Sheriff Pat Halahan comes into an inheritance and travels to San Francisco to collect. Faith OâDay, a cat burglar armed with pistol and flashlight breaks into his hotel room and demands that Halahan cough up his dough. Halahan sees her threat and raises her a one-dollar bet that he can return a brooch she stole earlier the same evening before its loss is discovered. Pulling off his boots to slip on his own âsoft shoes,â Halahan sets off to do a little second-story work, not realizing the trouble heâs in for.