Dan Webber, a sailor in the U.S. Navy who has been away from home for many years and presumed dead, returns to his farm to find that his family is about to be evicted. Dan's sweetheart arrives with a baby who, unknown to Dan, is actually the child of his younger brother and the sweetheart's sister. Dan is able to save his farm when his horse, Firefly, wins a big race. Finally, it is revealed that Dan's brother, who had been involved with Barlow, an unscrupulous moneylender and bank thief, is secretly married to the mother of his child.