 The physician s death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor s small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores the money in his father s household safe. The slatternly housekeeper, aware of the money, enlists a criminal acquaintance to crack the safe. They lock the daughters in an adjacent room, and the drunken housekeeper menaces them by brandishing a gun through a hole in the wall. But the resourceful girls use the telephone to call their brother who has returned to town. He gets the message and organizes a rescue party.