An Innkeeper introduces his young and pretty daughter to a wealthy old man who is in quest of a wife, but she being already in love spurns his protestations. After he leaves, the poor young: suitor stealthily comes in and sits by her side. The father discovers them and ejects the fellow. Presently the latter returns only to be discovered again. This time the angry innkeeper beats the persistent suitor furiously; and while he lies on the ground, smarting from his bruises. a band of men and women enter and toss him up in a blanket, and afterwards duck him in a well. The rope breaks and great excitement follows among the crowd, for the fellow is drowning. Police enter, but because of the confusion they forget to rescue him. Finally somebody recovers his presence of mind, lowers a rope with a hook on it, and draws up the victim, covered with mud and gasping from his strenuous baptism. A final tableau shows reconciliation and rejoicing.
—Star Catalog