Bessie is in love with Jack, Bessie's father dislikes Jack, and Jack plan to elope. Jack calls for Bessie with a ladder, which he places against the side of the house leading to her room. Father has locked Bessie in her room and taken her clothes from her. Father walks in the garden and sees Jack at the foot of the ladder. He mistakes him for a burglar. He gets his revolver and chases him away. They run and Jack tries to climb a fence and father shoots at him, hitting him in the arm. Father, coming back, determines to disguise himself as Bessie and elope with Jack in her stead. Jack sends his friend Tom to bring Bessie to the minister's and father goes with him. They arrive at the minister's and have to wait for Jack who has gone to a doctor to have his arm treated. They get ready to go through with the ceremony, when father throws off his outer raiment, and standing in his true light, throws consternation into the entire party.
—Moving Picture World synopsis