Dan was the shepherd at Rushville. Gladys was the Rushville beauty, the daughter of the hotel proprietor. Every day the hotel keeper went to meet the guests who never came, and he grew sad. At last came a day when a guest did arrive on the 4 o'clock train. She was a vampire, but the proprietor did not know that. He rushed her into the old wagon and drove at top speed to the Rushville House. Gladys was sent upstairs to dust off the furniture in the guest room, and the lady was ushered into her apartment by the full staff. She was given a cowbell with which to make her wants known, and when she sat in the rocker, which promptly went over backwards with her, she rang it furiously. Pa disguised himself as the bellboy and answered. She was registered as La Belle Petroleum, a heel dancer, but when Dan saw her practicing in the woods in a Ballet Russe costume he thought it would have been more accurate if she had spelled heel with a double l. Dan had a hard time rescuing his flock from contamination, and the black lamb was determined to attach himself to the dancer. Pa invited his guest to drive with him, and Dan was jealous. The horse balked, standing on the railroad tracks, with an engine coming rapidly nearer. Only Dan's presence of mind in lighting a fire under the carriage prevented a tragedy. Then Dan and Pa had a fight, and Dan went off with the dancer, while the wagon burned in front of the hotel. Years went by. La Belle Petroleum had become a family drudge, with six husky boys. The hotel had flourished, and Pa had purchased an auto. But he had never forgotten the lovely dancer, and one day he just got into the buzz wagon, drove off to her house, and asked her to elope with him for old times' sake. This she was delighted to do, and managed to elude Dan and the children. When they found that she was gone, they set out to follow her, the youngest one carrying his lamb. The elopers got stuck in a mud puddle and abandoned the car. which Dan and his husky boys managed to set going again. They rushed after the train, and just succeeded in catching it. Then they threw Pa off with one mighty heave, and the family were reunited at last.