Syd’s wife asks him to feed the hog. He carefully places his cigar on the edge of the windowsill and does as he is bid. On his return to the house, he is greeted with the dishwater which his wife is just throwing out, and after an argument, Syd goes in to resume his smoke. His wife, seeing smoke coming out of the window, thinks the house is on fire and rushes for a bucketful of water which she throws in on Syd. Then they discover that the curtains have caught fire, and both run for more water. A nearby cop, seeing the smoke, arrives on the spot in time to get a good drenching and after a lively little spat between him and Syd, the cop is finally thrown out of the place. Syd’s wife then starts him out to buy a new pair of curtains. On the way, Syd meets a friend who is going fishing, and forgets all about the curtains and joins his friend. While waiting for his friend, who has gone to get some bait, a lady friend leaves her baby with Syd, asking him to mind it till she does some shopping. Syd’s friend comes back and together they march off, taking the baby along with them. The mother returns, and misses her child and runs to Syd’s house. She and Syd’s wife start out on the warpath to find Syd, and arrive on the scene just in time to see the baby-buggy go over the edge of the pier. The mother faints and Syd makes a dive into the water to save the child, but comes ashore with no baby. While they are trying to comfort the mother, along comes Syd’s friend holding the baby and explains that he had taken it out of the carriage and laid it in a shady place to sleep. The mother grabs the child, while Syd and the cop gives the friend a pummeling for having caused so much excitement.