The story
“Algy was ready to go home to his wife and dinner, when two old pals, Jack and Jim, pounced upon him, insisting that he come with them to a smoker. Algy knew Maude wouldn’t like it, but he won her consent over the phone by promising to be home early. At the smoker, Algy behaved himself quite properly until the Steplight Sisters started to sing. Then he objected, on the grounds that he’d a darn sight rather see them dance—what were they singing for anyway?—and he would raise the dickens of a row if they didn’t change their tactics to please him, etc., etc., until, in order to let the show go on, they did as Algy said. A general ‘rough house’ ensued. Algy was left on the floor, where he fell asleep. When he awoke he hadn’t the courage to go home. So he betook himself to the office. Maude sent notes to Jim and Jack asking them if Algy had stayed with either of them the preceding night. Each took a chance and wrote back that Algy had been with him. Then Maude knew that something was wrong, and she lost no time in hurrying downtown to her husband’s office. Meanwhile Algy, at his wits’ end, had fixed up an alibi. Some imaginary burglars were to be made the scapegoats of this last night’s adventure. So he had his two pals tie him up in a chair, and they were just pulling the last rope knot taut—when Maude walked in. She dismissed Jim and Jack without ceremony, excused the office force for a holiday, and, after laying down the law to the unhappy prisoner, left him to enjoy his own moral reflections.”
Summary from Reel Life · 30 May 1914
