 The film is presumed lost as no known surviving copies of the film exist . A synopsis of the film was published in The Moving Picture World . It states : " Glade and Sears are next door neighbors and old friends . Glade has a daughter , while Sears has a son . The young people have never met , being away at school while the old folks have been cementing their friendship . As the two men own adjoining places , they believe that the best thing for the younger people to do is to get married . So they try to bring this about . Gladys Glade and Charlie Sears meet on the train while they are returning home and start a flirtation . Perhaps they would have married in the end , if the old folks hadn 't ' butted in . ' As it is , they lose all interest in each other . Then the fathers try another tack . They decide to be bitter enemies in public , hoping the opposition will bring the children together . The new plan works like a charm , and Gladys and Charlie , realizing their parents ' shortcomings , decide to elope . They do so , much to the satisfaction of Glade and Sears . " 
