- Mr. DeForrest runs a boarding house and at the same time keeps a watchful eye over his beautiful daughter. He discovers a flirtation taking place during dinner between his daughter and one of the young men boarders. He takes her to her room and locks her in, to punish her. The young man is angered, leaves the table, goes to his room, and has a talk with his pal over his predicament. During the course of conversation, an idea occurs to him to cut out the mask of the stove pipe hole in the wall which connects with the next room, the room occupied by the landlord's daughter. She is much surprised to see the outstretched hand of her sweetheart through the partition. They continue their flirtation, but the father hears the pipe fall on the floor and this arouses his suspicion. He leaves the table and listens at his daughter's door. Hearing the voices he gets his revolver, sneaks in on her, throws her aside and shoots through the hole. The lover and his pal are confused for a moment but quickly devise a scheme for fooling the old man. The lover pretends he has been shot, screams and lays down on the floor whereupon the old man nearly goes crazy, as he had only intended to frighten the young people. He and his daughter run around into the boys' room and see him lying on the floor. The old man faints and when he comes to they send him for a doctor. Immediately after he has gone, the pal secures the services of a minister, one of the boarders, to perform the ceremony. While they are in the midst of this the father arrives with the doctor, but he remains in the hall seated on a newly varnished chair, while the doctor enters to examine the patient. Just as the doctor realizes the situation the father in the hall hears the minister pronouncing the couple man and wife. He realizes the ruse and starts to spring for the room but the chair sticks to him and blocks his passage through the door. He tugs until his trousers give way and he falls through the door intending to cause trouble, but his attention is attracted to the condition of his trousers, whereupon he is much confused and finally is persuaded to give the children his blessing.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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