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Much Mystery Synopsis

Lucy Knowles, a rich young girl, has just fallen heir to a Chinese prison ship and she hires a couple of lawyers to look after her interests. The prison ship is a valuable piece of property as it is a money-maker-a concession at a local amusement park. Charlie Bong, a half -breed Chinese, realizes its value and tries to induce Lucy to sell it to him. She refuses and starts with her lawyers to see the ship. On the way the lawyers take a cab but run out of gas on a hill. The car chases them down one hill and up another, finally cooping them up on the rear bumpers and depositing them, along with a gentleman of color they have picked up on the way, on the gang-plank of the ship. At the entrance of the ship they are greeted by the sight of several of the instruments of torture u d on the old ship and the colored gent gets the first shock. While they are looking over the ship a trap door opens, depositing the visitors into the under-deck dungeons filled with more torture instruments. George and Phil, the lawyers get separated from each other and find themselves in various parts of the ship. An old Chinese caretaker, seeing the strangers tries to entrap them in the various torture machines while the visitors seek to escape.

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.