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Struck by American Molly Randolph's beauty, Englishman John Winston poses as Brown, a chauffeur, and conducts Molly and her aunt Mary on a tour of London, Paris, and other parts of Europe. John eventually wins Molly's affection, despite the best efforts of Frenchman Tallyrand, and Jimmy Payne of South Orange, New Jersey.—Pamela Short

Molly Randolph, a wealthy American girl in London with her aunt, invests in a motor car. She uses the last of her allowance to pay for it. and wires her father to send her more funds, which he does. Molly engages a chauffeur and, with her aunt, starts on a tour from London through southern Europe. Her first mishap occurs when a few miles from London and from then on the automobile breaks down at frequent intervals. During one of these breakdowns, the Hon. John Winston happens along in his car, and is mistaken for a chauffeur by Molly. He does not correct the impression. After a bad breakdown, Molly's chauffeur decamps with a five hundred franc note, which Molly had given him to pay for a new part of the machine. Winston, posing as "Brown," the chauffeur, takes the other's place, and the rest of the tour is replete with funny incidents and complications owing to Winston's deception. The trip continues from London through Paris, thence to Blois. where Tallyrand, an adventurous Frenchman, with a high-power motorcar, appears and makes love to Molly. He is repulsed, and takes revenge by blowing up Molly's auto. In a struggle with "Brown'' he is thrown into a duck pond and finally driven away. "Brown" then offers the use of his car, and the tour proceeds through Pau to Nimes. where the vast amphitheater is visited, and a modern moving picture theater is shown in the center of the old amphitheater. Here, Jimmy Payne, an American from Orange, N.J., appears. He is an old friend of Molly's and has been a suitor for her hand. Claiming to be an expert chauffeur, Jimmy induces Molly to allow him to replace "Brown" in the driver's seat. In a spirit of bravado, he crosses the railroad track, narrowly escaping having the car and its occupants smashed to pieces by the South Express, the Twentieth Century Limited of France. A little later, Jimmy is unable to apply his brakes in time and bumps into a peasant's cart. The peasant, who is only slightly injured, demands five hundred francs, refusing fifty francs offered him to repair the damage. He becomes abusive, and gathering other peasants and road vendors about him. threatens the motor party with bodily harm. "Brown," rising to the occasion as always, opens the muffler, and the Gatling gun-like reports startle the attacking party and in the confusion the motorists escape. The peasant reports the occurrence to the nearest Gendarme, and a motorcycle officer starts after the automobile. He is steadily gaining on the party when the auto is turned into a courtyard, and the Gendarme passes on. Then the motorists continue their journey. Jimmy's career as a chauffeur comes to an abrupt end when, after imbibing too many cocktails, he smashes the steering gear of the car by running into a stone wall on an Alpine road. "Brown" and Molly, on their way back to town to secure assistance, are set upon by a band of Apaches in an inn where they have stopped to inquire the way to town. "Brown" is thrown through a window and down a hillside. Molly, having escaped from the inn, shows a growing affection for her "chauffeur," when she finds him unconscious at the bottom of the hill. He secures the assistance of two Gendarmes. They return to the inn and capture the whole band of desperadoes. Molly, in gratitude, invites "Brown" to dine with her. He accepts the invitation, but on purchasing some flowers for her, finds he has run short of funds and pawns his watch at the government pawnshop. The situation is further complicated when Jimmy finds "Brown's" pawn ticket, and decides that "Brown" is a chauffeur who has killed his master and pawned his jewelry. He cables Molly's father to sail from New York immediately, and notifies Winston's mother that Winston has been murdered by his chauffeur, at the same time securing a warrant for the arrest of "Brown." Then ensues a motor chase through the Alps, with Jimmy and the police on "Brown's" heels all the time. "Brown" is finally arrested and is brought before his mother and Molly's father, as the supposed murderer of Winston. Of course, he is instantly recognized and the laugh is on Jimmy. Molly forgives "Brown" for his deception and ultimately becomes Lady Winston.—Moving Picture World synopsis