Lee spruces himself up, says good-bye to his friend, the actor, and sallies forth to meet his girl. On the way to her home he meets his little cousin, Gertie, and they chat about family affairs. He says goodbye to her and goes to the door, but alas! Evelyn has seen him, and believing he is flirting, slams the door in his face. Poor Lee wonders what has happened and soon a note is thrust at him, telling him he is a base, deceiving wretch and never to speak to her again, Lee arrives at his rooms in a suicidal condition, but his friend, the actor, is one of those clever persons full of bright original ideas. “That’s easy,” he says, “Go as a friend of your own and square yourself.” The idea sounds well and Lee decides to try it, and his friend makes him up with mustache and beard. Lee gains admittance and his nervousness changes into cock-suredness when he finds he is not recognized. What is worse, though, Evelyn falls in love with him! Lee departs in a quandary. He consults the clever person, who tells him “Go back as yourself now.” He does, and is ignominiously kicked out. Once more the man of ideas tells him to “return as the friend, steal something and then take it back as yourself and the girl is yours.” Lee carries this advice out to the letter and comes away with Evelyn’s purse. The theft is discovered too soon, and Lee has to run for it. He drops the purse, but is caught and taken to the police court. Evelyn is telephoned for and so is the actor. They arrive and Lee pulls off the mustache. Evelyn is unforgiving until the Judge sentences Lee to six months’ hard labor. Then she shrieks and relents and intercedes and finally takes him away with her.