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- Lieut. Carter, on his way home from the Arctic, is entrusted with the skin of a polar bear that was shot by his friend, Capt. Robins, and promises to deliver it to the Walkers, friends of the Captain. The Captain also gives Carter a letter to mail to the Walkers explaining that Carter, who is an eccentric chap, will call on them with the skin. Carter, on his way to the Walkers', is compelled to get out of his automobile, and try to fix same, which has broken down. A lunatic, who has escaped from his guards, comes upon the stalled auto in the middle of the road with the bear skin resting on the rear seat. He conceives the idea of stealing it, and thus effecting his escape. This he does and disappears while the guards come running up to the lieutenant, who has meanwhile discovered the theft, and they all get into the machine, to hunt the fugitive. The lunatic, on his wild rampage encased in the bear skin, comes to the home of the Walkers and is mistaken by them for Lieut. Carter. They entertain him royally, and, though somewhat shocked by his crude actions, let them pass remembering that Capt. Robins had written that he was eccentric. The lunatic takes a violent dislike to the butler and, after many amusing incidents at the dinner table, he chases the butler out of the house and up a tree, his method of attack being none other than the large carving knife. He comes back to the house and when Mr. Walker protests, the lunatic gives him the same treatment as was accorded the butler, only Mr. Walker's place of refuge is the dog kennel. The lunatic again returns to the house and compels Mrs. Walker to be his partner in a real bear dance. Mr. Walker and the butler return and, attempting to remonstrate with the lunatic, are compelled to dance, and a sad state of affairs seem to be in store for them when the timely arrival of the lieutenant and the two guards put an end to the lunatic's wild career, and he is taken back to the asylum.
- When Henry Howland, the great philanthropist, feels his health failing, he makes his will and entrusts it to his nephew, Walter, to file away in his private safe. Impelled by curiosity, Walter opens the will and discovers that his uncle has cut him off with a mere pittance, leaving the major portion of his estate to charity. He cleverly forges a new clause to the will, and is in the act of substituting it for the original when surprised by his uncle. After a heated argument, Howland dies of heart failure and Walter, panic-stricken, carries him to his own room and notifies the coroner. Later, Walter accompanies Gladys Brooks, with whom he is in love, to the retreat of a Hindoo mystic, a crystal gazer, who bares Walter's life while in a mesmeric trance. Fearful of arrest, Walter escapes from the room and eludes the detectives put on his tracks by the district attorney, who is a rival suitor for the hand of Gladys. After a time he returns and makes a clean breast of the whole affair. The district attorney seeing that Gladys loves Walter, and that Walter is sincere in his desire to start life anew, calls off his detectives and allows the couple to catch the Montreal express.
- Charlie suffers terribly with attacks of acute indigestion, so his wife sends Morris to the doctor for medicine. Maude, farmer Jones's mule, is sick too, and Jones sends a farm hand to the veterinary to get some medicine. Morris gets the medicine and starts on the way home. The farm hand comes along the road with the medicine bottle in his hand and trips over Morris's wheel. They both fall and mix up their bottles. Charlie is given the medicine intended for the mule and immediately proceeds to kick and tear around. The mule is given the medicine belonging to Charlie and trots out of the barn. Charlie runs out of the house with his wife after him. The mule runs with his master after him. All four come together at a crossing road and Charlie and the mule go off together. After a while they come to Charlie's home where they enter and upset everything. The owner of the mule at length gets control of his animal. The doctor gives Charlie his own medicine and he is restored to his natural self.
- Davy Crockett is madly in love with a blonde young lady who also looks good to several members of a ferocious band of Indians that inhabit the backwoods. After a meeting with Davy one day, she is surprised and kissed by one of her red-skinned lovers, which makes her so indignant that she stops to thrash him and is captured by the band and scalped. Losing her fore lock does not seriously injure her health. She escapes to her Davy, and is taken to the hut of his parents and introduced as his future wife. A battle with the Indians follows, in which an intelligent redskin or two secures entrance into the cabin. The lives of all concerned are saved by a bunch of hardtack biscuits aimed at the Indians heads. Wedding bells ring merrily for Davy and the blonde heroine when the scene becomes calm enough to admit a minister.
