When Arthur Brown's widowed father announces that he is going to bring home a new mama. Arthur implores him not to marry again as he doesn't want a new mama. He decides to break up the match by making love to his father's fiancee. Mrs. ...See moreWhen Arthur Brown's widowed father announces that he is going to bring home a new mama. Arthur implores him not to marry again as he doesn't want a new mama. He decides to break up the match by making love to his father's fiancee. Mrs. Jones, the bride-to-be. is having the same trouble in trying to sell Agnes, her daughter, the idea of accepting a new papa. Arthur calls at the Jones house. Agnes comes to the door and Arthur asks to see her mother, saying the Mr. Brown is calling. Believing that this is the man her mother is to marry, Agnes is horrified, but shows him in. Arthur makes an ardent appeal to Mrs. Jones to give up his father and marry him instead. Mrs. Jones, seeing his game, tells him that his father is after her daughter. Arthur then proposes to the daughter and she accepts him to stop her mother from robbing the cradle. They elope, both leaving notes explaining that they are marrying to save their parents from a misstep. Mrs. Jones and Mr. Brown pursue them and atop their wedding. Arthur and Agnes decide that they will be happy as brother and sister, so the Brown-Jones Sr. wedding takes place immediately. Written by
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