Illustration courtesy Mark Johnson
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Attracted by the
odour of cooking, Larry follows the smell and comes upon a stand where
an Irish count is stealing the frankfurters and depositing them upon a
newspaper at one side. Larry catches them, puts them in his hat. A cop
attracted by the count's actions, sees Larry and searches him. Larry
manages to shove the hat about the side of the stand, but when he goes
to find it, it is empty, as he had not counted on the dog coming up
and helping himself. Meanwhile
the count's friend has been getting a square meal at a swell cafe,
manages to get away without paying for it and discloses the fact to
his friend. Larry after being chased by the suspicious cop overhears
the two friends
talking. The friend decides to take a chance, and Larry follows. The
friend makes an easy
entrance, is given all attention. Larry finds it hard to enter, but
once in, is treated likewise. Just before Larry
begins to eat, the friend's ruse is discovered, and he is beaten up by
the head waiter. Larry becoming nervous upon seeing this, begins to
find fault with the food,
but is told he will have to pay for it anyway. [Footage missing]
Larry goes to an employment agency. The head waiter is fired by the
proprietor - and he calls all the
other waiters out, and they strike. The agency is appealed to
and Larry and seven others are sent to fill their places. The strikers
beat up the seven, but when it comes to Larry 's turn - he turns the
tables, beats up the strikers and takes the head waiter's place.
Then follows Larry's reign as the head waiter. The strikers carry out their
threat to
wreck the cafe, and take Larry prisoner. [End missing]
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