To Phil Harris and his mother in their cozy home came a telegram from Brother John, stating that he had been "fired" again, and was coming home by special train, riding in a "side-door Pullman." John arrived considerably soiled and with more than "three sheets in the wind." Just as he was greeting his mother and brother, the latter's sweetheart, with her mother called. Phil quickly got rid of John by giving him some money. Then, while the two mothers went for an automobile ride, Phil and his sweetheart took a walk, Phil leaving Alice to go to his office. In the meantime, John had invested his money at a saloon and shortly after leaving the saloon, he encountered Alice. She was frightened and ran, dropping her gloves, a bag and a box of candy. John picked them up and staggered after her and tried to return them. Alice ran for Phil's home with John close at her heel. Into the house she went and she and a maid ran upstairs and hid behind a bed. John tried to find them. He opened a closet door to look in when the girls quickly pushed him in and locked the door. Then they telephoned to Phil that a burglar was in the house. Phil hurried home and with drawn revolver entered the bedroom and cautiously opened the closet door, where they found John sleeping peacefully on the floor.