Carter calls on the girl's father and asks for her hand, but the father refuses until Carter proves himself worthy. Carter is sent to get an interview with John Dollar, noted for his hatred of all things connected with newspapers. Carter is delighted and goes to tell his girl. While there, his Kodak accidentally snaps a picture of Carter and the editor's wife, and the Kodak later comes into the hands of the editor, who orders the film developed and brought to his home that evening. Carter has a hard time getting into the house of Dollar, but finally does so in a laundry basket. He is caught and ejected. Later he overhears a plot to kidnap Dollar. Carter calls the police, then single-handed he collars the crooks and their prey in a limousine and drives them into the yard of the jail, where the crooks are captured and Dollar is rescued. Dollar, out of gratitude, offers Carter anything he wants, and Carter at once demands an interview. He gets it and then hurries to the editor's house with his scoop. The editor is pleased and Carter gets the girl, but even as they embrace, a clerk arrives with the printed Kodak picture. This proves to be Carter's undoing, for before he can explain the editor grabs him and throws him outdoors and Carter finds himself alone with the "welcome" doormat under his arm.
—Moving Picture World synopsis