Mickey is playing a game of catch with Pluto when Minnie drives by, reminding Mickey to meet her for dinner tonight. Mickey says he'll be there "unless they lock me up and throw away the keys." Mortimer overhears this and, while Mickey and Pluto aren't looking, snatches the baseball they're playing catch with. When Mickey comes looking for the baseball, Mortimer suggests to him that it landed in his house. When Mickey sees his baseball on the floor in Mortimer's house, Mortimer helps him climb in the window. Just as Mickey gets his hands on the baseball, Mortimer suddenly acts as though Mickey has broken into his house and then has Chief O'Hara, whom he has already called, come in and arrest Mickey.
