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The Fresh Heir Synopsis

A swindler applies for a place in heaven. He is rejected by St. Peter and hurled to earth in very human style by one of the archangels. His real home, it proves, is in jail. With the aid of a dog, who is in for stealing bones, he makes his escape from prison, thereupon learning that he has fallen heir to a vast sum of money left by his uncle. The money is concealed in the lining of a checked suit which he unwittingly throws out of the window. The rest of the picture shows how he pursues various checked suits in an attempt to get the right one and how finally the dog brings it home.

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.