- Betty Griffon delays her wedding to Harry Lindsey, because her brother Dick is late for the ceremony. Upon learning that her dear brother has been injured in an accident, Betty refuses to leave on her honeymoon until he has recovered. When Harry objects, Betty proclaims that he is insensitive and demands a divorce. To oblige his wife, Harry hires his friend Tom Robinson to testify as corespondent in a divorce case, and a separation is granted. Betty and Harry realize that they really love each other too late and decide to remarry, but are prevented from doing so by the divorce papers which forbids Harry from marrying again. They finally decide to circumvent the New York law by becoming really married in New Jersey, and all ends happily.—Pamela Short
- A novel profession is personified in the character of Hattie King, a professional co-respondent. She it is who hires but by the day, week, month or year, to compromise husbands on whom the marriage tie has palled, and help them to attain the bliss of easy divorce, and she it is who is called into the merry situation of "Nearly Married." The "Nearly Married" situation is that of a young couple who have quarreled because the husband objects to having his wife's brother accompany them on their honeymoon. The wife, Betty, stimulated by her brother, Dick, who is a rising young lawyer anxious to begin his first case, proposes that they get a divorce. So the husband. Harry, consults his lawyer friend, Tom Robinson, and together they engage Hattie King, the aforesaid divorce specialist. Harry is compromised and the divorce action is well underway when Harry persuades Betty that it was all a mistake, and they decide to run away. Immediately after, Dick appears with the information that the divorce has been granted, and that unless the elopement is prevented, his sister will be a ruined woman. A chase ensues, and it terminates only when the couple in their car are overtaken by a rainstorm and compelled to take refuge at a roadside inn. Harry, learning from his friends that the divorce has been granted, proposes to mend matters by sending for a justice of the peace and being remarried on the spot, But when the officer arrives it is found that the divorce papers stipulate that Harry is not to marry again, a clause that was inserted by Betty in her determination that Harry should never marry anybody else. Harry notes that the clause holds good in only one state, but when he plans to go there is some fresh complication that provides a thrilling finish.
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