I. Noah Heap, after giving a number of the race track patrons some poor tips, is chased by the copper, Welland Strong, who is ever on his trail. Noah's attempts to panhandle the crowd are also thwarted by the ever watchful Strong, who seizes and throws him bodily into the street. Noah wanders into a Chinese laundry and induces the owners to give him a smoke. He plants himself in the old man's bunk and after a couple of drags at the pipe he is off for a wonderful dream. He finds himself in a palace, surrounded by beautiful girls, and the Princess, who falls in love with him. The place is turned over to him and his every wish is granted. The Princess even orders the Captain of the Guards to provide him with a private slave. When the slave arrives it is no other than the despised copper. He is treated to a series of abuses for the edification of Noah; being forced to battle with the gigantic gladiator, the court wrestlers, and finally is thrown to the lion. They all in turn fall easy prey to the cop, the lion being a cinch for him. At the sight of this the Princess turns her affections from Noah to Strong. Noah is chased by the guards, takes refuge beneath some skins, but is shaking so with fear that the guards easily find him, and while they are poking him with their spears he comes out of the dream to find that it is the old Chink poking him with the clothes stick and demanding his money for the smoke. Noah is clean as a bone and is thrown into the street again by the Chink and rolls into the arms of the waiting cop, and is once more marched off to jail.

Moving Picture World, August 25, 1917