Hiram, a country youth, is in love with Sallie. They go fishing and Sallie falls into the water. Hiram cannot swim, so he runs to the road and stops an automobile, driven by Alfred, a city chap. The latter rescues Sallie, and she feels grateful to him. His attentions to Sallie are not displeasing, and Hiram becomes insanely jealous. He tries to scare her by faking an attempt at suicide by hanging, but Alfred sees through the joke and pulls the rope until Hiram begs for mercy. In revenge he gets a dummy woman from a clothing store, and makes love to her. Alfred sees him and calls Sallie, and when they pounce down on him the laugh is on Alfred. Sallie's sense of humor is touched, and she forgives Hiram for failing to plunge into the water to save her.