Ella Merry loves Mr. Loveland, a magistrate, but cannot get her father to smile with favor upon her lover's suit. Soon after, Mr. Merry receives a letter from an actress asking him to take her to his country residence. He does so, and soon the two are enjoying an hour's courting. Meanwhile Mrs. Merry has learned of her husband's escapade and that he is not, as he led her to believe, holding a meeting for the Protection of Young Women. She hastens to the summer residence, but is forestalled by three tramps. The latter are just facing Mr. Merry's revolver when news is brought that Mrs. Merry is coming. The tramps are forced to each seize a bundle of papers, the actress gets out of sight, so that when Mrs. Merry appears, it is to find a meeting for the Society for the Protection of Young Women in progress. She withdraws, when Mr. Merry finds that one of the tramps has got the revolver, and he has to pay for the men to keep silence. He is just "cleaned out" when the police raid the house and drag them all off to the police court. Here, all except Mr. Merry, are remanded, while Mr. Loveland, for he is the magistrate, concludes a bargain with Mr. Merry, whereby all are satisfied.
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