- Rena and the housekeeper are bitter enemies, both striving to win their way into the good graces of the rich old man for whom they work. When old Scroggs dies, he leaves a will to the effect that both Rena and the housekeeper can have the right to occupy the house jointly, for a period of one month, during which time they may search for his fortune, which is hidden about the premises somewhere in the form of jewels. Rena tells her sweetheart, Fritz, the butcher boy, about the will and they frame up a way to scare the housekeeper off so that Rena might have perfect right to search as she pleases. Fritz tries various disguises, but with no success. Finally, Rena gives up hopes of finding the jewels and decides to give a series of entertainments to her friends until the month is up. Accordingly, she invites all the hired help to a party that night. Fritz, however, decides to make one more attempt to scare the old hen off and disguises himself as a burglar. He breaks into the house during the course of a dinner and surprises the housekeeper searching for the fortune. Frightened, she rushes to the kitchen to summon help, and in her absence a real burglar enters, and when they return they chase him and he lands outside of the window beside Fritz, who is hiding. Fritz makes a hasty exit, followed by the burglar and the party behind them, and the chase around the house ends only when Fritz climbs back into the house and seizes an old blunderbuss and takes aim at the burglar. His shot goes wild and strikes an old grandfather's clock in the library, smashing it, when suddenly out of the clock falls the jewels they have been searching for. Rena enters and claims her legacy. The housekeeper recognizes in the burglar a long-lost husband and is more than compensated for the loss of the jewels in finding him, while he pays the penalty of his crimes by being taken back by her. Fritz and Rena are at last able to get married and the party, already started, continues as a wedding celebration.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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