Three retired sea captains living together in genteel squalor. They scheme to improve their fortunes by having one of them solicit a bride through an ad in a Boston newspaper. The loser of a coin toss must get married and take in the other two as boarders. But upon the arrival of the Nantucket woman selected from the applicants, the captains get cold feet.
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Character: Capt. Zebulon Hedge
Character: Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
Character: Capt. Perez Ryder
Character: Martha
Character: John Bartlett
