Jerry, an old waiter, is fostering a little romance between two young people who come every few nights to his table. The romance is progressing nicely when one night Jerry sees the couple get out of an auto and the girl meets an old friend. Tom gets restless because Mabel stays so long talking with the newcomer, and tries his best to break up the conversation and get her inside. His endeavor piques Mabel and she stays there talking longer than she had expected. At last they enter, both in a peevish mood. Jerry does his best to loosen the chill. He takes their order, serves it ‘mid silence only broken by his own sallies. Finally Mabel can’t stand Tom’s nagging, and exits. Tom follows soon after and Jerry is left broken-hearted. The next night Mabel appears with the chap that caused all the trouble. The only table vacant is Jerry’s and much to Mabel’s chagrin the head waiter gives them that. Jerry is mad clean through, and does everything he can to make it uncomfortable for the man. Mabel begins to be sorry, and nervously watches for Tom. Jerry serves the dinner abominably and is censured by the man. At last the coffee is ordered by the man, with ice cream for Mabel. It is Jerry’s last chance to break the new combination. He wonders what he can do. Realizing that the man has drunk a little champagne and seeing another waiter set down a cognac bottle with his empty dishes, he quickly empties a quantity of the cognac into the coffee pot. He serves the coffee, black, and the man gets one taste of the coffee and immediately has Jerry refill his cup. The man takes cup after cup until he begins to get funny in his talk, and Mabel is getting angry and sorry that she ever knew him. Finally she can stand the smiles of other diners no longer, and Jerry hastens to help her on with her wraps and they get out. Jerry laughs at the success of his jokes. Then he finds Mabel’s glove on the floor and at the same moment Tom enters. He starts to order something, but Jerry gives him Mabel’s glove and tells him to go to her home and see her at once. Tom’s eyes light up with hope and, seizing the glove, rushes to Mabel’s home. There he finds her weeping. They become reconciled and hasten back to the restaurant.