Ray arrives at his
sweetheart's home fortified with a large box of candy. Billie, the girl, hears
him coming, and the kid sister, ever on the alert, announces the arrival of
sister's beau. Ray comes in and is bashful in the presence of the family.
Thinking to break the ice, he offers the box of candy, which is passed around.
Meanwhile, the kid sister has called in a neighbor's kid and the two come in
just in time to see the box making its rounds. There is a wild scramble and
they make a dent in the candy. Father at once takes his kid to task and gives
her a spanking. All adjourn to the parlor, while Ray and his girl play to
fool the old folks, they succeed in getting many stolen caresses under the
noise of the music. Finally father decides it is time for him and his wife to
turn in and, sending the neighbor's kid home, takes his own upstairs. Before
leaving he admonishes the caller that "office hours" are up at eleven
o'clock. The kids get together again, and, sore because they got spanked for
stealing the candy, decide to play a trick on the caller. They take the
silverware from the room and fill Ray's overcoat pockets. Ray and his girl,
left alone, proceed to make love The kids in the neighborhood are a mischievous
lot and they tie the doorknobs of all the doors. The kids make a noise in tying
the door of Billie's home, and father asks Billie if Ray is leaving. She says
he has gone, and when father has returned to bed Billie and Ray sneak to the
sofa, and in trying to keep quiet, both fall asleep. When the cuckoo clock
makes a terrific noise and strikes two, they awake. Father hears them and
Billie explains she had fallen asleep. Ray tries to sneak out, but the door
resists his efforts to open and father thinks he is a burglar. When dad gets
his old muzzle loader into action there is some fast action, and Ray breaks out
at last but is pursued by the old man. Just as the boy congratulates himself
upon his lucky escape he is taken in by a cop and rushed to the station where
the silverware is found on him. He is arrested. Next morning the silver is
missed and father calls the station. The sergeant informs him that they have
both the thief and the silver, and asks him to come to claim his goods. The
kids arrive at this time and confess their trick. When father and the girl
arrive at the jail. Ray gladly promises he will never stay out late again, so
father secures his release.
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