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Henry Hayden, Government Agent, comes in disguise to check operation of cattle-rustlers around Paula Loring's ranch. His identity is unsuspected by the natives. Tom Doyle, neighboring ranchman, schemes to marry Paula. Latter saves Hayden from lynchers when he is suspected of being a holdup man by telling them he is her fiancé. Tom Doyle's foreman is foiled by Hayden in an attempt to kidnap Paula. Having broken up the gang, Hayden remains as Paula's husband.

The son of the proprietor of a big ice business has just returned from an exploring expedition around the plant in search of a warm spot when his father appears with a friend who manufacturers auto polos. The latter's daughter and her suitor make up the balance of the party. Lige, the ice man's son, is instantly smitten with the daughter of the auto manufacturer and immediately proceeds to show her suitor what a slippery place an ice plant can be. The suitor shows up very badly in the slapstick that follows and the daughter voices the opinion that she would like to have Lige play on her father's team at that afternoon's polo game. This remark does not please the suitor and he asks her for the last time to marry him. On her refusal, he decides to play on the opposite side in order to take out his wrath on Lige. An exciting game follows and after many a tumble and narrow escape from the pursuit of his enemy, Lige emerges a hero and wins the fair lady's hand.

Al and his pal, out in their flivver, have a mishap which sends them away for help. When they return they find a baby in the car and dash off for suitable attire and food for her. Again returning, the baby is missing. They locate her at the end of a plank overlooking a high cliff. The baby is rescued only later to grab a handful of balloons from a vendor and to be carried into the air by them. Al and his pal give chase in the flivver and an auto boat. The baby eventually descends into the back seat of a luxurious car in which her real mother and father are riding. Al reluctantly gives the baby up and receives the $5,000 reward offered, but it is carried away by a high wind which springs up suddenly.

Action gets under way with a duel between Colonel Amos Blackwell - the deadliest shot of his day - and Major Wimpett, the latter furnishing the cause for a combat which is to settle an argument as to whether a "full house or five aces" is the better hand. News of the duel is carried to the Colonel's family and to prevent the demise of the Major, the Colonel's son mounts a trusty high wheeled cycle and crashes into the field of battle in time to effect a cessation of hostilities - the bullet having hit the boy's watch when he appeared in the line of battle. Beholden, the Major presents him with his own "Waterbury." Time passes and in the meantime the boy - after bidding his sweetheart good-bye - reaches the cold, cruel city to build his fortune from a capital of ten cents. Hovering around a lunch counter where a customer is drinking a cup of coffee, the lone coin is accidentally dropped in the cup and disappears down the drinker's throat. Disheartened, the boy seeks a country road and meets a repulsed lover who is attempting suicide with a harmless gun. However, the gun suddenly goes off and hits a lamp globe which drops on the boy's head. He is taken to the home of an adventuress who tries to vamp him after linking up the "Waterbury" with a newspaper article which seeks to locate a missing heir to a fortune. The other suitor appears and at this point Lane displays a lot of his tricks in his endeavors to dodge his pursuer. The boy escapes the scheming pair and with his "Waterbury," returns to claim the fortune and his sweetheart.