Norman Cortland had adopted his name, one which he had used for years, and which he felt conveyed the precise impression he desired in his contact of life around him. Usually, his skills as a conman were second-to-none, but when our story opens today, we find him struggling to get a free ride on a train. As luck should have it, his next 'job' is right along the road, when he and his companion, Mug, stumble across a well-known old eccentric who they attempt to swindle out of $100,000...