The Justice and his wife have a wayward son, Moranti, who becomes enamored with an artist. They get their son and remonstrate with him, but all to no avail. Then the Justice thinks that he will talk to the girl and possibly he can persuade...See moreThe Justice and his wife have a wayward son, Moranti, who becomes enamored with an artist. They get their son and remonstrate with him, but all to no avail. Then the Justice thinks that he will talk to the girl and possibly he can persuade her to give up Moranti, but he, too, succumbs to her charms and his wife has to call him from the artist's rooms. That night Moranti decides to go down the street and after a while the Justice sneaks out of the window and down the fire escape. Moranti has climbed up the fire escape from the outside and he and the artist are enjoying themselves when they hear a noise and Moranti sneaks out past the door where his mother is asleep. The Justice comes into the room; he tries making love to the artist and in admiring her painting sits in the paints. She tells him to remove his trousers and she will clean them. He retires to the closet. But mother arrives and recognizes the pants. She demands an explanation and is told it is all a frame-up. But now father is reconciled to the match and the lovers can marry. Written by
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