Two chaps from the country arrive in New York in their search for fame and fortune. On their success is dependent a large share in money which they will receive from a wealthy uncle and aunt if they make good. They fit up a small flat on the installment plan and then look for a position. This they find it impossible to pay the installment collector. The collector calls in his huskies who remove all the furniture from the young fellows’ flat leaving the boys nothing but their bath robes and pajamas. Co-incident with this occurring they receive a telegram from their aunt and uncle that they propose to dine with them that same day. The boys are in an awful predicament as they have been writing their relations that they were getting along fine in the city. They have to keep up an appearance of prosperity. They discover that their neighbor in the next flat has left the city for the day and decide to appropriate his belongings temporarily. This they do and likewise take advantage of his well stocked larder and some extra suits of his clothes. The aunt and uncle arrive and the neighbor returns to find the empty flat. His consternation can better be imagined than described. Investigation leads him to the boys’ room. He indignantly takes back his possessions, the uncle and aunt leave high dudgeon and the boys are left as they started- with an empty flat and a suit of pajamas apiece.