THe third husband of the buxom Mrs. Bullion (Emma Ray) dies and leaves her a fortune, with provision that she must remarry immediately and if husband number four live longer than two weeks after the wedding she will not receive a penny of the money. "Coughing" Higgins (Johnny Ray), out of work, by choice because of a lazy, roving disposition, has stolen a few frankfurters but the law is chasing him. He eludes the policeman and sinks exhausted on a park bench. On a hunt, instigated by the widow to find a suitable (unhealthy) husband candidate, her professional "chasers" come upon the emancipated, coughing derelict, "Coughing" Higgns. He soon becomes the fourth husband of the buxom widow who does not have his best interests in her heart.