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Charley Fortune-Hunter, a young hack writer, woos a pretty heiress, Dorothy Willard, but, strange to say, the match is objected to by Dorothy's papa, who prefers that Dorothy pick out a young man with more collateral. Charley is having a hard time of it in stalling off his creditors and only partly succeeds in doing so, by telling of his engagement to the heiress to the Willard millions. On her birthday, Dorothy insists that Charley get a box to Grand Opera, which he manages to do by "hocking" his watch. In the meantime, a burglar enters the Willard mansion and steals a necklace of pearls, intended as a birthday gift to Dorothy from father, and also gets away with the old man's wallet and his watch. Pursued by the police, the burglar dashes into Charley's hallroom, where he, in turn, is held up by the impecunious writer, who unloads the valuables and locks the burglar in the closet. Exultantly Charley looks at the pearls, which he resolves to give to Dorothy for her birthday present, ...
