Bessie Elkins lived with her Aunt Jane, a wealthy maiden lady. Bessie's sweetheart, Dick Worthington, was the finest man ever created, so Bessie thought. Aunt Jane didn't share her opinion. So Aunt Jane wrote to her brother, who had two sons, Jack and Paul. She stated that she was going to leave half of her fortune to his favorite son and the other half to her niece, Bessie. Jack and Paul each strove to share the fortune. Paul left immediately for Aunt Jane's, after locking his beloved brother, Jack in his bedroom. The amiable Jack escaped through a window and down a lattice work. Both arrived at Aunt Jane's. The two brothers, in trying to show how nice they were, got into all sorts of trouble, and sometimes Aunt Jane herself was the unintended victim. Finally Paul and Jack came to blows, which terrified Aunt Jane half to death. Bessie and Dick Worthington happened to be near and heard Auntie's cries for help. Dick lightly but firmly ejected the two young men, while Aunt Jane watched him admiringly. Home went Jack and Paul, and thither came a letter from Aunt Jane, stating that all her money would go to Dick Worthington and her niece.