Summary
In a modest parlor quivering with anticipation, two unsuspecting adults await their mythically affluent Uncle Barnaby's inaugural visit. A disheveled vagrant, exploiting the unlocked threshold, discovers Barnaby's tailored finery laid in preparation. Shedding rags for respectability, he performs paternal benevolence with such conviction that niece and nephew lavishly embrace the charade. Mid-banquet preparations, the authentic Barnaby materializes—only to be wrestled into a cupboard by panicked hosts protecting their golden goose. His explosive escape brands him a deranged interloper; a constable's irons clamp upon true aristocracy. Salvation arrives accidentally when Barnaby's valet materializes en route to the asylum, verifying identity through tailored sartorial details. Their return to the domicile reveals only scattered silverware and a hastily discarded suit—the bogus uncle dissolved into twilight, leaving fractured kin to reconcile avarice with absurdity.
Synopsis
Nephew and niece have never seen Uncle, who is known to be rich and is coming on a visit. Tramp enters the house, puts on a suit of clothes and is taken for the uncle. The real uncle comes while nephew and his wife are setting the table. He is locked in the closet, but breaks out and is taken for a lunatic. Cop arrests Uncle, but on way to prison they meet the uncle's man. Cop and Uncle come back for the tramp, who has skipped.
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