Mr. Wise seeks employment in the service of his county and is given appointment as investigator. Armed with a badge he begins work on Monday morning. His daily investigations get him into all kinds and varieties of trouble, and on Sunday when he unintentionally liberates a gang of hobos out of a country calaboose, he is made to do time in their stead. This decides him that one week as an investigator is enough and he quits the job.
—Moving Picture World synopsis