Mr. Ingran, in need of a stenographer, advertises. After interviewing a number of applicants decides to take a capable looking young man. The next scene is laid in Mr. Ingran's home. In the kitchen the maid is engaged in intimate confab ...See moreMr. Ingran, in need of a stenographer, advertises. After interviewing a number of applicants decides to take a capable looking young man. The next scene is laid in Mr. Ingran's home. In the kitchen the maid is engaged in intimate confab with a tradesman. The man has his arm around the maid's waist and is about to kiss her when their little tete-a-tete is interrupted by the appearance of Mrs. Ingran. Shocked and indignant at the treatment that her maid is receiving, she orders the man to leave the room. He decamps rather suddenly and after his departure Mrs. Ingran gives her maid a good scolding for her conduct. The maid shows strong resentment at the way the mistress has talked to her and she decided to get even, which she does in a very novel and original way, by leading Mrs. Ingran to believe by trick and subterfuge, that her husband is false to her and that he loves his new stenographer. Mrs. Ingran, wild with indignation and apprehension, goes to the office, thinking to catch her husband and his affinity in a love scene. As she pushes her way noiselessly into the office she hears her husband dictating to his stenographer behind the screen. Thinking she has surely got them right now, she gives the screen a violent push, which sends it crashing to the floor. She expects to find her husband with his arm around the girl, but instead, she sees two very surprised looking men staring at her in bewilderment. After explanations are offered and the cause of the tangle ascertained, they all have a good laugh at the situation. Written by
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