The Great McGonigle's traveling theatrical troupe are staying at a boarding house, preparing to put on a production of "The Drunkard." Cleopatra Pepperday offers to put up money for the show--if she can have a part. Little Albert Wendelschaffer torments McGonigle all through lunch; and despite being pursued by several sheriffs, McGonigle is able to keep going and see his daughter Betty happily married.
The Old Fashioned Way
The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.
