Zeke, the postmaster, is in love with Nell, the village belle. She, however, cannot endure the old gossip who reads all the postal cards that come to Pineapple Plains. So she writes a postal instructing Mark Mitchell, her city suitor, to be under her window at midnight, adding, “Give two whistles and I will lower the gold.” As the lovers have anticipated, Zeke’s greed proves too much for him. He schemes to impersonate the lover and get the treasure. Meanwhile, Nell’s uncle has received a “Black Hand” letter ordering him to lower $10,000 from his window that evening when he shall hear “two long whistles.” Uncle takes Nell into his confidence, and she gives him some excellent advice. When Zeke signals below father lets down a heavy chest, and just as the supposed black hander has seized it, he empties upon his head a bucketful of water. Zeke, clutching the “treasure,” makes a hasty getaway. When, at a safe distance, he opens the chest he discovers a young, frisky and very hungry bulldog who proceeds to make a lasting impression on the postmaster of Pineapple Plains. Not long after this the city chap marries the girl. A postal, written by Nell on her honeymoon, comes into the office, and Zeke is shocked and surprised to read thereon: “Dear Uncle, We saw our congressman to-day and he has promised to make you postmaster. He says Zeke is a public nuisance, as he reads everybody’s mail.”