Ne'er-do-well Homer Cavender ventures to the city from Mainsville in an effort to find fame and fortune. Both elude him, and after clerking for two years, Homer returns home for a vacation. Impressed by his flashy clothes, the townspeople assume that Homer has achieved success. Attempting to win Rachel Prouty from his rival, Arthur Machim, Homer continues the deception by announcing that his employer, Kort and Bailly, has dispatched him to enroll stockholders for a proposed new plant to be built in Mainsville. Machim discovers the sham and denounces Homer as a crook.
as Homer Cavender
as Silas Prouty
as Rachel Prouty
as Mr. Bailly
as The Grocer
as The Shoe Store Man
as Farmer Higgins
as Old Tracey
as Dowager
as Arthur Machim
as Old Machim
as Mr. Kort
