superintendent Shea of the Coast Line, and the latter's daughter have formed an attachment for each other. The superintendent, in order to break off the attachment, sends his clerk to a small town 500 miles down the...See moreClagett, chief clerk to Superintendent Shea of the Coast Line, and the latter's daughter have formed an attachment for each other. The superintendent, in order to break off the attachment, sends his clerk to a small town 500 miles down the line as agent. Clagett assumes his duties as agent and makes the acquaintance of a woman in charge of the depot lunch counter, who is known as "Saint Catherine of the Coffee Cups." The girl is just recovering from a great sorrow in the loss of her mother and is left in charge of her brother, a wild lad of about seventeen. On her deathbed the mother has made the girl promise to do everything in her power to make a man of the boy, Micky. The new agent realizes his attachment for the superintendent's daughter was only a passing fancy, and that Catherine is, in truth, the only girl for him. Micky continues to frequent saloons and gambling halls. One day he sees Clagett put a large freight shipment payment in the safe. Micky comes into the office and tells the agent that his sister wants to see him. Leaving Micky in the office, he goes to see what the girl wants. He finds the errand was a ruse. Later he starts to check up his cash, when there is a knock at the door and Kenyon, the traveling auditor, comes in. Following the usual custom of auditors, he demands to check the cash at once and Clagett is found to be short $540, the exact sum of the freight shipment payment. He refuses to make any explanation, although he feels sure Micky is the cause of it, and the auditor takes charge «f the office. The dispatcher puts out an order at the station to hold the fast mail for a fruit train, which cannot be reached, and Clagett dully hears him receive the order. Catherine comes to the window and speaks to him. She realizes something is wrong, and Clagett suddenly blurts out that he is short a large sum. Catherine realizes Clagett is trying to protect her brother and starts off to find him, leaving Clagett without any explanation of the purpose of her errand. He thinks she believes him guilty and is very much cast down. Clagett is sitting in apathy when he suddenly hears the roar of the fast mail passing the station and notices a helper engine on a track nearby, deserted by the crew, who have gone to lunch. He is going at a terrific rate when the foreman of a track gang sees him coming, and thinking it is a runaway, derails it to save the mail. Clagett makes a flying leap when the engine is derailed and outside of bruises is all right. He is still determined to save the mail, and grabbing a hand-car standing near the track, starts again. The private car of the superintendent is on the rear of the mail, and he, with his daughter and others, are enjoying the view when they see a hand-car in the distance with a man signaling. The superintendent pulls the air and stops the train. Superintendent and his daughter express their gratitude and he tells them that he is virtually under arrest for theft in his office. Margaret turns from him in scorn, and he contrasts her attitude with Catherine's. The superintendent realizes the debt the road owes Clagett, but decides to put off action until he learns further from the auditor. On the return to the station the auditor rushes out and grasps Clagett by the hand. He is overcome with surprise when he hears the auditor tell the superintendent that Clagett's accounts are in good shape, and that he had made a mistake, and that the money had been merely misplaced. Catherine, after a stormy session with her brother, had succeeded in getting the money and turning back to the auditor with a full explanation. She is waiting in the office until the return of Clagett. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Marie Walcamp Catherine Catherine See fewer	Tongues of Flame (1918)
Wellington A. Playter Clagett (as Wellington) Clagett (as Wellington) See fewer	Back to God's Country (1919)
Rex De Rosselli Shea Shea See fewer	Rescued by Wireless (1914)
Betty Schade Margaret Shea Margaret Shea See fewer	Bare Fists (1919)
Kingsley Benedict Micky Kenyon Micky Kenyon See fewer	Perils of the Secret Service (1917)