

A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.

Charlie Chaplin
The Swindler (uncredited)
Lead
Henry Lehrman
Newspaper Reporter-Photographer (uncredited)

Virginia Kirtley
Fiancée (uncredited)

Alice Davenport
Fiancée's Mother (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
Jealous Husband (uncredited)
Emma Clifton
Jealous Husband's Wife (uncredited)

Charles Inslee
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Beverly Griffith
Seated Man with Editor (uncredited)
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