Jerry is making preparations to be married, when, through a strong case of mistaken identity, he is led to believe his sweetheart faithless. Driven to desperation, he determines upon suicide. He tries several "routes" to oblivion by train, revolver, gas, and hanging, but all proving unsuccessful. He at last decides upon carbolic acid. Just as he is about to take the bottle from the shelf the telephone bell rings, and, his attention being diverted for the moment, he takes gasoline by mistake. The telephone call is from his sweetheart, who has just received his farewell note. When Jerry answers the phone he realizes his mistake, but, alas, it is too late. However, while there's life there's hope, and a doctor's office being near, Jerry makes an appointment to meet his intended there, and both rush off to keep it. Dashing through the line of the doctor's other patients, Jerry reaches the inner office, and begs for help. Deciding upon heroic measures, the physician lays Jerry upon the operating table, and inserting a tube in Jerry's throat he applies a match and soon relieves the situation, also Jerry's stomach. Then, a minister being among the patients, he is called into service, and, Jerry having his license, the ceremony is duly performed and everybody is happy.
—Moving Picture World synopsis