- It is all arranged by the mother of "Sir Charles Kerplunk" that he shall marry "Emma." Emma proves not to his liking on first introduction, so Charlie runs out of the house and away from her as fast as he can. At the same time, in the great palace, the "Duke" is seen by one of the attendants dancing with one of the ladies-in-waiting. The attendant tells the Duchess, his wife, who rushes upon her fickle spouse, boxes the lady's ears and bandies the Duke rather roughly. In the meantime, Charles has been found and taken back to the house and Emma. He decides that he would rather die than marry her, so, taking a stout rope, he goes out into the orchard intent on committing suicide. He ties the rope around his neck, but is discovered by the persistent Emma before he has accomplished his purpose, and is taken back to the house and revived. Next day the Duchess decides to leave the Duke. She and her maid steal away to a boarding house which happens to be the identical one that Sir Charles and his valet have hit upon in their flight from Emma. She chooses a room next to the one in which Charles is hiding, and becomes so charmed by the music he is playing on the musical he has brought with him, that she sends for him. The Duchess and Sir Charles see much of each other and fall in love. At length the Duchess' maid goes back to the palace where the Duke is having a glorious time in his wife's absence, and discloses the Duchess' hiding place. The comedy ends with an extraordinary number of laughable situations and with the safe return of each of the runaways, the Duchess to her husband, the Duke, and Sir Charles to his mother and Emma.
- McGuirk joins a fake detective agency and starts out to detect a crime. Percy Gay loves Byrdie May, whose angry father says him "nay." McGuirk, finding Percy swearing vengeance, follows him, believing he is on a track of an awful criminal. Percy gives McGuirk an awful throw-down from his automobile. That night, when Percy brings a ladder with which to carry away the imprisoned Byrdie, McGuirk is on. He follows Percy up the ladder to Byrdie's room and is promptly knocked unconscious by Percy, who escapes with the girl. Papa May hears the rumpus, and revolver in hand captures McGuirk, whom he accuses of abduction of his daughter. Marching McGuirk through the streets at the point of a pistol, angry papa confronts Byrdie and Percy, who have just been married. They are forgiven and McGuirk gets his.
- A costly gem is stolen from a Hindoo idol and brought to America. Introducing numerous startling incidents, including an auto wreck and a leap for life.
- Fred, feeling in a devilish mood, begins to shoot. A bullet goes through the wall into the next room where Tom, who is drunk, has just succeeded in spilling red ink over his face. Fred, running in and seeing the ink, thinks it is blood, hits Tom over the head and puts him in the trunk, then goes out. Tillie, the maid comes in and is in turn hit over the head by Tom, who has succeeded in getting out of the trunk. There follows a series of comic scenes in which everyone connected with the story succeeds in spending a portion of time in the trunk. All ends happily in the end, and the company joins in a drink in Tom's sitting room sitting on the trunk which has been returned after a trip to the forest, to its proper place.
- A tramp steals a fur coat from an automobile. A policeman finds a purse dropped by a lady, and seeing the fine gentleman dressed in fur, thinks the pocketbook must belong to him. As the officer advances to offer the purse, the tramp thinks he is going to arrest him, and starts to run with the policeman following. In order to get rid of the coat, he throws it over a fence, where it lights on the head of a second tramp, who thanks his stars for his good fortune and goes on. The policeman arrives and gives him the purse. Asking no questions he proceeds to have a good time in a saloon, but when he goes out both purse and coat are rudely taken away from him by the owners, assisted by the police. The tramp escapes, meets the first wanderer, and they decide to be partners for life.
- After Hank and Yank have parted for the day at their dog-kennel home door. Hank is struck by an automobile belonging to a nervous man named Smith. Hank is taken to Smith's home. He pretends to be badly hurt, and is told to ask for anything he wants. While convalescing, he is rolled into the park by the maid. Here Yank comes upon him. The tramps embrace, and Yank is advised to try Hank's method of obtaining a good meal. This Yank does, standing in the way of Smith's automobile. He pretends to be hurt, is carried to a hospital. The impostor is caught stealing food from another patient's plate by Smith. The latter and the doctor plan a joke. They hold a conference, in audible tones, and the doctor says he will have to amputate Yank's limb. Hereupon the tramp dives from the window. He does not stop until he reaches the kennel where he meets Hank, breathless, too, having been chased by the police for having tried to kiss Mrs. Smith.
- Harry decides to play a prank on his rival, Charlie, so he puts the latter's pipe in the place of the fan Charles has bought their sweetheart for her birthday. Charles discovers the joke. He goes to Geraldine's house. When Geraldine's presents arrive, little sister, being curious, opens the boxes and mixes cards. Geraldine comes in from an auto ride, and opening her gifts, finds Harry's card with Charlie's old pipe. Harry arrives just in time to receive a cold reception. Charles, having discovered Harry's little jokes, comes and receives thanks for a rope of pearls, and takes all the credit coming his way, thinking that they had been Harry's gift. Just as he is the hero of the hour, Geraldine's father comes in and lets it be known that he is the donor of the pearls. Charlie, overcome, faints in father's arms.