Strangers in Boomopolis are a great curiosity. Cissy and Jerry, arriving in town, have everybody agog. They take a cab and drive to a large building placarded, “To Let.” Here the owner meets them, and Cissy and Jerry pay the rent in advance from a large roll of bills. While Cissy engages the owner in conversation, Jerry hooks the money from the landlord’s pocket. The newcomers go to the only hotel. As the bellboy is about to leave the room, Cissy hands him a five-dollar bill. Buttons, in his excitement, trips over the traveling bag, and Jerry gently reclaims the five-spot. A few days later a sign is hung out on the rented building, stating that Cissy and Jerry will pay cash for every cat delivered to them. All kinds of felines are brought them, for which they give fifty cents a head. Meanwhile, the wily urbanites have sent to the city for six hundred rats. These are uncrated by night, and turned loose in Boomopolis. The next day cats are in great demand. Cissy and Jerry announce that they will furnish choice mousers at fifteen dollars apiece, and ordinary cats at ten dollars. The rush on cats is great, even at these prices. That night Cissy and Jerry leave town. Coming across a stray cat, they take him along as mascot. They christen the animal “Cash.”