Plot

Arthur Botts thinks he is in love with Sibly Grey, but he is really in love with her money. She has another suitor, but he does not count in Arthur's plan. He announces to Sibly that he is going to marry her and she is willing, but not so is father, who is of a commercial frame of mind. Arthur is turned down. The girl tries to cheer him, afraid he might kill himself, which gives Arthur an idea. He later writes her a note telling her he is going to die, but when it comes to deciding how, Arthur is in a quandary. Contemplating all this, Arthur visits the shop of a chemist who thinks he has produced a deadly poison for which there is no antidote. He is trying it out on a dog and feels confident that it will work, but it takes three days for the effect to be consummated. Arthur takes the poison unknown to the chemist. Then he reads in the paper that he has been left a large sum of money by a relative. So does Sibly's father, and the latter calls Arthur, telling him that he has changed his mind about having him for a son-in-law, Arthur is heartbroken, but it all turns out right when, three days later, he sees the little doggie running about the streets. The poison is a failure.—Moving Picture World synopsis