Scene in a crowded streetcar. A young woman enters. A heart-smasher offers her his seat; she is good looking, then he poses as a hero. Presently she starts to get off. He smothers the atmosphere with scrapes and bows and offers to carry ...See moreScene in a crowded streetcar. A young woman enters. A heart-smasher offers her his seat; she is good looking, then he poses as a hero. Presently she starts to get off. He smothers the atmosphere with scrapes and bows and offers to carry her suitcase. She declines. A difference between them. Everyone interested. We next see them alight from the car. He insists. She sees no alternative. He accompanies her to her home. As he lingers in much gusto at the gate, the young woman's husband comes out of the house. Immediately Mr. Gallant is roughly handled. But our Nero thinks of a way to get even. He goes to an employment agency and hires a victim, a young woman of fair appearance. He tells her she is to work at his enemy's house; himself, however, posing as the owner of the house. His heart is light. Then the foxy smasher sends a boy to come out and meet a dear friend. Mr. Gallant then ushers the young woman of his employ to the front steps and tells her to wait a second, while he, himself, hides behind a high fence. His enemy comes out to see who sent the note. He finds no one except the girl, and angrily demands an explanation. She almost faints. He has to support her. Mr. Gallant sends the boy in to tell the man's wife, the woman he admired. She comes forth and finds "her only" holding, apparently caressing another. Big trouble is the consequence. The wife repays the husband for the same offense for which she was mistaken, much to the entire satisfaction of our Nero, who laughs with the rest of us, "fit to split." Written by
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