However, Mary's apparent physical limitations belie her clandestine scheme to defraud her insurance company of $25,000 by feigning disability.

Succumbing to his hypnotic influence, the Stooges find themselves unwitting participants in a precarious spectacle atop a flagpole adorning a lofty building, wherein they engage in a whimsical dance routine.

A fortuitous mishap ensues, propelling the Stooges through an open window and into the insurance office where Mary awaits the disbursement of her ill-gotten gains.

The unexpected arrival of the Stooges precipitates a chain of events leading to the revelation of Mary's fraudulent scheme, resulting in the destruction of her check and the exposure of her duplicity.

It is noteworthy that these two iterations diverge notably in their denouements: while Mary's fraudulent character is foregrounded in the former, the latter portrays her as genuinely paraplegic.