Brooks is a crusty old bachelor who hates children. He is annoyed by the crying of a baby in the flat directly opposite his apartments. He shouts at the child’s mother to have her child keep quiet and threatens all sorts of dire things, but to no avail. The following day the mother takes her child and an older tot out for a walk in the park. The older one runs away and she goes after it, leaving the baby with a strange young man. The baby again starts crying, and he determines to get rid of it. He walks out of the park, not being able to find the mother, and comes across Brooks’ automobile standing undefended, He places the child in the back seat and walks away. Brooks’ chauffeur returns with Brooks and they are at a loss as to what to do. Brooks takes the child home with him. Meanwhile the mother, almost frantic, keeps up her search for her baby, but at last goes home. There she sees Brooks holding her child and trying to keep it quiet. Remembering all his threats of the day previous, she rushes out, gets a policeman, and goes up to Brooks’ room. Brooks is almost arrested before he can explain how it all happened, and the child being restored to its mother, she withdrew her complaint, saving Brooks from arrest, but curing him in a day of his crustiness.