Maizie Mackey finished with her term at boarding school in Los Angeles, leaves her sweetheart, Bud Stone, and returns to her father's ranch near Ash Forks, Cal. A few weeks later, Bud, lonesome and downhearted, wires Maizie's father that he is coming on to ask a very important question. A few of the cowpunchers on Mackey's ranch meet Bud at the station. Mistaking a traveler's package for Bud's, the men throw it on the bus and drive away. Maizie welcomes her sweetheart. Everything goes smoothly enough until the mysterious package begins to wiggle and squirm around in Bud's room. The climax comes when everybody in the house hears the cries of a baby. Comical situations arise from Bud's peculiar situation in the matter. Bud has a lively time trying to explain until the mother of the baby arrives on the scene and explains matters. Maizie accepts Bud as a life partner and they are left to plan their future happiness.