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Easy Work Synopsis

Slim and his pal Bobby race for a job as chauffeur. Bobby gets there first, so Slim decides upon revenge. He goes to a matrimonial agency and finds a wealthy old maid looking for a husband. He gives her Bobby's picture and his new address. She arrives as Bobby is making great strides in his courtship of his employer's daughter. When the girl learns the story she promptly throws Bobby over and he also loses his job. Slim is there to step into the vacancy and later succeeds in marrying the daughter. Bobby marries the old maid. The two men plot to steal Bobby's wife's necklace, but are caught in the act.

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.