Uncle John sews ten one-thousand-dollar bills inside the lining of his frock coat for safe keeping. Suddenly stricken and about to die, he hastily writes a will and leaves the coat to his ... See full summary
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Uncle John sews ten one-thousand-dollar bills inside the lining of his frock coat for safe keeping. Suddenly stricken and about to die, he hastily writes a will and leaves the coat to his nephew, John Clark. Clark receives the coat, butt is unaware of the money it contains. He expected a fortune, and in his disappointment and resentment at receiving only a coat, he attempts to destroy it. His wife rescues it and pleads with him to keep it, but he won't, and orders her to get rid of it. She gives it away, first to the milkman, and then to a hobo, but in each instance it comes back; the milkman leaves it hanging on the fence, and the hobo returns it because its stylish appearance gets him into trouble with the police. Mrs. Clark hangs it on the clothesline in the yard. A sneak thief runs off with it, but an artist who is passing gives chase and rescues it. He brings it back to the house and returns it to Clark. Clark won't take it, and compels the artist to keep it The artist, in need ...
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 | Fraunie Fraunholz | - | John |
 | Blanche Cornwall | - | John's Wife |
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