Oh, such a business. Toplitsky has a wife. He also has a partner, and he believes that the partner is casting glances at his wife, not consistent with the terms of a business partnership. The jealous husband snoops around and finally convinces himself that he had grounds for a divorce. He sends for his lawyers, and a conference is held. The partner, while out walking, comes face to face with a bear. Evidently recognizing the fact that the man is hungering for affection, the bear makes a lunge for him. The man runs for his life, with the bear in hot pursuit. Hard pressed, he sees a window open, and jumps through it, finding himself in a bedroom, and he dives under the bed, where he lies, exhausted and trembling with fear. The lawyers have been acting as peace-makers with their client, and they have finally convinced him that he should forgive his wife. With his heart overflowing with forgiveness and love, Toplitsky, followed by his legal advisers, goes to his wife's room to apprise her of the change in his mind, and there finds the object of all his woe, under his wife's bed After the battle has subsided, the partnership is dissolved.
—Moving Picture World synopsis