Plot

Eligible men are scarce at summer hotels. At the beginning of our story there is one male, Mr. Bunny. But he is not enough to withstand the siege of old maids and other specimens of femininity. The arrival of Professor Dinkenspiel, a ventriloquist, causes considerable commotion and a great deal of curiosity. Miss Flora, a spinster, loses no time in trying to make a conquest of his heart, arousing Bunny's jealousy. The professor is shown to his room, where he unpacks his trunk and places his ventriloqual puppets about the room. He begins to rehearse the performance which he intends to give that evening. Miss Flora sees him, through the ground glass of his room door, conversing with one of the puppets, which she thinks is a human being like herself. She immediately arouses the proprietor and the guests, who try to break into the professor's room, but do not succeed until he has dropped his trunk out of the window into the head of the suspicious constable waiting below. Taking advantage of the constable's plight, he loads the trunk into a peddler's wagon and drives off at break-neck speed. When they discover that he has flown, all hands start in pursuit of the fast disappearing wagon, from which fall the tin pans, and other articles of merchandise. The trunk cannot withstand the jolts and bumps and it goes the way of the other contents of the wagon. Professor Dinkenspiel jumps from the vehicle to replace his trunk and is captured by the constable, who insists upon him opening the trunk in the presence of the pursuers. The professor does so and brings forth the puppets, who have been the innocent cause of all the trouble. Miss Flora falls into Bunny's arms and the professor embraces the puppet, which bears a striking resemblance to Miss Flora.—Moving Picture World synopsis