The story
“Jim is going into the bank, when he drops his billfold—and it is picked up by a very attractive young woman, named Nell. Just then, a friend of Nell’s comes along in an automobile and absorbs her in conversation so that Jim, retracing his steps, looking for his billfold, does not speak to her, nor does she notice him. She enters the bank to inquire about her find—but no loss has been reported. Taking the money home, she lays it on the table—and is suddenly off again in great excitement to see a fire which has broken out in a nearby house, when Tommy, a milliner’s errand boy, comes in, and finding no one, looks over the premises, spying the billfold. Then he hears steps—and hides behind a curtain just in time to see a thief slink in and pocket the money. He runs to give notice to the police. His story is not believed, and he is arrested and taken to the police station. Thither comes Jim seeking some clue to the billfold. He believes in Tommy’s innocence, and bails him out. Later, Tommy stumbles upon the thief, Muggs, and his confederate, Nettie. His budding detective instincts assure him that they have Jim’s property. Meanwhile, Jim has met Nell at the police station, come there on the trail of the same billfold. Love springs up between them. Tommy leads the police to Muggs. The money is restored to Jim—and though recently a loser, he is a winner now, doubly rejoicing that his money is found and that he has discovered Nell.”
Summary from Reel Life · 24 January 1914
