The boss of “Bar 4” Ranch is a grouch and a woman hater, besides insisting all those working for him shall also renounce the fair sex. “Shorty,” one of the boys, suggests they “put one over” on the boss. They place an ad in the paper, stating the owner of a ranch would like to correspond with an unmarried lady. Object, matrimony. Pattie Jones, a young wage-slave, replies, saying she is no beauty and not too young, but can cook. Imagining her to be a scrawny old maid, who will create a small riot of fun, the boys send for her. On the day of her arrival, a tall, thin maiden lady gets off the train. The boys pick her up bodily and carry her screaming and struggling to the ranch. The indignant lady finally convinces them she is “Priscilly Perkins,” the constable’s sister, and the boys, disgusted, go back to the station. In the meantime Pattie has arrived at the station and is driven to the Bar 4 ranch. There she meets the foreman, who promptly loses his heart. He introduces her to the boss and tells him she has come to marry the boss of the ranch. He makes the air blue for a while, but. she quiets him and when she tells him she is out of a job and shows him the letter sent by the boys, he begins to feel sorry for the girl. The boys return to the ranch and feel pretty small on learning the result of their “joke.” They offer to give Pattie her return fare, but the foreman speaks up, confesses his love and proposes to Pattie. The boss is delighted, gives him his blessing and at once experiences a change of heart towards the opposite sex.