A grouchy landlord discharges a kind-hearted rent collector for failing to collect the rent from an impoverished widow. After dreaming that he himself is experiencing the sordid experiences of being destitute, the old man sees the error of his ways and becomes suddenly charitable.

An old man plots to have his enemy's son convicted of his own murder.

An accidental death on a hunting trip results in an innocent young man being accused of murder.