Thomas Terpin. James Riding and Jack Hazard are sitting in the club when the talk drifts to a daring housebreaker, whom the police are powerless to capture. Jack makes a wager with Terpin that he can rob and get away with it. Terpin takes him up and agrees to pay a forfeit of $100 of Jack returns to the club within three hours with something valuable he has stolen. The adventures he has are screamingly funny and the climax comes with most amazing and amusing results.