![Edward Everett Horton](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/yf4MoiK7wnb2dafruUvnVgtuxSN.jpg)
A tightwad accountant for a newspaper becomes friends with a reporter. The bookkeeper goes on vacation, and while there he learns of a kidnapping conspiracy. He quickly phones the paper and they order him to follow up on the story and stay off the phone so the reporter (whom he secretly has a crush on) can use it.