Charlie rescues a girl from a hobo, and in appreciation her father gives him a job on his farm. Charlie falls in love with the girl, but when he learns that she has a sweetheart he leaves and obtains a position as a motion picture actor. He cannot forget the girl, however, and, losing his job, goes to work as a plasterer. He sees the girl of his dreams again, but, being unable to win her, quits his job. Later he again meets her, and this time his persistent wooing wins her love. But her father objects, for he wants his daughter to marry a count. They elope, but after a long and exciting chase the father catches the lovers, and takes his daughter home. Employed as a janitor of a bank, Charlie again meets his beloved. He saves her from thieves who have come to rob the institution, and her father out of gratitude consents to the wedding.
—Moving Picture World synopsis