A comic one-act film in which affairs of the heart lead to a duel, and a chase. Amorous entanglements between Billy Ritchie and the wife of an overweight man, who himself has been flirting. In a restaurant, this all comes to a denouement that leads to a duel and a chase.
A farce of comic characters, full of dream-like impossible doings that compel laughter through being so impossible. One of the characters is in a room where a bomb is exploded. He is blown up through the chimney, takes a jump from the roof and lands on a horse quietly waiting below and gallops off....
Billie and Henry, demons of love and jealousy, are both in love with the beautiful daughter of a well-to-do farmer. They vie for her hand, duel with eggs and bricks, until one makes a getaway with the girl in a car, the other close behind.
A crusade against women wearing clothes which are more abbreviated than the law allows results in policemen and jurists being captivated by their captives.
A pretty nurse makes an impression on Billie. Her flirtation arouses the jealousy of the crippled anarchist, who gets even by bouncing a basin on Billie's head. The young interne, also in love with the pretty nurse, makes a date to meet her, but Billie, waiting for another sight of his lady fair,...
