Sophie Clutts goes to town to do her shopping. Slippery Slim dolls himself up in an evening dress coat, a pink and white bosom shirt and a pair of plaid trousers, with a four-foot six-shooter hanging from his belt. Mustang Pete wears the best the country affords and Rawhide Bill, for the first time in his life, gives himself a shave. Some sports, these three sons of the "Alkali" dust, which reminds us that "Alkali" Ike digs up his old brown derby from the bottom of his trunk for the memorial occasion. All four men are courteous in the extreme, each trying to outdo their rivals. "Alkali" Ike is so small that he is abused and his feelings are hurt exceedingly. He gets even, though. A big bearskin helps considerably to carry out his plan, and donning same he puts the three men to flight, at the same time making poor little demure Sophie faint. But he wins her when he shows the fair beauty the skin of the bear he had killed. So "Alkali" Ike becomes her hero, and the three rivals sneak into the background to hide their shame. It's a bear, and so it was.