As the freight pulls in, Easy Ed clambers down from his side-door Pullman and takes a seat under the water tank. Feeling the need of food be takes it away from an Italian and is chased by the whole gang. He clambers up the fire escape of an exclusive hotel and finds himself in the room of Archibald Nasturtion, who mistakes him for his eccentric millionaire uncle, who goes about as a tramp. With his sweetheart, Elsie Allcush, Archibald takes his uncle out to dine. Ed finds a hair in the soup and goes back to the kitchen to discover its origin. It belongs to the French chef and a riot ensues. The party happens out to attend a dance, where the real Uncle Ed appears. The hobo uncle is set upon by all the dancers and in escaping, finds himself in the room of Imogene Hey, spinster, who has determined to become a vampire. She tests her amateur wiles on the tramp until he screams for help. Leaping out of the window with the old maid vampire on his trail. Easy Ed plunges into the lake to escape. At this point the hobo wakes up and finds the train crew has turned the water pipe on him.