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Mrs Bouncer secretly rents the same room by day to printer John Box and by night to hatter James Cox. When the men discover the double tenancy, their quarrel turns to alliance as they realize each has been engaged to the same widow; they escape marriage, fortune-chasing and mistaken identity before discovering they are long-lost brothers.
Hatter Cox works by day, while printer Box works by night; their landlord Sergeant Bouncer secretly rents the same room to both. They meet when Cox unexpectedly has a day off and discover Bouncer’s deception. The lodgers become friends, but learn they were both engaged to Penelope Ann. When she announces that she is marrying Mr. Knox, Cox and Box discover they are long-lost brothers.
Mrs Bouncer secretly rents the same room by day to printer John Box and by night to hatter James Cox. When the men discover the double tenancy, their quarrel turns to alliance as they realize each has been engaged to the same widow; they escape marriage, fortune-chasing and mistaken identity before discovering they are long-lost brothers.
Hatter Cox works by day, while printer Box works by night; their landlord Sergeant Bouncer secretly rents the same room to both. They meet when Cox unexpectedly has a day off and discover Bouncer’s deception. The lodgers become friends, but learn they were both engaged to Penelope Ann. When she announces that she is marrying Mr. Knox, Cox and Box discover they are long-lost brothers.