The Lonesome Miss Wiggs

Krautzmeyer is a respectable German widower, who finds himself temporarily but seriously embarrassed. Just before leaving his office for the day, he receives word from a firm of attorneys that unless a sum of $5,000, long overdue, is paid within forty-eight hours, they will attach his property. In despair the little German wends his way homeward where he is greeted by his mother-in-law and his two children. While looking over an evening paper he comes across an advertisement wherein a young lady advertises for a husband, stating that the lucky man is to receive a gift of $5,000 from her on the day of the wedding. Krautzmeyer sees his chance and decides to make up as a French Count. The lady sends him her photograph and he is in ecstasy over her beauty. While on his way to meet his wife-to-be, he is waylaid by three tramps, who discover his plans and one is appointed to impersonate Krautzmeyer. The tramp now disguised as a French Count starts out to woo the lady, but arriving at her residence is horror stricken at sight of the homely woman who is awaiting her fiancé. He beats a hasty retreat, and allows Krautzmeyer to carry out his original plans, without telling him of his discovery. Krautzmeyer's mother-in-law, meanwhile, suspects the cause of his absence and finds the newspaper clipping which tells of his plan. She follows him and arrives just as Krautzmeyer meets Miss Wiggs. He, too, is appalled by her appearance and tries to retreat, but is stopped by the tramps, who are on the scene. Miss Wiggs has given the German the $5,000 which the tramps stole, and when the mother-in-law demands that he leave with her, Miss Wiggs demands her money. How Krautzmeyer gets out of this predicament is convincingly revealed at the finale of the picture.