Get Rich Quick

A young working man, with a steady job, good health and the wife he loves devotedly, is thoroughly happy, but the woman is not. She hates her shabby clothes and her narrow surroundings and is constantly hoping and praying that good fortune will knock at their door. One of Jack's friends is a shifty individual, who lives by his wits. With another acquaintance he evolves a "get-rich-quick" scheme that promises great returns, to the promoters. The two crooks want the working man with them, figuring that his good reputation and the confidence that his fellow workers repose in him will be a valuable asset. The young man refuses, but his wife insists. She tells him that the world owes him a living, and that she wants to be somebody, and not a nobody. And to fulfill her dreams he consents. Like other propositions of its kind, this is a swindle from the start. The crooks regard everything that comes in as theirs, and prevent money going out by false promises of wonderful profits. Jack takes hi