The story
“Margery’s father is determined that his daughter shall marry an elderly banker, and Margery is equally determined that she will marry no one save Harry Congdon. Harry is a poor, young clerk. Father has told him that not until he has saved $1,000 shall he have his daughter. Lacking still $800 of the amount, the young lover is reduced to despair. One day a thief in a checked suit snatches the rich banker’s watch and disappears into a public bath. The banker dives in after him. He is forced to undergo the tortures of the ‘hot room’ before the authorities will allow him to search for his watch, and meanwhile, the thief has managed to jump into Harry’s clothing and make his escape. Harry, attired in the checked suit, is arrested by the banker, and the watch is found in his pocket. His arrest takes place in the presence of his sweetheart and her father, so that his humiliation seems complete. The real thief, however, is jailed, too, and his confession exonerates Harry, who promptly brings a suit for false arrest against the banker—and gets an $800 check.”
Summary from Reel Life · 22 January 1916
