The old witch in her mystic laboratory, where she is executing the wonderful feat of throwing a number of pellets on a table and they change into money. She is unconscious of two faces which appear at the window and eagerly watch her as ...See moreThe old witch in her mystic laboratory, where she is executing the wonderful feat of throwing a number of pellets on a table and they change into money. She is unconscious of two faces which appear at the window and eagerly watch her as she hoards away the coins, the two adventurers see her mount a broomstick and ride away on it, after which they enter the room. They take out the gold, and not content, begin to tinker with many jars of pellets on a shelf. One of them empties a few on the floor, and when they strike the ground a crowd of white capped figures spring out of the ground, each bearing a bat, and the adventurers are lambasted mercilessly. When they recover the apparitions are gone and they are accusing each other. Once more they drop the pellets on the ground, and again they receive a beating, this time from a gang of weird-looking ogres. This is too much, and they dash for the outside air; one of them succeeds but the other is thrown from the threshold by an unseen force; alarmed, he tries the window, but a stream of water greets him there; a dash in another direction brings him another bath, after which the entire floor of the room begins to rock, throwing the hapless fellow from wall to wall. When the room finally rights itself the old witch enters, and with the vigorous aid of her broom helps him out ungently. Written by
Views and Film Index (January 11, 1908)
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