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Cheap Skates Synopsis

Lige and his party are cavorting around the beach playing various games when they suddenly decide to visit the roller skating rink. There the announcement has just been made that the champion roller skater of the world will make his appearance that afternoon. Lige, an inexperienced skater, is taken for the champion and the crowd howls when they think his awkward falls are taken purposely. He is compelled to go through a complete program of stunts before it is revealed that he is not the champion. He is then rushed from the rink with the crowd in pursuit when it is announced he has stolen some money. The girl catches up with them and announces she took the money to avoid trouble.

Mary's Ankle Synopsis

While walking along the street one day, Arthur P. Hampton, an impoverished young doctor, and his chums, Stub Masters and Johnny Stokes, are persuaded to part with their last remaining funds by tag day solicitor Mary Jane Smith, with whom the doctor promptly falls in love. Doc's friends then hit upon a get-rich-quick scheme. Knowing that his Uncle George has promised a large sum of money upon his nephew's marriage, they persuade Doc to send out fake wedding invitations naming Mary Jane as the blushing bride. Uncle George, elated at the good news, writes to Mary Jane's aunt, Angelica Burns, an old sweetheart, to invite Mary Jane and Angelica to be his guests on an ocean voyage. Meanwhile, Mary Jane pays a visit to the doctor's office and, upon seeing the wedding invitations, becomes so flustered that she trips and sprains her ankle. Doc comes to her rescue and then begs her to pose as his wife. She agrees, but at ship-side, Stub and Johnnie confess all to Uncle George, who flies into a rage until Doc announces that he and Mary Jane have chosen a wedding at sea.