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This sketch, written by John J. O’Connor and entitled “The Line Between”, was twenty minutes long.
William “Billy” Flemen plays Kid Higgins, a prize fighter who falls in love with Marion Collins (Violanta Surrat), who is the daughter of a crooked politician named Thomas Collins (Robert Harland). Marion loves Kid, but her father disapproves. Kid then blackmails her father because he knows about his grafting on an Albany bill. The sketch is full of the slang that Flemen is famous for. Kid then finds out that Marion is actually his half sister. He cries and never looks at her again.
Flemen did an effective job in switching from ridiculous slang to the pathetic. This sketch will eclipse all of his previous work in popularity. "For those who like modern slang red hot off the reel, Flemen and 'The Line Between' supply all demands."
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Variety 28:10 (08/11/1912)