Editing Making a Living (section)

==Plot==
In the film’s opening scene, Chaplin's character, the "Swindler", dressed smartly and wearing a top hat, attempts to convince a passerby (Henry Lehrman) to give him money. Reluctantly he gives a dollar coin. The man then goes to a florist to buy a smaller bunch of flowers than he originally intended. Chaplin is next shown flirting with a young woman and proposing marriage to her, giving her a ring, which she accepts. Lehrman, who portrays a news reporter, now approaches the woman and presents to her a bouquet of flowers and a ring, which she refuses to accept, pointing to the new ring. Lerhman sees Chaplin and a [[slapstick]] fight between the two immediately ensues. Later, while prowling for a news story, Lehrman's character witnesses and photographs an automobile accident, capturing on film a dramatic image of a car tumbling down a high, steep hill. As he and a crowd of onlookers are trying to help the unfortunate motorist, who is pinned beneath his wrecked car, Chaplin passes by and steals the camera that contains the sensational photograph. He then runs to the local newspaper office with the image and to report the auto accident, claiming them as his own. A short pursuit with the Keystone Cops follows, and then an infuriated Lehrman catches up with Chaplin, and they resume their fistfight on a downtown street. An oncoming streetcar scoops them up on its front [[cowcatcher]] and continues down the street and out of frame.<ref>Plot summary derived from viewing the digital copy of the film available on this page.</ref>