Harold is in love with Viola. She tells him to make a name for himself. He reads an ad which promises to make men detectives for a trifling sum. He invests and gets his badge. A burglar is about to enter Viola's home. Her father chases him...See moreHarold is in love with Viola. She tells him to make a name for himself. He reads an ad which promises to make men detectives for a trifling sum. He invests and gets his badge. A burglar is about to enter Viola's home. Her father chases him away. Harold sees the old man with the tools and arrests him. Explanations don't go with him. The old man is jailed. He is incarcerated for a day. Viola gets him out. Harold visits her and tells her of his great capture. The old man enters, recognizes his captor, beats him up. Harold throws away his badge, resolving that "detectiving" is no business. Written by
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