Little Freddie is the son of Jackson, the bank clerk, and has for his only playmate, Bunkie, a simple-minded old man who lives across the road. Jackson returns from work one evening and finds the two playmates engaged in a friendly scuffle. He takes the boy into the house and orders the eccentric old man to go home. That night Freddie decides to run away. He crawls over the back porch and going to Bunkie’s window, induces the old man to join him. It is a dark night and they lose their way in the woods. During the night a band of desperadoes visit the bank in which Jackson is employed and escape with several packages of valuables. They cross the pathway of the two runaways, whose identity they do not detect, and believing they are pursued they hide the money in a cave. Through a peculiar chain of circumstances, Jackson the next morning is accused of the robbery and is placed in jail. Meanwhile Bunkie and Freddie find a resting place in the cave and discover the package of valuables. While they inspect their newfound wealth the sheriff passes along and discovers them. He escorts them back to the bank, where explanations follow and Jackson is liberated.