As the Billings Express is leaving the Great Falls yards, a man emerges into the coal car, startling the tenant already residing there. The new man introduces himself as Siggie, and judging by his accent and clothing condition, the other man speculates Siggie is Jewish and has not been poor for very long. Though he is freeloading, Siggie actually has a lot of money, pulling out his wallet and showing the other man the more than $600 he earned by working as a bellman at Glacier Park. Resentful and jealous, the other man tells Siggie he’s insane for showing that kind of money off. Siggie tells him he plans to take the train back to New York and give the money to his mother. When the other man asks why Siggie didn’t send her a money order instead, Siggie replies that his mother wouldn’t know what to do with such a single slip of paper.

The two ride in silence for a while, the man pondering the emptiness of his wallet compared to Siggie’s filled one. Siggie then taps him and asks which big town the train will stop at next, and the man replies that it will stop at Helena. He offers to show Siggie how to bypass the detectives, which Siggie eagerly accepts. However, the two are discovered by a fireman, who tells them that the engineer will force them to pay a fee to ride. When this indeed happens, they hop off the train at Helena, then walk through the business sector to avoid police, then finally arrive at the freight yards. At the yards, the man suggests that he catch the mail coach and Siggie catch the tender coach to avoid suspicion. While the man jumps onto the mail coach without issue, Siggie manages to further injure his already-battered knee. The man still tries to teach Siggie the ways of freeloading, showing him how to tie a wet kerchief around his face to endure the smoke of the Bozeman Tunnel. Unfortunately, the train passes by the Livingston station too fast and forces them to jump. Siggie lands in a heap, and the man pities him. He advises him to follow his lead and take a freight train out of Livingston, but given that the two have time before the next train, Siggie inquires about restaurants near the station. The man suggests one, anticipating Siggie will offer to pay for his meal too, since he helped him so much. When Siggie leaves on his own, the man helps clean a restaurant in exchange for food. He then settles in at the station for some sleep. When he wakes, a freight has pulled in. He quickly hops on, but as the train is leaving, he spots Siggie running to jump on it. However, the man knows the train is too fast and warns Siggie to stay away. Siggie doesn’t notice and jumps, bashing his body into the train and tearing off his hand. He slips underneath the wheels and is spat out the end of the freight. The man jumps off, racing to Siggie to check his condition. As he is dying, Siggie begins to tell the man something, but isn’t able to finish. The man checks Siggie’s wallet, but only finds $5 and a receipt for a money order filed for $650 from Livingston station.