
The Rural Third Degree
Si marries a guileless country maid, and receives among his wedding presents a bottle of liquor. The bride samples it in Si's absence, and being unaccustomed to drink, is overcome and falls on the table in a stupor. Si discovers her just as a party of neighbors are coming to congratulate the young couple and hides her in the yard, laying her on a bench. An inquisitive visitor finds her and reports to the constables that Si has killed his wife, and he is apprehended.
- Year: 1913
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Comedy
- Studio: Keystone Film Company
- Keyword: lost film
- Director: Mack Sennett
- Cast: Fred Mace, Dot Farley, Nick Cogley, Charles Avery, Chester M. Franklin, Raymond Hatton