The Tricky Dummies

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The play opens in front of a second-hand clothing store, where three models are exhibited among the many varieties of goods displayed. The dealer's daughter and her sweetheart are in conversation when the father arrives from the interior of the store. He evidently does not approve of the young man, for after a short conversation the lovers are separated and the youth is sent on his way. Now, in order to remain near his sweetheart, the youth soon returns and substitutes himself for one of the manikins. He has hardly made himself comfortable when a sneak thief appears and commences filling his pockets with such articles as meet with his approval. When the robber becomes frightened at the approach of a passing policeman, instead of running, he takes the place of the second figure. When the store owner notes the loss of various articles, he forthwith calls the policeman, who, in order to capture the thief, disguises himself as the third model. In the final scene the three watchers fall asleep and the adventure finishes by the laughable tumble of the dozing men, the arrest of the robber and the marriage of the storekeeper's daughter and her lover.