After being released from jail, two con artists take their grift to a carnival.

Stan Laurel solo, playing doubles

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

John Middleton is distressed to learn that his family is taking in an orphan girl named Mary. He turns aside all her attempts to befriend him. But with the passage of time, John discovers (long after everyone else has) that he loves Mary. But by now it's too late. She plans to marry his friend Willie.