Billy Quirk and Count Gastrome are rivals for Violet Horner’s heart. Vi’s dad wishes her to marry into nobility, but Vi loves Billy. Dad has forbidden Billy entrance to his house, but by a clever ruse Billy gets the Count tries to steal some of Vi’s birthday presents, but Billy catches him in the act. Billy, who is in a suit of armor, steals them. Later, by dropping the presents into the pockets of the different guests, Billy makes each think that they are kleptomaniacs. Dad, worried, telephones to the police. A diamond brooch is lost. Billy finds this and drops it into the Count’s pocket. When the police arrive the Count, not knowing the brooch is in his pocket, suggests that everyone be searched. The brooch is found on him and he is arrested. Billy then succeeds in getting all the jewels into Dad’s pocket. Dad discovers this while standing in front of the armor. Billy raises the visor of the armor and catches dad looking at the jewels, and threatens to tell the guests that Dad has done the stealing. Thus be succeeds in getting Dad’s consent to marry Violet.