Lucinda's father was a country editor, and by dint of the utmost economy he was enabled to send his daughter to a university, where she took a course in architecture, graduating with high honors. The girl returned home, filled with political ambition, and anxious to run for office, believing that the publicity would help her in business later on. She found her father in far from a blithesome mood. Father was a reformer, and felt impelled to write cutting things about a couple of grafters one the nominee for sheriff, the other a candidate for city treasurer. "They both called to horsewhip me just before you arrived," the editor sadly explained to his daughter. "The whipping was bad enough, but the way they acted was worse. Each insisted that the other glut his vengeance first, and finally they matched for it. The preliminaries were nearly as bad as the regular performance." Lucinda's eyes filled with tears. "I am only a poor weak girl, father," she said, "but I will avenge you. Cheer up. Take a week off, and leave me in charge. After you return these vulgar men will never annoy you again and to punish them further, I, myself, will run for both sheriff and city treasurer, and defeat them." The editor could hardly believe that Lucinda could "make good," but he finally decided to take a chance, and went for a rest. While he was gone. Lucinda was most industrious, for she was an energetic architect, and the place was on a war footing when father returned. His enemies learned that the editor was back, and promptly called to remonstrate with him. This time Fate was against them. There were pitfalls on the stairs, boards flew out and hit them, and finally the pair were precipitated through a trap door, and sent whizzing down an incline to land at last in the water. There they were picked up by Lucinda but to their surprise she immediately demanded that they retire from the political race in her favor and ducked them until they agreed and signed the declarations she had already prepared. So the "gangsters" were defeated, and Lucinda was elected to two offices at once, and drew both salaries. And the editor wrote nice things about her in the paper, and got more advertising than he had ever had before. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis

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• Comedy
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