- Jabbs, the Chief, and Pokes, one of the members of the local police force, are both suitors for the hand of Ethel, the maid at the home of Mrs. Gothrox. While Jabbs is calling on Ethel they hear somebody at the door and, fearing the return of Mrs. Gothrox, Ethel locks Jabbs into the closet. To her dismay, it is Pokes at the door, and refusing to listen to Ethel's entreaties that he remain outside, the doughty policeman enters the kitchen, where he partakes of the repast set on the table for the Chief. Mrs. Gothrox having died, Ethel receives from her late mistress a legacy which causes Pokes and Jabbs to press their suits with still greater ardor. Taking advantage of his position as Chief, Jabbs discharges Pokes from the police force and wins Ethel. Later, when Jabbs and Ethel are having their new home renovated, a strike of paper hangers is called, and the men employed by the newly married couple join the strikers, leaving the house in an unfinished condition. Pokes, now broke and out of work, is pressed with a pal into service as a strike breaker and sent to finish the wall papering job at Ethel's house. Here Pokes and his pal succeed in papering the room according to their ideas of paper hanging, but in a fashion which would hardly be approved of by interior decorators. When Jabbs, who is now a poor henpecked husband, and Ethel return from a shopping trip they are horrified to see the condition of their once-beautiful home. Filled with rage, when he recognizes Pokes, Jabbs chases his former rival and his pal around the room, out of the window and into the water trough beneath.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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