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Harry Brisk, a healthy young chap, loves pretty Minerva Grumpley. Old Grumpley, her father, emphatically declares, however, that Harry cannot marry his daughter until he has a bank account ... See full summary

Harry Brisk, a healthy young chap, loves pretty Minerva Grumpley. Old Grumpley, her father, emphatically declares, however, that Harry cannot marry his daughter until he has a bank account of $10,000. Now Harry has little over $2,000 and begins to plan how he can get the much needed mazuma. Rounding a corner he sees a merry-go-round whirling away at full blast on a vacant lot. Also he sees that the two lots next to old Grumpley's home are vacant, and conceives a great scheme to bring the old man around. Hastening to the real estate dealer's office he purchases the lots for his $2,000, then gets the merry-go-round owner to move his concession over on the newly acquired property for free rent. Next morning old Grumpley is discovered raging in his palatial library with the gout and the sounds of pandemonium coming in through the window from the crowds on the merry-go-round. Unable to stand the racket he rushes down and receives no satisfaction from the merry-go-round owner who shows his ...