The King of Smearcase passes away, leaving no male heir to the throne. The Princess hears the news and the Prime Minister takes up with her the matter of another king. They find that the next in the royal line runs a delicatessen store in America. Jerry, the proprietor, is busy when the news comes. He finds that to succeed to the throne he must be unmarried. He has a wife, but decides that he win try to get the kingdom anyway and say nothing of his previous attachment. On the dock, as he is about to take the steamer, he meets Jack, an old friend of his, whose firm is sending him to Europe on business. He tells him of his new kingdom and invites his friend to run over any time he gets a chance and he will have the Royal Army march around for him. Back in Limberg, the capital, everything is made ready for the coming of the new king. King Jerry arrives. He is pleased with the Princess he is to marry, but is disturbed by thoughts of the wife at home. The Princess is not favorably impressed with the King and refuses to marry him. The Prime Minister endeavors to settle this difficulty. Jack, King Jerry’s friend, calls at the palace. He flirts with the Princess, whom he meets in the palace grounds, and she thinks favorably of the American. A maid-of-honor oversees the affair and tells the Prime Minister, who has Jack arrested and brought before the King. The old friends shake hands and Jack is turned loose. He meets the Princess again and she suggests that he disguise himself as an officer in the army of the King and that then they will be able to see each other every day. They are caught together again and Jack is again arrested and imprisoned. The Princess and one of his assistants plan to free him. They disguise him and he is given a position as Royal Guard to the Princess. Jerry decides to pay a visit to his future Queen but finds that Jack is there before him and beats a hasty retreat. Suddenly there is an uproar at the outer gate. At last Jerry’s wife and children have searched him out. The outraged wife dashes into the presence of the King and informs the court that she is the King’s wife. It therefore becomes impossible for Jerry to occupy the throne and he is led out by his irate wife. The wise heads decide they must have a King and the Princess suggests Jack. It is finally decided that Jack shall be made King and the Princess is at last happy, while Jerry starts back to America with his wife and numerous offspring.