Charlie is a tramp on the road. A hobo manages to exchange Charlie''s sandwich for a brick so Charlie must eat grass. The same hobo molests a farmer''s daughter; Charlie comes to aid with the help of the brick. When two more hobos show up Charlie throws all three into a lake. The grateful girl takes Charlie home where he fails as a farmhand. He again helps drive off the hobos (who are now trying to break into the house). The girl''s fiance arrives. Though a hero Charlie knowing he must go writes a farewell note and leaves for the open road.