Late one night Bragg gets a message that a poker game is in progress at a friend's, and manages to leave the house without waking his wife. Soon after a burglar enters the house, followed by a con. The burglar gets into the twin bed vacated by Bragg and when the cop appears says, "Hist. don't wake my wife." The policeman leaves the room, determined to wait for the burglar. In the meantime the poker game is raided and all are arrested except Bragg, who escapes and arrives home only to be captured by the con. He protests that he is Bragg, but his wife, half asleep, says that her husband is in the next bed, and Bragg is led away. Later Mrs. Bragg finds out her mistake and the real burglar is taken by the police. At the station the members of the raided poker party, who are all in one cell, discover that in the scrimmage a pack of cards has been saved and, with additional partners, the game is continued.
—Moving Picture World, September 8, 1917