Mrs. Hasher, the boarding house keeper, notifies Hopkins that unless he settles his bill he shall no longer eat at her table nor sleep under her roof. Hopkins enlists Mary's help; Mary is the waitress and quite obliging. Mrs. Hashcr, however, with her poodle, "Tootsie," is omnipresent and Hopkins' plans for a feed fail. That aching void sharpens the man's wits, and in a jiffy "Tootsie" vanishes. Mrs. Hasher is inconsolable. Hopkins inserts an ad in the local paper, and next day the missing dog is found. Mrs. Hasher gladly pays a reward of twenty-five dollars to Hopkins' envoy. Hopkins returns to the boarding house, settles his bill, pays two weeks in advance and is installed as the star boarder.
—Moving Picture World synopsis