Plot Summary:He cannot make out what ails his pretty young wife, Mabel. She won't eat, won't be amused, won't do anything but sigh. Henry is uneasy about her. He writes to her Uncle John to come and help him discover the reason for his wife's discontent. Uncle John arrives and tells Henry he will find what the matter is. Henry hides behind the screen as Mabel enters and greets John affectionately. John tries to make her tell why she is unhappy. She finally discloses the reason, saying, "Henry isn't jealous." Henry nearly knocks the screen over, and it is only with difficulty that Uncle John keeps a straight face. John makes Mabel get him her husband's old soldier suit and dresses up in it, He says he has a plan to make Henry jealous, but it is to teach, not Henry, but Mabel, a lesson in jealousy. Henry pretends that he is furious when he sees from the street his wife sitting in the window with a soldier. He demands, when he enters the house, to know where the soldier is, Mabel will not answer. He ...
