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To obtain an increase in his income from his wealthy
uncle, Charles Shackleton must stop his wild bachelor ways and marry.
Charles proposes to Lucy Norton, but her father refuses his permission.
Undaunted, Charles tells his uncle he has married and receives his increased
allowance.
A year later, the uncle announces an upcoming visit,
and Charles begins a frantic search for a temporary wife, offering Jane, the
maid, five hundred dollars to play the part of Mrs. Shackleton. Secretly
married to William, the butler, Jane undertakes the role without her husband's
knowledge, causing him much confusion and jealousy.
When the uncle demands to see "the baby," Jane
snatches one from an unsuspecting washerwoman, who later catches the uncle with
her child and calls the police on him. Further complications lead to Charles'
pleading proposal to Lucy and then finally to the truth, which leaves everyone
satisfied. |
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