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Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

Ready to catch a train to his hometown, a washed-up boxer tells us about the strange and twisty events that happened to him the past couple of days.

Harold "Speedy" Swift, a fan of Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees, saves from extinction the city's last horse-drawn trolley, operated by his girlfriend's grandfather.

When an orphan raised in a secluded country hamlet is filled with wanderlust, she leaves her desolate surroundings to find her birthright.

Whispers are heard in the social circle of Daphne Morton because of her constant association with married man Dyke Summers. One night while Daphne is attending the opera with Summers, his wife spots the illicit couple, a clash erupts, and the account of the affair appears in the scandal sheet the next morning. After a quarrel with her aunt, the humiliated Daphne decides to go to Washington to seek out her father, whom she has not seen since she was a child. There she meets Pat Darrick, a young reporter assigned to the Summers scandal. Unaware that Daphne is the girl in the case, Darrick falls in love with her. Summers also follows Daphne to Washington, and when Darrick sees her with her alleged lover, he is hurt and disillusioned. Daphne finally locates her father in a nearby town, to which Darrick and Summers follow her. Learning the truth, Darrick abandons his job on the scandal sheet for the love of Daphne.

A bachelor, with plenty of money and not a care in the world, suddenly finds himself involved in a sea of trouble. It all starts when his brother, who lives in Trenton, wires that his wife and baby are on their way from the mountains and that he will appreciate it if "Brother Jack" will meet them and see them across town. The bachelor, with a sigh, prepares to be gallant. He meets the woman and child, also much luggage, and escorts them across town to the Pennsylvania station. There he takes them aboard a train, and believes that his task is over. But the mother suddenly remembers some purchases she must make, and the good-natured bachelor is prevailed upon to stand guard over the child until she returns. The mother forgets the time and misses the train and the baby and its bachelor uncle start off together. But the mother is a woman of resource. She wires tips on caring for the baby to various stations along the line, and all would be well were it not for the uncle's awkwardness. But he annoys the other passengers, fights with the conductor when that official remonstrates with him, and is finally thrown off at a little station far from Trenton. It is a hot day and that, together with the necessity of singing to the baby, had made uncle thirsty. He sees a saloon nearby, but does not care to take baby there. Furthermore, the baby will not remain quiet all by itself. But finally fortune smiles on the uncle, although, as afterwards develops, it is a hypocritical smile. A dog is being shipped to Philadelphia in a dog basket, and is left on the platform near the pair of unfortunates. When no one is looking, the thirsty uncle ejects the astonished dog, and places the baby in a place of security. Then he goes off to the café and enjoys himself. Time passes rapidly in joy parlors, and trains do not wait for highballs. The car pulls in, the dog basket starts on its journey, and uncle is still in blissful ignorance of what is transpiring. The baggage man finds that instead of a live dog he has a squalling baby on his hands. Being a matter-of-fact individual, he hunts through the train, hoping that some woman will relieve him of his burden. One of the passengers is the baby's mother, and she greets her offspring with glad surprise and delight. And mother and child are reunited. The uncle sent his apologies by wire and then went for a long trip abroad.

Ada Forbes loves Eugene Cory, but she marries Stapleton, a political boss who promises Ada's father a Senate seat in return for his daughter. After several years of an unhappy marriage, Ada leaves Stapleton and returns to Cory, now married to Alice Wood, to be his mistress. Alice finds out about the affair and confronts Ada, who promises never to see Eugene again. Then, Ada learns that her mother is dying. The double shock of losing Eugene and her mother brings on a breakdown, and Ada is put under a doctor's care. Her round-the-clock nurse falls asleep, however, and a half-insane Ada wanders away, falls into a river and drowns.

She was rich and a good business woman, but she didn't look it. Her home in the country was comfortably furnished, and she lived there for choice, although property in the city was in her name. One building she owned was a city mansion, and the necessity of collecting the rent induced her to take a trip to the metropolis. Crossing a crowded thoroughfare, she became confused, but was rescued by a polite young man, who, finding her rather upset by her experience, volunteered to escort her to her lawyer's office. There he saw a large sum of money paid over to her, and at once grew to like her the more. The fact was that the young man was a crook, and saw a chance to make some easy money. The woman, who had taken a fancy to him, decided to be his "fairy Godmother," intending to test him out, and if he proved worthy to put him in the way of making his fortune. She was feeling most benevolent that day, and could see a popular storybook ending to what promised to be a very ordinary adventure. So she listened while he told her of an excellent and cheap boarding house, went to the place with him, and was well pleased with her reception there. The dishonest young man devoted much time to planning a way to relieve "the easy mark" of her wealth. Some were dangerous, others he regarded as "too coarse." Then Dame Fortune threw a chance in his way and he accepted it gratefully. He found the keys of a stylish mansion, and soon proved to his satisfaction that the owner had gone abroad, and that the place was untenanted. Se he went to the woman from the country and offered her a bargain in real estate, and strangely enough the price was within her means. It was so easy to swindle the rural visitor that as he told his pal, the boarding-house keeper, it was "like taking water from the ocean."' He gave her a deed, accepted her money, and expected to be happy while it lasted. There was one little flaw in his yarn, one fact he had overlooked and it aroused the suspicion of the "easy mark." In the very moment of victory he met defeat, and went to prison, angry at himself, the grieving because dishonesty had cost him the best chance he had ever had to make a fortune.

A well organized team of extortionists kidnap a group of businessmen on a chartered fishing boat. Ransom amounts and instructions are phoned to the victims' wives. The NYPD becomes involved in the case when the charter boat captain is found tied up and drugged-but alive. Meanwhile, the businessmen plan a revolt.