The police chief of the small town of Cockers Grove, Sloane McDonogh, has seen everyone. Therefore, he was not particularly worried when some charlatan stopped his van in the city square and began to perform magic tricks on the respectable public. However, in the crowd of townspeople who came to watch the spectacle, he saw a boy deftly picking out the pockets of onlookers. Sloane caught the thief by the hand, but upon closer examination, the frail teenager turned out to be a very attractive young girl...