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Eddie is married, but plays the cafes regardless. Lee is married and realizes it every minute. Eddie persuades Lee to go out for a night, and by means of a ruse Lee gets away from the house. While they are enjoying themselves at a café, with two pretty entertainers, Lee wife's brother and a friend arrive from the West. They are hungry and get the two wives to go to a café for something to eat. They go to the same café that Lee and Eddie have chosen. Two husbands see their wives with the strange men, and flee to the kitchen for a consultation. They decide to stay and watch their wives. Donning waiter's clothes, they proceed to wait on the party. Their jealousy is aroused more and more as they watch their wives dance with the two men. Finally their anger leads them to crown the two men with dishes of soft food, and a chase and general scramble ensues. "Forgive me, darling, I didn't have a bit of a good time without you," says Lee. "Forgive me, sweetheart. He's only my brother," says wifie, and so peace is restored once more.

Blackmoor, an adventurer, who trails Milbank, accompanied by his wife and his faithful black, into the jungle, is inspired by two motives, first to locate the mining claims that Milbank's father had discovered, and second to cause the death of the party, so that he will secure the gold. The Milbanks locate the cabin of the old man, but they have arrived too late, for he has passed away. Young Milbank starts alone to locate his father's mining claims. Blackmoor follows after first setting fire to the shack which houses Milbank's wife and child. Nig, the faithful native, saves the woman and baby from death. Milbank, attracted by the fire, returns finding it in ashes and his loved ones gone. Blackmoor picks up Milbank's hat and finds in its lining a description of the locations. Mrs. Milbank falls asleep in the forest. An ape carries away her child. The mother starts in pursuit, dropping her shawl. The ape proves a kindly guardian for the little one. Eventually comes Milbank and his anguished wife whom he has found. They are astonished to discover the child alive and well in the care of the ape. In addition they find a rich mining claim. Blackmoor finds his stolen data useless for the mines the paper represent are worthless.

Pokes and Jabs, clerks in the brokerage office of Adam Fossil, are both smitten with the charms of Edna, the stenographer. Fossil also indulges in an occasional flirtation with her. The baseball season is about to begin and the enthusiasm of Pokes and Jabs is aroused to concert pitch by announcements of the opening game. Old Fossil catches them playing an imaginary game and fires Jabs and puts Pokes to work posting the ledger. Pokes resorts to a little liquid refreshment to brighten his spirits. Edna has a headache and is excused for the afternoon. Pokes writes himself a letter stating his grandma is seriously ill, and is also excused. He meets Edna and they go to the ball game. In the midst of an exciting play Edna discovers the boss is directly behind them, and Pokes sneaks off to another section. Meantime Jabs has entered into a plot with Bill Blutch to rob Fossil's safe. The game is at its height. The last inning score tie and two men out, three men on bases, when the heaviest hitter has an argument with the umpire and is ordered out of the game. Pokes offers to take his place and hits the first ball so hard that it flies into Fossil's window, hitting Jabs on the head just as he has lit the fuse to blow up the safe. Pokes scores a home run and the stands go wild with delight. The safe explodes and the noise arouses Pokes from his slumber. Rushing through the offices, he finds everything going on as usual. Returning to the counting room he throws the bottle of rye out the window, repeating to himself, "never again."

"Good day, officer. Nice weather, isn't It?" said Evelyn Dale to Sweeney, as she dismissed her machine at the entrance to Chinatown, and passed down the street to deliver some tracts on "The Social Uplift." Sweeney looked after her with a sigh, which changed to a gasp of fright, as the girl was suddenly surrounded by a band of Chinks, who dragged her into their lair. "Stop thief!" began Sweeney, starting to rush to the spot. His spirit was willing, but his feet were weak, and they headed him in the opposite direction, landing him in a familiar saloon. In the meantime, Evelyn was beating furiously on the panels of an underground chamber. Sweeney had a shot of his favorite beverage, and began to remember the credit of the force of which he was so conspicuous an ornament. Soon he was on his way to the place from which Evelyn had disappeared. Thud - kerplunk. Sweeney knew no more. When he came to, Bow Nee was offering him a pipe and a pill, and the unsuspecting cop accepted both with resignation. Blissful dreams were his, but a rude awakening followed when the police raided the joint. "I rescued Miss Dale. I discovered the den. I put out Bow Nee. I done it all?" And Sweeney got away with it, too, until, just as Mr. Dale was handing over the reward for his daughter's rescue, the pesky opium pipe had to fall out of his uniform. "The cooler for you with the Chinks'" said the heartless captain, and Sweeney's pipe dream was over.

Late one night Bragg gets a message that a poker game is in progress at a friend's, and manages to leave the house without waking his wife. Soon after a burglar enters the house, followed by a con. The burglar gets into the twin bed vacated by Bragg and when the cop appears says, "Hist. don't wake my wife." The policeman leaves the room, determined to wait for the burglar. In the meantime the poker game is raided and all are arrested except Bragg, who escapes and arrives home only to be captured by the con. He protests that he is Bragg, but his wife, half asleep, says that her husband is in the next bed, and Bragg is led away. Later Mrs. Bragg finds out her mistake and the real burglar is taken by the police. At the station the members of the raided poker party, who are all in one cell, discover that in the scrimmage a pack of cards has been saved and, with additional partners, the game is continued.

Peggy didn't figure that feeding her husband with the choicest cuts from the Cavender steak was anything but proper, but it led to complications. Glen essayed to go into the kitchen and bawl out Peggy for sending little more than a bone to the family table. Mrs. Glen misconstrued the situation, and Peggy was canned. In the pawnshop, Conklin and Turpin doing their best to get their salaries with as little effort as possible. Peggy comes in and secrets herself with Cavender, in an effort to get her job back, it starts something, for Mrs. C. and Peggy's hubby don't get the angle. A band of crooks plan to rob the pawnshop. Clothing store dummies play an important part, and two bags, one with and one without cash, figure prominently in the plot.