The town cemetery was as lively as the main street of Centerville. The town was a "dead one," and each and every citizen admitted it except Magnesia Sizzles, the lone woman resident of the town, who had charge of the dining room of the City Hotel. Magnesia was a "live one." Lily White bumps into town on the weekly stage and is engaged by Hiram Hippo, the manager of a rival hotel, to take charge of his dining-room. Lily, by her wiles, wins all of Magnesia's customers, and then through a "sympathy game," fleeces them of their earthly possessions and jumps the town. Magnesia, soured on Centerville, also leaves and the town goes off the map.
