When he loses his job as ranch hand for singing during work hours, Hank Sherman takes his pet mule and joins a circus. There he meets Gloria Gómez, with whom he had indulged in a mild flirtation, and emerges victorious from a tangle with circus employees. Gloria's father, the ex-president of the Republic of Bargravia, admires Hank's valor and selects him as leader of a counter-revolutionary movement in his country. Gloria forces her fiancé, Pedro, whom she dislikes, to accept Hank, but Pedro becomes jealous and has his rival kidnapped. Hank succeeds in escaping and embarking for Bargravia; there, Pedro attempts to foil Hank's plans but is defeated. After desperate fighting, Gloria's father regains his post and she weds Hank.