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Short Pants Synopsis

Arthur is the butt of the Sweet Sixteen Club, when on a motor truck party the truck hits a bump and he falls off into a mud puddle. The hostess takes him to her home where the young people gather and provides him with a suit of her husband and a formula for proposing to her daughter, which Arthur takes advantage of, only to be discovered at the height of his plea for the maiden's hand by the rest of the club members. The girl slips from the bench beside him and a cow plods up as the rest of the club chortles its glee. The fade-out finds Arthur planting a fervent kiss on the wet nose of the cow.

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.