A young man, overwhelmed in debt by the extravagance of his wife, to forget his worries joins a poker game with several of his friends. One of the men wins continuously. His way home leads through the woods. The young husband, aware of ...See moreA young man, overwhelmed in debt by the extravagance of his wife, to forget his worries joins a poker game with several of his friends. One of the men wins continuously. His way home leads through the woods. The young husband, aware of this fact, advises him to carry a revolver and thereby hands him one. It is unloaded. He decides to take a short cut through the woods and hold his friend up, as he knows he will not be injured, the revolver being unloaded. Meanwhile the other man has met a party of friends who advise him to see whether the revolver is loaded. Finding that it is not, they load it up for him and send him on his way. When he is held up, not realizing who the highwayman is, he fires a shot and kills him. When the wife learns of her husband's death, she admits that it was her folly and extravagance that caused the tragedy. Written by
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