Gerald Swinney's wife Edith is a termagant who refuses to agree to a divorce, so he devises a scheme to get rid of her. He becomes so desperate that friends and neighbors are concerned that he might commit suicide. To irritate his wife, he buys a couple of rats to put in the kitchen. When Edith buys rat poison, Gerald gives her a note that seems suicidal, enticing her to try poisoning him. After adding rat poison to his hot cocoa drink one night, she reports his death the next morning, but the police are surprised to find him asleep in bed. After Edith is prosecuted for attempted murder and sentenced to five years in prison, Gerald visits a stripper named Rosie Feather who has been the object of his desire since first planning to rid himself of Edith and they make a date for a romantic evening. Unfortunately, before the date can take place, Gerald is approached by the lonely woman who sold him the rats as she has her own plans for him.
—Lewis O. Amack / edited by Hans Delbruck