1: Clem inherits a fortune from an old man he once saved from drowning while he fished on Clem’s property. Clem goes to New York for the reading of the will and gets involved with a disinherited relative and the attorney who try to make him think he is crazy, get him committed to an institution, and take over the estate. Before they can accomplish this, however, the old man reappears, perfectly alive. He faked being dead just to see what his relatives would try to do with the estate