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As a reporter, Dick Farrington is sent to cover an assignment that promises a big story. A lawyer has advertised for an ex-Marine who is a boxer. He makes good beating up a gang of roughnecks picked for the purpose, and secures the mysterious job that is filled with danger. It is to guard the heiress Lady Chatfield, but the hero is told nothing as to the secret in back of it all. Dick poses as Lord Grantmore, wears a monocle, and otherwise acts like a titled Englishman. They proceed to the mining town of Goldbrook, where the heiress is to occupy a mysterious mansion on the occupancy of which hinges a great fortune. The engineer of the mines is deeply interested in thwarting the plans of Lady Chatfield, and with his gang of roughneck miners makes things lively for the pugilist star in a series of fights that are hair raisers.

A small town dog catcher captures a stray donkey and hitches him to the cart which he uses to gather in unlicensed dogs of the town. The local butcher's delivery boy is heartbroken when he finds his pet headed for the pound. The dog catcher reckons without the intervention of the donkey who kicks the cart to pieces when he finds the man has picked up the kid's dog who happened to be the donkey's pal.

The fact that there are only thirteen women at a little dinner party, as one guest fails to arrive, forces the superstitious hostess to dig up another individual. The butler is told to bring in the first person he finds, and drags in Charlie, who is out looking for eats. But just as Charlie starts to fill in on the rich food, the missing guest arrives and he is thrown out. This is repeated several times by having Charlie dragged in and thrown out again as various guests suddenly depart and return again. Finally an unexpected guest arrives in the person of Charlie's wife, and then the fun begins.