Jabs runs a female gymnasium and his motto is, "Get all the trust you can and pay no one." His landlord notifies him that if he does not pay the back rent it will be collected by force. Numerous collectors try but all fail. Pokes finally ...See moreJabs runs a female gymnasium and his motto is, "Get all the trust you can and pay no one." His landlord notifies him that if he does not pay the back rent it will be collected by force. Numerous collectors try but all fail. Pokes finally gets the job and starts out to collect. Whether it is his winning ways, his dogged persistence, or his bulletproof armor that caused his success is unknown, but the landlord is telephoned for, and when he arrives at the gymnasium he finds Pokes calmly sitting on Jabs' chest, with Jabs' sweetheart on his lap counting the roll to see if it will cover the amount owed. Written by
Moving Picture World, September 29, 1917
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