The Guttersnipe (1922)

Mazie a shopgirl of New York Citys Little Ireland goes to the aid of a young man in formal attire involved in a street fight Though badly beaten he bears a strong resemblance to Lord Lytton the hero of a magazine story Mazie is reading in installments Although he is in reality a soda clerk Mazie permits his attentions and together they read the Sloppy Stories yarn about English nobility