The Trouble Hunter

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Jimmy is attracted to the cafe in the slums by the odor of soup escaping through the air-shaft in a sidewalk. Making his entrance into the cafe in a most novel way when a Salvation Army band unconsciously gives him a shove, he finds the hospitality of the place barred by the vicious proprietor. Meanwhile a young girl, seeking her brother, falls into the hands of an unscrupulous scoundrel. The Salvation army lassie who had attracted the proprietor of the cafe, seeing her danger, follows her and pleads with the proprietor to save her. He orders his men to get her. Jimmy having gained one of the private "stalls" discovers her predicament, when she struggles with the scoundrel. He beats up the scoundrel, and likewise the three men who come after her. In escaping from them, he is almost caught by the invading police force. He seeks the back room where the proprietor had taken the Salvation Army lassie, interrupting a scene between the two. The proprietor is about to give Jimmy a good beating, when the little girl intervenes. There is a happy re-union between the two, when the proprietor discovers the girl to be his little sister, Jimmy is thanked and everybody is happy.