"Taking orphaned Sally (Carol Dempster) under his wing, carny con man Eustace McGargle (W.C. Fields) rears her as his own. In time, destiny brings her into contact with her grandparents: flinty Judge Foster and his wife, who don't know Sally's true identity. When she wins the heart of well-to-do Peyton Lennox (Alfred Lunt), his father and the judge -- who detests circus folks -- plot to end the romance and get McGargle hauled off to the hoosegow."