- Syd is dolling up in his room preparatory to calling on his girl, to whom he intends popping the question. So confused is he that he picks up a mirror and tries to comb his hair with it, at the same time endeavoring to see himself in a comb. Then, trying to look as businesslike as possible, he places a cigar behind his ear and a pencil in his mouth; he tries to light the pencil, burns his fingers, and after a lot of raving finally gets started, hanging his cane from his coat pocket. On the way to his sweetheart, he tips his hat to a telegraph pole, thinking it an acquaintance, and at last reaches the girl's house. The maid who answers the doorbell hands out a tray for his card and he gallantly places a coin on it, at which the girl laughs, taking the coin, and asks Syd whom he wishes to see. He replies he would like to see Miss Slocum, and the maid, taking Syd for a "nut," replies that Miss Slocum is engaged just now. Syd replies, "I'm what she's engaged to," and pushing the maid aside, walks into the parlor, seats himself. His collar being rather tight, he gasps and tries to loosen it. The maid passing by thinks he is choking and hastens in with a glass of water. Syd looks at it and, removing the flower from his coat, places it in the water. Finally Miss Slocum enters the room and extends her hand to Syd, who promptly removes his bat and cane and hangs them on her hand, and Miss Slocum hands them to the maid, who retires. Syd asks her to be seated, and she bashfully sits beside him. They are both confused and each looks in the opposite direction, but finally Syd plucks up enough courage to reach out for Miss Slocum's hand, but she having her legs crossed, he grabs her foot instead. She screams and faints and Syd, not knowing what to do, gets a cigar out of his pocket and pokes it in her face. This being ineffectual, he removes his flower from the glass and throws the water in her face. She revives slowly, and Syd gets on his knees and begs her to be his wife. She tells him first to read a column in the newspaper in which a reward is offered for the capture of a crook who has made six daring daylight robberies in a week and says she will only marry him if he is successful in finding this crook. Syd holds up his head and assures her he is a great sleuth, and before another day has passed she will consent to be his wife. As he goes out, he flicks the ashes from his cigar into the maid's extended hand and then struts out in search of the thief. After walking a short distance, he comes on a doctor going out on a case and immediately comes to the conclusion that he is the thief. He stops him, telling him he is a great detective, but the busy doctor hits him over the head with his grip and gives poor Syd a kick that sends him flying down the street. Finally, after stumbling along, he looks carefully about him to see he is not being followed, then feeling somewhat overheated, he removes his hat and takes out his handkerchief, mops his forehead, places the handkerchief on his head and is about to put the hat in his pocket when he realizes his mistake, and changes them quickly, kicking himself in the shins for being so absentminded, and walks dejectedly off.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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