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Our Alley Synopsis

Bobby and his little companion are living very luxuriously in an old piano case which they have fitted up. They are routed from their home by an unfeeling policeman and in attempting to escape from his clutches be come involved in a series of difficulties. They see two men extracting money from passing motorists by feigning to be hurt, and in attempting to work the same trick become more deeply involved with the officers of the law. They finally seek refuge in a house where a charming girl proves both sympathetic and kind, feeding and clothing the two wanderers. Later on, to their dismay, they discover her to be the daughter of the policeman who started all their difficulties, and when he finally finds them in his home things, for a while, look rather black. All ends happily, however, with Bobby a member of the force, and an accepted suitor for the hand of his benefactors daughter, while the youngster who has shared his ups and downs with him is installed as a member of officer Clancy's household.

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.