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In this comedy film a young doctor finds difficulty in building up a practice. An elderly society woman, Mrs. Clean, urges him to relieve the pain of her pet dog, who is suffering from toothache, and later he is invited to attend a reception given by his patroness. At this function Dr. Buchan is introduced to Miss Alice Prop, the daughter of a rich manufacturer. Mutual affection between the two is evident from the beginning and as Mr. Prop has announced that he will he absent from the city for several days on a business engagement. The young medical man asks Miss Prop to partake of luncheon in his apartments. She accepts the invitation, but in the interim her father returns to his home, having missed a train. Finding his daughter absent he hastens to the house of Mrs. Clean, the hostess at the reception and learns that his daughter has left in company with Dr. Buchan. The elderly society woman dispatches a messenger to the house of the young physician warning him that the father of Alice has returned unexpectedly and is on his way to find his daughter. Upon receipt of this message. Dr. Buchan puzzles his wits and finally conceives the idea of having Alice feign illness. The girl consents to hoodwink her father to this extent and when the latter arrives at the doctor's home, he finds his daughter being ministered to by the physician. An ambulance is called and Alice, still attended by Dr. Buchan, is taken to the home of her father where for several days she pretends to be ill. Dr. Buchan is the regular physician in attendance and during the absence of the father there is much love making and little that suggests illness. Finally Dr. Buchan musters up courage and confesses to Mr. Prop that he is in love with his daughter. He proposes for her hand, is accepted and as a climax the young physician tells of the plot which had been prompted by Cupid. Father forgives and all ends well.