Brown is a stingy man. He enjoys a life of ease himself and refuses his wife everything. She rebels and tears her year old dress to shreds. Brown rages in the garden. He discovers his daughter, Mandy, spooning with Tom. Brown strikes Tom with his cane. Tom drops as though killed. Brown becomes alarmed. A cop rushes up. He examines Tom. Determining to scare Brown, Tom confides in the cop. The cop is wise. Brown is scared. Fearing the consequences, he dashes into the house, confiding to wifie his dreadful deed. She, alarmed, hides him and goes out to investigate. She discovers the deception joyously, for she favors Tom. Then the four frame up a scheme to teach Brown a lesson. They rent the outfit of an Egyptian Seeress, mamma disguising herself as the Seeress, while Tom dons the shroud of a departed spirit. When all is ready the cop is dispatched for Brown. The cop delivers the supposed Seeress’ order to Brown. He is further advised to bring his wallet, well filled. He goes in trembling and faces the supposed spirit. Escape is impossible. He pays the price demanded. Then when he finally discovers it all a hoax, his joy at finding Tom really alive more than balances the amount inveigled from him, and now realizing his former selfishness, he hastens to make still further reparations.