- College friends Percy Darling and Richard Kettle take their new wives on board a boat going from New York City to Albany. Just before sailing, however, Mrs. Kettle and Percy realize that they have left some baggage on shore, and so rush out to get it. The boat leaves without them, and a distressed Mrs. Darling and Richard, left in each other's company, decide to pose as husband and wife to prevent a scandal. When the boat docks, they learn that the last train has left, and so they hesitantly check into a hotel as a couple and spend the night together. The next day, Mrs. Kettle and Percy track down the "newlyweds" and are shocked to see them in the hotel lobby, arm in arm. The ruse is quickly explained, and the correct couples are soon sorted out.—Pamela Short
- Percy Darling, a husky fellow, boards a Hudson River day boat with his bride, a timid little clinging girl; they have only been married a few hours. On the boat Percy meets Richard Kettle, an old college chum who is also on his honeymoon. Kettle is a frail youth of a retiring disposition, and his wife is a suffragist who makes him "toe the mark." The two couples sit together and remember that they have left some of their baggage on the dock. Mrs. Kettle and Percy Darling leave the boat to see about their baggage. The boat starts, leaving Mrs. Kettle and Percy Darling behind. Timid little Mrs. Darling does all in her power to stop the boat, but the captain will not listen to her. To prevent scandal and awkward explanations, the two decide to say they are husband and wife. While on board the boat, they are showered with rice and treated as royal guests. That evening the boat lands at Poughkeepsie and the two decide to take the next train back and meet their other halves. They learn that the next train leaves in the morning, and much to their regret they must sleep "overnight" at the Rip Van Winkle Inn at Poughkeepsie. They register there as husband and wife, and a fresh clerk pokes all manner of fun at them. In the last act, which takes place at the Inn the next morning, the other couple arrives, and much to their surprise see Mrs. Darling and Kettle in each other's arms--as they must do to pass as husband and wife. The other couple become wild with rage and demand an explanation. A fake hypnotist who happened to be stopping at the Inn puts Mrs. Darling and Kettle to sleep and forces from them the truth, saying that to not arouse scandal they had to make love. The play ends happily, with the two couples together again, and they resume their interrupted honeymoon.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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