Concerns arise over the behavior of cousins Moe and Larry, prompting Uncle Mortimer to entrust Shemp with the task of reforming them to secure his own access to Heaven.

Subsequently, Moe and Larry embark on an elaborate and fraudulent schemes soliciting financing from the wealthy DePuysters for the production of novelty fountain pens.

However, the dream's symbolic implications manifest in reality as Shemp finds himself in imminent peril due to his negligent behavior of falling asleep while smoking.

Following the extinguishment of the conflagration, Shemp recounts his dreamlike experience to Moe and Larry, prompting a comically anticlimactic response from his cousins in the form of a cream pie assault and a sardonic offering of writing implements.

However, due to a miscalculation on the part of the special effects department, the sharp pen point punctured Larry's skin, leaving a gash in his forehead.