Stockbroker Fraunie Fraunholz lost it all in the market. He tells his girlfriend Marian Swayne and tries to break up their engagement. She is willing to give him all her money, but he refuses to accept it. She comes up with a scheme. She fakes a telegram telling him that he is in line for a fortune if he gets married before noon. It is a race against the clock.
What is wrong with him? He's taking his time and smoking a cigar. That's before considering that he believed the telegram in the first place. This is no genius. She's not much smarter either if that's her best scheme. They may be a match made in idiot heaven. There is a racist joke here, but considering the times, the joke makes sense.