Stan and Oliver have been entrusted to deliver the deed of a gold mine to the deceased prospector's daughter Mary Roberts (Rosina Lawrence). Mary works for her cruel guardians, Brushwood Gulch saloon owner Mickey Finn (James Finlayson) and his saloon-singer wife, Lola Marcel (Sharon Lynn).
Stan and Ollie are travelling towards Brushwood Gulch; Stan on foot, leading a mule dragging a travois, on which Ollie lies. As they ford a river, the travois detaches from the mule, leaving Ollie stranded in the water. He starts to wade then completely disappears into a sink hole in the river bottom. They hitch a ride on a stagecoach and attempt to flirt with a woman passenger (Vivien Oakland). Upon arriving in Brushwood Gulch, she complains to her husband (Stanley Fields), who threatens the pair to leave on the next coach or they'll be leaving in a hearse.
At Mickey Finn's saloon a band is performing on the front porch and Stan and Ollie dance to their music. Inside they clumsily reveal their supposedly secret mission to Mickey, including that they have never seen Mary. Mickey has Lola play Mary and hijack the deed. Stan and Ollie then encounter the real Mary and try to retrieve the deed from the Finns, resulting in an extended chase and struggle. The Finns prevail and put the deed in their safe. Ollie is briefly relieved by the arrival of the sheriff only to realise the sheriff is the angry husband who threatened them earlier, who now chases them out of town. Crossing the river, Ollie drops into the sink hole again....
Directed by James W. Horne
Produced by Stan Laurel
Hal Roach
Written by Contributing (uncredited):
Stan Laurel
James W. Horne
Arthur V. Jones
Screenplay by Charley Rogers
Felix Adler
James Parrott
Story by Jack Jevne
Charley Rogers
Starring Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Music by Marvin Hatley
Cinematography Art Lloyd
Walter Lundin
Edited by Bert Jordan