For the trivial offense of sprinkling plaster ceiling over a neighbor's breakfast, Heinie and Louie are dispossessed without notice, and forced to seek the refuge of a convenient cellar. Here they overhear three burglars planning to rob ...See moreFor the trivial offense of sprinkling plaster ceiling over a neighbor's breakfast, Heinie and Louie are dispossessed without notice, and forced to seek the refuge of a convenient cellar. Here they overhear three burglars planning to rob the house, and in their fright at being so near such wicked people try for a noiseless exit. But they can't even steal away with the cracksmen around, and after a thrilling chase are caught and strung up by the heels to a steampipe. Hanging that way isn't what it's strung up to be, however, and after a brief session our heroes untie and rearrange themselves, right end up. They then spy the burglars' professional tools, and it slowly dawns on them that, though inexperienced, they might use them to considerable advantage. Of course they upset the frijoles (which is slang for "spill the beans"), but they do it in such a ludicrous way that it makes one quite forget their clumsiness. Written by
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