Bob Mortimer loses his job as a result of his failure to land a certain order. In his room Bob is surprised to find $50,000 in his traveling bag. The townspeople immediately presume that Bob is a rich man who has come to build factories in the town and he is given a cordial welcome. Lang, a professional crook, who has come to the place to fleece the people, joins forces with Mortimer whom he believes is a brother crook. How Bob reforms Lang and becomes prosperous completes the story.