Humpty and Rags, two happy hobos, are thrown off a freight train by a brakeman. Hungry, they stroll through the park and come across a blind man, to whom Rags gives his last penny for good luck. While sitting on a bench to rest, they notice the thriving business the blind man is doing and decide to try the same business themselves. Stealing a scarecrow from a farm they return to the park and steal the blind man's sign and tin cup (while he is asleep). They rig up the dummy and set him on a bench. Pedestrians passing by pour money into the cup and the hobos see visions of a banquet. But their dreams are shattered when the blind man, who is only a fake, wakes up and misses his sign and tin cup. Then begins a merry chase. The hobos are caught and dragged to a pond for a bath, while the blind man is arrested for being a fraud.
