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.

Cast

Charles Ray

Homer Cavender

Otto Hoffman

Silas Prouty

Priscilla Bonner

Rachel Prouty

John Elliott

Mr. Bailly

Gus Leonard

The Grocer

Joseph Hazelton

The Shoe Store Man

Bert Woodruff

Farmer Higgins

Louis Morrison

Old Tracey

Mollie McConnell

Dowager

Ralph McCullough

Arthur Machim

Walter Higby

Old Machim

Harry Hyde

Mr. Kort