A snake oil salesman George Stimson, is saved from an Indian attack by the drovers. However, a drover who died in the effort has nothing left for his widow and two children. The other drovers chip in to raise money for them but George has a scheme to raise a much larger collection for the drover's family. His first idea fails in having Mushy out-hustle some gamblers in a crooked poker game when the bumbling Mushy forgets his hat with the family's address. Then he decides to pass off his estranged wife, who has returned to ask for a divorce, as Jenny Lind in a concert performance. She is tricked by her current love interest into fleeing prior to the scheduled performance, leaving the drovers to entertain the angry show ticket-holders while Clay tries to entice her return. Rowdy sings a song that is appreciated by the womenfolk and Scarlet perform rope tricks while Wishbone tries to tell jokes just as she returns. Wishbone wonders if a cooking demonstration would be entertaining but the show goes on. George who has hopes for a reconciliation with his wife finds his show must go on without her.
—chipe