John Bentley hates New York City because of an unhappy romance as a young man but his son Ronald tired of living in Iowa is determined to take up residence in Manhattan The elder Bentley therefore conspires with his New York manager William Workman to involve Ronald in so much trouble that he will gladly return to the sedate life of an Iowa burgher Arriving in Manhattan Ronald strikes up an acquaintance with Meg a telephone operator whose brother Jimmy has come under the evil influence of Jerry Jerry and Jimmy rob a wealthy woman and Ronald is charged with the crime on circumstantial evidence keeping quiet in order to protect Jimmy