Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)

William Garwood

Violet Mersereau

Clara Beyers

William Addison Lathrop

On returning from her honeymoon Edith, the wife of Tom Lovejoy, discovers a scented letter that her husband reads at the breakfast table without informing her of its contents. Edith reads the letter and is horrified when she disco...

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On returning from her honeymoon Edith, the wife of Tom Lovejoy, discovers a scented letter that her husband reads at the breakfast table without informing her of its contents. Edith reads the letter and is horrified when she discovers that a certain Lisette D'Auber requests Tom to come up to her apartment in the hotel in the afternoon unannounced. as she deems it advisable that they keep their secret to themselves. Edith, heavily veiled, goes to the hotel that afternoon and while seated in the lobby sees her husband meet a foreign-looking woman of unquestionable attractiveness, together with a little girl about eight or nine years of age. Tom goes upstairs with Madame D'Auber and when the little girl is told to go away and play by herself she declares that she wishes she had some little girl to play with her. This gives Edith an idea and the next day she again sets out for the hotel, this time accompanied by her maid, Martha. Edith is now dressed up as a child of eight years of age. The maid steps up to the hotel counter and registers. Meanwhile Edith finds little difficulty in becoming acquainted with Fanchon, Madame D'Auber's little girl. As soon as Edith has made sure of her husband's arrival she induces Fanchon to take her to her mother's apartment, where they inspect the various dolls and toys that belong to Fanchon. While pretending to play with the dolls Edith keeps an eye nervously on the inner room and ultimately hints to Fanchon that she would like to enter it. But Fanchon insists that they can't go in there because her mother has a gentleman caller. Edith now peeps through the keyhole, where she sees Tom sitting in close proximity to Madame D'Auber. who is smoothing down her husband's hair. But Edith doesn't know that Madame D'Auber is doing this preparatory to working on a miniature portrait of Tom, as the painting frame is not in Edith's angle of vision. Unfortunately, Edith and Fanchon get so excited in their keyhole explorations that they fall against the door and tumble headlong into the next room. Tom catches a glimpse of his wife and follows her as she is fleeing with Fanchon. In trying to escape Edith trips down the steps leading into the lobby, where she is assisted to a chair by a hotel clerk. Tom comes downstairs, but doesn't wish to acknowledge before the assembled hotel guests that the "seeming" child is really his wife. Edith, upon seeing Tom before her, asks the meaning of his presence in the hotel. Madame D'Auber arrives in the lobby and urges Tom to complete the sitting. Edith, not knowing what in the world she is referring to, seems utterly bewildered. Finally Tom takes her by the hand and pulls her after him as he rushes upstairs. He drags her into Madame D'Auber's studio and shows her the partly-finished miniature. The light of understanding breaks in upon Edith and everything ends happily.

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