Windy, a sideshow barker, cheats a group of cowboys out of their pay, but is then robbed himself. When the cowboys discover they have been cheated, they initially decide to hang him, then decide to make him work off his debt. He falls in love with ranch owner Molly, and when he saves her life after she is bitten by a rattlesnake, he wins her heart.<ref name = nytreview>[http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9501E1D7113AEE32A2575BC1A96E9C946194D6CF THE SCREEN; Triumphant Impudence.]</ref>