Eddie writes a letter to his wife, Edith, telling her that he will be home tomorrow at 10:30, and that he will see her at the station. He forgets to mail the letter. When he arrives at the station in his home town, he is surprised not to find his wife and consoles himself with the reflection that she wants to surprise him at home. So home he starts. Eddie has two unpleasant encounters with the bum who tried to take his satchel at the station. The latter makes a getaway on a car, goes to a back door for a handout, finds that there is no one at home and that the back door is unlocked and goes in. It happens to be Eddie's home. Eddie arrives and goes in the front way. Lee hears him coming and hides. Eddie comes through the house, finds the back door unlocked, locks it and goes upstairs for a bath. Lee, finding the door locked, starts out the front way, but has a desire to see what is upstairs. He sneaks up, finds Eddie is in the bath, changes his clothes for the ones Eddie left in the adjoining room to the bathroom, and starts away, when Edith returns from shopping. Lee hides, but finally gets away, only to be caught by an officer outside and taken to the jail hospital. Edith hears Eddie in the bathroom, thinks it is a burglar, calls a cop, has Eddie arrested. Later both are in a hospital ward at the jail recovering from the clubbings they received, when Edith calls to find Eddie, whose grips she has found in the house. She is directed to Lee, who had Eddie's clothes and papers on him when arrested. The mistake is discovered and Eddie is finally welcomed home by Edith.Moving Picture World, September 22, 1917
