We see a young couple in earnest conversation at the front gate of the young girl’s home, for the young man, who does not stand very high in the estimation of the girl’s father, is not allowed the privilege of advancing any nearer to the abode of his adored one. As they are thus engaged, the old man discovers them and chases the fellow away from the place, but the latter soon returns, and, climbing the high wall, is stealing in to see his loved one again, when one of the servants, at an order from the infuriated father, shoots at him, and the youth drops as if dead. The old man, when he realizes the seriousness of the situation, hastily sends the servant to the hospital for the doctor. When the latter arrives he immediately makes an examination, only to discover that the young man has not been injured at all. Entering into the joke, the doctor has the youth carried away by two attendants, while the old man stands conscience-stricken at the harm he has done. When at a fair distance from the place, the fellow bids a fond adieu to his friends and starts in to make the old man’s life unbearable. He procures a sheet and puts it over his head and follows the old fellow wherever he goes: the latter, believing he is being pursued by his victim’s ghost, is almost driven to distraction. Finally the spook follows him to his home, and in order to rid himself of this awful presence, the old fellow gladly gives him his daughter. The youth then, to the astonishment of the old father, throws off his disguise and stands waiting to receive the old man’s blessing.