Maggie, the beautiful heiress, has several dollars in the bank, but keeps only small change in her purse. Gerald, her feverish lover, discovers that Gertie, who is Maggie's rival, carries as much as $2.00 about. He covets her wealth, and, ...See moreMaggie, the beautiful heiress, has several dollars in the bank, but keeps only small change in her purse. Gerald, her feverish lover, discovers that Gertie, who is Maggie's rival, carries as much as $2.00 about. He covets her wealth, and, renouncing his engagement to Maggie, becomes engaged to Gertie. Maggie, frantic with grief, turns on the gas to end her affliction, but Rupert, the villain, discovers her plight, goes to the gas house, turns off the gas and thereby saves her life by a narrow margin, because it was some distance to the gas house. Gertie and Gerald become the parents of many "white hopes," but Gerald would like to lose them. He discovers Gertie giving the iceman a thousand dollars to pay for ice, and he believes her to be in love with him, and orders the pair from the house. Rupert, the villain, has conspired with Maggie to eliminate Gertie. Gerald agrees to marry Maggie if she and Rupert will get rid of his numerous offspring and his wife. In the end, justice triumphs in true burlesque style. Written by
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