在这部The Mate of the Schooner 'Sadie'短片/剧情片中,
Lute Drew, mate of the schooner "Sadie," is in love with Beth Ross, daughter of John Ross, the captain. Lute is a fine-looking boy with a sweet, clean disposition. His father, also a sailor, was a man who drank heavily. Liquor crazed him and while threatening to strike Lute's mother in one of his fits of passion, the father dropped dead. With the horrible future always before him, Lute consistently refuses to touch liquor. Before starting on a voyage, Lute visits Beth. There it is decided that Lute and Beth shall be married after the coming voyages, in honor of the event. Capt. Ross produces a bottle of liquor and proposes that they drink a toast to the bride-elect. The curse of Lute's father is not known to Capt. Ross and Beth. Lute is afraid to drink the toast, but rather than have his loyalty to Beth questioned, drains the glass. Leaving the house to round up the crew, Lute finds himself in torment. He tries to pass a saloon, struggles with the effect of the toast and loses. He ...
