Everyone knows that it is lucky to find a pin and pick it up. Peter Pelton is a crank on this superstition and so is Cyrus Singleton, whose daughter, Ruth, is the object of Peter's affection. But in spite of Peter's luck in finding pins, it doesn't keep him from having a rival in John Cosens, a younger and more attractive man. John doesn't find pins, so, perhaps, that is the reason why Dad kicks him off the front steps, while he not only makes Peter welcome, but holds Ruth's dainty hand while Peter slips on the engagement ring. Peter has no sentiment and the fact that Ruth does not love him does not worry him. He keeps on finding pins. Meantime Dad plans to send Ruth out of town on a visit to keep her away from John, and to make certain that John is out of the way Peter is to go with her and turn her over to her Aunt. Ruth gets word to John and he is nonplussed for a minute, but the butler stoops to pick up a pin and this gives John an idea. He buys a paper of pins, strews them along the path from the house to the depot, steals Ruth from under the noses of Dad and Peter and hustles off to the station. Dad and Peter linger to pick up the pins and arrive at the station just in time to see the train disappearing in the distance.
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