At a Florida resort hotel, the house detective's wife flirts with one of the hotel's guests. When her husband discovers them, he ties the object of his wife's affection into knots and rolls him out of the hotel while the wife offers a tepid sotto voce "Help, Murder . . . " When her husband is called upstairs, the wife tries to pick up on the hotel desk clerk, but he rejects her. Then, when she tries to join a group of young people in the lobby, they ignore her and walk away. She takes a chair in the lobby and tries to attract the attention of "Deep Sea" McGurk, a fishing boat captain, by dropping her handkerchief at his feet. The captain also ignores her and asks the desk clerk if J. Effingham Bellwearther (mistakenly calling him "K. Effington Bellweather") is in. It seems Mr. Bellweather owes the captain $40 for a charter fishing trip. As the captain leaves the hotel, Bellweather enters. He is accosted by a little girls who wants him to give her a dollar; but when he learns the girl already has $50 in her bank, he tries to take it away from her. When another hotel guest enters, Bellweather quickly pretends he is actually fond of the child. Unbeknownst to him, the house detective's wife comes to the front desk, and he fondles the fox fur dangling from over her shoulder, thinking it is the hair of the little girl. The house detective enters, and Bellweather makes a hasty retreat. However, the flirt manages to convince her husband that nothing is going on and he leaves, allowing her an opening to introduce herself to Bellweather. As they idly chat, Bellweather invites the woman to play a round of golf with him. On the first tee, Bellweather has trouble with his caddy, his golf clubs, billowing tissue paper, and a sticky pie. Back at the hotel, the sheriff shows the house detective a wanted poster for J. Effingham Bellwearther, who is accused of Bigamy, passing as the Prince of Wales, eating spaghetti in public and using hard words in a speakeasy, among other offenses. The desk clerk tells the house detective that Bellweather is out playing golf with his wife, and he sets out to find the offender. More mishaps occur at the first tee, before the sheriff and the house detective arrive, and when Bellweather tells the flirt that one must keep one's wrists close together when attempting a golf swing, the sheriff uses the opportunity to handcuff the fugitive.