Marjorie Warden and her sister Hazel, whose father has been ruined by a criminal clique of financiers, have, with the aid of J. Rufus Wallingford and Blackie Daw, started out on a crusade of vengeance. Ellas Boggers, who, through the death of Marjorie's father, has made $40,000, is the next victim, and with Blackie Daw as a "capper," J. Rufus deigns to talk business with Bogger, and finally consents to sell him a circus which he (Wallingford) had never before seen. Wallingford then goes to the circus grounds, and bulldozes the crooked manager, on the bluff that he has been sent to investigate the financial condition of the circus by the owner. The next day he takes Boggers to the big show, and the deference with which he is treated assures Boggers of his ownership. The bland J. Rufus sells "his" circus to Boggers for $65,000, and straightway secures the assistance of the whole company to make Boggers sick of his ownership. After many ludicrous experiences, Boggers gladly sells the big show to the smooth Wallingford, for just enough loss to balance his theft from Marjorie's father. Wallingford's next experience relates to mud baths and is entitled "A Rheumatic Joint."
—Moving Picture World synopsis