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The Bradburys and the midnight bonds ruse
Felix Bradbury a master of disguises and cribs schemes travels from Boston to a hotel. A telephone ruse with a fake Bradbury daughter lures him to a country house where thirty thousand dollars in bonds disappear after a side door is left unlocked. Miss Bessie Bradbury tricks him with a staged robbery joke, exposing his bluster and prompting a final mock confrontation.
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Felix Bradbury
James Taylor
Hiram Brown
Sing Sing
Mr. Bradbury
Jimmy
Pat
Pape
Mamma
Papa
Goodby
Providence
Bradbury
Boston
Bessie Bradbury
Miss Bessie
Samuel
Miss Bradbury
Europe
Will
Bessie