A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Edgar's wife, Florence, because of an incident with her brother, her husband, and parts from her brother's photogenic set, mistakenly thinks that she accidentally poisoned Edgar instead of giving him his real medicine.
After being fired from his job at the Marriage License Bureau, a clerk turns to matchmaking.
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.