After they are caught stealing food, the sheriff (Billy Bletcher) sentences Plump (Oliver Hardy) and Runt (Billy Ruge) to spend the night in a haunted house. They are not alone, though, as the house is actually a hideout for a gang of counterfeiters.
Plump (Oliver Hardy) and Runt (Billy Ruge) are both interested in the same girl, Elsie. She agrees to marry the suitor who obtains the better job opportunity.