A young student who is unable to pay his rent is met by the janitor as he comes downstairs and presented with his bill. The youth jollies the old fellow along, promising to pay in the near future, and then hurries off to a nearby café to meet some friends, whom he invites to his rooms to have a jolly evening. Returning to the house with his arms full of refreshments for the boys, he is met again by the old janitor, who tells him that the landlord threatens to evict him if the rent is not paid within twenty-four hours. The young fellow listens to what he has to say, and then, refusing to be cast down by the news and wishing to get on the right side of the fellow, invites him and his unattractive old spouse to join in the festivities that night. At the appointed lime the students assemble in their friend’s apartment The janitor and his better-half, having arrayed themselves in their Sunday best, also come up to join in the revelries. Things are proceeding nicely and the wine is flowing like water, when all at once the host turns off the lights and each one of his companions covers his head with a sheet, thereby frightening the old couple out of their wits. While the horrified pair sit spellbound, each one of the ghostly figures takes a piece of furniture and carries it down to the street, where he loads it into a wagon waiting at the curb. By the time the old janitor and his wife have regained their senses, everything in the room has disappeared, and when they hurry anxiously down to the street they are just in time to see the load of furniture turning the corner.