Mrs. Keen leaves her first born in the care of her nephew and his friend while she attends a mothers' meeting. Baby does not enjoy the men's society although they bring practically everything in the house to entertain her. Not being successful in stopping her crying they decide to put her in a basket on the porch with a note to the father of the baby that the mother has left her happy home. Father discovers babe and letter and thinking his wife has deserted him gives the child and a tip to an unfortunate woman who is a little the worse for liquor. The mother returns from her meeting and asking for her infant is informed that no one knows anything about it. She becomes distracted and, realizing they have gone too far with their joke, the nephew and friend insert an advertisement in the paper which brings baskets full of babies but not the right one. The father decides to go hunting for his heir and runs into several babies on his porch. Not stopping to examine he picks up the nearest basket and rushes to his wife. They lift back the covering and find a pair of little babies, only black as the ace of spades. A policeman wins the reward by arresting the unsteady lady and, recognizing the baby, returns it to the distracted mother.
—Moving Picture World synopsis